Your Easter Supper Done Tex Mex Style

Posted in Holidays

easter egg

If you’re wondering what to cook for Easter dinner, you may decide to go the traditional route and serve a delicious ham (yum!). But why not break from tradition and – especially because you live in Texas – serve an Easter supper that has some Tex Mex/southwestern cuisine roots? For example, the ham. Why not make a ham with a …

Easter Celebrations in Mexico

Posted in Holidays

easter egg

Easter in Mexico is one of the most important religious holidays of the year. Did you know that many consider it to be more important than Christmas?! That’s because Easter is regarded as such a defining moment in history within the Catholic faith. In fact, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geographia (INEGI) reports that almost 90 percent of Mexicans practice Catholicism. …

Menudo Done Right

Posted in Mexican Food Recipes

tacos

Have you heard that menudo is, well, disgusting? Not tasty? Just plain ugh!? If so, then you haven’t had menudo done right, because when menudo is cooked and made correctly – OMG! It’s heaven on earth. We kid you not. For the uninitiated, menudo is a traditional Mexican soup made primarily of – are you ready? – a cow stomach …