Puerto Rican Guava and Cream Cheese Dip | This Puerto Rican guava dip combines guava and cream cheese in a velvety, flavorful addition to your first course, cheese board, or potluck spread. When I go to Puerto Rico, I go for two reasons: family and food. I visit family and I eat my way through…
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Instant Pot Texas Brisket
If there is something Texas is known for its beef barbecue. Especially slow cooked pit fire barbecue brisket. I myself am a pork girl. I grew up in a Puerto Rican home and our go-to protein is pork. It wasn’t until we moved to Texas that I grew an appreciation for beef barbecue. …
Summer Fruit Dinner Salad
Fruit Salad | When I hear fruit salad I immediately get visions of canned fruit cocktail salad. It’s probably because that is what I grew up eating. I loved coming home from school and popping open a little can of cold fruit cocktail salad. It’s been ages since I’ve had canned fruit cocktail. But, it still…
Chicken Fricassee (Fricase de Pollo)
Fricase de Pollo (Chicken Fricassee) | This post was sponsored by Pompeian. All opinions expressed on my site are my own. Fricase de pollo is a traditional Puerto Rican chicken stew that is braised in wine with potatoes and carrots. It’s the kind of dish that warms your heart and fills your belly. Over the last week,…
Shakshuka | Baked Eggs in Spiced Tomato Sauce
Shakshuka | I can’t remember the first time I saw, heard, or read about shakshuka, but I knew I had to try it! I filed it away in my “need to try” file and there it sat for years. Which is baffling because I love eggs! I love eggs and any kind of egg-centric dish….
Moroccan Lamb Stew with Harissa and Garbanzos
Lamb Stew | Moroccan lamb stew is sweet, spicy, and fragrant. It’s a hearty and filling stew loaded with tender lamb in a harissa spiced sauce. It’s the perfect stew to curl up with on a cold day. If lamb isn’t your thing you can substitute beef or chicken. Cold weather is all about sweaters,…
Braised Pork Chops + Vegetables (Chuletas a La Jardinera)
Braised Pork Chops + Garden Vegetables (Chuletas a la Jardinera) | I’ve partnered with the National Pork Board for this trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and to share this information with you. All opinions remain, as always, my own. Of all the pork chops in all the word, it’s the bone-in pork chop that…
Pasteles de Masa – A Puerto Rican Christmas Tradition
Pasteles de Masa | There are three things you must have on the table for a proper Puerto Rican Christmas pernil, arroz con gandules, and pasteles! This post is all about pasteles, the most magical treat wrapped in a banana leaf. What are Pasteles? If you’re not familiar with pasteles they can be a little…
Roast Turkey Breast with Spiced Apple Cider Glaze
Roast Turkey Breast with Spiced Apple Cider Glaze | Thanksgiving is on approach so, let’s talk turkey… breast. (See what I did there?) Turkey is the center of almost every Thanksgiving table. But, not every table needs a whole turkey. We are a family of two and three dogs. Most years, we spend Thanksgiving with…
Sopa de Pollo con Fideo (Chicken Noodle Soup)
Sopa de Pollo con Fideo (Chicken Noodle Soup) | When it’s cold outside and you feel a case of the sniffles coming on, nothing makes things better than chicken noodle soup. This sopa de pollo con fideo (or caldo de pollo in other Latin countries) is the go-to soup that I make for OB and…