View the print-ready version of this recipe. I fell in love with Huevos Rancheros when my husband and I lived in Mexico.  Don’t miss all my other favorite Mexican recipes. Please tell me you have heard of this incredible dish before? Huevos Rancheros (Spanish for “rancher’s eggs”) is a popular Mexican recipe that’s made up of…

Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa I’ve been waiting a long time to share this awesome-amazing-delicious Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa recipe with you all.  I love pretty much everything about this barbacoa recipe. You’d be hard pressed not to. It’s one of those recipes that will easily capture everyone’s taste buds [and therefore their hearts.] And you’ll probably be…

Recently I visited the seaside community of Punta Mita in Mexico, where I enjoyed different tortilla soups. This recipe is a compilation of the various types of soup I tasted. Stale or dried corn tortillas are used as a thickener and garnish along with fresh corn kernels for a double dose of corn flavor. I like…

The Most Tender Pork Carnitas If you’ve landed here today, you’re in for an insanely mouthwatering treat. We’re talking about a game-changing, epic, foolproof deal. And it doesn’t even involve sugar It’s healthy, clean eating that will make your mouth and tummy so, so happy. Your people will think you’re a genius in the kitchen…

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For a food writer, one of the best things about going on vacation is not having to cook every day, all day. Then again, because your world revolves around testing recipes, vacation also can mean work because if you go somewhere new and exciting, you’re bound to eat a…

View the print-ready version of this recipe. Talk about Mexican soul food; you can’t get more quintessential than Pozole! This is a Mesoamerican dish and was an Aztec favorite long before Columbus ever sailed the ocean blue. There are even restaurants specializing in it, called pozolerías! It was one of the first real Mexican dishes I fell in…

By Johnathan L. Wright From Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas—Many Mexican restaurants in Las Vegas serve ready-to-wear corn tortillas, pulled straight from the package. Others send out semi-custom versions, made using purchased masa dough. Only a tiny handful offer couture tortillas, fashioned in house from imported heirloom corn that’s boiled, milled, formed into dough, pressed…

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service With thoughts of the Super Bowl this year in Glendale, Arizona. I decided on an Arizona-inspired meal. Chimichangas are fried burritos and a popular dish in Arizona. They’re usually made with a flour tortilla filled with meat, cheese and spices. There are many stories as to their origin,…

Turkey leftovers nearly always transform into soup in our house. My father started the tradition by roasting the nearly picked clean turkey bones before simmering them in a highly seasoned broth with chopped vegetables. Shreds of leftover turkey and crunchy croutons turned the humble beginnings into a satisfying, full meal soup. All that goodness came…

Pozole is Mexican comfort food at its finest. A large stock pot of slow simmered meat in broth that’s punched up with roasted tomatillos, jalapeños, onion, lime, oregano and cilantro, this satisfying soup is perfect for holidays, weeknight dinners and everything in between. The traditional soup originated in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Its history is a little murky, but…