Fresh Tortilla Casserole – The Month of Mexican

Fresh Tortilla Cheese Casserole
Fresh Tortilla Cheese Casserole

There is nothing like fresh tortillas to make a great cheese casserole. When you are starting out making tortillas by hand, your tortillas might not turn out as nice and thin as those at the store, but that shouldn’t stop you. Use them for a casserole. You can use canned enchilada sauce as I did, or you can make your own salsa, which I will show in another post.

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The Month of Mexican – Machaca Potatoes

Machaca Potatoes

Many, many moons ago, my friend, Chef John Farion introduced me to Machaca and Eggs. I fell in love – with the dish – not him!  If you have never heard of Machaca, it is traditionally dried meat, either beef or pork, that has been rehydrated and used in local dishes in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States. It’s kind of like a very well seasoned stew, often served with eggs.  Next time you see a Mexican food truck, ask if they have Machaca and try it.  You’ll be hooked, too. 

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Pork Burrito Salad

Pork Burrito Salad

Pork Burrito Salad

This was intended to be a Toastada with a beautiful shell, but, you know, you come home from work, you’re hungry, and that high falutin fiesta shell goes out the window.  No problem, this was actually better because you could eat some, then pick it up and eat it like a burrito.  Of course, you could put anything you want in here, chicken, beef, tongue, fish, or completely meatless.

I really like what I call Whole Meal Salads in the summer.  It means usually not having to turn your oven on at all.  If you want meat, you can get meat already cooked, like rotisserie chicken that I used in my Curried Chicken Salad.  Have you noticed, it’s been a real summer of salads.  That’s good, salads are healthy, depending on what you put in them. I try to keep high-end salads that have blue cheese dressing for special occasions, and keep everyone else with a little oil and vinegar, if anything.

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