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homemade meatball soft tacos

2019/06/26 By Melinda Leave a Comment

A Mediterranean Mexican mash up, soft tacos made with homemade flour tortillas and stuffed with tiny flavor bomb meatballs, cucumber, yogurt sauce, and pickled veggies. a note on the flour tortillas I used my bacon fat flour tortilla recipe except this time I used butter and warm milk instead of bacon fat and only divided […]

Filed Under: Meaty Mains, Recipes, Savory Tagged With: flour tortilla, ground beef, ground pork, jalapeño, meatballs, red onion, tacos, yogurt

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Summertime Chilaquiles with fresh tomatoes

2018/07/26 By Melinda Leave a Comment

There is nothing quite as perfect as a salsa fresca made with summertime ripe and bountiful tomatoes, fresh tomatoes bursting with flavor and variety, no uniformly red hot house fruit but the variety and zip that only something fresh and local has to offer. Now is the time for this summertime chilaquiles recipe made with […]

Filed Under: Breakfasty Brunchy, Cast Iron, Eggs, Recipes, Savory Tagged With: cast iron cooking, corn tortillas, jalapeño, poblano, spicy, Tomatillo, tomato

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Coconut Curry Noodles with grilled pickled vegetables

2018/06/17 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Overhead shot of Coconut Curry Noodles with grilled pickled vegetables

These coconut curry noodles with grilled pickled vegetables are a quick and simple spicy noodle dish- inspired by bahn mi and thai coconut curry, and delicious hot or cold.  If it wasn’t for those charred pickled vegetables this would fall into the weekday food in my mouth right now catagory. But those veggies are worth […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, Vegetarian Mains Tagged With: carrots, coconut milk, curry, fish sauce, jalapeño, Pasta, pickled veggies

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Fresh Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

2015/08/07 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Fresh Tomato Salsa or Pico de Gallo A few months ago I realized that even when vine ripened tomatoes were over two dollars a pound it was still cheaper to make my own fresh salsa rather than buy it pre-made. Now that the tomatoes in my garden are coming I don’t even have to do […]

Filed Under: gluten free, Recipes, Savory, Sides and such, Veggies Tagged With: cilantro, jalapeño, pico de gallo, salsa, tomato

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Jalapeño Lime Simple Syrup: spice up tequila or spritzers

2015/04/25 By Melinda 5 Comments

Jalapeño Lime Simple Syrup to spice up your life or, at the very least, your drink. Subtly sweet citrus simple syrup with just a bit of heat, this won’t punch you in the face with hot but may give a playful slap. No red mark. Use it to make an easy tequila cocktail or in […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Recipes Tagged With: cocktail, drink, jalapeño, lime, simple syrup, spritzer, tequila

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