elly says opa » mexican/tex-mex

°°   So, um, hi everyone. I'm alive and all of that. A lot has been going on, from my youngest starting kindergarten (and being practically done at this point) to my getting a new job/promotio...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2019/04/19/chicken-chili-tamale-pie/

This was the first year we were able to plant a garden (and by “we” I really mean Tom, since he and the kids did all the work). We had a great yield of tomatoes and spinach, a small yield of ...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2015/08/12/roasted-jalapeno-tomato-salsa/

There are plenty of things I didn’t like or didn’t give a chance to when I was a kid, but the two that stick out most are beans and peppers. At a restaurant, everything ordered would need to ...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2015/06/29/green-chile-cheeseburgers/

I’ve been staring at a blank screen for a while here, because I don’t know how many more times or ways I can tell you that we’re a Tex-Mex loving family and that one-pot meals are highly de...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2015/03/19/7093-2/

I used to have a bag of masa harina in my cabinet at all times, but then when my last bag ran out, I kind of…forgot about it for a while. Recently, though, after randomly remembering my love ...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2015/02/09/chicken-chili-with-masa-harina-dumplings/

  My older kid is usually pretty good about being gracious at dinnertime. Sure, we sometimes have those moments where he JUST DOESN’T WANT _____ or he is appalled at the audacity I had to mix ...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2015/01/14/skillet-chicken-chili-mac/

  I don’t know about you, but for as much as we eat Mexican fare, I often have a hard time thinking of sides. While beans and rice are the standards, I find that paired with tortillas (as Me...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2014/07/07/calabacitas/

It should come as absolutely no surprise that Zachary is a huge fan of Mexican food, given how much of it we eat (and Ian is already following closely in his footsteps). Last night we were eating...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2014/05/15/crusty-black-bean-chorizo-subs-tortas/

  For a while there, about half our meals were coming from Mexican Everyday, or at least it felt like it. It still remains one of my favorite cookbooks, but I was thinking the other day that it...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2014/05/05/pork-adobado-happy-cinco-de-mayo/

When I was abstaining from dairy due to Ian’s intolerance, Josie was being terribly mean and posting a million cheesy recipes I wanted to try, including this one, which has been at the forefron...

http://ellysaysopa.com/2014/02/11/chicken-enchilada-quinoa-bake/