This is a really great way to recreate rolled tacos at home, without the mess and added fat of frying. It is a bit time intensive, but if you have a rolling partner, and you make a whole big batch, it’s worth it. What you need: Turkey/ chicken/ whatever meat you are using onion taco [...]
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Baked Rolled Tacos
Posted in Mexican on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Agua Fresca
Posted in Beverage, Mexican, Sweets on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I love strawberry agua fresca, you guys. I love it to much, I want to marry it. I go to the swapmeet in East County, just to get it. Then I got the courage to ask the cashier at the tamale stand how to make it… What she told me was TOTALLY different than the [...]
Refried Beans
Posted in Cheap, Mexican on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I make these all the time, and never really though anything of it until Christina came over for pollo asado one night and was so in love with them. I think she called them “restaurant beans”, haha. I got the recipe from the mother of my best childhood friend. She was a badass Mexicana who [...]
Enchiladas Verdes + Tomatillo Salsa
Posted in Chicken, dressing/ sauce, Mexican, slow cooker on March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
So I don’t remember how I stumbled upon Pati’s Mexican Table blog, but you should definitely check it out. I used her recipe for the enchiladas and the tomatillo salsa in this post. The enchiladas are kind of a PITA, but they were delicioussssss. The salsa, on the other hand was easy and I am [...]
Turkey tacos w/ corn and zucchini
Posted in Cheap, garlic, Mexican, Vegetables on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So I am trying to be a better blogger, and post more often, so today you will get TWO. Savor it, folks. I love tacos. Who doesn’t really? If you don’t, I wouldn’t really want to be your friend. So when it’s taco night, we (me, BF and Frito the cat) get pretty damn excited. [...]
Chipotle Rip-Off
Posted in Mexican on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Chipotle’s rice, but if I eat a whole burrito or bowl there, I feel so full I want to barf (plus its $5+ a pop). So I decided to make my own chipot-bowls. I went on the internets and found what looked like a respectable recipe for rip-off rice and went from there. [...]