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Family Friendly Fridays: Chicken Fajitas

April 1, 2011 By Julie 26 Comments

Having resided in Dallas, Texas for six years before moving to North Carolina, I can most definitely appreciate great TexMex fare.  With so many enticing options to grab a pleasing plate of authentic grub right at your fingertips, it’s hard to know where to go first.  I definitely have my favorites: Mi Cocina (Margarita anyone?), Via Real (their chicken Monterey is UNREAL) and Blue Mesa Grill ( Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips.  Enough said.) to name a few.  But if a sizzling fresh plate of fajitas is what you crave, then Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth is your place.  Best darn fajitas I’ve every put my mouth to.  Period.  Let me break it down and show what I mean.  The dinner menu is a total of three items.  Chicken Fajitas, beef fajitas, and a family sized dinner with enchiladas, tacos, and cheese nachos.  That’s it.  You better believe they do ’em right.

Missing these beauties the way I do, I had to try and recreate my own “go-to” fajita platter.  Joe T’s is a pretty big commute these days and we’re not planning to move back anytime soon.  I’m sure my version doesn’t do the original justice, but it still fills that ever present craving I always seem to have for a pepper and onion loaded, guacamole topped, cheese and salsa filled, flippin’ delicious chicken fajita.  Oh, and remember that salsa verde we whipped up a couple days ago?  Throw a spoonful or two on these beauties and watch them sing.

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Filed Under: Chicken, Family Friendly Fridays, Food, Main Course, One Dish Meals, Other Tagged With: apple cider vinegar, cayenne, chicken, cilantro, coriander, cumin, food, garlic, honey, lime, Mexican, oil, Onion Powder, paprika, pepper, recipe, salt

Shrimp Appetizer Delight

March 9, 2011 By Julie 29 Comments

Here in Charlotte, Scott and I belong to a neighborhood supper club.  Once a month we get together with three other couples and share a meal.  The person hosting is responsible for the main course and the other couples supply the appetizer, salad, and dessert.  I look forward to the night all month long.  I get to try out new recipes, we both get a night out away from the kids, and the food is most always amazing.

This past weekend was our first get together of the new year and I found myself in charge of the appetizer.  Ideas fluttered through my mind; everything from a white bean dip with hummus chips to homemade crackers with an assortment of cheeses.  But when all was said and done, a more hearty combination of cheese, shrimp and bacon won me over.  Just try and tell me you can resist that combination of flavors.  I didn’t think so.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Food Tagged With: Bacon, Cooked shrimp, Cream Cheese, Crushed Red Pepper, Fontina Cheese, food, garlic, Green Onions, Hot Pepper Sauce, Onion Powder, Parmesan cheese, Parsley, Puff Pastry, recipe, Sour Cream, Worcestershire sauce

Herbed Pizza Crust, ButterYum Style

June 7, 2010 By Julie 28 Comments

I know I’ve already done a few posts with pizza, but today I wanted to focus solely on the crust.  I was surfing around my fellow foodie sites the other day and dropped in on Patricia over at ButterYum who just so happened to have a great post up about the 10 Secrets for making pizzeria quality pizza crust at home…

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Filed Under: Breads, Food Tagged With: basil, flour, food, garlic, Olive Oil, Onion Powder, recipe, salt, Sugar, water, yeast

Quickie Guacamole

March 22, 2010 By Julie 11 Comments

Well, the weekend’s over and it’s back to the bump and grind of every day life. I’m feeling pretty fortunate that we were blessed with beautiful weather here in North Carolina for the first weekend of spring considering my friends back in Texas were given yet another snowstorm with multiple inches of snow. It inspired me to cook up all kinds of goodies to share this week including a pizza using the guacamole recipe below that was amazing (who would have thought you could use guacamole on a pizza?) and a pound cake that was worth every tablespoon of butter I put into it.

Ok, so let’s get to the guacamole. This is my quickie version of guacamole. It’s the recipe you go to when you want yummy guacamole without all the dicing and chopping. Don’t get me wrong, I do love a batch of high effort guaco as much as the next girl, but most nights during the witching hour (and if you have kids you know what I mean), I feel lucky just to get food on the table, let alone gourmet guacamole. This guaco serves up a mean batch of delicious and takes about half the time to make. So here’s what you’ll need:

Ingredients Needed:

2 Large Avocados
The Juice from 1 Lime
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Chili Powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 Clove of Garlic
2 tsp of Cilantro
Sea Salt to taste

Now I know I mentioned this in an earlier recipe, but I just want to throw out again what a wonderful thing Dorot herbs are.  No garlic mincing, no cilantro chopping, and best of all, because it’s a freezer item, it stays good for so much longer than fresh herbs.  Don’t get me wrong, I love fresh herbs as well as the next gal and use them often, but for a quick backup, that really does the job, these are awesome.

Ok, the recipe.   Mash up your two avocados in a bowl with a fork.  Add in the juice, onion powder, chili powder, cumin, garlic, and cilantro.  Mix well and then add your sea salt to taste.  And let me tell ya, don’t be afraid with the salt.  I find it takes a bit to really get the flavor where I want it.  And that’s it!  I told you it was a quickie.

I want to add one more note about the salt.  For this recipe if you have access to it, try to use sea salt vs. regular salt.  I don’t know why it is, but for some reason, sea salt makes guacamole that is really good!  A friend once told me that sea salt was the secret to great restaurant guaco and after trying it, I’m a believer.

So here it is; the finished product.  Try not to drool too much on your computer screen.

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Quickie Guacamole

Total Time: 15 min

Ingredients:

2 Large Avocados
1 Lime, Juiced
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Chili Powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 Clove Garlic, Minced
2 Tbsp Fresh Cilantro, Chopped
Sea Salt to Taste

Directions:

Mash up your two avocados in a bowl with a fork.

Add in the juice, onion powder, chili powder, cumin, garlic, and cilantro.

Mix well and then add your sea salt to taste.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Condiments, Food Tagged With: 30 minute meal, avocado, chili powder, cilantro, cumin, food, garlic, lime, Onion Powder, recipe, sea salt


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