the better chip

Nacho salad

If you have good ingredients in a salad, you don’t even need dressing.   Bottom layer: tortilla chips (if you can find flavored ones, do it)   The Better Chip makes four different flavored tortilla chips that are gluten free and non GMO.  My favorite is the red pepper & salsa fresca – it tastes spicy and salty and fresh – so good!  Kyle loves the sweet onion (it has white cheddar so it’s not lactose free).  Middle layers: veggies (romaine lettuce, tomatoes, corn, avocado)   The avocado is key in this layer, so don’t… Read more >

My Mexican Masterpiece

This is what suenos are made of.   My Mexican cravings have hit an all time high…so I tried to channel Chef Tanya to achieve nacho perfection on my own.   Thanks to Expo West I still had sample packs of Beanfield’s bean & rice chips.  The pico de gallo flavor just screamed make-me-into-nachos-right-now. They won VegNews’ Best of Show 2012 award and now I know why.  They had crazy flavor!  To be honest, they didn’t even need any toppings, they actually did taste like beans and pico de gallo.   I also recently got… Read more >