Once again, the slow cooker is the perfect fit for this easy, stress-free batch of beef barbacoa. Of course, that's assuming you don't want to dig a hole in the backyard and cover it with maguey leaves to make an impromptu oven. The slow cooker has put these backyard ovens out of business, but they...
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies need a new name. "Wedding" implies special occasion, as if these cookies are reserved for life changing events only, not to be consumed more often than that. How about Mexican Monday Cookies? Any Day of the Week Cookies? Or you can use any term that will give you permission to make...
Mexican Cuban Sandwich
Similar to the difficulties you'll have finding a Cuban sandwich anywhere in Cuba, you'll be hard-pressed to find this Mexican Cuban Sandwich while traveling through Mexico. A traditional Cuban sandwich was supposedly invented to cater to the Cuban immigrants migrating up the Florida Coast, whereas this Mexican Cuban sandwich was invented because we had a...
Pork Carnitas Slow Cooker Recipe
Pork carnitas have never tasted this good to me. Partly because carnitas are a natural fit for the slow cooker, and partly because I've been eating kale salads for the past couple weeks. If carnitas are even slightly on your radar it's worth trying out a slow cooker version. The lower temperature of a slow...