French toast is my girls’ favorite breakfast. I whipped this version up on the fly this morning. It was gobbled up sans syrup. I barely had time to snap photos. I used a loaf of stale Texas toast we had in the pantry. Thick sliced stale french bread is ideal. Ingredients: 6 eggs 1 cup [...]

In honor of the American drinking holiday that celebrates the battle of Puebla, here is our favorite bastardized Mexican dish. Sauce: 2 bags of dried New Mexico chile pods 4 cups boiling water ½ large yellow onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced fine 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp cocoa powder Remove stems from chile pods. [...]

Ingredients white fish fillets – 3 oz per person (eco-safe seafood selector), I like tilapia medium onion, sliced thin 1 lime, sliced thin salt, pepper, chili powder or whatever spices you like 3 roasted green chiles, diced (or 2 of the little cans) Fajita size flour tortillas shredded cabbage (cheat with the bagged kind) coleslaw [...]

1 stick of unsalted butter 1 large shallot, minced 1 can roasted green chilies, diced or 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced 1 large bag frozen whole kernel corn 1 cup milk or heavy cream salt and pepper to taste Parmesan for garnish Melt butter in large pot. Saute shallot and chiles until shallots are translucent. [...]