A favorite bowl of comfort food to me is spaghetti; with anything, butter, olive oil-garlic, meatballs or red tomatoes sauce. Spaghetti and Meatballs was an adapted culinary taste that grew on me overtime. It began when I moved to this country, in my early years of adulthood, born out necessity ...
Tapas-Salsas-Sides & Stocks
Beet and Feta Cheese Tacos with Tomatillo Salsa
I have eaten many good tacos in my lifetime, but this beet and feta cheese taco with tomatillo salsa and a bunch of other deliciousness is very special. What make them special are the fresh ingredients used. To start, the beets are fresh without pesticides, sweet and nicely baked with salt, black ...
Ras-Mint Meatballs in Pita’s Pockets
There is no rule yet in my book on how one makes fantastic meatballs. My own rule is determined by the kind of seasoning I have on hand, a picture in a book or magazine or an emotion or the feeling of a particular spice. For today's recipe I thought I'd try a version of a classic meatball with ...
Short Pasta with cauliflower and anchovies
Pasta is one of my favorite things and one of the easiest recipes to cook during a busy week or a lazy weekend. It is any home cook’s pantry staple friend. As a rule of thumb I always have dry pasta in my pantry. It is a very versatile ingredient. Add anything you have on hand; sometimes I just add ...
Parihuela-Peruvian Style Seafood Soup
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 ...
Roasted butternut-kabocha squash
More squash and few ingredients recipes this year. I just can’t get enough of this simple dish. I ended up serving it for Thanksgivings and even brought it as a side dish to my in-laws for Christmas. This quick roasted butternut and kabocha squash recipes is easy to make. The combination of ...
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 ...
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
It is a sin to throw out either the pumpkin or its seeds. I was a victim of that crime for many years until a few years ago when my husband started to baked the pumpkin seeds. He is probably the reason I roast these seeds now. For years he was burning them and that is the reason I decided to take ...
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 ...
Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa
I intended to roast a chicken today, but I didn’t know how I wanted it. I opened my pantry door and there was a jar of aji panca in paste. With the chicken and the aji panca on hand I started this recipe for a Peruvian style pollo a la brasa (Peruvian roasted chicken). I realized I have most of ...