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.