Taco Seasoning Mix

It is so easy to make your own Taco Seasoning Mix at home with simple, common spices. You can control the salt and spice level too.

Make your own taco seasoning mix with simple pantry spices. Done in minutes and so much more flavorful than the store-bought packets. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. *Update: this post has been updated since its original post date in 2011. Photos and text have been updated

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Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Tacos

Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Tacos are super simple and packed full of Caribbean flavor. Mango avocado salsa add some sweet freshness.

Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Tacos come together quickly and cook slowly all day. Packed full of bright, spicy, warm Caribbean flavors. National Taco Day is on Thursday so I just had to bring you a new recipe. And this one right here?! It is packed with so much flavor. Let’s talk about this little fusion

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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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Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Bleu Cheese Slaw

Slightly spicy ground chicken, bleu cheese slaw and creamy avocado combined in a flour tortilla create a fun spin on the usual Taco Tuesday routine. These Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Bleu Cheese Slaw only take about 15 minutes to make and about 2.5 seconds to devour. So yesterday was Tuesday. Which would have been perfect

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San Diego Eats

I’m so excited to share some of our favorite San Diego eats from our recent trip. When we are planning a trip, we usually put about the same time into researching restaurants as we do activities. We’ve found that with the kids in tow it’s harder to hit the places on our list because when

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Oven Tacos

I have never really been a big fan of ground beef tacos. I rarely had them as a kid because my mom makes a mean shredded beef that is incredibly easy so that was almost always what filled our taco shells. I surprisingly haven’t shared that recipe, I need to get on that. Although I’m

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New Orleans Food Tour {Part II}

I am going to start the second installment of the food tour with our favorite meal of the whole trip. We were wondering Magazine Street and found ourselves hungry. After trying to go to several places that were closed (since it was Sunday) we finally stumbled upon The Rum House. It’s a Caribbean inspired place that served

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New Orleans Food Tour {Part I}

We had a great time during our trip to New Orleans! I especially had a great time eating all the local grub! We didn’t get to eat as much Cajun food as we would have liked (because of the times of the games we had to eat at the dome a few times) but still

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