A couple of weeks ago I bought a small can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce to make a favorite dish, baked chipotle chicken. There are generally 7 or 8 peppers to a can so I decided to make barbacoa beef with some of the leftover peppers. Barbacoa is a richly flavored, slightly spicy beef
I prefer making quick-fix recipes, but chili is one of my exceptions. Though it only takes about 20 minutes for all the elements in any chili to cook through, a long simmering time is essential–to allow time for the beans to break down and thicken the sauce. This recipe as written has a mildly spicy
Pasta with meat sauce is a favorite comfort dish. I’ve made it a million times when I wanted something familiar and filling or when I was short on cash. I used to just open a jar of commercial spaghetti sauce, add some basic spices, and heat it up in five minutes. Now I start from
