Salvadorean Bean and Cheese Pupusas are pillowy bean and cheese-stuffed corn tortillas. 5 years ago, my husband and I got engaged while on a mission trip in El Salvador. While we were there, we learned how to make traditional bean and cheese pupusas from one of the abuelas in the church we were working with. If you've never had a pupusa before, they're basically handmade corn tortillas that ...
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Black Bean, Corn, and Avocado Salsa
Black beans, corn, and avocados come together in this quick, fresh, salsa. We threw a going away party for some dear friends a few weeks ago and needed a quick salsa for some chips to offset all the desserts. (They were "desserting" us, so we threw them a dessert party.) It just so happened that I had a few cans of corn, some fresh tomatoes from the garden, a can of black beans, and some ...
Crock-Pot Corn Chowder with Parmesan Rind and Pancetta
I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day! Hubby was gone on a business trip all last week, but he made sure to come home on Thursday night so we could spend most of Friday together. I'm still getting in the swing of working again and having dinner on the table, but my slow cooker/Crock-Pot has been helping a lot. (Side note: I know not all "slow cookers" are made by Crock-Pot, but can't we ...
Tex-Mex Chicken Chili
This month is being called "Crocktober" in the food blog circles. It's a challenge to use your crock-pot to cook a meal every day. I jumped on the idea of this challenge because I love the idea of coming home to dinner being done. The recipe I want to share with you today was our Crocktober Day #3. Chicken Chili was born during my first year living in a college apartment. My two roommates ...