As many of you know in May of 2008 my blog was vandalized.  I have been slowly reconstructing lost blog posts as I come upon them or people request missing recipes.

One recipe in particular that I have been looking for for months is Spice Of Life’s Southwest Style Shrimp that I made for a Taste&Create event while I was vacationing at my mom’s house in the US.  For lack of intelligence on my behalf, the answer was here on my blog all along, I just wasn’t searching logically enough.

I have been craving this delicious shrimp for quite a while now, and with Spring hiding somewhere around the corner, I am happy to be able to make a winter-friendly recipe taht reminds me of the hot days of summer!

This is a slightly different take on my blogger friend’s recipe because we went ahead and used refried beans and fresh slices of avocado instead of making her black bean and corn salad.

Chili Lime Shrimp Soft Tacos
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon Chili Powder
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon ground Cumin
750 grams (ca. 1.5 lbs) fresh Shrimp, peeled and divined (you can also use frozen shrimp, but the flavors just don’t compare!)
Cooking Spray
1 Tablespoon fresh Lime Juice
1/2 Cup Refried Beans (try my great homemade recipe here)
1 Avocado, sliced
1/2 Cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
4 Corn Tortillas

Directions:
Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.  Combine the chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and ground cumin in a small bowl.

Place the shrimp in a large bowl and sprinkle on the spice mixture, combine until all shrimp s well coated.

Spray the pan with some cooking spray, add the shrimp, and cook for about 3 minutes, or until cooked (turn pink and white).  Quickly add the lime juice, mix, and remove from pan.  The lime juice will evaporate really quickly, but it will give the shrimp a fantastic flavor.

Arrange your soft taco with about 2 tablespoons of refried beans, 3 shrimp, 3 slices of avocado, and some shredded cheddar cheese on top.  Enjoy!

Makes 4 soft tacos.

Back in January I made a Shrimp and Chicken Fried Rice for the Taste&Create event that I hold each month.

This is another take on it. I have made it 3 times now and have refined it enough to my liking. Maybe next time I will try some different meats mixed it. Continue Reading »

Angel Food Cake (original recipe from a 1970s edition of Betty Crocker)

Due to vandalism on my website that I discovered back in June, I lost a few posts.  Luckily, it was posted on Foodbuzz – few – that saved me hours of research and wondering.  Thank you Foodbuzz for being so awesome!

the recipes are after the jump. Continue Reading »

I have tons of new photos and recipes to share with you, but I am trying to take it easy during my vacation. So, today, I will share with you some “herbal porn”. This is a beautiful little marjoram plant growing in my in-laws container garden on their terrace.

What do you have growing in your garden at this time of year?

I have:
strawberries (regular and wild)
garlic
onion
bell peppers
many varieties of chili peppers
lettuce
broccoli
many varieties of tomatoes
tomatillos
corn
many varieties of beans
rhubarb
artichokes
cucumbers
raspberries
blackberries
hops
wheat
basil
thyme
lavender
roses
bill
sage
pineapple sage
cilantro (coriander)
wild garlic
and many varieties of flowers

…did I forget anything??

(Update January 2009) This is a delicious and tangy butter I made in May of 2008.  Unfortunately, my blog was vandalized by a malicious hacker in the summer and while I had a back-up, I ended up losing some posts between the last back-up and the hack-attack.

This is one of those posts. Continue Reading »

 

Just wanted to let you guys know that we are having a great time in sunny (and hot) Texas. The berries are in season early and we are eating our hearts out!

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This post under contsruction due to vandalism.

Lately I have been seeing a lot of blog posts about chicken kebabs. And, having never made them myself, I decided to give it a go. I didn’t use any recipe in particular. I just looked in my fridge and pulled out what I had. Continue Reading »

This post under contsruction due to vandalism.

Ok everyone, here’s the partner list for the May sign-up!

Remember:

Eat the Right Stuff & Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska
A Cracking Good Egg & A scientist in the kitchen
Cherrapeño & Passion + Love + Patience = Good Food
Cooking in an Apron & Dianne’s Dishes
The Bad Girl’s Kitchen & a whisk and a spoon
What’s Cooking? & Sushi Day
A Southern Grace & Spice of Life
Other People’s Food & My Food Blog
Culinary Curiosity & Sounding My Barbaric Gulp!
Feeding Maybelle & Ma che tisei mangiato
Heaven is Chocolate, Cheese and Carbs & Cupcake Project
La Recette du Jour & Just Get Floury
More Than Burnt Toast & My Divers Kitchen
The Backyard Pizzeria & Bombay Foodie
The Skinny Gourmet & Ruth’s Kitchen
Columbus Foodie & blog from OUR kitchen
Tangerine’s Kitchen Hangout & For the Love of Food
*Failur to blog about your partner’s dish twice (two events), without prior notice to ME**, and I will have to put you on my “black list”

**if you cannot blog for whatever reason, plase contact me to let me know. I know that life happens to all of us. tasteandcreate@rezimo.com