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Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

Who doesn’t love chicken enchiladas?  And these delicious chicken enchiladas are so easy to make!  They were popular at the catering shop.  They’re lively, but not spicy hot, and we used to tell people they were kid- and grandmother-friendly.  You can always put a...

Jenni’s Hot Bean Dip

Jenni’s Hot Bean Dip

This isn’t my recipe. Jenni Jones taught it to me, but she says she didn’t make it up, either. Y’all know Jenni. She ran the front of the catering shop and was always super nice, genuinely happy to see you, and incredibly helpful. She always knew who you were, whether...

Jalapeño Popper Grits

Jalapeño Popper Grits

Cheesy and delicious, Jalapeño Popper Grits have all the flavors you love in jalapeño poppers.  In case you’ve been living under a rock, if you order jalapeño poppers in a restaurant you’ll get jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese, cheddar, and bacon bits, then rolled...

Weeknight Chicken Carnitas

Weeknight Chicken Carnitas

If you’ve ever had Mexican carnitas you already know they’re delicious. The name “carnitas” means “little meats”.  Traditionally, carnitas are made by slowly braising a pork shoulder in lard or a highly seasoned broth, then shredding the meat, and frying it in its own...

King Ranch Chicken

King Ranch Chicken

King Ranch Chicken originally appeared in October, 2019.  I now make this easier version, and I’ve updated the photos.  I am conflicted about the end of summer.  I love summertime, but I am just plain tired of being hot.  I am also tired of salad. And cantaloupe. I...

Loaded TexMex Salad

Loaded TexMex Salad

  I love a good meal salad.  And I love TexMex food.  This salad brings both.   Large enough for two, my Loaded TexMex Salad is a bodacious combo of crisp lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, corn, black beans, avocado, cheese, and a flavorful protein.  I like it...

TexMex Ranch Dressing

TexMex Ranch Dressing

Move over, plain sour cream.  You've got some competition!  Cool and creamy TexMex Ranch Dressing is the salad dressing you didn't know you needed.  It's a must on Loaded TexMex Salad! TexMex Ranch Dressing 1 cup sour cream½ cup full-fat buttermilk2 t. parsley flakes1...

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas with Lime Crema

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas with Lime Crema

I’m a child of the South--Baldwin County, Alabama, to be exact--and as such, I’m a big fan of sweet potatoes. We grow them here. Well, not me personally, but the sweet potato growers grow them. In the fall you’ll see big, happy, beautiful, piles of them in local...

Ultimate Nachos Casserole

Ultimate Nachos Casserole

Y’all know how we are about TexMex food around here. We LOVE it. We love it so much that we keep lots of TexMex ingredients around at all times. We love it so much that we need lots of easy recipes to use all that stuff up. We love it so much that at my house TexMex...

Homemade Guacamole

Homemade Guacamole

Homemade Guacamole is a thousand times better than the store-bought kind. And it’s easy. And fast. And super good for you! Fair warning: My Homemade Guacamole is mainly unadulterated avocado, lightly seasoned, doused with lime juice, and left a little chunky....

Cheese Enchiladas

Cheese Enchiladas

These Cheese Enchiladas were our very best seller at the shop, month in and month out. Prep Cook Extraordinaire Todd would come in in the morning, assess the Cheese Enchilada situation in the coolers out front, and get to work. I don’t know exactly how many Cheese...

Restaurant-Style Salsa

Restaurant-Style Salsa

It’s so easy to grab a jar of salsa at the store. I used to do it all the time. That is, until the day I came home from the grocery store without it. By the time I realized my error I had enchiladas in the oven, rice on the stove, and I was setting the table for...

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