These really are my very best Sweet Potatoes. Quite honestly, I am posting the recipe here because I can never find my copy. I usually just recreate them every year from memory. Inevitably, someone will ask me for the recipe and the search begins. Well, this year I am posting it! I make these every year This is just the sweet potato portion of the recipe. I make Home Made Marshmallows for the topping, which are simply divine. Of course, when both recipes are combined the resulting dish is ...
Sesame Cheese Crackers are very much worth your time to make. I know, buying crackers at the supermarket is so much easier, but what about flavor? Most store-bought crackers have been sitting on the shelf for a while. Some taste like the box they are sold in. Crackers made at home are absolutely fresh! Fresher is better I keep Sesame Cheese Crackers in an airtight box and put them on the table when we have Sunday light supper snacks. Fruit, cheese and maybe a little charcuterie are great ...
Meatballs with Maple Onion Bacon Jam is a delicious appetizer or main dish meal. We like them year-round, but they seem to go well with winter get togethers. Delicious Anytime Sometimes I don't have a lot of time in the kitchen once I get off the highway and back to the ranch. So much to do! You can always make the meatballs in advance and whip up the Maple Onion Bacon Jam at the last minute. It seems like I always have these ingredients on hand anyway, so this is a "go-to" ...
Texas Mesquite Chocolate Chip Cookies are a creation of a friend of mine who lives down the road here in South Texas ranch country. You can check out her website here. South Texas = Mesquite If anything, South Texas is all about mesquite trees. Mesquite fires flavor our barbecues. Mesquite trees crowd the horizon. I always think back to the good ol' days when clothing irons were filled with embers from the fireplace. Locally, I am sure these embers were mesquite. Even your clothes smelled ...
Crispy Carrots is one of those non-recipes that I thought was more complicated than it is. I had searched on Pinterest for a crispy carrot recipe like one I had seen online. I tried a few, and they were all duds. So I threw out all of my recipe research and went with what I…
Salted Caramel Banana Bread is an updated twist on a coffee shop classic. Delicious caramel drizzled over warm banana bread with a tiniest hint of salt. This a clearly a better banana bread! Banana bread seems to be where 99% of the home bakers in the U.S.A get started. It’s a fairly basic recipe. I…
Aporreado, also known as aporreadillo is a dish that my friends Manolo and Geninne served when we visited them in Santa Fe New Mexico. Manolo grew up near the state of Guerrero where aporreado is a popular dish so we were honored that he served this family recipe. With food prices going through the roof,…
Honey Sesame Snaps are a crisp cookie that are good to keep on hand. Did I just say that? Seriously, I just finished off four of these cookies. So delicious! Unusually delicious I like Honey Sesame Snaps because they are an unusual cookie with a sweet and salty taste. I get a little bored with…
Hi! I’m Melissa Guerra! I live on a working cattle ranch with my husband, who is a rancher and artist. We have 3 grown kids, 3 dogs and a 34 year old macaw named Pepito...