La Piña en la Cocina

Embracing my Mexican heritage and sharing all the wonderful flavors, colors and foods I grew up with. Join me on this journey as I also learn new foods and cooking techniques. Dedicated to my parents Ramiro and Blanca.

Mexican Salsa! The Cookbook!

Cookbook image with me

Finally, the day is here! A Mexican salsa cookbook, published! As many of you know, I am very passionate about preparing fresh salsa. All kinds! Thanks to technology, I produced this short video with all the images, plus more of the 50 recipes featured in my first cookbook. I decided to start with this smaller book to share recipes that I prepare over and over again. After all, you can't have a good taco unless there's good tortillas, salsas and garnishes. Order your copy of Mexican Salsa the ...

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Nopalitos con Chorizo en Salsa de Chipotle (Cactus and Mexican Chorizo)

nopalitos taco

Nopalitos con Chorizo en Salsa de Chipotle is one of those recipes that can be served in a variety of ways. For breakfast, lunch or dinner, it is fairly inexpensive to prepare and can be prepared quickly. When fresh nopales are not available, the next best thing for me, is Doña Maria brand nopalitos in a jar. They are readily available in many stores and are much easier to find than a good  store bought corn tortilla, lol! This is not a sponsored post. I am not sure how they decide what ...

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Chile Con Queso

Chile con queso, queso con chile. Mexican cheese in a fresh salsa. I love everything about this recipe! This post is in honor of Josefina Velaquez De Leon. In my opinion, she was a pioneer when it came to Mexican gastronomy. Between the years of 1930's- 1960's Josefina was the first to launch a cooking radio show, launch a publishing house and teach cooking classes on t.v. in Mexico. She published a total of 140 cookbooks during here career as a Mexican cook. Josefina was the first to publish a ...

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Cookbook image with me

Mexican Salsa! The Cookbook!

Finally, the day is here! A Mexican salsa cookbook, published! As many of you know, I am very passionate about preparing fresh salsa. All kinds! Thanks to technology, I produced this short video with ...

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shrimp tacos plated

Beer Battered Shrimp

Beer battered shrimp! Can't visit Baja? Bring a little bit of Baja to your kitchen with this recipe for beer battered shrimp tacos! I am no authority on Baja style food, that's for sure. But, I do ...

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bowl of ceviche

Ceviche de Pescado-Easy Fish Ceviche

Easy fish ceviche(Ceviche de Pescado)! For those days when it's just too hot to cook. It may take you longer to prep than to do the actual assembling of the recipe! Lol! I had this beautiful two pound ...

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Salsa Verde For Chicharron

Salsa Verde For Chicharron and more! What is a good salsa for chicharron? I get asked this question often. Actually I get this type of question about salsa pairing all of the time! My best answer is, ...

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Queso Fundido (Flameado)!!

Queso Fundido! Buried Cheese! That would be the literal translation! Lots of melted cheese loaded with Mexican chorizo and chipotle. Anytime I prepare queso fundido it reminds me of the special time I ...

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salsa ranchera in shallow bowl

Salsa Ranchera, My Way!

This recipe for salsa ranchera immediately transport me back to the days when I would visit my Mom in Los Angeles. There is a large discount store, Giant Market, in South Gate that mom really enjoyed. ...

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picadillo plated with pinto beans

Picadillo Ranchero

Picadillo ranchero translates to ranch style ground beef. Sounds simple, right? It's those simple ingredients and simple flavors that transport us to abuela's cocina. No lengthy steps, prep ahead or ...

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rellenos on serving platter

Jalapeños Rellenos!

Jalapeños rellenos! Oversized stuffed jalapeños in a golden brown egg batter! This recipe for jalapeños rellenos is inspired from my last trip to Monterrey, Mexico in 2019. My family visited a taco ...

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