I have to admit when I opened The Pioneer Woman Cooks for the first time and saw the recipe for meatloaf I shuttered. You have to understand that meatloaf has not crossed the table of the Wilkes household for at least 12 years. We had an “encounter” with meatloaf 12 years ago that has left [...]
Simple Perfect Enchiladas:Ree & Leigh{Anne}
January 22, 2010 By 23 Comments
I think my favorite ethnic food group is Mexican. It is usually my food of choice when I get to pick where we go out to eat. One of my favorite food memories growing up are the yummy cheese enchiladas my mom made. When I was in college I would save up my food money [...]
Mongolian Beef
January 13, 2010 By 34 Comments
As I logged into the dashboard of my blog yesterday I noticed that I had written 499 posts. That means that today’s post is my 500th post!!! It is hard to believe that I have actually found 500 things to blog about over the last 2 1/2 years! My biggest fear when I first started [...]
Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak without the Wilted Watercress
May 19, 2009 By 3 Comments
As promised in my last post I have another yummy recipe from Emeril at the Grill: A Cookbook for All Seasons to share with you. I have dozens more marked to try. I recommend though if you don’t win the giveaway you definitely go out and buy your own copy! A perfect Father’s Day gift! Speaking of [...]
Grilled Marinated Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
May 5, 2009 By 3 Comments
Thanks to my friend Sherra, the technical difficulties I was having yesterday are taken care of! If you tried to leave a comment to enter the giveaway yesterday and couldn’t, please do so today – if you didn’t try please do so today! Click here to enter my Mother’s Day Giveaway for some beautiful jewelry!! [...]
Hamburgers Teriyaki and Roasted Potato Wedges
April 28, 2009 By 7 Comments
Note: Be sure and check out and enter the giveaway over at iLashGirls this week! Three great gifts – I’m loving them all, especially the fun return address stamp. I want one! We actually had a taste of summer here in Portland last week – a couple of 80 degree days! I knew it wouldn’t [...]
Crockpot Brisket
March 20, 2009 By 8 Comments
Over the last ten years or so I have spent a lot of time in the costume shop at the high school. One of my favorite things about it is the opportunity it gives me to meet some of the other moms of my children’s friends. It never fails, when moms get together, the conversation always [...]
Manly Meal – Steak Bites
February 20, 2009 By 20 Comments
I have a confession to make! I skipped Sunday School last week! Shh – no one tell my mother or my husband – o.k.? I really didn’t skip on purpose, well I guess I kind of did. I came home to get something really quick and before I knew it I was on my computer surfing [...]
Shredded Beef Tacos
October 22, 2008 By 6 Comments
I often get requests for recipes that are good to serve to a crowd (maybe it’s all that cooking I’ve done for various church functions). Two of my favorite recipes to recommend are ones I have featured here on the blog – Cafe Rio Pork and Costa Vida Chicken. They both make a lot and they [...]
Skirt Steak Tacos – Friday Favorite
July 25, 2008 By 6 Comments
One of my favorite cuts of meat is skirt steak. I like it for a couple of reasons - it’s inexpensive and it cooks up fast on the barbecue. It is not a very tender cut of meat so it definitely needs a little help from a marinade – the longer you can marinade it for [...]
