If you’ve never treated yourself to eating tortillas warm off the griddle (smother them in butter for best effect), then you’ve deprived yourself of one of life’s greatest simple pleasures. The combination of the chewy tortilla smothered in butter that’s melting nicely due to the warm tortilla is far more comforting than a meal of meatloaf and mashed potatoes and …
If you love to cook Tex Mex in your home, there are certain tools you’re going to need. If you already have them, great! If not, put them on your holiday gift list and ask that they be placed under the tree. Below are six Tex Mex cooking tools we feel you shouldn’t live without.
Let’s be honest here: some Christmas holiday “traditions” get a bit old after awhile. The opening presents at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning. The shopping – oh, the endless shopping! – from October until December 24 just to get the “perfect” gift. The fruitcake, the eggnog, the candy canes, the chocolate (well, the chocolate we like), and on, …
When you think of your favorite Tex Mex burrito, is it always filled with beef? Or at least chicken or fish? Take a walk on the burrito historic side and try one with rice and beans instead. Placing beef in Mexican foods is something of a United States “invention,” because folks in Mexico first pretty much used beef as a …
When it comes to Tex Mex food, aficionados know a great restaurant when they taste its food. But if you’re not someone “in the know” when it comes to great Tex Mex cuisine, how can you know when a restaurant is tops at preparing these delicious dishes. To help you, we’ve put together a short “cheat sheet” of sorts to help …
Many people who love Tex Mex cuisine love it good and hot. As in, spicy hot. But many of us who love Tex Mex food don’t like our dishes spicy. We like it hot, of course, but spicy? NO!!! Yet when we look at our friends and family members who pile on the chili peppers and the hot sauce – …
As the holiday seasons approaches, it’s never too early to start planning your holiday parties. And if you live in Texas, why not celebrate the season this year with a Tex Mex theme? Let’s start, for example, with your Christmas decorations. Instead of a traditional pine wreath, why not take some larger leaves from succulent plants and even non-needled cactus …
Many people love spicy-hot Tex Mex foods. That “hot and spicy” often comes courtesy of the judicious use of chili peppers. Chili peppers, in fact, can be added to many “regular” Tex Mex dishes or even those everyday meals of scrambled eggs at breakfast, hamburgers, soups, and more. Take a look below for some ideas as to how you can …
So you make some guacamole in preparation for your Tex Mex-themed dinner party. It’s done, it’s ready and so you grab a tortilla chip and dip it into the green, gooey goodness that is guacamole and….meh. What happened!? Guacamole isn’t at all hard to make, how could things have gone bad? It’s not that things “went bad.” It’s more that …
The U.S. loves to honor people and things with special and national days. We have Mother’s day and Father’s day in the summer, Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day in winter and spring, not to mention Grandparent’s Day, Secretary’s Day, and the hundreds more that pepper our calendars and Hallmark card shelves. There’s even “Eat a Red Apple Day” that …
“Essential” Tex Mex dishes is the topic of this post. So what do we mean by “essential?” Well, because Tex Mex meals are – essentially – Americanized versions of traditional Mexican dishes as brought to the U.S. via Texas’ Tejano culture (people of Mexican or Spanish descent who moved to Texas before it became a republic) , we’re talking about …
Burritos are one of the most satisfying of foods (in our humble opinion). They can provide a hearty meal of shredded beef, chicken or even rice and beans. The also provide some vegetables in the form of lettuce and tomatoes and some very rib-sticking satisfaction with cheese. A salsa. Let’s not forget the salsa!
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