Quinoa Taco
Quinoa Tacos
A few weeks I was working long hours and coming home late in the evening, so dinner was leftovers. We had chicken tacos over the weekend and made a huge amount of pick de gallo and guacamole. We also had a lot of extra corn tortillas. By the end of the week I ran out of chicken, but had a container of cooked quinoa in the refrigerator, hence quinoa tacos. Finding ingredients to put in a corn tortilla shell is a great way to clean out the refrigerator too.
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Our Tree, Alejandro
This year at work we had a Christmas tree decorating competition. Our department decided to do a Chipotle/Mexican food themed tree, complete with (more…)
Oven Baked Tortilla Chips
This week’s Friday Football Food post is a quick and easy snack, homemade oven baked chips. It’s a simple and tasty way to use leftover tortillas (whether store bought or homemade; corn or flour).
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Red Tomato Salsa
Here’s an easy homemade tomato salsa. If fresh tomatoes are not in season use good quality canned tomatoes. When you make it yourself you can control how spicy or mild to make the salsa. You could even divide it in half and make half mild and half spicy to suit everyone’s tastes.
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Shrimp Tacos
Today’s the first of a series of Friday Football Food posts. Each Friday a new game friendly recipe will post giving time to purchase ingredients so you can make the food for Saturday, Sunday, or Monday football. We start off with tacos! What are your favorite football foods? Feel free to offer suggestions in the reply section.
Tacos are a great food for a crowd. You can easily make a lot (double or tripling recipes) in about the same amount of time and everyone can put together their own, according to their own tastes. Do not be frightened at the list of ingredients below. Many ingredients are garnishes and sides, so you do not need all of it. Pick your favorites.
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