Mexican Fried Rice Recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #YesYouCAN  #CollectiveBias If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that I'm a hard core advocate of the pantry.  When your pantry is well stock, dinner on busy weeknigh…

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Quinoa Enchilada Casserole

I am not what you would call super health conscious, but I do care about what I am putting into my family's body. Because of this I try to exercise at least one meatless meal a week.  It's usually on Monday, and I call it Meatless Monday.  However, when you are not used to cooking vegetari…

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Sweet Chili Ranch Chicken Casserole

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WhatsYourRanch #CollectiveBias Life is busy, and we all need that go-to recipe for nights when time is not on our side.  I'm talking the kind of recipe where you literally pop open a few c…

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Cilantro Lime Rice

Sometimes at the end of the month I have more meals left than budget.  That's when I try to get resourceful and stretch my dime the best I can.  It's from that place that my recipe for Cilantro Lime Rice was born.  I was having friends over for a dinner party and didn't have a lot of m…

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Perfect Pico de Gallo

With the weather warming up my body craves fresh foods.  I want color in my diet.  Reds, oranges, yellows, purples, greens, I want it all!  And my summer condiment of choice is Pico de Gallo !  To me it is the perfect embodiment of the freshness of summer and it's ALWAYS in my fridge.  It is so…

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Tequila Lime Chicken

I love chicken. I would go so far as to call it the tofu of meats!  I say that because, on it's own, it doesn't have a lot of flavor, but when you season it just right, OMG! One of my favorite ways to prepare chicken is with my tequila lime marinade.  It is PACKED full of flavor, super sim…

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Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Round-Up

This has been an AMAZING week of delicious Mexican recipes!  Today, it just keeps getting better as I share with you some wonderful Cino de Mayo recipes from many of my blogging friends!  I know you are going to love it!! Let's Get Started!

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Perfect Simple Guacamole

I will never forget the first time I tried guacamole.  I was visiting my sister in New Jersey, it was our last night there, and we were going to visit some friends that we had met at her wedding.  They are from Costa Rica, and the mother was going to make us a Latin feast!  I kid you not, they lit…

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Grand Rapids Wet Burritos

My husband grew up in Grand Rapids Michigan, and for as long as we have been married (15 years next week!) he has talked about a gal named Maria, and the Wet Burritos she made at the Mexican Restaurant he and his family frequently visited.  I assumed that a wet burrito was a burrito with salsa on …

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Winter Salsa

Even though I am not Mexican, I love celebrating Cinco de Mayo.  Basically it's because it gives me the freedom to eat as much Mexican food as I want!  But let's be honest, does one REALLY need a reason to eat Mexican?  No, I think not.  *lol* ANYWAY, the one downside to Cinco de Mayo bei…

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