Nebraska

Mexican, Nebraska

Mexican Fried Tacos

As you must know by now, I grew up in Western Nebraska.   I grew up eating at Taco Town, Rosita’s and a few other Mexican restaurants that were around town.  In high school, we were able to leave the school grounds for lunch.  At first, we could only walk, as non of us had drivers […]

Desserts, Nebraska

The Best Sugar Cookies

This is my Grams recipe for sugar cookies — these melt in your mouth and are just wonderful.  I would not use these for icing/decorating style cookies – there are other recipes better suited for decorating — this contains too much oil/butter, and really won’t hold up well with heavy icings.  Just a sprinkle of […]

Desserts, Nebraska

Coconut Macaroons, plus variations

These are just.. yummyness.  One of the girls in my office brought macaroons in last week.. premade/packaged things.  They were okay, but.. well… incredibly heavy and greasy.  They made me in the mood for the ones I make.   They are just exactly what a macaroon should be – light and fluffy. This recipe comes from […]