If you say beans in the southwest, it’s taken for granted that you mean pinto beans. In Tex-Mex cooking they serve ’em up refrito, or refried. You get ’em in the stores with or without jalapeños, or kick ’em up a bit with some chili powder and...
I’ll just start out by saying, this is not a fancy recipe. These are the fried potatoes I grew up eating; made in a cast-iron skillet and fried in bacon grease over controlled heat. The recipe isn’t complicated, but mastery of it takes time. A lot of time....
I was trolling my usual food blog haunts the other day when I stumbled across a post about cast iron pans and cornbread at The Homesick Texan. I realized two things very quickly. One, she has as much dislike for sweet cornbread as I do. Two, I hadn’t made...
Sometimes simple is better. This glaze is great for either pork or chicken, and it makes in a snap! Yield: 1 cup Apricot Curry Glaze Recipe Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Print Ingredients 6 tbsp apricot preserves ¾ cup of any good chardonnay (I used...
I’ve learned a few things over the weekend. I’ve learned that the very first workout you’re going to get from your new Ab Lounger is going to take place when you assemble it. I’ve learned that if you want to make stuffed mushrooms and get them...
Sometimes the best meals you’ll ever have are those that warm your heart as well as your stomach. Long, slow cooked meals as infused with love as they are with ingredients. The kind of meal that you make with family all standing around the kitchen adding their...
Picnic ham is ham only in the sense that it’s taken from the leg section of our porcine pal. Unlike most ham that Americans are used to, this meat is not smoked or cured in any way. This dish could just as easily be made with any pork roast, but I would shy away...
These simple little treats are light on work and huge on taste. Sinful bites of creamy chocolaty nutty goodness! So simple even a candy novice can put them together. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m not a baker. I probably never will...
Fried potatoes are a southern staple. They are served at nearly every good southern table, and can be served at any meal. There was a time when I was young that my family didn’t have much, and the running commentary around dinner time was often as follows:...
This comes straight from my little sister. I’ll admit it’s been a while since I made this myself, but it was a staple in my home growing up and I intend to make it later in the month. It reminds me of my mother, and dinners we shared when I was a kid with...
I made this particular dish to participate in the “day that really Schmecks, part 2” event from Confessions of a Cardamom Addict. I found the idea of checking out some Mennonite cooking very interesting to say the least, and I even managed to find a recipe...
Now there’s a mouthful. A healthy, tangy and slightly off-beat mouthful. I came up with this because we’ve had the dilled Havarti sitting around for a while and I wanted to use it up. You’ve probably seen it paired with pears, and I’m sure that...
Sometimes you just want a good, warm, satisfying meal. That’s what was on my mind today when hunger pangs hit me. I wanted something that would keep me going until dinner. But what do you make for yourself when you’re by yourself and you’ve got a...
The weather here in Texas has been on the cold side for the past few days. Temperatures in the Twenties with ice and freezing rain. It’s horrible weather to go and do anything in, but perfect weather for a good stew in front of a roaring fire. I had originally...
Perhaps a little on the low brow, college-dorm side of life, but quite tasty nonetheless! This is a take on a dish that I usually make with smoked sausage or Polska kielbasa. Not what I’d call light fare in either case, but it does have a good amount of veggies...
