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How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
May04

How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

I am so glad I have this recipe for How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna! A gorgeous fusion of Mexican, Italian & American ideas to deliver a fun lasagna with gooey cheese & a flavor marriage made in heaven, especially for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. The crunchy tostadas are a nice touch topped with guacamole, salsa & sour cream. How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna: This is amazingly delicious and...

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How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs
Dec28

How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs

Tomato Dumplings are hearty & full flavored – perfect for any day of the week. An acquaintance revealed that one of her favorite & most delicious dishes made by her mom, they named tomato dumplings. Whenever her own family visited her mother, she requested tomato dumplings. In reviewing the recipe, I have found that it is much more than just tomato dumplings! How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs: We, too, have...

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How to Make Guacam-Olé: National Guacamole Day
Nov14

How to Make Guacam-Olé: National Guacamole Day

National Guacamole Day is finally here! I love an excuse to make guacamole! Ingrid Turner Guacamole is a wonderful addition to almost all Mexican cookery. Varieties of Avocados: Avocados are native to the Americas, and are available all year long. There are 2 varieties: Hass Avocado – dark & bumpy-skinned, grow in California Fuerte Avocado – larger, green & smooth-skinned, from Florida My choice for guacamole would...

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National Taco Day: How to Cook Ground Beef Tacos
Oct04

National Taco Day: How to Cook Ground Beef Tacos

National Taco Day is full of fun and flavor! Crunchy or soft, spicy, tasty and a bit messy too, this Mexican dish is a favorite in the States, to the point that it’s considered Tex-Mex cuisine, and eaten on a grand scale in North America. The base for tacos, fajitas and tostadas is flour or corn tortillas. The corn tortillas are generally folded and fried for tacos, but the ones purchased from your supermarket are good too. How...

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How to Make Guapa Guacamole
Sep19

How to Make Guapa Guacamole

The best part, to me, about Mexican food is the guacamole! There may always be enough rice & beans, but there’s never enough guacamole! ~ Ingrid Turner This recipe for my Guapa Guacamole is very simple to make, is extremely tasty and works with your taste preferences. “Guapa” in Spanish means “lovely”, and this is surely just that… Lovely with warm tortilla chips straight from the oven or the...

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How to Cook Piquillo Pepper & Beef Tostadas + Video
Jun04

How to Cook Piquillo Pepper & Beef Tostadas + Video

Tostadas are a great Mexican or Tex-Mex, depending on how you look at it, meal. They are messy, but they are fun. The best part? They are ridiculously quick, inexpensive & easy to make! What I’m shocked at is that I haven’t published a tostada recipe on the site before…Who knew? We make these bad boys all the time…Now, you can too. So, let’s get something tasty into your systems, and learn how to cook...

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How to Cook Vegetarian Chili Made in a Bare-Bones Fixer-Upper Investment Property Kitchen
Sep10

How to Cook Vegetarian Chili Made in a Bare-Bones Fixer-Upper Investment Property Kitchen

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...

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The Natural at Pizza Hut

I just caught wind of a great idea Pizza Hut has been testing on Dallas, Texas residents this summer in anticipation of releasing it the rest of the nation. The pizza I’m speaking of is called “The Natural”. What does that mean? Well, Pizza Hut is trying to answer the call of people that are trying to eat healthier and more naturally. Okay, how does that relate to pizza then? The Natural features a multi-grain pizza...

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