Spanish Rice was the dish that catapulted me in to foodie love. My grandmother used to make it for me as a snack when I went to visit her. If you’ve seen the movie Ratatouille – the moment when the food critic remembers back to his mama’s home cooking – I get that kind of […]
Tacos and Creamy Guacamole
Everyone loves taco night. Especially in my family. We’ve been making tacos for twenty years of our married life… and we’ve used McCormick Taco Seasoning for almost every beefy plate-full. I figured most everyone was doing the same thing, so I never thought about sharing my “recipe” for tacos. But who knows… maybe there’s someone […]
Sprittibee’s Enchilada Soup
I got a recipe on paper passed to me by someone at an office I worked at back in the 1990’s. It was called “Chili’s Enchilada Soup”, and apparently, at some point, it sprung up as a copy-cat recipe for a soup served at Chili’s restaurants. Never having eaten the soup it purported to re-create, […]
Chipotle-esque Guacamole
CHIPOTLE is LIKE CRACK to me. Don’t believe me? Here’s my fan-club subscription to ChipotleLovers.com and I just wrote a tribute to Chipotle on my other blog that you can stop in to read. I emailed the link to Chipotle and begged for burrito bucks and a T-shirt, too. A girl can dream, can’t she? […]