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Layered Chili Con Queso | Bob Armstrong Dip

August 29, 2025 By Steven 3 Comments

Layered Chili Con Queso | Bob Armstrong Dip

Layered Chili Con Queso | Bob Armstrong Dip Tex-Mex Game Day Recipe This Layered Chili Con Queso, also known as the famous Bob Armstrong Dip, is a Tex-Mex classic you’ll want at every party. Originally created by Chef Matt Martinez at the legendary Austin restaurant Matt’s El Rancho, this iconic appetizer layers seasoned ground beef, spicy…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, NIBBLES Tagged With: Bob Armstrong Dip, Guacamole, Layered Chili con Queso, Pico de Gallo, Tex-Mex Chef Matt Martinez

Taco Tuesday Slow Cooker Barbacoa

August 2, 2025 By Steven 4 Comments

Mexican Barbacoa

Slow Cooker Barbacoa Tacos – Easy Mexican-Style Shredded Beef If you love Taco Tuesday as much as I do, then you need this Slow Cooker Barbacoa recipe in your rotation. Juicy, tender, and bursting with flavor, this shredded beef is perfect for tacos, burritos, nachos, taco salads, or even breakfast with eggs, beans, and potatoes….

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Filed Under: BEEF, BITES Tagged With: barbacoa, barbacoa tacos, instapot barbacoa, mexican black beans, Slow Cooker Mexican Barbacoa, street taocs, traditional barbacoa

Easy Homemade Hummus Recipe with a Secret Ingredient

June 23, 2025 By Steven Leave a Comment

Hummus recipe

Looking for an easy homemade hummus recipe that’s packed with flavor? My version includes a secret ingredient that not only adds incredible taste but also eliminates one ingredient I can’t stand in traditional hummus recipes! Hummus is a classic Middle Eastern dip made from a simple blend of chickpeas, garlic, lemon, olive oil, and tahini….

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Filed Under: Appetizers, NIBBLES Tagged With: Easy Homemade Hummus, easy homemade hummus recipe, hummus recipe, secret hummus ingredient

Chocolate Pecan Pumpkin Bread

September 24, 2023 By Steven Leave a Comment

Chocolate Pecan Pumpkin Bread

My Chocolate Pecan Pumpkin Bread recipe is what you’ve been waiting for all summer. Spicy and sweet with crunchy pecans and sweet little nuggets of chocolate nestled into moist and delicious pumpkin bread. As I write this the smell is driving me crazy, and of course, it’s taking 10 minutes longer in the oven than…

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Filed Under: DESSERTS, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Chocolate Pecan Pumpkin Bread, Chocolate Pecan Pumpkin Bread recipe, Pumpkin Spice Mix Ingredients, pumpkin spice mix secret, Spice Mix Ingredients

Hummingbird Food Recipe

April 1, 2023 By Steven 4 Comments

Hummingbird Food Recipe

I just saw our first hummingbird of the season this morning, he was drinking from the waterfall in our backyard koi pond. And although my Hummingbird Food recipe is a little different from my normal people’s food recipes, everyone needs good food, so I have a recipe for everybody, even the Hummingbirds. My Hummingbird Food…

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Filed Under: SIPS Tagged With: homemade hummingbird food, Hummingbird feeder Food Recipe, Hummingbird Food, Hummingbird Food Recipe

Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

October 16, 2022 By Steven Leave a Comment

Buttermilk Pancakes

Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes Homemade buttermilk pancakes will put a smile on even the grumpiest, none morning person. Fluffy, sweet, and buttery, is there a better breakfast then buttermilk pancakes? My dad was the breakfast cook on the weekends for our family. We always had a big throw-down breakfast, and the traditional English breakfast was his…

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Ginger Sage Butternut Squash Soup

October 14, 2022 By Steven Leave a Comment

Butternut Squash Soup

Autumn is here and we love cooking with butternut squash. This is always one of the first soups I make every year, it signals my brain to get ready for the chilly weather that lies ahead. Ginger Sage Butternut Squash Soup, the Earthiness of the ginger and sage complement the Earthy butternut squash perfectly. Thick…

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Filed Under: NIBBLES, SOUPS, VEGETARIAN Tagged With: Butternut Squash Soup, Ginger Sage Butternut Squash Soup

West Texas Ranch Water

April 30, 2022 By Steven 14 Comments

West Texas Ranch Water

Ranch Water is a 3-ingredient cowboy thirst quencher born in the miserably hot, dry dusty summers of West Texas. The ingredients for Ranch Water are simple: Topo Chico mineral water, lime juice, and tequila are all you need for this low-calorie favorite of house parties and dive bars. Topo Chico is the key ingredient to…

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