Oddly, I learned to cook Tex-Mex food in authentic fashion right here in Central, Pennsylvania. The year was 1974 and I was a new bride. The day after our wedding, my husband and I moved into a brand new, garden-apartment complex in State College. It was so new that we were the first residents, except for the manager and his wife, who lived directly above us: Tom and Toni. We four became immediate friends -- not because were the only inhabitants, because we four really enjoyed each other…

Fried tortillas can be turned into salted tortilla chips or sweet cinnamon sugar chips that are perfect for salsas, nachos, or ice cream!

You can't even imagine how delicious this is. It is such a quick meal, is so filling, and tastes amazing. How much better can it get? You...

Beef Fried Tacos are Skillet fried for a golden brown tortilla crust. Easy, inexpensive dinner recipe to feed the whole family on a budget.

I'm still working on the pictures and instructions for a collage I posted earlier.It had never occurred to me to try and capture the crumb of a flour tortilla! Ever!! So mostly what I have is a picture of the gooey, melted cheese that's on the inside.And this particular batch is pork and green chile. Next time I make them, I'll do up a much better set of instructions!Basically, its a stuffed generic flour tortilla that is deep fried. Any flour tortilla recipe will work, you have to use raw…

Deep Fried Tortilla Wrapped Cheese Dogs are stuffed with cheese, wrapped in a corn tortilla and deep fried. #hotdog #cheesedog #deepfried #delicious #greatgrubdelicioustreats

So I think I have about 10 different taco recipes. But my friend, Joy, said I needed to try this one so I did. It was amazing.

In true NY form, we went from 50’s and rainy to 78 and humid this past week. I was standing in my kitchen with the oven at 350 for the third hour, washing dishes and thinking, I need to turn…

Chimichangas are a quick and easy weeknight dinner treat.

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