Durango Dip

This recipe is #2 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo This is a creamy easy dip that goes great with chips or is good served on tacos, enchiladas or burritos.  We first tried this dip at a friend’s super bowl party. We were just thrilled to find out how easy it [...]

Easy Tortilla Soup

This recipe is #3 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. This version of easy tortilla soup is the kind that we have been making for years. It is broth based (use chicken broth or vegetable broth) and then an assortment of “additions” go into the broth to form the basis for [...]

Tortilla Soup, Mexico City Style

This recipe is #4 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. As you read in a previous post, we just love Tortilla soup so on our recent trip to Mexico City we had to order some, right? (I mean WOW we were in Mexico City after all!) Well, we were surprised at [...]

Calabacitas Trader Joe’s Style

This recipe is #5 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. This is a tasty and easy to make squash side dish. Calabaza means squash in Spanish, and calabacita means little squash or little one (at least I think…). And this dish is simply loaded with little squashes.  While this makes a [...]

How to make Potato Leek Soup

Here is a quick recipe to make a Creamy Potato Leek Soup. It is one of our favorites. We were inspired to make this soup for two reasons:  1. A cool spring day in Tucson, and 2. We found the leeks at Trader Joe’s when we were shopping today. YEAH!  Today really was a great [...]

Easy Tasty Garlic Bread

Do you love garlic bread?  We do too! We used to only eat garlic bread when we were enjoying a bowl of pasta or some other Italian –inspired dish.  As there are only two of us, it was hard at times to justify purchasing this huge loaf of bread as we would never finish it [...]

Easy Recipe Bean Dip

Here is a simple recipe that you can quickly make when you need to bring an item to some kind of gathering. OR, we will admit, this is a great item to snack on while you are watching a game or a movie some night… We were planning to bring some food to a meeting [...]

How to make Oven Roasted Broccoli

Here is an easy recipe that we make over and over again. In fact, it is Delaina’s favorite way to eat broccoli, and THAT  alone is saying something…. What is so special about it? Well,  when you oven roast stuff (like fish, meat,  vegies etc…), the high heat sorta “sears” in the juices inside and [...]

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