With dozens of states and municipalities caught up in the debate to legalize recreational drugs, recently a more relevant and pressing question has arisen: Should this Valentina flavored salt be legal? Or do we need laws to protect ourselves from it? Valentina Flavored Salt Recipe and Instructions Flavored salts are an ingenious way to sneak…
Baked Taquitos Dipped In Tomato-Chipotle Salsa
These Baked Taquitos have been my go-to meal for the past month: healthy, fast, and incredibly satisfying. Dipping a crispy taquito into a bowl of warm homemade salsa can transport any dinner table straight to the heart of Mexico. Baked Taquitos in Tomato Chipotle Salsa Recipe Taquitos are traditionally deep-fried, but we’re going to bake them….
Homemade Flour Tortillas Done Right
Quickly scan this ingredient list: Bleached wheat flour, interesterified soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, water, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, sugar, sodium acid pyrophosphate, calcium propionate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, monoglycerides, enzymes, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat starch, sodium metabisulfate. When combined, these ingredients will make: A) cement B) barbiturates laced with bleached flour C)…
Salsa Verde Emergency Rescue Technique
It’s getting late. You’re still hungry. A really good idea pops in your head: bean and cheese taquitos dipped in salsa verde. You had a light dinner. You’ll probably be up for a couple more hours anyways. I deserve this. Recently you’ve gotten good at whipping up a homemade salsa verde using fresh tomatillos, so you open the…
4 Mexican Hot Sauces You Should Know
You’re lounging in a plush sea side cabana after an afternoon snorkel in transparent ocean water. ‘Quieres un poco de salsa picante?’ Errrr, what? Your Significant Other has ordered some lunch while you were finishing your swim and a waiter has arrived with a plate of fish tacos. The waiter repeats himself, ‘Quieres un poco de salsa picante?’…
Did You Say Homemade Lard?!
Refried beans, flour tortillas, tamales…they all have a secret ingredient in common that makes them taste Mexican. What is it? Answer: lard. Be honest, when you hear “lard” what’s the first image that pops in your head? Traffic jam at the main aorta valve? A pair of treasured jeans that you can no longer…
Sopa de Aguacate – Is Your Kitchen Stocked?
Remember when we were talking about stock being the secret weapon that restaurants have over you? This barebones Sopa de Aguacate is the perfect litmus test to gauge whether the stock in your kitchen is that secret weapon, or if it’s pointing down at your own foot. It’s the simplest recipe in the world, but if…
Homemade Stock Is the Secret
What if the chefs from your ten favorite restaurants came over to your kitchen one day and said: Look, we’re willing to tell you our biggest secret. It’s the secret that keeps people coming back to our restaurants to pay absurd prices for meals that cost us nearly nothing to make. After we tell you…
Chili Pepper 101
chili / chilᐧe / ’Chilē / noun: a small hot-tasting pod of a variety of Capsicum the crown jewel of Mexican cuisine your new best friend There are hundreds of varieties of fresh chili peppers. Then add in that dried chili peppers have a different name than their fresh counterparts and it can get confusing…
3 Keys to Perfect Homemade Salsa
When I walk past the salsa aisle in the grocery store I give it the Hand. Like a fed-up mother who doesn’t want to hear it. Or a traffic cop halting a lane of approaching cars. Or a dude who knows that store-bought salsa just doesn’t come close to the real thing. Spend five minutes…