A slow cooker makes homemade refried beans so easy, and homemade is so much better – recipes are customizable, and the food is better tasting and healthier, especially the salt content. Canned foods often have so much salt added as a flavour enhancer and preservative but that’s not so great for our health. This recipe does add some salt, but…
This guacamole recipe is a great – no, huge – leap up from using one of those premade seasoning packets to mix into mashed avocados. We’ve been using a handwritten copy since the mid ’00s but it’s one that never made it to the site until I started getting serious about putting all my recipes online for the kids. Avocados…
I’ve loved Fish Tacos since sometime in the early 2000s (in Oregon), when I discovered the Taco Del Mar Fish Taco. One bite and I was addicted. Tangy, spicy, all the textures, just fantastic! However, since 2011 I’ve been living in rural Alberta, which offers limited options for a good Fish Taco. Taco Time, a 90 minute drive away, sometimes…
If you’ve ever suffered from a migraine, you will probably understand the sentiment that migraine sufferers will do almost anything to prevent another attack. Food triggers can be tricky to sort out, but some are glaringly obvious. One small meal with the wrong ingredient, sometimes even just one bite, and you instantly know you screwed up. I’d suffered with migraines…
The older my kids get, the more some recipes show that they really stand the test of time. It’s been over a decade since I started making this recipe, which was originally posted in July 2009, but we never get tired of it. Pork shoulder roasts (also known as pork butt – I know, weird) make this an economical dish…
If you’ve spend any time on this site, you might have noticed we love Mexican and Texmex meals! This Beef Tamale Casserole, sometimes called Tamale Pie, is an easy to prepare meal with a delicious filling and cheesy cornbread topping. I try to make my life easier on days that I work my day job, by making quicker meals, or…
Ditch stale, expensive store bought tortillas! A helper makes these quick and easy to make.
This Spanish Rice has been a staple side dish with our Mexican style meals for over a decade now, before we moved to Alberta. Originally posted on January 7, 2009, the original recipe used chicken broth. We started using Better Than Bouillon when Costco started carrying it here and it’s a great improvement, but you can definitely enjoy this using…