Mexican

Easy Guacamole Recipe

by alice on January 19, 2010 · 21 comments

[donotprint]
Yesterday I showed you how to make an easy pico de gallo. Today I’m introducing you to her cousin, easy guacamole. What I love about this recipe is the fact you basically make pico de gallo and add some to mashed ripened avocados. I told you it was easy! It’s like getting 2-for-1. And the guacamole is good…. really good.

True story – I’ve been making guacamole like this for years. I typically would make a batch of pico de gallo and use some of it to make guacamole. I thought I was being clever and resourceful. After all, I hadn’t seen [click to continue…]

     
Updated

{ 21 comments }

Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

by alice on January 18, 2010 · 23 comments


[donotprint] I used to buy fresh pico de gallo at our local grocery store until I read the ingredients label and discovered it was pretty easy to make at home.  In fact, all you need are a few ingredients chopped up and voila, you have pico de gallo.

We love to eat pico de gallo with tacos, on chicken, scrambled eggs, and of course… tortilla chips!  Enjoy! [/donotprint] [click to continue…]

     
Updated

{ 23 comments }

United Way Hunger Challenge: Day 1 $22.59 for a family of 5.

by alice on April 20, 2009 · 9 comments

day1
Today is the first day of the United Way King County Hunger Challenge. This morning I decided before I even got out of bed that I needed to make a decision about being flexible or anal on how our family would eat. I could make the family stick to the meal plan or I could just do what I always do and go with the flow. I decided to go with the flow. If anyone was hungry I would just let them eat out of the things we bought and I figured I would calculate it later. [click to continue…]

     
Updated

{ 9 comments }

Shrimp Tacos Alice’s Way

by alice on February 25, 2009 · 8 comments

shrimp taco

In Seattle it is not uncommon to see taco trucks parked along the side of the road or in gas station parking lots.  I’m a sucker for these trucks.  I just love those $1 tacos.  Using the taco trucks as inspiration, I made shrimp tacos tonight filled with sauteed red cabbage and mango pico de gallo wrapped in a warm corn tortilla.  They were delish.  [click to continue…]

     
Updated

{ 8 comments }

Mango Pico De Gallo

by alice on February 23, 2009 · 3 comments

mangopicodegallo

[donotprint] I love fresh pico de gallo.  I love mango pico de gallo even more.  I will eat this stuff with anything.  My favorite way to eat it is with eggs in the morning for breakfast. It is so good. I relish in making it because it is not only yummy to eat, its just a beautiful condiment to gaze at. [click to continue…]

     
Updated

{ 3 comments }