The correct name for this recipe is: “Sweet Potato Salad with Carmelized Onions, Watercress, and Guajillo Chile Dressing”. This dish had more oil-everywhere problems than BP. (Too soon?) Ultimately we LOVE this recipe and we’ve already repeated it for friends, since making it the first time. The second time I didn’t even break anything. Please do not laugh […]
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This is: Spicy Chipotle Salsa with Pan-Roasted Tomatillos
This is a tomatillo with the husk on it: This is a tomatillo without the husk: This is how you roast them in a pan with garlic: This is how you blend them with two chipotle peppers: This is the other goodness that your sister makes while you make the tomatillo salsa: This is the […]
Spice, Pain, and Ventilation; Chipotle Beef Tacos with Carmelized Onions
Who doesn’t love spicy? Lots of people, including my husband, but we won’t talk about how I married a flavor wuss. This recipe in Everyday Mexican by Rick Bayless seemed very straight-forward and easy, so I figured it would be no-stress way to start the book. There was even an accompanying tomatillo salsa recipe with like […]
Mexican Everyday: Chipotle
My Mexican Everyday cookbook (by Rick Bayless) came from Amazon today. I haven’t even cracked it yet. It’s a weeknight, we spent 2 after-school hours in the pool, and have I mentioned I suck at cooking? I did mention that, right? Go back and read. To preface my dinner choice explanation, I would eat Chipotle for […]
Times They Are A-Changin’
So my hubby was a band director and didn’t remember desiring any other career since the beginning of things. Except that this career kinda sucked for hubby. He spent 11 years hopping around to five different school districts – doing a good job and trying hard to be happy. But his hobby was […]