Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Today the Sunday Funday group is writing about and sharing taco recipes. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group. This week, Wendy is hosting. "Tomorrow is National Taco Day. Let's give our readers some ideas on what to serve up as they celebrate," she wrote. Here's the #SundayFunday taco bar line-up... Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Ancho Chili Chicken Tacos Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Breakfast Tacos Making Miracles: Honey BBQ Chicken Tacos Palatable Pastime: Shredded Chipotle Chicken Tacos A Day in the Life on the Farm: Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Grilled Tacos Food Lust People Love: Southwestern Chicken Tacos Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Spiced Smashed Potato Tacos with Homemade Purple Corn Tortillas Sneha’s Recipe: Tofu Tikka Tacos Spiced Smashed Potato Tacos  with Homemade Purple Corn Tortillas photo ...

It's hard to believe that we are inching our way towards the end of summer. Our younger son has already gone back to school and our older son is getting ready to head off to college. Yikes! Welcome to the August installment of our #EattheWorld project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Here's  her challenge .  This month, we are sharing Native American recipes. Here's the #EattheWorld line-up... Sneha’s Recipe: Three Sisters Soup-Native American   Magical Ingredients: Succotash   A Day in the Life on the Farm: Celebrating the Algonquin Indian Tribe with 3 Sisters Casserole Skillet   Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Wild Rice, Squash, & Corn Soup   Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Purple Corn and Api Morado   Cultureatz: Indian Navajo Taco with Fry bread Back in 2010, I went with a 'How the Other Half' eats for our Thanksgiving theme. I made and served... Wild Sage Bread , Pueblo (New Mexico) Corn Soup with Venison , Oneida (New York) Bak...

  Earlier this year I discovered the writing of George Mahood when I came across  Not Tonight, Josephine: A Road Trip Through Small-Town America . You can read my thoughts about that book in my post -  Road Trip Food + Jake's Scrambled Eggs . In any case, that cemented my admiration of Mahood's writing.  Then, earlier this month, I read  Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain  by George Mahood and made a California Chip Butty . So, when  Travels with Rachel: In Search of South America  by George Mahood* popped up in my Kindle suggestions, I ordered it immediately. On the Page photo from amazon.com As usual Mahood seamlessly fuses the informative and the hilarious when he recounts his and Rachel's belated honeymoon through South America. In typical Mahood-fashion, much of the hilarity ensues through the couple being frugal in their spending. One example was then they wanted to save three dollars on a tour which had them hunt...

My cousin Joan posted the photo [below] on social media last month along with the caption that her high school classmate generously shared her mom's recipe. I politely asked if she would be willing to share it with me. Because, well, you know me. I'm always excited about beautiful and delicious food! photo by Joan Mateo-Bartoli via social media Naibe graciously posted her mom's recipe in the stream of comments and I used it as a jumping off point. In fact, you might say that I went completely rogue; I swapped in some homemade purple corn tortillas and whatever potatoes I had in my root basket; I added fresh cabbage, and pico de gallo; and I sautéed the potatoes in coconut oil with some spices. But her recipe was my inspiration. Ingredients  makes about twelve 6" tortillas and as many tacos Purple Corn Tortillas 3 cups purple masa harina 2-1/4 cups warm liquid (you can use water or stock) 1 teaspoon freshly ground salt 1 Tablespoon olive oil ...