Meal Ideas: Tex Mex Dinner

By: JCL, Allrecipes Community Member

"Chile Colorado served with refried beans and rice. Serve with warm flour tortillas. If you still have some room left, finish it off with flan."

More About JCL

Family cooking traditions: "I have never learned my Mom's Russian recipes because I will never be able to make them as well as she can. She never writes anything down or knows proportions of anything she makes. I guess one day I will have to stand in the kitchen and throw things in with her."

Cooking triumphs: "Thanksgiving turkey. I made it for the first time last year and my Mom kept asking me if she should have a backup--she had guests coming. Even though my oven cooked the thing in half the time it was supposed to, my husband and I kept the 14-pound bird from drying out for two hours. It was the best and most flavorful turkey our guests ever had (their words, not mine)."

Cooking tragedies: "When I was nine I tried to make cookies for my Mom while she was at work. What I made was a doughy mess, but I made my 2-year-old sister eat some. I still feel kind of bad about that, and I haven't baked since."