Homemade Lip Balm Do you suffer from dry, cracked lips? I rarely find myself with out a tube of chapstick on hand. What I love about this lip balm is how moisturizing and simple it is to make. It only takes four ingredients, cocoa butter, coconut oil, bee’s wax and extract/essential oil. It feels…
Lettuce Wraps
This is one of my long forgotten favorites that I haven’t made it a quite a while. My cousin Ashley introduced me to the world of lettuce wraps back when I was visiting her one summer in Kansas City, at Blue Koi, a simplistic and fresh Chinese restaurant. Lettuce wraps are one of the most addicting…
Nourishing Chicken Stock
What speaks more of a winter day than a warm bowl of soup? Chicken soup has long been known as the Jewish Penicillin, it is one of the first things our grandmothers and mothers gave us when we were sick or on the mend from the flu. The soup that is said to cure colds…
La Haceinda’s Tortilla Soup
Here is my new addition to my growing list of tortilla soup recipes. Heather at Girlchef originally prompted me to start experimenting when I read about her Tortilla Soup Challenge to try as many versions as possible. This version is my attempt to replicate my all time favorite tortilla soup recipe that is served at…
Rocas de Reyes and Creamy Mexican Hot Cocoa
The Christmas season is coming to a close and the 12th Day of Christmas approaches. At our school we will be dinning on Roscas de Reyes (Three Kings Cake) and Mexican hot chocolate in honor of Three Kings Day or 12th Night Day. The Rosca has a plastic doll hiding inside as a reminder of…