Layered Enchilada Pie
If you insist on eating only authentic Mexican cooking, you should skip this recipe. But if you are looking for a different kind of casserole, Layered Enchilada Pie is the answer. It is one of the...
View ArticleMexican Corn Pudding
Over the years friends and family members have given us many cookbooks. We enjoy receiving them and make a point of trying at least one recipe from each gift as soon as practicable. Today we look...
View ArticleMeche’s Guacamole
My first high school French teacher had a tremendous impact on my future. She was a young woman just out of college whose name I do not recall, but she was determined to teach us at least a little...
View ArticleJalapeño Beef Stir Fry
A few years ago when I was out for a walk, a neighbor offered me some habanero peppers. I knew they were hot peppers, and since I like my chili spicy I brought home a bag of the little red fruit. They...
View ArticleEasy Hamburger Enchiladas
I had my first authentic enchiladas when Jerri and I were living in Charlottesville, Virginia. My friend Vince, a graduate student from Texas trapped far from home for the holidays, offered to cook...
View ArticleGrilled Corn and Avocado Salad with Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette
Susie, one of Jerri’s nieces, is a missionary with World Impact. For many years she worked with African-American and Hispanic families in Watts. Today she serves families in Wichita, Kansas. Susie...
View ArticleMeche’s Salsa Fresca
Some time ago, with Meche’s permission, I shared her recipe for guacamole on “Courage in the Kitchen.” Since fresh vegetables are still available at the local Farmers Markets, it’s not too late to make...
View ArticleLeftover Turkey Enchiladas
Jerri’s and my parents grew up in the Great Depression, and they they did their best to teach us not to waste anything. In the kitchen this meant cutting the meat off the bones and cooking the turkey...
View ArticleGina’s Quesadillas
If you think quesadillas are Mexican, you’re half right. Traditional quesadillas consist of corn tortillas folded over cheese to make half-moon-shaped turnovers that are cooked on a comal or griddle...
View ArticleLorrie’s Burritos Deliciosos
Last year Lorrie agreed to share some of the recipes she cooks for her family. I have already posted her Baked Oatmeal and Roosevelt Beans recipes. A day or two later she sent me her recipe for...
View ArticleVegetarian Burritos Deliciosos
The first time I tried hot and sour soup, I was a student at the University of Wisconsin. When I asked what the floppy white stuff in the bowl was, my date told me it was tofu. Having grown up near...
View ArticleJalapeño Beef And Cornbread Casserole
We love to categorize people. We speak of the Greatest Generation, the Baby Boomers, and various Generations X,Y,Z. I think we are missing a good group noun that describes people like me born between...
View ArticleLinda’s Cranberry Salsa
Fruit salsas are examples of fusion cuisine, which combine recipes or ingredients from two different cultures. Rick Bayless, the Oklahoma kid who abandoned barbecue and took up with tacos, says that...
View ArticleLeftover Turkey Wraps
After the Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey dinner is over and family or friends have gone home, Jerri and I attack the turkey carcass. We slice off as much meat as we can , dismember the skeleton and...
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