Mexican Cuisine is a family favorite! We’re celebrating with s simple dinner tonight. Margaritas too! Or a cold Corona with lime or Pacifico without. Tonight’s dinner calls for cold beer. Salud! And Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Healthy Delicious Red & Yellow Pepper Salad. Serve as an antipasto, side or lite main dish.
Cole Slaw is picnic food, a side with ribs, BBQ chicken, trip-tip, hamburgers, hot dogs, or Santa Maria Beans. What most recipes for this salad have in common is sweetness … often too sweet. Curry Slaw is only slightly sweet, and with the addition of peanuts and bacon crumbles it’s more than a side. The curry isn’t overwhelming. In fact, you may want to sprinkle a little extra on each serving. A simple Cole Slaw recipe that will bring lots of compliments!
Yep, this is another old recipe. Mom’s salad recipes are on my mind as Mother’s Day approaches. Of course our eating habits are quite different from the 60’s. I’ve made a few changes to this recipe but it can even be brought closer to date by simply adding blanched green & yellow beans instead of the canned variety … Just as mom’s Layered Salad might better include baby spinach leaves or a spring lettuce combination instead of iceberg to make it more palatable for many. Those are easy fixes. But sometimes it’s just fun to “remember when” and leave the recipe as it was … Especially on Mother’s Day! OK, I have to admit 3/4 cup sugar in the dressing is way too much. Yikes!
Today begins my Vegetable Salads for Days posts. I’m starting with recipes of times past (mom’s) and moving forward to more calorie-concious salads & dressings. All are great and have a place. This layered salad is perfect especially in this single serving jar. All the ingredients can be visualized … Important if your family is like ours. Not everyone likes all the ingredients. These single servings are fun and can be individualized. Truly very little extra time on your part. Especially great for those barbecues or picnics!
We’re getting a head start on this celebration. Believe me, we don’t need an excuse to celebrate with these recipes! Mexican cuisine has always been an important part of our family’s food history. I hope you enjoy viewing some of our favs and give them a try. Search our Mexican Food for more!
Taquitos
Wedding Cakes
Shredded Beef
Enchiladas
Tortilla Soup
Chicken & Chile
Plain Beans
Albondigas Soup
Enmoladas
Tres Leches Cake
Salsa
Chorizo & Eggs
The potatoes are being popped into the oven for a 25 minute reheat. Another great potato recipe for family or company. Just like a baked potato fully loaded. Add what your family likes on a baked potato and you can’t go wrong. I added our favs: butter, sour cream, cheddar cheese and chives.
So-o decadent! Great over a tenderloin roast or your favorite barbecued or pan seared steak. Fast and easy too. I used Gorgonzola cheese just because. Use your favorite blue cheese. This is a no fail. Promise. Sauté the sliced mushrooms with garlic and butter or just add them (mushrooms and garlic) to your melted cheese and butter and forget the sauté. Up to you!
Let’s see. What else can be enhanced by this sauce? Vegetables, pasta, rice!
You may not think of this as a Valentine’s Day meal but my Valentine does! This fills the bill for pasta Sunday too. How perfect is this! May you have a day filled with love and good food.
Nothing like potatoes to accompany meat or eggs! Actually, this potato recipe doesn’t require accompaniment or company. For the perfect do-ahead potato recipe give this one a try … A recipe that’s been around a long time for good reason.