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Eggs over easy
Read more: Eggs over easyI can plate up some mean biscuits and gravy and other breakfast favorites, but I had never been any good at making a fried egg over easy. Broken yolks and a glob of egg is how they usually ended up — which in turn would become scrambled eggs. One of…
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Nacho Cheesy Rice
Read more: Nacho Cheesy RiceI enjoy making dishes like this for work during the week. It stores well and reheats nicely in the microwave, but most importantly, it really is a tasty dish. I can eat it like a dip with tortilla chips or garnish with chili flavored corn chips for texture. The rice…
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Friday Night, Taco Night
Read more: Friday Night, Taco NightFresh corn tortilla, steak, cilantro and onion with chipotle ranch sauce. Friday dinner is reserved for tacos. When I first moved to Austin I set aside Friday nights to hit new taco joints in search of the ultimate taco. I didn’t find the ultimate, but I did find the elements…
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Chorizo Pork Taco with Chipotle Ranch Sauce
Read more: Chorizo Pork Taco with Chipotle Ranch SauceFresh made corn tortilla, chorizo, cumin crusted pork, refried beans and red onion — drizzled with a chipotle ranch sauce — a tasty treat indeed! A little snack thrown together with odds and ends left over from weekend experiments. Decided to snap a shot. Scrumptious!The sauce recipe: CHIPOTLE RANCH…
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A new adventure has begun
Read more: A new adventure has begunI’m just getting settled in Austin, Texas! A great opportunity has come my way and for the second time in my life, I decided to pull up stakes and leave the comforts of the Midwest and Northern Indiana. I packed up my place outside Chicago. Spent the holidays with my…
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Spaghetti Squash with Special Sauce!
Read more: Spaghetti Squash with Special Sauce!Squash has been dated as far back as 7,000 B.C. in parts of Mexico andSouth America. According to The Oxford Companion to American Food andDrink, explorers from Europe originally thought squash were melons andwere delighted to find them everywhere they went in the new world. Squash is one of many…
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Taco Rice Beef Burritos
Read more: Taco Rice Beef BurritosTaco Rice Beef Burritos I like to have a couple of flavored rice packets in the pantry for a quick bite to eat now and then. If you watch the shelves at the local grocery, you can get these packets on sale for a $1.00 or less. Just a couple…
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Culinary Catastrophy: Buffalo Disaster Rolls
Read more: Culinary Catastrophy: Buffalo Disaster RollsBuffalo Disaster Rolls A couple of weeks ago I attended my cousin’s wedding and was treated to the best food I had ever eaten as part of a nuptial celebration. One of the appetizer served was a Crispy Buffalo Chicken Spring Roll with a blue cheese sauce — it was…