This soup has a good blend of flavors with a nice spice level to warm you up. Ingredients: 1 –12-16 ounce package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed 2 – Cups chicken broth 2 – Tbsp. butter or margarine 1 – 4-1/2 ounce can diced green chili peppers 1 – clove garlic, minced 1 – Tablespoon snipped fresh oregano or l tsp. dried oregano, crushed 1/4 – tsp. salt 1/4 – tsp. ground black pepper 1 – cup milk 2 – cups chopped, cooked chicken 1 – cup chopped fresh tomatoes (You can substitute canned chopped tomatoes) 1 – cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese or Mexican blend cheese cilantro as garnish, optional tortilla strips, optional Method: In a blender container combine half...
By Nikki Ekstein When the US Department of State released a spring break travel advisory on March 13 warning travelers to take extra caution when visiting Mexico, the message rippled far, wide and fast. Broadcast news disseminated scary stories of illegal drugs and gang crime as reasons to reconsider vacation plans—most tragically, the early March kidnapping of four American medical tourists in Matamoros, on the Texas border, two of whom were found dead. “It’s like clockwork,” says Zachary Rabinor, the American founder of travel agency Journey Mexico. “Every year preceding spring break we get the same wave of sensationalism. People need eyeballs, and what better way than fearmongering? In some ways it’s the clearest sign yet that we’re done worrying...
After we’d spent the morning exploring the San Antonio River Walk, we stopped for lunch at the Iron Cactus Mexican Grill before heading over to the Alamo. We both love Mexican food, so we were really looking forward to whatever “authentic” Mexican food we could find! The food was so scrumptious that I’ve worked hard since coming home to make my own renditions of Spanish rice and churro beans more flavorful (like they were at the Iron Cactus), and I’m hoping to share what I’ve learned over the next weeks. However, I’ve been studying and tweaking my recipe for guacamole for many years—ever since the first time Alan and I visited the River Walk eighteen years ago with our son...
Lunch is often the trickiest meal of the day. Whether you work from home or head into an office every day, you need something that’ll fill you up and doesn’t take too much time or effort in the middle of your day. Avoid drive-thru urges and packaged food cravings this week by preparing nutritious lunches ahead of time. This meal-prep technique will not only remove stress from your weekly grind, but it’s also easy on the wallet and good for the body. Below, we rounded up 25 make-ahead lunches you can prep on a lazy Sunday for a productive week. From protein-packed to vegetarian-friendly, we have plenty of meal prep lunch recipe inspiration to get you started! 1. Roasted...
