Basic Mexican Rice

17 June 2010
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I love love love mexican/tex-mex food. A few weeks ago I was on a very serious mexican food kick. Enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos like every night of the week. Hubby asked me to please not make enchiladas again. haha! I’m usually really big on variety but I can’t get enough lately! Maybe its all that homemade [...]

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Red Chile Chicken and Rice with Black Beans

28 January 2010
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The first time I saw this recipe, I knew it would be a winner. For starters, one of my favorite bloggers Elly blogged about this delish meal. Second, you really can’t go wrong with this blend of ingredients. I love ancho chile powder!! I actually stopped buying regular chile powder about a year ago. Ancho [...]

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Veggie Fried Rice

4 January 2009
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One of our all time favorite meals is fried rice. Its frequently on our menu because its easy to make, inexpensive and a great one pot dinner using leftovers. When we first got married, I always made chicken or pork fried rice without any veggies cause hubby didn’t like veggies (seriousl,y scallions were the only [...]

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Parmigiano-Reggiano Risotto

25 August 2007
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I’ve never eaten Risotto until today. I’ve heard all the raves about risotto for months, but I finally made it today. I needed a rather simple, uncomplicated Risotto to go along with our steaks. I had a hard time finding a recipe I felt would work so I had to improvise. I was thrilled with [...]

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Cheesy Green Chile Rice

20 August 2007
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I originally intended on making cilantro lime rice as a side for my Green Chile Stuffed Chicken, but I didn’t feel like stopping by the store on my way home from work today so I had to come up with something else to eat with our chicken tonight. I decided to make some cheesy rice [...]

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