This sauce is crack. Immediately addicting and your nose is running but you can’t stop eating it. It’s the spicy version of the ubiquitous taqueria sauce they serve in squeeze bottles. You can scale down the amount of habanero peppers, or omit them entirely. The […]
Mole is not normally something you whip up in a flash. Traditionally, the complex flavors are developed over a looooong period of time. Lucky for you, this recipe uses a few shortcuts (hooray for peanut butter!) to get all of those delicious flavors in a […]
These salads are loaded because that’s the only way you can normally get me to eat a salad. Blackened chicken, avocado, crumbled cotija cheese, fire roasted corn, pico de gallo, and a spicy chipotle ranch dressing. This is a “non-recipe” recipe – you can improvise […]
It’s like two of my favorite foods had a baby. Tender chunks of slow cooked pork shoulder, swimming in a spicy, flavorful broth. And of course the recipe includes directions for the perfect ramen egg. This recipe takes some time to prep, but the slow […]
Inspired by my all-time favorite menu item at Taco Bell, these babies are perfect for when you can’t decide whether you want a crunchy or soft taco. Have both! The lightly charred flour tortilla wraps around the crunchy corn taco shell, held together by a […]
These enchiladas are the perfect accompaniment to one too many margaritas. They’re stuffed with smoky, tender, slow cooker chicken carnitas (note below), covered with tangy tomatillo salsa, and smothered in cheese that gets perfectly browned and bubbly in the oven. *If you’re looking to cut […]
The perfect cheesy, spicy, one-pan Tex-Mex breakfast. It’s a mess of chorizo, crispy tortilla strips, peppers, onions, and slow scrambled eggs. Top it with avocado, salsa and crema for the perfect hangover cure. Serves 3-4 depending on how hungry (or hungover) you are. Ingredients: Vegetable […]
Elote (aka Mexican street corn) is one of my favorite Mexican dishes that has become ubiquitous around Los Angeles. So why not turn it into a dip? This dip has everything you want in an appetizer – it’s cheesy, spicy, salty, sweet, and would be […]
It’s no surprise that Taco Bell is my favorite fast food. I’ve been eating cheesy gordita crunches for as long as I can remember (and my memory isn’t great given the amount of wine I consume but I do vividly remember ordering them in middle […]
It’s about as simple as it sounds and there’s no less than ten million recipes already on the internet for guacamole. Why did I bother writing a recipe about smashing avocados in a bowl, you ask?? Because this is a compilation of my favorite tips […]
