Cheese Rice Burritos with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
This is a recipe I have been meaning to make for a loooooong time. It is an adaptation of two different recipes from the Food Network. I had never had tomatillos before, but I always wondered how...
View ArticleStuffed Bell Peppers
This has become one of my signature dishes. I saw a recipe in a vegetarian cooking book and, because I never follow a recipe to a “T”, over time I developed my very own version. My sister, who is not...
View ArticleCaramelized Onion Risotto
This is another one of my risotto recipes that starts with Archer Farms 4 cheese Risotto mix. This is more of a sweet version of risotto, because it has caramelized onions and sweet peas. It’s a...
View ArticlePumpkin Risotto
Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year. It’s special to me because it marks the official start of the Holiday and Xmas season and because I was actually born on a Thanksgiving Day a few years...
View ArticleSmoked Gouda and Spinach Risotto
I love this dish… to me, this dish is comfort food at its finest and easiest. You know me, I make risotto from a box, but I never eat it straight as is… I always embellish the risotto from Archer Farms...
View ArticleRice with Pigeon Peas – Arroz con Gandules
Rice with Pigeon Peas (Arroz con Gandules) is one of the quintessential Puerto Rican Xmas dishes. Around this time, you can find fresh pigeon peas at the Farmer’s Markets or Plazas del Mercado. RICE...
View ArticleArroz con Dulce
This recipe is from Cielito Rosado, with whom I had the pleasure to work with when I managed the advertising of a very popular dish washing liquid. She’s one of the few well-known cooks in Puerto Rico…...
View ArticleThree Kings Day Menu
Today is 3 Kings Day… when we celebrate the arrival of the 3 Wise Men to visit Baby Jesus at the manger. It’s a great holiday in Puerto Rico. Back in the days of my grandma, kids only received presents...
View ArticleLeek Rice
My friends, Ana Yolanda and Angie, have a new found appreciation for cooking. Maybe a little bit inspired by me, who knows. Lately they’ve invited me a few times to taste a few of the new learnings...
View ArticleMillionaire Rice
Once in a while I come up with these clean-your –fridge recipes, especially when I am about to go on a trip. I have an obsession to leave the fridge as clean as possible from all the fresh ingredients...
View ArticleThe many ways to eat lentils in India…
Lentils are one of the staples in Indian cooking. Dal, as it is known in India, is the definitely the pulse of choice. The most traditional way of eating lentils are in a stew format to eat over rice,...
View ArticleI like Costa Rican “single guys”… or do I??
I’ve never had the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica before … and so far this year, I’ve traveled there TWICE!!! Yep… Twice. I remember when I was about to celebrate one of those milestone...
View ArticleEggplant Musubi
I can’t believe I had forgotten to share this recipe with you… Hawaii is the number 1 consumer of SPAM in the United States… Apparently, Hawaiians love their potted meat. I have to admit, back in the...
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