Update and Redux: J – The sauce matters! Especially in Mexican cuisine … and, casting no aspersions on French, Italian or other great culinary traditions, Mexican dishes often start with fairly simple ingredients. The sauces seem to play more of a co-starring role. When we first did these three sauces, … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – I am a huge fan of fish tacos. A couple of years ago when we did Taco Week, fish tacos HAD to be included. They are always so light and crunchy … you get to eat more, of course. The only trick to them, if … Continue reading
Update and Redux: C – Tacos are one of my favorite things to eat. I make them weekly. When I want to give up being a vegetarian, this will be one of the first tacos I make. There’s nothing like a simple Carne Asada taco to celebrate any occasion. C … Continue reading
C – I like my Mexican food spicy. Sometimes, a little too spicy. It usually burns my mouth. I usually blow out my taste buds. Water usually makes it worse. I don’t like drinking milk to make the heat subside. There is one drink that I love and it’s a … Continue reading
J – This is a tale of not letting a good food gift go uneaten. How could this possibly happen, one might ask? With me, easily. I am a creature of habit, stubbornly at times. I will meditate in the morning, unless the house is burning or I have a … Continue reading
C – I’ve always wanted to try making a milkshake with the ice cream we make. If you’ve never tried making homemade ice cream … especially the one we make … you have to. Put it on your bucket list. You may never look at store bought ice cream again. … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – A few years ago we were on a duck-everything kick. Maybe we still are, as evidenced by how many duck products are sitting in the freezer. It’s fortunate we have a lot of different duck recipes … like this smoked duck pizza. This is one … Continue reading
Update and Redux: C – It’s always a treat to have confit in the freezer. But, it’s usually a daunting task for me to know what to make with it. This brown chicken rillette is made with some brown chicken we made into confit. It’s the most luxurious appetizer ever … Continue reading
C – How often do you clean out the freezer? For us, it’s been a while. We have gotten into a good habit of labeling things, but there are a few that we missed. Some things we just made too much. They end up being stored in the freezer until … Continue reading
C – Trail mixes can be disappointing. Eating peanuts, raisins and M&Ms isn’t my idea of a healthy snack. Especially, while on a hiking trail. Other mixes aren’t any better. Those that are all nuts are boring. Those without nuts are missing something. There always seem to be some missing … Continue reading