Here is this easy Recipe! Every year we make a ton of food for the holidays . This year we ended up with a lot of baked ham. I typically add ham to my eggs but this time I spiced it up a bit! So here is my Mexican Breakfast Tacos with leftover Holiday Ham!…
Tag: Mexico
Air Fryer Fajitas
For a while now I had been hearing about all the great benefits of foods cooked in the air fryer. However I just now purchased one myself. So far I have made French fries, chicken nuggets and these amazing fajitas! I am not a nutritionist but cooking with an air fryer reduces the amount of…
Chiles en Nogados, Mexican Christmas traditions.
My Mexican friend Dionicia shared her home-made version of what she calls ‘Chiles en Nogados’ with me last week. She told me this is a popular Christmas tradition in Mexico now. My friend explained that this recipe originated back in 1821, when the victorious Mexican General Augustin de Iturbide stopped in Puebla, and a…
Ponche de Navidad, a Mexican Christmas tradition.
Buñuelos and ‘Ponche de Navidad’ [with or without Tequila], guests of honor at Mexican Christmas family gatherings. This week we celebrated a Posada with Norma and her family. She prepared this warm, inviting drink, gave me the recipe and shared some of this tradition’s story. Common Mexican middle of the road knowledge says this tradition started…
Fresh Tortillas. A Tip from my Mexican Friend
Norma is a good friend from Mexico. Every time I go to her house she has fresh tortillas for me. I once asked her what was her secret. She told me that if I didn’t have a “tortilleria” nearby I could always apply her tip to the regular supermarket packaged tortillas. A tortilleria is a shop typically…
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