This is a post that is a little overdue. I meant to post it in October when green tomatoes are on the vine and the first frost is rapidly approaching but…stuff happens. 😮 Rather than wait until next October when the timing would be more appropriate, I decided to post it now. Better late than never, eh? Continue reading Chow-Chow Relish
And now for something completely different…How long has it been since you had a delicious shrimp salad? Well, that’s too long. 😉 Continue reading Tropical Shrimp Salad
It’s still cold in DFW so we’re still doing soups. We also need to lose the weight we gained during the Holidays. 😮 So, we roasted 3 chickens, obtained 5.5 lbs of shredded chicken meat, took the carcasses and made 7 qts of rich chicken stock. When you do that you know there is some soup in there somewhere. With that much chicken meat and stock you can make a wonderful variety of soups, starting with your standard comfort food – Chicken Noodle Soup. Today, however, it was time for a good old stick to your bones mexican soup, Tortilla Soup (Sopa Aztea de Tortilla) that is. Continue reading Tortilla Soup (Sopa Azteca de Tortilla)
Hmmmm…Life sure has been hectic over the last 2 months. We decorated; had the kids home for Christmas; shopped until we dropped; and spread good cheer. We have cooked and cleaned and cleaned and cooked. We had 2 Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas dinner and then my best friend, John, had his 60th Birthday on New Year’s Eve, so we threw him a 60th Birthday party, Tex-Mexican style. Whew!!! As a result, the blog has lagged behind and many dishes have yet to be posted. Take this gumbo, for instance. Continue reading Smoked Pork and Sausage Gumbo
Now that Christmas has passed and the kids have all gone home, Baby Lady and I have the house back to ourselves. Life has returned to some semblance of normalcy. So, time for some Mexican food flavors. 😀 Continue reading Grilled Avocado Stuffed with Red Chile Braised Pork
Whew! Where to start; where to start? We love the Holidays but they sure are a lot of work with all of the decorating, shopping, wrapping, cooking and cleaning, picking the kids up at the airport, traveling to see Dad, etc. No time for blogging, our feet hurt, and our backs and legs ache but, as always, our hearts are full of joy as another successful Christmas is now in the books. Lots of smiles and laughter with food, food, food and then more food. I’ve gained 8 lbs. 😮 It was well worth it, especially for the delectable suckling pig that formed the centerpiece of Christmas dinner. Now, let’s see…In addition to the pfferneusse and springerle cookies, we served Baby Lady’s green bean casserole (bottom of photo below pig – she liked it so much on Thanksgiving we had it again), apple-fennel dressing (top of the photo), Italian cream cake from Central Market (Knothead’s favorite dessert), Bourbon pecan pie from Two Fat Cats Bakery in Portland, Maine (courtesy of our youngest son, Knothead – I ate an entire pie when we were in Portland visiting),
spiced apples to serve with the smoked suckling pig
zucchini bread, deviled eggs, Central Market chile marinated olives, and tomato camembert tart. It was a remarkable meal and, while everything was really delicious, the real star of the show was the pig and the pig is what this post is really all about. 🙂
This dish always reminds me of Christmas. I mean, look at it. It’s all red and green, full of Christmas colors. It’s also incredibly tasty. Continue reading Stuffed Sopaipillas Christmas Style
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