Parihuela is a popular Peruvian soup which I have been eating for years in restaurants, but never took the courage to make at home. For one reason or another I was under the assumption that this soup was difficult to recreate at home. But now I can say with confidence that this soup is not only ...
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Green Tomatillo Salsa
My Mexican friend and neighbor served this delicious Tomatillo salsa at her house a while ago. I have been making a batch of this tasty salsa each week. This salsa is wonderful with most tacos, grilled fish, roasted pork, pork chops, beans, rice or over any other grain. You can also uses it in ...
Seafood Sancocho – Seafood Roots Soup
Today's recipe is a version of a dish I grew up eating and my first recipe in this blog. This sancocho soup version is with seafood in place of the meat. What I love about this recipe is that it is versatile and not terribly complicated; anything added to this dish will be flavorful even if it is ...
Roasted Beets salad with grapes and blue cheese
Not your everyday salad, but this recipe is very easy to make. It resulted from a visit to the green market this past Sunday. It is a Roasted Beets Salad with seedless grapes, grape tomatoes, pink grapefruit and arugula. What is different about this salad is that the beets are so fresh and roasted ...
Chili Pepper cranberry sauce & Semi-sweet Roasted carrots
It is so exciting to cook for thanksgiving, especially for those that we love and cook for every day. Thanksgiving is very special for me; I have a real connection to this holiday. As a foreigner I celebrate this holiday to thank God for the many opportunities he has ...
Majarete-Corn Pudding
It’s fall! You know fall is here when the air starts to get colder, the trees are turning red and yellow and the day is getting shorter. Fall is my kind of season, a season for refocusing on positive things especially after all the lightheartedness and fun of the summer. There is something very ...
Penne with chorizo and green-red veggies
Inspired by my delicious thin Argentinian chorizos as the only quick meat option in my refrigerator I came up with this delicious pasta “Penne with Chorizo and Green-Red Veggies”. And I made a lot as my best friend John was coming over for lunch. With plenty of fresh small red bell peppers that a ...
Tuna Ceviche
Tuna Ceviche My Peruvian culinary adventure was born many years ago through my dear friend Betty and her Aji de Gallina, a poached chicken dish which is shredded and cooked with evaporated milk, nuts and species; normally served over rice. My fascination with the Peruvian gastronomy has been a ...
White rice with roasted cauliflower
Dear friends I confessed that I have become addicted to cauliflower. Hard to believe as I was never a fan of cauliflower until recently when I made a stew of the vegetable with chick peas (recipe soon to be posted) and from there on I have not been able to stop cooking nor eating it.This simple ...
chicken stock
Hola Cocineros! Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer once said “Stocks are to cooking what foundations are to a house” at least in French cooking. This is because stocks are indispensable to classic French cuisine. Stocks play a big role on the sauce making ...