My favorite tortillas for this are still Don Pancho® wholewheat tortillas. They are the perfect size and have great flexibility when they’re at room temperature. I use one tortilla, place all the ingredients on half of it. Once I place it in the pan, I fold it in half when it starts to cook. (Brookshire…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Ham and Cheese Chicken Breasts (Cooking for One)
When you feel like you deserve an elegant dinner for one, this is the recipe! It’s simple and yummy. I used one ingredient that’s on the suspect list for some of you, crushed pork rinds. Don’t knock it, until you’ve tried it. I used them frequently when I was a personal chef for a couple…
Lessons from the Garden
If you garden, you know, sometimes it’s hard to figure out what the heck is happening to your plants. I grow some of the vegetables in large containers in our back rock garden area. This morning I thought I’d plant some seeds in a couple containers where the plants just all of a sudden died. …
Grits with Okra and Black Eyed Peas
PrintGrits with Okra and Black Eyed Peas Total Time: 1 hour Yield: Serves 6 Ingredients1 1/2 cups non fat milk 1 clove garlic, pressed 6 TBSP grits 3 oz cream cheese 1 TBSP butter 1 egg yolk 1 TBSP jalapeno (optional) 2 cups okra, cut into pieces and blanched 1 1/4 cup cooked black eyed…
What’s Your Beef
What are we really eating? The media is privy to information sometimes I don’t see from other sources. I’ve included a copy of a story I received the other day, and thought you’d at least like to have the information. Taiwan banned imports of U.S. beef containing ractopamine in 2011. Their parliament has just voted…