Tag: corn

  • Cucumber, Corn and Avocado Salad

    Cucumber, Corn and Avocado Salad

    A cold, satisfying, fruit-and-veggie salad is just perfect for the summer! We JUST got done with a mad crazy heat wave that sent me spiraling on an “eat only the cold things!” spell, with a touch of “eat only the things I don’t have to turn on stoves or oven for!”Something about chilled refreshing cucumbers…

  • Soy Chorizo & Cilantro Corn Muffins

    Hello, happy breakfast food!  I have been really trying to eat savory foods for breakfast more often.  I find that it has a fantastic effect of chilling my sweet tooth down to start the day with something that isn’t sweet.  But it’s pretty hard for me to think of a quick weekday meal other than…

  • Sweet Corn Tomalito

    Okay, this is one of those love-it-or-hate-it moments.  Personally, I love sweet corn tomalito.   What is sweet corn tomalito?  You know those really inauthentic (yet delicious) Mexican restaurants that seem to specialize only in the greasiest Mexican food and over-sized margaritas (I’m looking at you, Chevy’s & El Torito)?  You know that little scoop…

  • Smoky Baked Corn Dogs

    Why isn’t my page covered in some kind of red white and blue dessert or drink right now?  Why the lack of patriotic colors, you ask? Cause I know, napkins don’t count.   Well, truthfully, my mind just kept drawing a blank when it came to tri-colored goodies to celebrate today.  Sure, I thought of…

  • Blueberry & Strawberry Cornmeal Pancakes

      A few days ago while I was looking around other food blogs, I saw a couple references to a very weird holiday – National Peanut Butter Day!  Apparently Tuesday was it!  I was very intrigued, and had to look up more weird food holidays, and found this gigantic list of them.  Now I don’t…