Frozen corn and mixed spices make this esquites recipe quick and easy. If you prefer to grill your own corn and cut the kernels off yourself, go for it! Traditionally, in Mexico, what we know as Mexican Street Corn is sold still on the cob and the cob is on a stick. They call this elotes. However, many Mexican and Tex Mex restaurants across the United States remove the corn from the cob and call it esquites. I happen to like the esquites version better - less stringy corn things in [continue reading...]
French Toast Tortillas with Strawberry Compote
French Toast Tortillas are a fun twist from traditional French toast for a delicious breakfast any time of the day. The Atlanta Breakfast Club in Atlanta, Georgia serves many unique breakfast dishes like Peach Cobbler French Toast and Salmon Croquettes in addition to traditional eggs and bacon. Breakfast Tacos is a popular item on the menu but these aren’t your normal eggs on tortilla dish. The tortillas are cooked up French Toast style before being topped with pork bacon, scrambled eggs, and [continue reading...]
Creamy Tarragon Dressing
Tarragon is strong and mighty and can easily overpower any dish it’s in, so don’t use too much. It’s not like garlic. Garlic I measure with my heart, tarragon I measure with my measuring spoon. However, when used properly, tarragon will be your bestie. And my new salad bestie is this Creamy Tarragon Dressing. When the pandemic hit last year, I ceased going to the gym or running on the West Orange Trail. As I become more sedentary, I began to focus a little more on the foods I was putting [continue reading...]
Simple Red Wine Vinaigrette
Starbucks Dragon Drink Recipe copycat
This Starbucks Dragon Drink Recipe copycat is based on one of the most popular refresher drinks at Starbucks. It all started in 2012. Starbucks introduced the Cool Lime Refresher and an era of refreshing caffeinated summer drinks began. The Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher came next, followed by the color refreshers - pink, purple, orange, green, violet, etc. As new flavors are introduced, old flavors are retired. Refreshing refresher memories have to be made at home. The refreshers do [continue reading...]
Springtime Cupcakes
I am not a baker. I love the Vegan Desserts class from Rouxbe Online Culinary School but that’s as good as it gets for me. I bake cupcakes twice a year - once at Halloween (because spiders and candy corn!) and I make springtime cupcakes with lots of colorful sprinkles and bright liners. I was in Charleston, South Carolina when I found a specialty cooking store and school (has since closed permanently) and I stocked up on some fun cupcake supplies. Edible cow sprinkles, candy shreds and [continue reading...]
Easy + Vegan Cauliflower Lentil Tacos
(This post for Cauliflower Lentil Tacos was originally posted on January 23, 2017 and was updated on March 2, 2021) Taco Bell was always my favorite fast food splurge back in my unhealthy days. I could sit down and scarf down a 6-pack of beef tacos loaded with packets of mild sauce paired with an order of nachos with that warm cheesy dip. Throw in a super large-sized Cherry Pepsi and I would be a happy girl. However, somewhere along the way I began to realize I really wasn’t eating very [continue reading...]
Easy Egg Muffin Bites
Healthy and easy Egg Muffin Bites for grab and go mornings! I am not a morning person. I prefer to start my day with a run, then a shower, then breakfast. By the time I get anything to eat it’s time to run out the door to a meeting or a photoshoot. Morning time for me is tight. My go to breakfast tends to be a portable carton of cottage cheese or a red delicious apple. Something quick, something easy. If I have time on the weekend I will make a batch of No Almond Energy Bites or [continue reading...]
Southern Candied Pecans Recipe
Growing up in the South, I lived in a house where peanuts were boiled every weekend and hand kneaded biscuits were served at most meals. I recently learned that my family owned a bakery in Savannah back in the early 1950’s and 60’s. I find this ironic because while I love to cook, I don’t bake. However, I still boil peanuts in my own kitchen and I always have a batch of candied pecans on hand. Most likely if you have been to Savannah, Georgia, you have been to the Savannah Candy Kitchen [continue reading...]
Creamy Ten-Minute Avocado Pasta
(This post for Avocado Pasta was first published on July 6, 2015 and was updated February 17, 2021) I think I am part Italian. I eat a lot of pasta. I think we are all part Italian. Americans consume more pasta per person than our friends in Italy. According to The 2013 National Noodles Poll, done on behalf of Noodles & Co., 79% of Americans prefer Italian noodle dishes over any other type of cuisine. That same study showed that 78% of Americans claim meatballs as their favorite [continue reading...]
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