salsa verde sour cream enchiladas
let’s get this fiesta started. cinco de mayo is wednesday after all & you’ll need a little something else to go alongside your margaritas. trust me. i’ve learned this lesson the hard way, aka the guy fieri road show circa my birthday 2009. things started innocently enough, but eventually something that i can best describe [...]
chicken enchiladas
after the enchiladas diablo debacle, i had to redeem myself. i knew annie wouldn’t let me down. full of flavor. way less heat. that can be a good thing, i’ve learned. from annie’s eats 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 jalapenos, seeded & finely chopped 1 tsp canola oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 tablespoons [...]
quinoa with zucchini & avocado dressing with chili roasted shrimp
we’re new to the world of quinoa (pronounced keen-wah), this super grain containing 11g fiber & 8g protein per serving, but those nutritional facts, paired with this avocado dressing & topped with a few perfectly roasted shrimp and you can’t really argue. super quick & easy to put together, we served this warm for dinner, [...]
super sexy slaw
what better side for super sexy chicken? it’s full of great color, interesting & bold flavors from the two different kinds of onions paired with cilantro, a slight little kick from the serranos, all without getting weighed down by an overabundance of mayo. i’d say that’s super sexy slaw. from bobby flay’s grill it! 1 [...]
cilantro chimichurri
Chimichurri is pretty much an Argentinian pesto, but made with parsley. But guess what? My parsley’s all dead. Don’t know how that happened, but we had plenty of cilantro, so we improvised. The following recipe is not for the chimichurri purists, but is was based on the real thing. And you know what? It was [...]
chicken chilaquiles
I used to hate chipotle peppers and the smoky flavor of the adobo sauce, but now I can’t get enough. Weird, huh? I saw this chicken stew on another food blog I enjoy, Voila!, and needed to try it. I refused to go to the grocery store, so my ingredients were slightly off, aka canned [...]
drunken chicken
Well, we have been holding on to this recipe for almost two weeks now…I think it’s been about that long since we whipped up anything new. Typically, this would be a good summer dish, but we threw caution to the wind because there was a large bunch of cilantro in the fridge that was screaming [...]
mango, red onion & avocado salad
This one comes from Good Things Catered and we had it alongside the Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. It was a nice contrast to all the heat we had going on in those. Very healthy and light. Fresh herbs are key. 5 c. mixed salad greens 1/2 c. fresh cilantro, chopped 1/4 c. fresh dill, chopped 1/4 [...]
creamy chicken enchiladas
Tom literally gagged when he found out this was a Kraft recipe, even though he’s eaten it several times before. A good majority of their recipes trigger that kind of reaction from me, but I think that it comes more from the fact they are bound and determined to use Kraft Italian Dressing in every [...]
simple grilled shrimp
This one comes from a guy I used to know who would indulge in a few too many adult beverages and whip up a gourmet meal at 3:00am. Somehow I managed to commit it to memory, and he went to culinary school. Sorry…this is another one that has no exact measurements… Ingredients: shrimp, raw and [...]
