Slow Cooker White Bean and Chicken Chili

This slow cooker white bean and chicken chili includes layers of flavor from chicken broth, sauteed onions and jalapeños, and bone-in chicken thighs. 

This slow cooker chicken chili begins with a base of chicken broth and pureed canned hominy. It's a great way to add a corn flavor as well as thicken the base without a roux. 

Roasted Jalapeño Salsa

This roasted jalapeño salsa with tomatoes and garlic is so easy to make and totally tasty. It will become a staple in your kitchen. 

I love salsas. They are wonderful on omelets, in tacos and burritos, with chips, in scrambled eggs, in bloody Marys, and incorporated into guacamole. Salsas can go from traditional, like pico de gallo or tomato and tomatillo salsa, to creative, such as grilled pineapple and red onion salsa, pear salsa, roasted tri-color pepper salsa, tomato and corn salsa, 

Roasted Tomato and Pepper Soup

This roasted tomato and pepper soup is perfect when you need something tasty, filling, and nutritious.

 Paired with a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread (I love how the cheese melts through the holes in the bread), this makes a wonderful lunch or a light dinner.

Spicy Carrot and Broccoli Salad

This spicy carrot salad with broccoli is dressed with ingredients with Asian flavors and spiced up with jalapeño and Fresno chiles. 

 


For this carrot salad, I combined some multi-colored organic carrots along with some pre-shredded broccoli and sliced jalapeño and Fresno chiles.

Corn and Jalapeño Rolls

These corn and jalapeño rolls are soft, slightly sweet, and have a little kick from the jalapeño. 

These rolls are really special. They are a little bit sweet, completely soft, and wonderful paired with chili or used as sandwich or burger buns. You can even make them a little smaller for sliders! 

Crab Cakes with Jalapeño Aioli

These Mexican-style crab cakes are bursting with spicy flavor. Packed with fresh jalapeños, lime juice, and cilantro, these crab cakes will become your new favorite crab recipe.

Crab cakes are a delicious and luxurious appetizer or main course. They are usually made with bread crumbs, mayonnaise, and egg as a binder, and then spiced with Old Bay seasoning, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce, along with herbs and other seasoning like my mini Maryland crab cakes and crab cake Buddha bowls.

Mango Chile Margarita

This Mango Chile Margarita is made with fresh pureed mango and freshly squeezed lime juice.

I've been a little obsessed with experimenting with the recipe for this Mango Chile Margarita after visiting a local Mexican restaurant. The cocktail was so good, I had to try to duplicate it.

Dutch Oven Sourdough Bread with Pickled Jalapeños and Cheddar Cheese

This Sourdough bread with Pickled Jalapeños and Cheddar Cheese is spicy, cheesy, and delicious. You'll go crazy over the aroma while it is baking, and the burnished crust is outstanding.








This sourdough bread with jalapeño peppers and white cheddar cheese is so flavorful. It's crazy good fresh from the oven. It's also delicious sliced, toasted, and buttered. You can also use this bread for amazing grilled cheese sandwiches.

Jalapeño Cheese Bread with Corn

This jalapeño cheese bread with corn is loaded with oozing cheese, sliced jalapeño peppers, and corn.

How do you feel about burnt cheese? The kind that gets all melty and then forms a crust of goodness. If you're with me on this, you must make this bread.