Mexican Meatloaf

Mexican Meatloaf

An American classic gets revamped with a spiced up spin. This Mexican Meatloaf is stuffed with queso fresco, pumped full of Mexican spices and slathered in enchilada sauce to create a fun new way to eat a family favorite. It seems like meatloaf is quite a controversial food. People seem to either love it or

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Slow Cooker Chipotle Shredded Beef

Slow cooker chipotle shredded beef is a simple, delicious way to add some spice to your regular dinner routine. Use it in tacos, burrito bowls, quesadillas and more. So I shared my mom’s recipe for banana bread on Monday and today I’m bringing a spin on her famous shredded beef. The lady is known far

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Chorizo Scramble

This Chorizo Scramble will become your favorite new quick and ultra flavorful breakfast. Scrambled eggs, spicy chorizo, crumbled queso fresco and crushed tortilla chips. Top with a little sour cream.

Chorizo Scramble – a simple, flavorful egg scramble with chorizo and crumble queso fresco cheese topped with crushed tortilla chips. This is our last week of summer around here. The kids start school on the 15th so it’s back to routines for us. Although we are trying to squeeze in as much summer fun as

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Cream Cheese Chicken Flautas with Jalapeno Jelly

Cream Cheese Chicken Flautas with Jalapeno Jelly are better than the restaurant version. Crispy tortillas, creamy chicken and spicy jalapeno jelly. We love Mexican food and usually have it out about 2 times a month. Seeing that we only eat out about 6 times a month (mostly Sunday’s after church), that’s saying a lot! With

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Cilantro Chipotle Compound Butter

Who loves butter? This girl does. Whether it’s spread on bread, baked in cookies or dolloped on veggies it’s kind of the king of all condiments. Am I right? But sometimes butter can get boring. So let me introduce you to the spectacular world of compound butters. Basically, a compound butter is softened butter mixed

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Cinco de Mayo Taco Tuesday Party

Cinco de Mayo falls on Tuesday this year…coincidence? I think not. It would be a travesty not to participate in Taco Tuesday this week. So to help you out, I searched around the internets for some of the most delicious looking tacos that will totally do the holiday justice. I hope one, or more, of these

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Roasted Garlic and Bacon Guacamole

I absolutely love magazines but rarely buy them but when I saw this one last week I just couldn’t resist. Yikes…not good for the whole diet thing. Seriously, 108 bacon recipes! That’s just crazy talk. This guac recipe is not from the magazine but can you tell I had bacon on my mind? I whipped up a

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Mexican Spice Rub

I don’t know why I used to buy pre-mixed spice rubs. They usually contain way too much sodium and are made of spices I already have on hand. Why not take an extra minute to mix up your own spices and make it exactly to your taste? So these days, that is exactly what I

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Flour Tortillas

I have a lot of things on my to-do list and these have been on it forever. You know what’s not on my list? Trying to get my darn, evil cat who has escaped outside and positioned herself under the windowsill with only about a 4 inch clearance between the house and the landscaping with rocks twice in a

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