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Pecan Saltine Toffee

Pecan Saltine Toffee is a salty layer of crispy saltine crackers that is coated with a sweet golden caramel then topped with chocolate chips and pecans.

Sweet Life Disclosure: This is a sponsored post with Farm Rich. Thank you for supporting the brands I collaborate with to bring you exciting, new recipes. Mini Chipotle Turkey Tortas The holidays are here! I love this time of the year. The bright lights on the tree, wrapping presents and baking with my girls. […]

Dia de los Muertos Martini (Marigold Martini)

Dia de los Muertos Martini (Marigold Martini) Mi abuelita was a classy, loving, wonderful woman. She always dressed to impress with her crisp pencil skirts, silk beautiful blouses, perfectly shined patent heels that matched her accessories. Pure elegance. She smelled of fresh picked flowers and always had a smile for everyone. Her home was always […]

Sharing my Mexican Culture

Sharing my Mexican Culture Growing up in South Texas I was fortunate to be surrounded in my culture. We lived three hours from the Mexican border and visited our family in Mexico regularly. We would spend a weekend in Mexico and come Monday I was in class speaking-living as an American enjoying a cheeseburger and […]

Tamale Pies

Tamale Pies All the delicious flavors of succulent pork tamales packed into individual servings without all the work. These tamale pies are the way to go when you crave homemade tamales but not willing to sacrifice an entire day prepping and the following day preparing tamales. A labor of love tamales can be time consuming, […]

Cochinita Pibil

Cochinita Pibil I’m in the midst of panning our annual tamalada. A tamalada is where an entire family comes together to tackle the task of making tamales, an enormous amount of tamales. As anyone who has ever made tamales knows it can a painstaking all day event that will leave you mentally and physically drained […]

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Southern Living 2020 Cooks of the Year Vianney Rodriguez’s earliest culinary memory is watching her mother and abuelita (grandmother) roll out empanada dough. “They had a perfect rhythm going,” she says. “It was their little magic, and I always wanted to be a part of that.” Rodriguez says she is a Texan […]

Texas Posadas- Pan de Polvo

Pan de polvo crumbly, cinnamon-anise infused cookies that are rolled in sugar melt in your mouth. These tiny cookies are made in large, large batches and are always the first to go, they are that good. Pan de Polvo The Posadas are here! Bring on the pan de polovo! Las Posadas (the inns) […]

Free eBook! Ofrendas – Celebrando el Día de Los Muertos

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), is one of my favorite holidays. A special tradition I enjoy sharing with my girls as they learn about their heritage. As a mother I want them not to fear death, but understand that after death their life will be celebrated. This celebration gives me the opportunity […]