Transition

Roasted garlic hummus. This is the first time I’ve cooked chickpeas and made the entire recipe from scratch. The result is good, but not worthy of the extra hour of cooking. Canned chickpeas are a-okay. Vegan brownies. Also my first time making this recipe and...

Dip Baby Dip!

In my social circle, bean dip is a food group. Rebilou has perfected her bean dip recipe and the Ya Yas have been inhaling it by the pie plate-full since high school. Her secret concoction involves Frito Lay beans in a can, sour cream, cream cheese and gobs of cheese....

Beergaritas

By popular demand, my recipe for the best summer drink and also the only way you’ll ever see me enjoying beer — Where the traditional margarita and Mexican beer collide to create a Beergarita: Ingredients: 1 Corona, or other Mexican beer 1 can of frozen...

Success

Community dinner: green chicken enchiladas, steak tacos, salad, chips and guacamole, black beans, Mexican rice, cake and lots of great conversation; 15 fed, leftovers taken home, casserole of enchiladas left for a friend in the hospital, and one giant pitcher of...