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Good Bite: Real Fast Food (Spicy Shrimp Salad)

September 16, 2010 By 5 Comments

Good Bite added another segment to their Real Fast Food series, and this time it’s my Spicy Shrimp Salad, one of my favorite super fast meals. We just toss the shrimp in chili powder and sauté it, put it in a bowl with lettuce and avocado, drizzle a little of the chili oil from the [...]

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Ideas for a Cinco de Mayo Party or When You Just Want Some Mexican Food

May 1, 2009 By 2 Comments

If you are planning to have a Cinco de Mayo party or just want ideas for making Mexican food at home, here are some of our favorites. Roasted Green Tomatillo Salsa

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Avocado Smoothie with Soy Milk

March 6, 2009 By 8 Comments

Our weekday schedule is busy like any other family, and some days I feel like I meet myself coming and going with no opportunity to sit down and have a proper breakfast or lunch. So I try to keep easy healthy foods on hand such as fresh fruit and vegetables, things I can grab quickly [...]

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Roasted Tomatillo Jalapeno Salsa with Avocado

September 30, 2008 By 12 Comments

Creamy with a kick is what comes to mind when I dip tortillas or lavash into this salsa. The September Daring Bakers challenge required the members to make both lavash and a dip or other condiment to serve with it, and considering our abundance of tomatillos and jalapeños coupled with my utter devotion to avocados, [...]

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Grilled Fish Tacos with Mango-Avocado Salsa

May 6, 2008 By 7 Comments

I wish I could come home after picking up the kids from school and have time to cook a nice meal. I long for a calm, zen-like cooking experience each day, but instead I find myself chasing after my sons who prefer to run amok, trying to keep them from raiding the refrigerator and the [...]

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Sushi Stuffed Avocados

May 30, 2007 By 8 Comments

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t make stuffed foods. Michael makes stuffed pizza, but that’s as far as it goes around here. I think I made stuffed manicotti one time and it was not pretty because the pasta tubes kept cracking and spilling the filling out. Too much work, I thought. It’s [...]

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Ajiaco Bogotano (Colombia)

December 27, 2006 By 62 Comments
Andrea Meyers - Ajiaco Bogotano (Colombia)

For me this is the ultimate comfort food, and it’s also my favorite food from my years overseas. It’s a great weekend soup, but it’s also a celebration meal for the Bogotanos who often make very large pots of this soup for festive occasions such as Christmas. They typically serve the soup in black bowls [...]

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Guacamole

January 6, 2006 By 1 Comment

I first fell in love with guacamole when I lived in Bogotá, Colombia. There was a restaurant just down the street from my apartment called Aqui en Santa Fe, a small place with a cute red door. Their specialty was arepas, and I would order the aguacate arepa with queso mounded on top. It was [...]

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Chicken Tortilla Soup

January 6, 2006 By 5 Comments
Andrea Meyers - Chicken Tortilla Soup

My husband pestered me for several years about making some tortilla soup for him. I’d never had it, so I wasn’t exactly sure what it should look like or taste like, and I wanted it to be as authentic as possible. I found a slow cooker recipe, but I was afraid that it would turn [...]

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