Chicken Chilaquiles

April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments

I am constantly reading about food.  Cookbooks, magazines, websites, blogs – I devour their instructions and savor the inspiration every single day, multiple times daily actually.  Food is definitely one of my favorite little pleasures in life.  Since I spend so much time reading about food, it was surprising to me that up until a [...]

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Chicken Tostadas

March 21, 2011 By 3 Comments

There was a time when Friday night meant dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant.  Most of the time we would meant some friends there, have some fun conversation over dinner and margaritas, then head home totally relaxed after a busy work week.  Those days are gone.  Even when we are able to muster up the [...]

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Beef Chimichangas

January 31, 2011 By 1 Comment

I’ve been on a Mexican food mission this week.  It must be the unusually warm weather we’ve enjoyed over the last few days.  It puts me in the mood for chips, salsa, and a margarita.  On a patio.  With the sound of the ocean in the background.  I might not be able to hit the [...]

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Taco Soup

January 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

This may just be the easiest recipe you’ll find on Our Family Eats.  And that’s saying something considering most of the recipes I post are weeknight friendly.  This soup is a favorite of mine.  I always have everything I need to make this in my pantry – you probably do too.  It’s always a good [...]

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Quick Black Bean Soup

November 2, 2010 By 3 Comments

I was skeptical of this soup when I first read the recipe.  I like a thick and hearty black bean soup, and most recipes that produce that kind of result require the use of dried black beans and an overnight soak. That’s just not my style.  So although I love black bean soup I’ve never [...]

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Chicken Enchiladas

October 4, 2010 By 8 Comments

If you’ve only used canned sauce from the grocery store to make enchiladas, then you are in for a world of surprises with this recipe.  The flavor totally wowed me.  I would go so far as to say this was better than any enchiladas I’ve ever had a restaurant.  I couldn’t get enough of these, [...]

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Black Bean Oven Quesadillas

September 14, 2010 By 1 Comment

This meal proves that a recipes doesn’t have to be fancy, or take more than 15 minutes, to be absolutely delicious.  I try to make make sure I have all these ingredients on hand for those times when our schedules don’t go according to plan…you know like every day. All you really do here is open [...]

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Taco Bake

September 9, 2010 By 4 Comments

Looking for a family pleasing dinner?  This one’s for you.  There’s nothing fancy about this one – not one thing for the kids to complain about.  I mean it starts with macaroni and cheese for Pete’s sake.  You may be thinking to yourself that tacos and macaroni may not be on your list of things [...]

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