Category: Food
No-Soak, Easy, Crockpot Beans
My husband grew up in El Salvador. One morning after we were first married we woke up and he said he felt like a great big breakfast with eggs and b…. I expected him to finish off the word with bacon. But no, he said beans! Beans for breakfast- how weird is that! I have […]
Delicious Refried Beans, El Salvadoran Style
Have you ever gone to a south of the border restaurant and eaten their great refried beans then gone home and opened a can of refried beans and wondered how they could even be called by the same name? Beans out of a can and homemade refried beans are worlds apart. My mother-in-law showed me […]
How to make baked tortilla bowls
I love having taco salad in those cool tortilla bowls they serve at restaurants and I figured there’s got to be an easy way to make them without frying them in a lot of oil. This is what I did: I warmed the tortilla in the microwave for about 15 to 30 seconds, just enough […]
Pretty amazing carrot cake
Last summer my daughter got married and I made the desserts that we served at her reception. One of them was this carrot cake. I received compliments on it for at least a month, and in all modesty, I have to admit that it was pretty good. This is what I did. Carrot Cake […]