Category: Mexican / Tex-Mex / Cali-Mex
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Cheesy Quesadillas
I like to pan fry my quesadillas rather than microwave so they get a bit crispy on the outside. Heat a skillet over medium heat. Butter one side of a tortilla and lay it butter side down. Sprinkle grated cheese (Cheddar, Jack, Colby or a Mexican blend) to lightly cover. Spread butter on one side…
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Crispy Chicken Chimichangas
These are adapted from Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for Cutting Hundreds from Your Monthly Food Bill. She had a recipe for Baked Chicken Enchiladas that looked great and started with raw chicken thighs and a recipe for Baked Chicken Chimichangas that used cooked chicken. I had some…
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Honey-Lime Dressing
Got this straight from RecipeGirl. I mixed it all up in my small Magic Bullet Express blender. My girls love it for making smoothies and my youngest likes to whip various home spa concoctions in it, but I do like it for quick salad dressings and marinades. If you don’t have a blender or food…
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Carne Asada Burritos
We’ve been eating turkey and ham since Thursday and we were ready for a change! My daughter suggested going out for burritos; I suggested I cook something up at home instead so I went looking for some skirt steak. I had to settle for this package of thinly sliced beef round tip steak cap, which I…
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Beef Tostada Recipe with all the Fixings
My youngest has a new friend spending the night and asked for tostados for dinner, a perfect request since we had a perfect ripe avocado. I pulled some ground turkey from the freezer and cooked it up with some taco seasonings. A while back I bought a container of taco seasoning but I actually prefer…