Quick and dirty chicken fajitas with a 5-ingredient marinade and all your vegetables in there, too.

Chuck roast slow cooked with guajillo chiles, jalapeños, garlic and spices

Classic basil pesto for pasta and bread, and a cilantro-jalapeño pesto for anything else.

Chicken thighs marinated in pickled jalapeños and garlic, breaded with masa harina and fried

Homemade Bloody Mary mix (with extra umami)

Sopes with guacamole, sauteed mushrooms, cotija cheese and crispy fried ancho chile strips

Cinnamon-sugar baked flour tortilla shells filled with ice cream and fruit.

Shrimp corn dogs with spicy honey mustard. A perfect game day snack!

These are the lemon bars I grew up with.

Crispy Tostones with pica de gallo and creamy hatch chile sauce.

Spatchcocked chicken with blackened Cajun seasoning.

Add a little kick to your quiche with fresh jalapenos! This is a perfect make-ahead breakfast.

Waffles are a classic, but impressive breakfast... when done right!

The Count of Monte Cristo was a bad ass dude. Do NOT mess with a dude that can make a bad ass sandwich or you WILL be sorry!

Delicious meat-free collard greens!

The All-American pastime! Just kidding, if we spent all our time eating cheeseburgers, we’d be like the fattest nation on earth! Oh wait.

You know what’s really good for you? Sweet potatoes. You know wha tastes even better? Sweet Potato Fries!

My dad's recipe for Texas-style chili.

Get lucky in 2011! Eat Black-Eyed Peas on New Years Day.

The Cookies of a Thousand Names: Snowballs, Russian Tea Cakes, Italian Butternuts… that’s all I can think of right now, but you get it.

Stuffing made with Molasses Cornbread

Tabouli is a great thing to take to a potluck for a change of pace from the usual mayonnaise-fests.

Happy Home Fries are great for breakfast but they also make the perfect "drinkin' snack!"

I can say with certainty I have never had a BAD al pastor taco; only good and amazing.