The Tall Girl Cooks

You know how some Mexican restaurants will serve a little dollop of this delicious sweet corn...stuff...on the side of your plate?  I...

Last October we had a weekend where we had two family weddings to attend in addition to our church's children's program.  It was c...

  Some recipes you can just tell will be good.  When I saw this one on BlogChef.net , I knew it was going into rotation at our house.  ...

Yes, this looks like a glass of milk with some dirt sprinkled on the top.  But it's not, I promise.  I had never even heard of horchat...

Okay, so I've been posting a few...less than healthy...recipes lately.  I thought it was time to remedy that and give y'all someth...

I've seen lots of variations of a black bean salsa.  I've even made one here .  Then I saw this bean and avocado salsa on Tidy Mom...

Okay, once again I got a pretty crummy photo.  But that is what happens when it's dark by 6pm and your family is hungry and drooling o...

Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  My daughter and I went out of town for 6 weeks to visit my family this summer and I'm...

One more recipe from Gina at SkinnyTaste.com ! I made these last week and they were so good! Carnitas refers to any slow-cooked, seasone...

I discovered another fantastic food blog through a link on a friend's Facebook page. The blog is called Skinny Taste and the recipes a...

This is another version of chicken enchilada casserole. Much easier than rolling up individual enchiladas. If you are not a fan of green e...

Apparently this is similar to Chevy's salsa, but I've never been there so I really don't know. The recipe called for 6 jalapeno...

These are a baked (and therefore healthier) version of Chili's Southwestern Eggrolls. I looooove these things! The dipping sauce is th...

Have you noticed a Mexican theme to my recipes lately? This is the last one ... at least for a little while. I think the next recipe I pos...

I loved the restaurant Rio Bravo for two things: their salsa and their fresh tortillas. I was so sad when they went out of business. For y...

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I have no idea why we celebrate this in the U.S. - I guess we Americans are happy to find any reason to party and have...

My husband and father-in-law both love chimichangas, which are essentially deep-fried burritos. I really don't like making anything dee...

My plan was to make chicken fajitas tonight. Then I took the time to check the date on my store-bought fajita seasoning packet and disc...

I made these for the Super Bowl. The recipe comes from the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of Quick Cooking magazine (which I believe is now called Sim...

This is an adaptation of the Black Bean Soup that I posted back in 2009. With all of the colorful veggies, this soup made me think of conf...