tex-mex recipes Archives

Flan

By Hilah | May 1, 2012 |

How to make Flan video (scroll down for flan recipe) Cinco de Mayo is this weekend and if you’re not familiar, it’s kind of a big deal around these parts. It’s a Mexican holiday that commemorates the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans whooped the French even though they were outnumbered two-to-one. It’s always…

Crispy Beef Tacos

By Hilah | April 10, 2012 |

crispy beef tacos video – scroll down for recipe We never had McDonald’s when I was a kid, but Taco Bell was on the “okay sometimes” list. I don’t remember ever eating Taco Bell when we weren’t in the car, so it must have been some kind of back-up plan for food emergencies on the…

Chiles Rellenos

By Hilah | March 23, 2012 |

Chiles Rellenos REcipe Video – scroll down for the recipe card! I was talking to my friend Estrella the other day and remembering the first time we made chiles rellenos together with her mother, Adriana. Estrella and I were in our early twenties, maybe even just twenty years old. It was my dad’s birthday dinner…

Huevos Rancheros

By Hilah | March 9, 2012 |

Huevos Rancheros Video – scroll down for recipe I know you know I love tacos, but what maybe you did not know is that I also love tostadas which are like tacos, but flat and hard to eat. Or flat and FUN to eat if you want to think positively about it, which I do.…

Green Chili Macaroni and Cheese

By Hilah | February 28, 2012 |

Green Chili Macaroni and Cheese video – scroll down for recipe Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. After all the Valentine’s Day lovey-dovey, romancy-pantsy, French, Italian, aphrodisiac and chocolate recipes have come and gone their merry way, all I want to eat in February is old-fashioned American grub. This green chili macaroni…

Sweet Potato Breakfast Tacos

By Hilah | October 4, 2011 |

We’re getting the adventures started early this season! You know I have a fascination with food trucks and trailers. There’s something about the entrepreneurship behind them, the ingenuity in their design, the fact that you can DRIVE them, and the hot and sweaty working conditions that just drive me WILD. Usually the food’s pretty good,…

Heads Up! Pico de Gallo!

By Hilah | September 19, 2011 |

Really quick before the new episodes start up tomorrow! Here’s how to make pico de gallo! “Pico de gallo” translates from Spanish to “beak of the rooster” and theories on that name mostly all revolve around the sharpness of a rooster’s beak being analogous to the spicy pop of pico de gallo. It’s a very…