stew

Pork and Beer Skillet Stew & a Le Creuset Giveaway

18

Nov

We love pork in this house. And beer. Two of the few things a Texan and a Brit might have in common from the very start, wouldn’t you say? A couple of weeks ago, James came home with a six pack of Sam Adam’s Octoberfest beer. Now, I’m not a beer drinker. But I loooooove [...]

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Turkey Burger Soup

17

Nov

When I was a kid, many a weeknight dinner started with a jar of, as many of us Southerners term it, “Spaghetti Sauce”. It wasn’t until I moved to the East Coast that I learned a few things about my beloved Spaghetti Sauce. (Or as Davey and Ava like to call it, “Basketti Sauce”.) ‘Round [...]

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Easy Chicken and Dumplings

31

Aug

Everyone has their favorite chicken and dumplings recipe. I’ve even blogged about what I thought was mine. But the other night, come 5:30, I was struggling with dinner ideas when an intense craving for chicken and dumplings hit me. With the nearest Cracker Barrel over an hour away, waiting for The Brit to get home [...]

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Cowboy Beef Stew

4

May

You know it must be cold when all you want to eat are oatmeal, soups, stews, and pies. Autumn is really feeling more like Winter to me right now. Maybe because New Jersey’s version of Autumn is what we call Winter in San Antonio. You’d think I’d be used to that by now, but not [...]

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Carnitas

7

Nov

You know by now that I love me some tortillas. With butter. With beans and cheese. With eggs and bacon. With.. carnitas! What are carnitas, you ask? Well, traditionally, it’s roasted or sauted pork. A lot of times, I’ve had it as ‘pulled’ pork. In fact, Qdoba, a popular burrito chain, does their carnitas burrito [...]

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Carne G

4

Jun

Carne Guisada (car-ney gee-sada) is a thick Mexican beef stew, typically served in flour tortillas, which, by definition, makes a taco. For future reference – food inside tortilla = taco, regardless of the variable fillings. You can have it on its own, or topped with cheddar cheese and sour cream. Where I come from, it’s [...]

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