This Layered Chili Con Queso | Bob Armstrong Dip recipe is my version of the famous multilayered dip created by the late, great Tex-Mex Chef Matt Martinez at his Austin eatery; Matt’s El Rancho. Layered taco seasoned ground beef and chorizo, chili con queso, guacamole, Pico de Gallo, and sour cream. The Bob Armstrong Chili…
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…
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…
Homemade 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…
Ginger Sage 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…
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…
Cuban Mojo Chicken
My recipe for Cuban Mojo Chicken is tender and juicy, every bite having a complex flavor of herbs, citrus, and spices. The citrus caramelizing on the grill makes the skin crispy while keeping the meat mouthwateringly delicious. It is equally delicious roasted whole in the oven with roasted halves of oranges to squeeze over the…
Standing Rib Roast
How to cook a perfect medium-rare Prime Rib A Standing Rib Roast is a Prime Rib that still has at least two of the bones still attached. An expensive (very expensive) cut of beef that none of us can afford to screw up, Haha. The Standing Rib Roast / Prime Rib I’m cooking today is…