Mexican Lasagne

I’m trying to be more creative with my cooking. I want to expand, but I’m so busy. When it gets late, I start thinking of my old favorites; tortillas, cheese, beans. Gooey, saucy, yummy Mexican-influenced food. I’m too tired to be creative. So, I try a new spin on an old favorite instead.
I made a [...]

Chicken Avocado Quesadilla

I love quesadillas. One of the best things about these little tortilla sandwiches is how adaptable they are. Cheese only. Chicken and cheese. Bean and cheese.  Roasted vegetables and cheese. Potatoes and cheese……
What kind of cheese? The options are endless; cheddar, jack, pepper jack, bleu cheese, fontina, swiss, Parmesan, queso blanco….
In search of an early [...]

Cherie Burbach & 21 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Someone With Diabetes

Today my good friend, Cherie Burbach, author of 21 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Someone With Diabetes, is stopping by Grab A Pan to tell us a little bit about her book. The purpose of the book is to help people who are unfamiliar with diabetes to better understand the disease, in order [...]

Yogurt Pancakes with Chocolate Chips

Have you had the opportunity to check out the Food Network magazine?  The May 2010 issue comes with a little  50 Pancake and Waffle recipes book. My daughter, Sarah, and I were looking at it last night and we decided we’d like to try both the yogurt and the chocolate chip versions. I remembered that [...]

Korean Tacos

This morning I attended the 6th grade Pancake Breakfast fundraiser at my daughter’s school. While there, I chatted with my friend Kelly about his ramen recipe (recipe and photos to follow at a later date) and asked if he’d ever tried Korean Tacos. He had not. I haven’t either and after seeing a Facebook friend’s [...]

Recipe: Homemade Taquitos

Here’s another recipe that starts with the slow cooker Mexican chicken  that I told you about a few days ago.  If you don’t  have time to make up the chicken in the slow cooker, you can cook 3 chicken breasts (or equivalent amount chicken thighs) on the stove top or use a pre-cooked roasted chicken from your [...]

Mexican Spice Mix Recipe

I love to make  Mexican food. It’s my favorite kind of food. I use a dry spice blend in most of my Mexican cooking. It’s very adaptable. You can use it with chicken broth for an enchilada sauce (add a touch of tomato paste if you like a tomato-y sauce), use it to season taco [...]

Frontera Chipotle Salsa – A Review

Chips and salsa. A classic combination… and one I’m enjoying this evening. Yum.
I picked up a jar of Frontera Gourmet Mexican Salsa in the Chipotle flavor a couple of weeks ago. The salsa was developed by Chef Rick Bayless – he modeled it after a salsa he tasted in Veracruz. It has this wonderful smokiness [...]

A Little Bit About Corned Beef…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Are you planning a  corned beef dinner? According to Wikipedia, corned beef refers to the process of curing a piece of beef with grains of salt, known as “corns” of salt. If you buy a prepared corn beef kit, it will also contains a little packet of spices. In the US we traditionally [...]

Salmon With Pineapple-Apricot Sauce

My oldest daughter is no fan of fish for dinner. The younger girl and I love it, especially Salmon, which I used to call “chicken” when she was really little, so that she would eat it. Salmon is full of healthy fats known as Omega 3, which are beneficial to good health – good for [...]

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