Some mornings, you just need an extra little push to get going, you know? Last Sunday was one of those mornings for me. It was late February yet the temperatures resembled those of January, the insides of my nose kept freezing every time I had to take the dog outside, I had papers to grade and a midterm of my own to study for, and I was just not feeling motivated. So naturally, I decided to take a ...
Mexican
Jalapeño-Lime Chicken Fajita Bowls
Fajitas have always been a tricky food for me, since I typically try to cram the tortillas with far more than their actual capacity. Half of the contents then spill out the back end of the tortilla, leaving behind a delicious mess that, as I gobble it down with a fork, proclaims to everyone at the table that my eyes were larger than my stomach tortilla. So, I figure, why not just skip the extra ...
Mexican Tamales Part II: Additional Notes
While I was at home in California over the holidays, where it was a balmy sixty degrees or so and there was none of this polar vortex business going on (thanks for the fifteen below/thirty below with wind chill welcome back, Michigan!), where I could go to the grocery store and not find that everyone got there before I did and had already cleared out the store's supply of, well, pretty much ...
Mexican Tamales with Guajillo-Pineapple Sauce
We recently took another cooking class – a tamale workshop at Sur La Table! It was a lot of fun (and the food was phenomenal!), but I had no idea how long it takes to make tamales. It’s definitely more of an activity to be shared and enjoyed with other people, rather than just a recipe to make for a meal. Because of the two-hour class schedule, the instructor had done a few of the steps ahead of ...