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.
Nopalitos, nopales and nopal! I am referring to those bright green cactus paddles that lend themselves to countless Mexican dishes. Especially now during lent when it is custom to eat meatless dishes on Friday. My earliest memories of nopalitos is holding the fresh cactus paddles in a plastic produce bag carefully so I would not get any thorns in my fingers.Growing up in Los Angeles, nopales were readily available. Most times my Mom would purchase them already cleaned and sliced. ...
Caldo de pescado translates to fish soup is especially popular during lent. For today's caldo de pescado, I also added some shrimp. You could prepare it with all fish, all shrimp or add a mix of ...
This recipe for square sweet rolls takes me right back to junior high school in Los Angeles! It's early morning break from school back in 1978 and it's a mad dash to the concession stand at South Gate ...
What comes to mind when you think about the kinds of foods for lent? First things that comes to mind meatless, vegetables, legumes and seafood. Growing up, the dishes I remember were tortitas de ...
Skillet skirt steak tacos! Fajitas! Easy? Yes! Delicious? Absolutely! My first choice would be grilled skirt steak tacos. If it were not 20 degrees on my back porch, it would definitely be grilled ...
Beef with calabacitas(squash), pork with calabacitas or calabacitas with queso panela! I enjoy all of them! Just a few months ago the Mexican-style squash or calabacitas became available at the local ...
Choriqueso! What does is mean? Chori is short for chorizo. And queso means cheese! You combine these two ingredients together and you have an instant crowd pleasing appetizer! Are you ready for this ...
Cortadillo Norteño is a traditional beef and potato stew popular in the northern region of Mexico. My family is from Monterrey, Nuevo Léon,Mexico. We enjoyed many similar meat and potato dishes like ...
