When faced with the challenge of finding new ways to cook chicken breast, consider this easy, flavorful method of stewing for 3 hours and delicately pulling it apart with a fork. Use this recipe for making pulled chicken sandwiches, chicken tacos, empanada filling, over salad, or just eating it over simple white rice with a…
Poblano Salsa Verde
When indulging in Mexican food, the most difficult decision for me ends up being the decision of choosing salsa verde or salsa roja – red sauce or green sauce. Whether you’re just having simple tortilla chips for an appetizer or making a dinner of enchiladas, this version of salsa verde will convince you that green…
Green Ingredient Omelettes
Most of us could use more green vegetables in our diets and aside from having a salad, omelettes are the next easiest and more exciting way to enjoy endless green combinations. For pork lovers, if you’re tired of using bacon and dealing with its grease, then try a similar and leaner alternative of smoked pork chop….
7 Tips for Fluffy White Rice
Everyone has varying techniques for cooking a batch of plain white rice and other rice-based recipes. Because of its wishy washy nature rice deserves its own blog post to yield an irresistibly light and fluffy batch regardless of which technique you use. After much trial and tragic error, I arrived at these tips that I…
Red Beans and Rice – Jamaican Style
This recipe is basically American Southern red beans and rice, but incorporating a few key ingredients used in Jamaican jerk chicken seasoning … scotch bonnet peppers, allspice (referred to in Jamaica as pimento), black pepper, and thyme. Note that traditional Jamaican red beans and rice – commonly referred to as “rice and peas” – is something…