by Lisa | Feb 15, 2018 | Appetizers, Breads and Quick Breads, Pork, Recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks
Enjoy this delicious pork tenderloin with yummy homemade sweet potato biscuits and top it all with melt in your mouth apple chutney! Talk about a yummy comfort food meal. This will make you want to sit next to a warm fire and read a book after dinner. I made this a few days ago and it was so simple and soooo delicious smelling. When the rosemary is cooking with the pork tenderloin it filled my house with such a delicious smell. It felt like fall had finally arrived. My house smelled even better when I made the apple chutney to top the pork tenderloin. I think adding a cinnamon stick to most things will only improve circumstances and thankfully the apple chutney recipe calls for one! This recipe does have three parts so you will want to plan ahead. Start with baking the sweet potato. Cover the sweet potato with olive oil, use a fork to put some holes in it and then wrap in foil and bake in the oven until squishy. Make sure you let the sweet potato cool before you mash or else you will get burned! You could bake the sweet potato a day or two ahead of time. I like to bake sweet potato like this often. I’ll bake several and then store them in the fridge and pull them out as needed. I typically like to just eat them as is, warmed up with a little bit of butter. They are packed with so many nutrients and fiber. You can’t go wrong! And what goes better with pork than sweet potato? And even...
by Kami | Feb 5, 2018 | Gluten-Free, Pork, Recipes, Side Dishes
Bacon, cheese and potatoes… do I need to say more? Well, this cheese potato casserole recipe is all that and more! It is the best combination of flavors and it has green onions which really take it to the next level. I mean green onions take almost anything to the next level, am I right? I love potato casserole recipes. One of my favorite dishes is my sister-in-law’s cheesy potato recipe, it combines both sweet potato and white potatoes. She brings it every year to Thanksgiving and you better believe I load my plate up! I’ve also had a sweet potato casserole with kale, heavy cream and parmesan in it. Super good and also a personal favorite! My friend who makes it always makes amazing food so it’s no surprise I loved that casserole. Anyways, enough about other potato casseroles let’s talk about this one. This cheesy potato casserole is super simple to make. To make: Boil the potatoes and let cool. Once cooled, peel and cut the potatoes Mix together sour cream, soup, cheese, bacon and green onions Spread 1 cup of cheese mixture on the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish Add a layer of potatoes and then repeat with the cheese mixture, more potatoes and finish with the last of the cheese mixture Bake at 350F for 35-45 minutes and then enjoy! Seriously, you will have a hard time not eating all of this, but save some for your family because they will love it too! If you love this cheesy potato recipe give this loaded scallop potato recipe a try. Super delicious! Or if you...
by Kami | Jan 31, 2018 | Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Pork, Recipes
Oh my goodness, you guys, is there anything better than a breakfast casserole? Ok, I realize it may not be high on your list of breakfast yummies, or even on your radar. Well, it’s time to change that. This amazing ham and cheese breakfast casserole is so good and super easy to make. I love breakfast casseroles! I’ve had many variations over the years and I finally decided to put one with some of my favorite flavors down on paper and share it with all of you! This breakfast casserole with ham is packed to the brim with colorful veggies and bursting with flavor. Oh and this recipe is as easy as you can get. To make this casserole, simply begin by washing and chopping your veggies. Now this recipe calls for lots of veggies, and although they all combine for an amazingly delicious egg casserole, if you don’t have all of them don’t fear! You can mix and match your favorite veggies! Use whatever you have on hand! Take the tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, spinach, and jalapeños (and any other veggies you want to throw in there!) and wash and chop them. Then in a large bowl beat 12 large eggs. I know you’re thinking 12! but trust me on this! Then stir in the seasoning, veggies, cheese and chopped ham. Pour this amazing protein packed concoction in a greased baking dish and bake at 350˚F for 30-40 minutes. Easy as cake… or should I say casserole! This recipe serves about 10 people, so make it for a group or eat the leftovers throughout the week! The nice...
by Lisa | Sep 5, 2017 | Pork, Recipes, Soups
Get ready for this recipe for green chile stew! It will soon become your go-to cold night remedy! My first trip to New Mexico was to check out the grad school I eventually ended up attending. The trip was full of fun, excitement, and trying not to be too intimidated by all the super smart professors! We got to hike and see a lot of the beautiful NM desert. We also got to try lots of delicious food. One thing NM is known for is its green chile. We eat it on everything out here. Pizza, burgers, eggs, tacos, and even some desserts, you name it and I’m sure there is a green chile version! Hatch green chile is well known in the US, but what most people don’t realize is that almost every little town in NM grows their own chiles, and they all claim to be the best! We even have some green chiles growing in our garden right now. After living in NM for several years, you come to realize that chile from different parts of the state have different tastes. Late August and September is one of the best times to be in NM; not only do you get lots of rain from the monsoons, but it’s chile harvesting and roasting time. Most grocery stores and many road side stands will sell chile by the 20-30lb bag and roast them on the spot for you. If you’ve never smelled 30lbs of chiles roasting you are missing out. If they made a candle that smelled like it I’d use it year round. Anyways, since living in...
by Camila | Aug 28, 2017 | Easy Recipe, Pork, Recipes
The first time I made these tacos, I got the idea from a friend that was trying to come up with a recipe himself for Tacos Al Pastor for the restaurant where he works. He is mexican and uses an authentic method. I was looking for something simpler. I wanted an easy pork tacos recipe for my son’s birthday party. I needed something simple because I was cooking all the food by myself and I already had so much going on. I had a salad bar with homemade croutons and dressings (of course, 4 different types of dressings). I had a taco bar, with three different types of taco meats and all the fixings, beans, salsas and sauces. (I also love mango tacos.) I also had a hot bar with homemade croissants, eggplant lasagna, homemade mini pizzas and mini tartlets, prosciutto and asparagus appetizers with homemade puff pastry (yes, you get it, I like to make things from scratch). Plus the dessert bar, brazilian fudge balls (brigadeiros) in 4 different flavors, mini key lime pies, pecan pies, strawberry and custard filled cupcakes and of course, the cake! So you get the point, I was swamped with a lot of cooking to do. I came up with this slow cooker pork tacos recipe because it’s just so easy to just turn it on and go about your business, come back a few hours later and the food is ready! Plus, the slow cooker is the best for cooking shredded pork, in my humble opinion. I use a few elements of the Tacos Al Pastor recipe here. The pineapple, the orange...
by Kami | May 6, 2015 | Chicken, Gluten-Free, Pork, Recipes, Turkey
If your mouth was throwing a party, fresh pineapple, curry powder, and sticky rice would be the superstars on the invite list. I love EVERYTHING about those three. Combine them together AND I won’t stop eating until either my stomach bursts or I run out of food. Whichever comes first. Remember our heart to heart about rice in my Steak Stir-fry recipe? Let me put my hands on your shoulders just in case I need to shake you in a minute. Sticky rice is the only way to go. Not only will it make you look like a master chopstick user, but the quality is MILES above the rest. Just to make sure you don’t get mushy instead of sticky, I suggest buying rice in packaging you can’t read because it’s all in characters. I really like the Homai brand at Costco. Here are a couple of Amazon’s top picks. I’m actually excited to try the Tamanishiki. It sounds legit! It’s worth investing in some quality rice. I lived in Taiwan for 18 months over 8 years ago. Even though time has past, my mouth has a great memory. How could it forget juice running down my chin after gracefully (HA!) biting into a fresh mango? Or the creamy peanut butter that resembled dessert more than a nut butter? Seriously… why does Taiwan’s taste so much better than ours? BUT, one of my most favorite dishes was pineapple fried rice. Let’s just say I don’t think 99% of Taiwan’s ‘restaurants’ would pass FDA’s safety laws. You purchase most meals from street food vendors. The tried and tested method for preventing food contamination was having a fan turned on high with a couple...
