Today over on Chambanamoms, I’ve got some delicious Mexican side dishes for you to try. Now, you have a favorite taco filling you can make, but different salsas are a great way for everyone at the table to customize their meal. Sometimes I like something really fiery, and one of my favorite flamingly flavorful salsas [...]
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Vegetarian St. Patrick’s Day Sides – Colcannon and Parsnips
If you’re coming here from Chambanamoms (welcome!), where I am an occasional contributor, you’ve already seen my take on a vegetarian main dish for St. Patrick’s Day. If not, go read about that Guinness tofu stew, and learn about my opinion on “authentic” St. Patty’s Day food. As I touch on there, the food that [...]
Torta Ahogada Knock-off
I mentioned in my previous post reviewing Xoco that I really wanted to have the torta ahogada. Since I’m in Chicago quite infrequently, I had to take matters into my own hands. First I made some crusty bread. This is a pretty standard Ratio (5:3) bread, formed into a baguette shape, baked with steam until [...]
Garlic Sage Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Fall and winter are a great time to make warm side dishes with big roasty flavors. Sweet potatoes (previously seen in pie form) are a delicious reason to fire up the oven. I contributed a recipe for garlic sage roasted sweet potatoes to local mom parent-focused site, chambanamoms.com, for Thanksgiving. This is a simple-to-prepare side [...]
