There is nothing, and I mean nothing that will scent your kitchen up like Mole.  Not moles, silly, Moe-LAY.  Mole is a Mexican sauce that is so complex that it is unbelievable.  Your taste buds will be going nuts for hours trying to figure out all of the flavors they have taken in.  Sweet, spicy, warm, tangy….the list goes on and on in waves of flavor ecstasy.

Mole can be time consuming..but the best way to make this is in a slow cooker so that all the flavors meld together.  I like to stir in corn at the last minute but …read more

I love cumin.  It adds a warmth and a flavor to foods that is absolutely amazing.  There is something about it that just tastes like the baking  warmth of an early summer morning in Texas.  It soaks up that intense heat and turns it into something warm and comforting, the way that clay tiles soak up the heat and then give off gentle warmth when you walk on them.
I am always looking for ways to fit it in in another dish.

I fell in love with risotto the last time I made it and my brain has been feeding me thousands …read more

Do you hate when your schedule gets out of whack? I do…I am just not real flexible..it is a time thing. I get up at 4:30 and try to write my blogs before barn chores and breakfast. This morning I got up..grabbed my coffee and sat at the computer only to hear a high pitched sound..like the sound the machines make on the medical t.v. shows when the patient flatlines. And it was true. The computer had flatlined. I didn’t have the web addresses to what I needed even though I tried to punch them in 40 different ways. Sigh.
Well …read more