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Traditional Margaritas
I’ll admit that I’m a bit partial to anything “Rick Bayless”. If you’re ever in Chicago and get the chance to visit any of this amazing chef’s restaurants (Xoco, Frontera Grill, and Topolobampo), I...
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Phyllis’ Cowboy Salsa
I brought tomato plants home from my all-time-favorite-tomato-buying-place, Black’s Nursery in Lakeland, over a week ago. They’ve been sitting on my porch ever since. Cold and sad, they are yearning...
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Grilled Mexican Chicken Salad with Cumin Lime Vinaigrette
I love to eat summer salads. Lettuce salads, pasta salads, potato salads – you name it, I’m there. And this Grilled Mexican Chicken Salad is one of my favorites. I tend to bounce around between...
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Macho Nachos (Macho Nachoz)
While I’m not a die-hard football fan, I do enjoy the football season. Having the games on lends a playful air to our home, plus I like watching my husband have fun teaching his young girls about this...
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Meghan’s Chicken Tortilla Soup
My husband is a soup man. Winter, spring, summer, or fall…he’s always up for a good bowl of soup. And I’m always up for a new recipe. So when my friend, Meghan, told me she had been doing some...
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Tres Leches Cake
To my knowledge, there is not one iota of Mexican ancestry mingling in my veins. However, I do still enjoy celebrating Cinco de Mayo and all the wonderfulness of Mexican food culture. Last year on May...
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Dark Chocolate Cake with Chile-Chocolate Buttercream {2 years & a giveaway!)
I have this friend. She’s a wise and confident woman with many an opinion. Her view, articulated through crystal clear lenses, is always witty and makes me laugh (and think!). More than once she has...
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Rhubarb Margarita {aka “The Farmgirl Margarita”}
If a Farmgirl were to have a signature drink…it would have to be this Rhubarb Margarita! I’ve been having so much delicious fun with my bottle of fresh Ruby Rhubarb Syrup. The recipe makes a sizable...
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Tangy Roasted Tomatillo Guacamole
Every time I make guacamole, I have a flashback to my family’s 2010 trip to Custer and the Black Hills of South Dakota. We stopped in to a local winery one afternoon, in the midst of some kind of...
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Espresso Brownie Bites with Kahlua Buttercream Kisses
Sometimes grown-up gatherings call for grown-up desserts. And these Espresso Brownie Bites with Kahlua Buttercream Kisses are the sweetest little way to top off an evening with friends, or a New...
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Mom’s Cheesy Beef Taco Dip
On Mom’s original recipe for this Cheesy Beef Taco Dip, she wrote in, “Used for Brenda’s graduation party and every bit of it was gone!” With Dad and Mom, on my high school graduation day. (1989) And...
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Homemade {Green} Taco Seasoning
I must confess, I’ve never really been a fan of traditional {red} taco spice mixes. I have yet to find a packet at the store that wows me, so I usually end up just winging it when I make tacos, adding...
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Honey and Chipotle Vinaigrette
It’s so easy to not make your own salad dressings and vinaigrettes. Just pick up a bottle from one of the too many choices at the store. Done. But…when I do take the time to mix up my own for a fresh...
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Turkey Taco Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice
My family is in love with Turkey Taco Night. It always brings “yays” and “hoorays”…and for Tessa, a little dancing and singing, too! Turkey Taco Night is never served the same way twice around here....
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Cheesy Mushroom and Herb Quesadillas with Smoky Salsa {Giveaway}
Around here, we eat quesadillas at least once a week. I keep waiting for that moment in time where my daughters (and myself!) get tired of them, but it never seems to happen. There’s just something...
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Cheesy Turkey Taco Cups with Zesty Lime Cream
These Cheesy Turkey Taco Cups with Zesty Lime Cream have so much going for them…they’re crispy, cheesy, a little bit spicy, creamy, and zesty. They are the perfect warm and hearty appetizer for the...
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Mexican Coffee {Mexico}
Our family celebrated Thanksgiving this year in the most incredible way. If you follow a farmgirl’s dabbles on Instagram, you’ll know that we were in warm and sunny Mexico. And if you know me at all,...
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Warm Mexico Salsa {Mexico}
Even though I’m craving the brightness of fresh salads and striving to get my meals and sweet tooth back in shape after the holidays, it’s the warm and comforting eats that I can’t stay away from....
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Roasted Mexican Cauliflower with Pepitas
Cauliflower is a vegetable I had to learn to love. I went through the better portion of my life not knowing how good it could be, completely unaware of its delicious potential. But once I discovered...
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Grilled Chili Lime Pork Tenderloin
Do you have any idea how thrilled I’ve been to enjoy grilling again?! With the constant snowfall and brutal cold temps we had this winter, the snow removal was hard to keep up with and we simply lost...
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