One of my favorite things to get at Mexican/Tex-Mex eateries is a burrito smothered in sauce. Depending on the place, it’s either red sauce or green sauce, but definitely red sauce over green. A friend of mine has been trying to recreate the red sauce from her favorite Mexican eatery. While this recipe wasn’t an exact
Mango Upside Down Cake
Skip to Recipe Mango season is in full swing, and the creative juices are flowing! Trying to figure out what to make with mango every year is often a challenge. Often, however, an idea just pops into my head that makes me say “Why the heck didn’t I think of that before!?” That was the
Red Velvet Lava Cake
Another Fourth of July, approaches. In addition to another year to celebrate our nation’s independence, it’s yet another reason to eat things that are red, white, blue, or a combination of all three. Normally, this means flag cakes or tri-color jello molds, but I am thinking out of the box this year. I’m thinking red
Platillos Voladores (A Review)
This is kind of an unorthodox post. Most of the time, when I write a review, it’s mostly so that my friends and family know where to eat locally. Platillos Voladores (Spanish for “Flying Saucers”) is not exactly local. In fact, it’s not even in this country. I’m actually writing this review at the insistence
Buffalo Shrimp and Blue Cheese Grits
Skip to recipe Shrimp and grits are something that I have only recently tried, and was pretty ambivalent towards. I guess it just didn’t click because it’s not something that I grew up eating. But, during a conversation at work one day, we were talking about what foods could and could not be made “buffalo-style,”
Pressure Cooker Coffee Dulce de Leche
Dulce de leche is basically the product of sweetened milk that is cooked until it darkens and thickens. Dulce de leche, or arequipe as it’s known in Colombia, is getting more and more popular in the US. And, with more households investing in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot, making it at home has never been
Peach Compote
Since getting my Instant Pot, I have discovered how easy it is to make yogurt at home. I make about two weeks’ worth of yogurt at a time and portion it out in jar to take to work with me. Sometimes, I add fresh fruit, but more frequently I eat it with fruit compote. Peach
The Parlor Pizzeria (A Review)
I must admit that it came as a shock to me to find out that Phoenix, Arizona is kind of “on the map” as one of the go-to cities in the US for pizza lovers. I expected it to shine in Southwestern food, but my few visits to my sister over there have left me
Pressure Cooker Snickers Cheesecake
Skip to Recipe Oh, if there were any two words sweeter than “Snickers Cheesecake,” I can’t think of them right now. All I can say that, after making this only once, it became a favorite. How can you really go wrong with cheesecake with a chocolate crust and chunks of Snickers floating in there!? I
Pressure Cooker Irish Cream Flan
This is a haphazard post. I hadn’t really been planning on posting this recipe to the blog, but I have had a lot of requests for Irish Cream Flan recipe that I just couldn’t refuse. The public asks, and I deliver. 🙂 For some reason, I have been on a Bailey’s kick lately, so I’ve been