Mirassou and Eating Good

November 11, 2009 By A Cowboy's Wife 10 Comments

If you haven’t noticed (and I hope you have), I’ve recently started posting only once or twice a week.  This is intentional and it will be how I do things around here from now on.  I’ve had a wonderful year but a busy one.  One that had me so overworked that I couldn’t even remember… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Beverages, Food Talk, Fun Stuff Tagged With cast iron, fajitas, flour tortillas, handmade tortillas, lodge, lodge griddle, mirassou wine, mirassou winery, steak, tortillas, wine, wine quiz

Lori Falcon’s Roasted Red Peppers and Roast Beef Wrap

July 2, 2009 By A Cowboy's Wife 18 Comments

Well, I Ain’t No Rachael Ray!
In early June, I had the chance to attend an Oscar Mayer event and learn about their Deli Fresh Meats.  Not only did we get to visit the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, we had to do was create a sandwich using their Deli Fresh Meats.  I’m probably one of the most… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Lunch Specials, Recipes Tagged With avocado, cream cheese, cumi, deli fresh meats, deli meats, havarti cheese, oscar mayer, oscar mayer deli fresh, oscar mayer sandwich meat, roast beef, roasted red peppers, sandwich meat, sandwich recipes, Sandwiches, slow roasted roast beef, tomatoes, tortillas, Videos, wraps

Beef SweetBreads (Mollejas) on a Tortilla

May 17, 2009 By A Cowboy's Wife 15 Comments

Sweetbreads are the ultimate organ meat (pancreas) and can be cooked just about any way you can think of. They also happen to be prized by gourmet chefs because of their velvety texture. When choosing Sweetbreads, be sure to pick the white, firm and plump ones.
Up until the time that America starting enjoying… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Lunch Specials, Main Dish, Recipes Tagged With beef sweetbreads, cow pancreas, cow stomach, mollejas, stomach, sweetbreads, tortillas, veal pancreas

King Ranch Casserole – SIL Style!

November 8, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 10 Comments

My sister-in-law was so gracious enough as to submit a King Ranch Casserole with her own flay-va!  She really is an awesome cook and I hope that one day she’ll share her family recipe for her pecan pie….HEAVEN!!!
A couple of the things in her recipe are optional.  As always, substitute, omit, or whatever you want… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Main Dish, Recipes Tagged With beef, casserole, cheese, chicken, corn tortillas, cream cheese, cream of mushroom, king ranch casserole, olives, tortillas

Chicken Fajita Burrito Casserole

October 13, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 11 Comments

I’m working with Velveeta at the moment so I thought a Chicken Fajita Burrito Casserole using Velveeta would be a great post!  And don’t forget to cut the cheese with me using Velveeta cheese!
I used red and green bell pepper to give it some color and flavor.  I used store bought tortillas which are fine… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Main Dish, Recipes Tagged With bell peppers, black beans, brown rice, casseroles, cheese, chicken, chicken casserole, chicken rice casserole, cream of chicken, kraft, onions, tortillas, velveeta

Carne Guisada

January 17, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 19 Comments

Carne Guisada is like a Mexican stew.  Guisadameans gravy**I think**..lol.  Carne Asada is just meat (dry).  This recipe is my mother’s and since she reads my blog, I knew I better give her FULL credit:)
INGREDIENTS:

1 Round steak
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. cumino
1tsp. garlic powder
2 Tbs. flour
1 seeded and chopped jalapeno pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Main Dish, Recipes Tagged With carne guisada, mexican stew, tortillas

Flour Tortillas

January 15, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 35 Comments

Something I make ALOT is tortillas and I’m surprised at how many people don’t know how to make them.  Yes, they are more work than store bought but they don’t even come close in taste!!  In fact, my oldest and myself won’t eat store bought..yuck!
I’ve also decided to do something different.  Since many of you… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under Bread, Recipes Tagged With flour tortillas, griddle, tortilla keeper, tortillas