Posts Tagged ‘green’

Cheese enchiladas & enchiladas verdes.

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

J’s been busting my butt about going to Macayo’s Mexican restaurant for their enchiladas. She usually gets one Baja style (green) and one regular cheese. I must admit, enchiladas have always been one of my favorite Mexican dinners so I can totally relate. Enchiladas are always good in my book, even when their bad. Some of my favorite are from a fast food joint in Topeka, KS called Taco Tico, it’s all about their sauce baby. My mom also makes a killer enchilada. She makes it flat style and uses old el paso enchilada sauce from the can and it’s some of my favorite store bought. Not sure if it’s just because it reminds me of simpler times or if it’s just good. For moms you just layer everything, stacking it up as high as you want, tortilla, meat, sauce, cheese, tortilla meat, lettuce and so on. The ones pictured above are more like the ones you get in a restaurant (like Macayo’s). I’d rate these as better than average, J expressed her appreciation for them more than once so that’s a good sign. I think she even muttered “goodbye Macao’s”.

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Green beans Chinese buffet style.

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Whats more American than the Chinese buffet? Well, lot’s of things but you know what I mean. J is not huge on the Chinese buffets but me and little Z have made it kind of a tradition when we are spending a daddy daughter day together. In my opinion you can actually make the Chinese buffet a healthy meal if you can control yourself. There are a ton of vegetable dishes to choose from and they usually keep all the fried stuff together so you can just stay away form that particular island. They usually have a dedicated island for fruit and salads too. Now, I know their not using all organic ingredients and there is a ton of oil, sodium and unrefined sugars in there so it’s not something to eat all the time, but the bad rap they get sometimes is not too deserving. Anyway, when we hit the Chinese buffet one of the standards is the green beans. Simple, crispy and in a wonderful little sauce. I grab a claw full on my first round for every time, sometimes even for seconds, I just love em. So in my attempts to recreate all the things I love from restaurants as well as my attempt to get more veggies in our household meals, behold the Chinese buffet style green beans!

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