Category Archives: Mexican

Momma Stellas Spanish Rice

According to Mrs. CB, Momma Stella made Spanish Rice fairly often and she was often drafted to be the rice “stirrer”.  “I’m not much of a cook, but I was a good stirrer,” confesses Mrs. CB. So last night, I … Continue reading

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Mexican Noodle Soup

Cheap Bastid is always looking for recipes that promise to be tasty, easy and inexpensive.  Recently I stumbled across a soup which made my mouth water from reading the recipe—and that was good enough to make me save the recipe, … Continue reading

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Spicy Mexican Carrots

You may have noticed—or you may not have noticed—that Cheap Bastid hasn’t been doing much cooking or recipe posting lately.  That’s not a rumor.  It’s a fact. I don’t really know how these big muckety-muck foodie-bloggers manage to post every … Continue reading

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Incredible Enchiladas

The best enchiladas I’ve ever had came from a place called Sadies in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  This iconic restaurant is big and every night it’s a hopping place.  New Mexico style enchiladas are “stacked” rather than rolled with an enchilada … Continue reading

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Semi-Homemade Enchilada Sauce

I love enchiladas, especially New Mexico style.  But I haven’t really tried making them very often because I just don’t like the taste of the “enchilada sauce” that you buy in a can. It always has a faintly metallic taste … Continue reading

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