Food trucks, To-Go, and Food Deliveries have been how the food industry has been surviving in 2020 and 2021 amidst all of the city shut downs.  In the summer of 2018, frustrated that my favorite taco truck had upped their taco prices, I embarked on a city hunt of the best tacos de carne asada from a local taco truck here in Memphis. You can see how I ranked them all with blog post dates if you want to read my full review.  Please note that I have not re-visited these this year to update any information on them.  Please comment if you have been to any of them on the list re ..read more

Unfortunately, many restaurants shut down permanently due to the pandemic.  However, food trucks are not slowing down in Memphis. More and more are popping up and on taco trucks alone, this is my 35th taco truck in Memphis that I've tried.  I've heard some colleagues are regulars at this taco truck so I had to check it out.  Plus, it is only 10 minutes away from me. Taqueria Hay Jalisco Location: On the corner of Summer and Graham, in the Exxon parking lot Hours of Operation: 7 days a week, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Payment Accepted: Cash only Language(s): English and Spanish I c ..read more

If you’re new here, welcome! I started my blogging shenanigans about 3 years ago when I was on the hunt for the best taco trucks in Memphis. My journey led me to over 30 taco trucks in Memphis.  I started that journey because I was frustrated that my favorite taco truck had increased its carne asada taco price from $1 to $1.25.  Well... 3 years later, it’s now $2/carne asada taco.  While I'm reminiscing, gas also used to be $1/gallon. ------------------------------------------------------------------ You can check out my summary post of the trucks I visited here: https://memph ..read more

  For some reason I had been craving some tamales and decided to make some in between lesson planning.  I had seen parts of the process of my in-law’s tamale recipe.  I knew that she always prepped her shredded chicken breast and green salsa first.  She always filled the sink with water to soak the corn husks.  She used vegetable lard and her hands to mix the masa.  She would break out this heavy duty tortilla press that looked like it was the only one she has ever possessed and used it to flatten the masa dough balls.  For cooking the stuffed tamales, she ..read more

I am an omnivore but every once in a while I just want to eat something vegetarian and by vegetarian I don’t mean carbohydrates although carbohydrates is my weakness.  I love this vegetarian dish because it is versatile, can be adapted to what you have in the pantry or the fridge and can also easily be made vegan as it’s just the toppings and/garnish that need to be subbed out for their vegan counterparts. In the recipe below you will see some optional items. I have made this recipe with different vegetables and the end product was basically the same. Use what you have on hand. Ingredi ..read more

My kids’ number 1 favorite dish is macaroni and cheese.  If I let them, they would eat it every day.  They order it every time it is on the kids’ menu at restaurants and I hate seeing the Kraft symbol next to it in the menu. I really do not like paying $5 for a dish made from a box that costs $1 at the grocery store.   I can make quite a lot of macaroni and cheese for $5 and it uses cheese that is not in a powder form.  I know boxed macaroni and cheese is a symbol of childhood and comfort food for a lot of people, but I just think it is quite economical and as tast ..read more

My children have a new breakfast favorite.  One week they asked me every morning to make them Japanese egg sandwiches and this week they have asked me four mornings in a row to make stuffed French toast.  My Japanese-inspired egg sandwiches recipe can be found at: https://memphisfoodtrotter.blogspot.com/2020/06/japanese-inspired-egg-salad-sandwiches.html?m=1 My children have different taste preferences so I will be sharing the two that I make for them. Stuffed French toast filling choices are aplenty so I encourage you to be creative. Stuffing 1 Ingredients/Directions: Peanut bu ..read more

My kids are always asking for me to do crepes but the crepes recipe I used to use from Food Network required melted butter.  Since we are in the middle of quarantine due to COVID-19, dairy products such as unsalted butter is not always available.  I was searching through breakfast ideas one day and came across Swedish pancakes which looked a lot like crepes to me, but did not require butter.  It just asked for butter for cooking in the pan.  When I looked into what the difference was, there wasn't much of a difference except for that crepes are made on a special crepe make ..read more

Scrambled eggs are eaten several times a week at my house because my kids love them and they are an easy source of protein for my picky eaters.  Scrambled eggs sound easy enough, until I tried the Gordon Ramsay method for cooking scrambled eggs. I never knew there to be more than one way of making scrambled eggs. My mom would heat up a non-stick pan, add some oil and then crack eggs into the pan. Then she would use a spatula to stir the eggs as they cooked and would take them out once they were solidified.  Some modifications people make  to this process include whisking ..read more

This series are my own recipes, unless noted, of meals that I prepare for my own two young children.  This particular meal is probably the healthiest meal that they are willing to eat.  The seasoning is kept simple since my children do not like heavy seasoning but it could be dialed up depending on your taste.  I definitely eat the same meals as my children so these meals can be shared with the adults in the house as well. Meal Recipe (Servings: 1 adult, 2-3 children) Baked Salmon *note: you can have this in oven while making the side items* Ingredients: 1 package of salmon ..read more