The Homesick Texan Cookbook

Breakfasts and Breads

• Bacon-Molasses Breakfast Sausage
• Sausage and Pepper Breakfast Casserole
• Green Chile Baked Eggs
• Chilaquiles in Black Bean Salsa
• Breakfast Enchiladas
• Potato-Chorizo Breakfast Tacos
• Buttermilk Bacon-Fat Flour Tortillas
• Sweet Potato and Chipotle Tortillas
• Apple-Jalapeño Dutch Baby Pancake
• Great-Grandma Blanche’s Chocolate Muffins
• Apricot Bread
• Pecan-Lime French Toast Casserole
• Blueberry Granola
• Cranberry-Gruyère Scones
• Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
• Angel Biscuits
• Bacon-Cheddar-Chipotle Biscuits
• Klobasnek (Sausage Kolaches)
• Oatmeal Bread
• Jalapeño Corn Sticks

Starters and Snacks

• Spinach, Bacon, and Artichoke Dip
• Pico de Gallo Deviled Eggs
• Jalapeño Pimento Cheese
• Bacon-Jalapeño Cheese Ball
• Fired-Up Wings
• Pigs in Jalapeño-Cheddar Blankets with Jalapeño Dipping Sauce
• Choriqueso
• Crazy Nachos
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
• Orange-Cinnamon Candied Pecans
• Chipotle Ranch-Spiced Oyster Crackers

Salads and Sides

• Guacamole Salad
• Apple-Walnut Salad
• Tomato, Cucumber, and Peach Salad
• Chipotle-Blue Cheese Wedge Salad
• Frito Salad
• German Potato and Green Bean Salad
• Spicy Pea Salad
• Macaroni Salad
• Sauerkraut Salad
• Mustard Coleslaw
• Ambrosia Salad
• Ancho Chile Applesauce
• Chipotle-Cheddar Scalloped Potatoes
• Oyster Casserole
• Bacon and Chipotle Corn Pudding
• Smoky Collard Greens
• Green Chile Hominy Casserole
• Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
• Cowboy Beans
• Ranch-Style Beans
• Refried Black Beans
• Spanish Rice

Chilis, Soups, and Stews

• Black-Eyed Pea and Mexican Chorizo Soup
• Venison Chili
• Pork Chili Verde
• Buttermilk Potato Soup with Bacon and Jalapeño
• Chipotle Chicken and Dumplings
• Sopa de Lima (Mexican Lime Soup)
• Pumpkin Pasilla Soup
• Squash Blossom Soup with Zucchini-Corn Salsa
• Southeast Texas Gumbo

The Main Event

• Michelada Flank Steak Tortas with Poblano-Buttermilk Dressing
• Shredded Beef Enchiladas with Three-Chile Sauce
• Sunday Brisket
• Steak Fingers with Jalapeño Cream Gravy
• Brisket Tacos, Dallas Style
• Crispy Tacos
• Coffe-Chipotle Pork Chops
• Jalapeño Pesto-Stuffed Pork Roast
• Cochinita Pibil
• Peppery Ribs
• Balsamic-Tarragon Glazed Ham
• Mole Chorizo
• Chicken Spaghetti
• Jalapeño Fried Chicken
• Turkey Enchiladas with Sweet Potato-Chipotle Sauce
• Chicken Fajitas
• Pollo Asado
• Chicken Tamales with Tomatillo-Guajillo Salsa
• Beer-Battered Catfish Tacos
• Tortilla-Crusted Tilapia
• Tuna with Avocado and Red Pepper Baked in Parchment
• Roasted Whole Fish
• Fried Oysters with Chipotle-Lime Dipping Sauce
• Ancho Chile Shrimp Quesadilla
• Shrimp Boil
• Sausage and Shrimp Jambalaya
• Stacked Jalapeño-Cheese Enchiladas
• Black Bean Sopes with Chipotle Crema

Sweets

• Butterscotch Brownies
• Banana Pudding with Peanut-Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Mom’s Raspberry Bars
• Caballero Cookies
• Spicy Snickerdoodles
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Apple Cake
• Mexican Chocolate Cake
• Gingerbread
• Ruby Red Grapefruit and Pecan Sheet Cake
• Lemon Pie
• Pecan Pie
• Sweet Potato Pie
• My Family’s Pie Dough
• Plum Cobbler
• Molasses and Spiced-Pecan Ice Cream
• Peach Ice Cream
• Divinity

Accompaniments

• Old-Fashionied Texas Hot Sauce
• Tomatillo-Chipotle Salsa
• Peach Salsa
• Red Chile Salsa Picante
• Creamy Green Salsa
• Corn-Black Bean Salsa
• Cranberry-Green Chile Salsa
• Asparagus pickles
• Dilly Green Beans
• Chipotle Pickled Carrots
• Pickled Red Onions
• Pickled Whole Peppers
• Sorghum Mustard Pickles
• Fresh Watermelon Rind Pickles
• Corn Relish
• Plum Jam
• Blueberry-Pecan Jam