Category: Mexican / Tex-Mex / Cali-Mex
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Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow
I cooked up a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts to make chicken tacos tonight. I started with the recipe here despite the mix of reviews. I was intrigued by the idea of lemonade somehow…but I would definitely classify the chicken as bland. When I tasted some partway through the simmering to reduce the sauce…
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Pork Carnitas and Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
These are both repeats but WORTH repeating! First the pork carnitas. Keep an eye out for pork roasts on sale and this is cheap gourmet! I usually cut a roast in half and just cook up half at a time. If you’re working with the half you froze before don’t defrost it all the way.…
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Ground Beef and Bean Burritos
Tonight’s dinner was a total throw-together based on a request for “something Mexican” and what I had in my freezer and refrigerator. I thought of past burrito recipes and modified several. You could easily turn this into a Mexican burrito casserole kinda dish if you wanted to cook up the beef, bean and salsa mix,…
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Ultimate Taco Salad Recipe
I never make taco meat just to have a taco salad but it sure is a great way to use up the leftovers a day or so after having tacos. I like to use a little Catalina salad dressing on mine for a Catalina Taco Salad. It just adds a nice sweet touch. My kids…
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Lemon Butter and Herb Chicken Leg Quarters
Chicken leg quarters are on sale these days, 77 cents a pound around here. That’s about as low as chicken goes these days. I bought a max pack and split them up and am doing two different things with them. First, I cut them all into leg and thigh pieces because none of us will…