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Guacamole with Street Corn

February 11, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

If I started keeping track, I imagine I eat an avocado or guacamole at least 5 times a week. Sometimes I get guacamole at my fave tex-mex restaurant, sometimes I make my own, sometimes I get it on top of a Chipotle salad, sometimes I just scoop it right out of the skin with a little lemon juice and salt. I'm always looking to mix things up and keep the guacamole "fresh" and … [Read more...]

Orzo Salad with Mango & Avocado

February 26, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

Here is your next 'to-try' lunch recipe friends. Or a great side dish for carnitas or ranchero chicken. Or fajitas. Or grilled chicken. I adore the mango and avocado flavors together. About 5 days a week I have a salad for lunch, and 4 of those 5 days it has mango and avocado mixed in. Now that mangoes are back in season...we go through about 2 boxes a week from Costco. … [Read more...]

Southwest Steak and Avocado Wraps

June 11, 2013 by Alea 1 Comment

southwest steak and avocado wrap

My husband called me while waiting in an airport for his flight home last week. It soon became obvious that he was hungry because he started telling me how much he loved my wraps. Then he started sharing ideas for wraps that I could make him in the future. I was pretty sure by "the future" he meant for dinner shortly after he arrived home that night. One of the good things … [Read more...]

Quinoa and Black Bean Burritos with “Guac De Gallo”

March 14, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 14 Comments

I have been on a bit of a quinoa kick lately. Making it way more often than rice! (I guess that's what happens when you buy 8 lbs. of the stuff!) Cinnamon Walnut Quinoa, plus a Curried Chicken Quinoa that I'll be making this week and a Spicy Southwest Quinoa that I've got on the calendar to share soon! And now... A "new and improved" rice and beans burrito! Using … [Read more...]

Mango Avocado Salsa with Sweet Lime Vinaigrette

February 3, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

When I was in Texas over the holidays, I went rummaging through my mom's refrigerator trying to come up with a fun appetizer for a family dinner we were having. I found a mango that I was going to use in a fruit salad, but when I cut into it and discovered it was tangy and not-so-sweet, I decided we needed to add more bold flavors, to help hide the tangy mango! I ended up … [Read more...]

Guacamole – 5 Ways

January 26, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 12 Comments

The Super Bowl is just around the corner!  And there's one thing that is always, without fail, sitting on the counter during the Super Bowl game at our house. As far as I'm concerned, there are a few ingredients that have to be mixed into a homemade guacamole. Must be. There are no ifs, ands or buts about these. Here goes...freshly crushed garlic cloves, fresh … [Read more...]

Chicken & Black Bean with Salsa Soup

October 29, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

So I could have named this recipe a number of things. Chicken Taco Soup Chicken, Salsa and Double Bean Soup Tex-Mex Chicken Soup Clear out the Pantry Chicken Soup And in the end I settled on Chicken, Black Bean with Salsa Soup. (Which definitely hurts the feelings of the red beans...they feel totally left out.) Chicken & Black Bean with Salsa Soup I … [Read more...]

Avocado Chicken Tacos

September 20, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 12 Comments

So I made these a few weeks ago...and I'm so sorry it took me so long to get them posted.  I used 2 of the smaller peppers from my garden, along with some of my cherry-like tomatoes. And avocados. *swoon* And I think these would be just as great with ground beef or ground turkey tacos.  Love the different flavor and texture that the avocado chunks brought to … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Mexican Carnitas

July 6, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 21 Comments

Simple. Fuss-free. Tasty. (The only thing I wish I'd done before serving these was toast the tortillas in a hot skillet...just 30 seconds per side...give them a little flavor boost.) I have been waiting to make these since the beginning of March! Rather, these have been waiting for me to make them since the beginning of March!!! Slow Cooker Mexican … [Read more...]

Red Pepper Guacamole

June 10, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 12 Comments

This makes me want to move to Spain. Or Mexico. Anywhere Spanish speaking would work! (I miss saying Hola and Buen Dia all the time.) Ever since playing "Twitter translator" (where I would send Twitter DMs with common Dominican phrases to my friends who were in the Dominican Republic), I've been itching to speak Spanish. I find myself talking to the boys in Spanish and … [Read more...]

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