Dulce de Leche Recipe

What Is Dulce de Leche? –The most irresistible Sweet, Creamy and Sticky Temptation with Caramelized Flavor, that would make anyone feel Rejoiced-- Dulce de Leche, pronounce – ‘Dool-say day Ley-chay’ is the name given to a South American (read full article)

Completo Hot Dog -- Best Dog of LifeCompleto, A Healthy Version of South American Fast Food This Hot Dog is a Unique Creation of Chile and is called “Completo” in spanish/meaning “Complete”. And as you can see in the picture, it is a very (read full article)

Helping Chile...On Sunday morning, around 7:40 am, a continuous ringing of the phone wakes J. and me up. My husband ran to answer the phone, while I was trying to open my eyes and understand what was the phone call about? ... It was my sister in law (read full article)

Basil Preserved in Olive Oil

For week 2 of Preserve the Bounty, Jenny challenged us to preserve some of our summer produce in oil or another fat. I’ve put together various combinations of garden-fresh herbs, calendula (marigold) flowers, sun-dried tomatoes, and chile peppe (read full article)

BBQ Sugar Cane Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Ingredients 8 sugar cane sticks. Approximately 6 inches long, peeled and quartered lengthwise 4 lbs. Pork tenderloin cut into 1-1/2 inch cubes 2 large red onions cut into 1-inch cubes Sour Orange Mojo Marinade Ingredients 1-cup sour orange juic (read full article)

BBQ Grilled Pork in Tinga Poblana Recipe

Ingredients 1 pound pork tenderloin 4 seeded chipotle chiles 2 tablespoons honey 2 medium red potatoes 4 ounces chorizo sausage 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 28 ounce can peeled tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon crushe (read full article)

CREAMY CHICKEN & CHILE ENCHILADAS

I actually found this recipe on the side of a can of Old El Paso green chile enchilada sauce. My usual go to enchilada recipe, calls for heavy cream .  When I discovered I was out of it ,  I went into a bit of a panic. I would have to (read full article)

Madras Chicken

Madras chicken may not be an authentic Indian dish, but it can be found at every Indian restaurant in America.  If you don't normally make curries this is a great one to try, because it uses curry powder.  So there is only one spice to buy (read full article)

Chicken Mole

(Photo By: SB, Allrecipes.com)Sometime ago, maybe a week or two, someone, I think it was Margaret, asked me about the Mexican Mole sauce. From various sources, including Allrecipes.com, the Foodnetwork.com, waymorehomemade.com and the travelblog.com, (read full article)

Simple Secrets: How to Fast Freeze Fresh Tomatoes at Home

When the farm stand tomatoes are so well priced at five (or more) for just one dollar I like to buy them in abundance and freeze them for future use. For awhile...I took on the tedious, humid task of blanching each one before freezing...until... (read full article)

BBQ Fiery Asian Pork Roast Recipe

Ingredients 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spic (read full article)

I Just Can't Get Enough

Just in case you didn't feel up to making the corn chowder I just posted, here is a recipe for corn pancakes. It's a super quick and tasty recipe, and it would make a great stand-in for corn bread with some chili. Actually, if you're really hankering (read full article)

Chilled Avocado Cucumber Soup

I've had this recipe for about one million years, and I both love and make it so much that the Southern husband gets that beef barley soup look in his eyes when I pull out the recipe, which is an interesting combo of "I like that soup!" and "wow, she (read full article)

Don't you hate it when...

...you order an appetizer of guacamole and salsa at a Mexican restaurant and, while the dips are authentic and highly flavorful, the accompanying tostados/chips are store-bought crap that taste like salted cardboard?  This is exactly what went d (read full article)

Hot Bytes for 2010-07-29

Chef Michael Symon discusses 'Cook Like an Iron Chef', extending the brand: http://exm.nr/9EkahK # Yum! Homemade pickles quick: chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/aB8gWp # Warm Weather Watermelon Crabmeat-Kissed South Seas Soup – San Jo (read full article)

Hot Bytes for 2010-07-27

Christina Applegate Craving 'Weird' Food: http://bit.ly/9CftBP. I understand cravings, but how is avocado "weird" ? # Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Sued By Former Staff Members. Another celebrity chef "atttacked:" http://bit.l (read full article)

Shanghai World Expo 2010 - The Chile Pavilion

As usual I am saving the best for last. This shall be my last post on the Shanghai World Expo 2010 - and its on the pavilion that impressed me the most.To me the Chile Pavilion is the most architectural among all the pavilions I managed to visit. It (read full article)

Friday Follies: Making a Clean Breast of a Drinking Problem

It’s amazing how the Internet can distract you these days. With my wife’s birthday only a couple weeks away, I began to search for the ideal gift. Before you know it, I’m looking at bar & wine tools. And what comes up on the fi (read full article)

Square Foot Garden - Why Cucumbers Are Sometimes Bitter

I was very excited to pluck from my garden my first two New Mexico Big Jim chile peppers and my first cucumber!  While I have to figure out what to do with the chiles, the kids and I wanted to taste that cucumber right away.  So, I peeled (read full article)

Hot Bytes for 2010-07-21

Holy water on dog food? Pet-sitters face odd requests, and this is one of the oddest… http://bit.ly/a0TIEb # Loaded with nostalgia, the humble pickle may be the ultimate comfort food: http://bit.ly/98UaBW # How to Make 100 Enemies Lists – (read full article)