Native American Natural Foods: Tanka Bars
October 11, 2009 by Kimberly · 15 Comments
Have you heard of Native American Natural Foods? It’s a food company started by the Lakota Indians from their reservation in Kyle, South Dakota. The Tanka Bar is their best selling product.
Check out this great video that explains it all…
I love that their using their traditional Native American recipes and helping their community, and the rest of the world, overcome health problems such as obesity and Read more
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Taco Cabana in Rockwall, Texas: Dallas Restaurant Review
October 9, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
My hubby and I often sneak off to Taco Cabana during the day if we need a quick meal while we’re working on fixing up a property or simply running around doing errands.
For lunch today, that’s exactly what we did.
We stopped at the Taco Cabana in Rockwall, Texas (Dallas) off I-30 by the lake.
It sure looked like a nice location and everything was clean and new.
We ordered our usual favorite – Bean and Cheese tacos with green salsa for me, and red salsa for Kenney.
In general, we love Taco Cabana’s refried beans because they’re so flavorful and smooth and the tortillas are so fluffy, warm and fresh. However, today, they had absolutely no flavor whatsoever…it’s like they forgot to season them at all.
So, I loaded them up with the green salsa, and that had no flavor at all either…
Thinking it was just Read more
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Chipotle Steak Salad Bowl Rocks: Dallas Restaurant Review
October 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I’ve never had a Chipotle restaurant meal that I didn’t love.
Their burritos are huge like FreeBirds, their salad bowls are my favorite, burrito bowls look amazing, etc.
They have chicken, steak, ground beef, barbacoa and I believe one other type of meat to choose from.
I always grab a salad bowl…they’re so filling even though it’s salad. They come with their signature Chipotle-Honey vinaigrette that’s superb.
* Tip: Don’t forget to ask for rice, and if you want both types of Read more
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Vegetarian Chili Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen
September 10, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
That’s right! You can be healthy and still cook real recipes, even if you only have a bare bones kitchen when fixing up an investment property…
We spend so much time at our rehab properties that we often end up staying in one to get more cleaning and repairing done, which leaves us with limited seasonings, fresh foods and large appliances to work with.
For dinner today, I made a vegetarian chili out of what we had left in our pantry in this real estate flip house.
My husband laughed when I told him what I was going to make because he didn’t think it was possible with the little bit of food we had in the cupboard.
All I used was 1 bag of dry pinto beans, which I rinsed off in collander and put into an electric skillet filled with water and turned on high with the lid on and vent open.
NEVER use salt when cooking beans (or anything acidic like citrus or vinegar based sauces), or the beans take a very long time to cook through properly.
I put some Read more
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Kimberly’s Southern Hot Water Cornbread
September 2, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
This is so delicious and needs no baking in the oven.
A few simple ingredients and you have a feast fit for a Southern Belle and any Southern Gentleman.
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
~3/4 cup hot water
1 tbsp Read more
Melania’s “Killer” Chimichurri Recipe – aka Pico de Gallo
Roma Tomatoes
My new friend and neighbor, Melania McCarley, from Dallas, Texas made us this recipe this weekend and she told us it was “killer”.
Once we tasted it, we completely agreed – Wow! Amazing pico…
Melania is originally from Costa Rica where they call this mixture chimichurri.
Try it – you’ll love it – I begged her for the recipe so I could share it with you, and be able to make it whenever we want now!
Melania’s Killer Chimichurri – aka Pico de Gallo
Ingredients:
4-5 Roma Tomatoes – Finely chopped
2 bunches Cilantro – Finely chopped
1/2 large Red Onion – Finely chopped
4 Key Limes – Juiced
3 Chili de Read more
10 Finger Lickin’ Bacon Recipes
August 29, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Maple Bacon
Looking for amazing Bacon Recipes, since it is Saturday morning? You still have all weekend to make something finger lickin’ good…
What’s better than Bacon to make everything taste so amazing? Plus, there are many different types of bacon that are more suited to various recipes.
Here are a 10 Finger Lickin’ Bacon Recipes from my CookingWithKimberly.com Cookbook:
1. Beautiful Bacon Burgers – Try out Melanie Stewart’s @ Lone Star Volleyball Club in Coppell, Texas or add them to the grill like she does for your own bacon burgers at home!
2. How to Make Rice More Exciting – Try using REAL bacon bits you fried up separately in a frying pan or use the reserved bacon fat in exchange for butter in your rice recipe!
3. Kimberly’s “Non-Italian” Minestrone Soup – It’s non-Italian because it has less spices, but more amazing food flavors in a rustic version of this traditional soup.
4. Healthy, Cooked Breakfast - Just because it’s bacon, doesn’t mean it can’t be healthy!!!
Burger's Smokehouse Bacon Sampler
5. A Salad Bar at Home – Oh yeah! How cool is this? What salad bar doesn’t come complete with bacon bits – just make them yourself at home! You’ll be glad you did…
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Win 1 of 7 Cuisinternships to Oregon!
August 27, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
This is one of the coolest contests I’ve seen in a while!
If you feel you’ve missed your calling as a culinary expert, you can enter to win 1 of 7 Oregon Bounty “Cuisinternships”.
You get to choose whether you want to win an all-expenses paid trip to Oregon (roundtrip airfare, 6 nights of lodging & $1000 cash) for a 5-day & 6-night apprenticeship as an Oregon:
1. Chef
2. Cheesemaker/Chocolatier
3. Craft Brewer
4. Distiller
5. Rancher
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Melanie Stewart’s “Best Burger in Dallas” at Lone Star Volleyball Club
Now, as you all know, I love BBQ and I love burgers!
What you may not know is that we play sand volleyball every weekend and sometimes during the week when it’s nice weather here in Dallas – either at Lone Star Volleyball Club or at Yucatan Beach Club in Coppell, Texas – they’re right across the street from each other.
Well, when we play at Lone Star, as long as Melanie Stewart is working that day, she makes us the “Best Burgers in Dallas”!
She’ll make you a Lone Star hamburger for $3.50, but it’s hard to resist adding cheese and freshly grilled bacon! Yes, I said grilled bacon! How can you resist, right?
Wow – Melanie has a special spice combination she uses especially for these burgers, which she let me see and smell, and try and guess at the ingredients.
Of course, it has salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and the like, but I CAN’T tell you the rest of the ingredients I guessed – that would give up the secret!
Who knows if Read more
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How to Grill Buffalo Burgers – My First Taste
August 7, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
When I say “Buffalo”, I don’t mean the city, although I live very close to Buffalo!
I mean the wild animal roaming the plains of North America – well, they used to anyway.
Now, they’re farmed for their hide and meat.
Kenney and I decided to make Buffalo Burgers the other night after seeing that the price at Whole Foods Market was the same as the ground beef.
What’s wonderful about buffalo meat is that it’s very lean and tasty meat that’s not at all gamey when you buy it in stores.
They made some beautiful burgers for the grill.
How Did I Season Those Buffalo Burgers?
This time, I went pretty plain because I really wanted to enjoy the subtleties of the meat itself without anything changing the flavor.
I used some pepper, a tiny bit of sea salt and a little bit of freshly minced garlic.
Since it’s a lean meat, it doesn’t have much fat in it to keep it from sticking on your grill. So, be sure to use a Read more
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