This is Mexican comfort food. I remember my Mom making a similar soup and I can tell you that this is a great way to get kids to eat their vegetables. I loved the large, flavorful pieces of zucchini, carrot and corn, even when I was 5 years […]
Zucchini is one of my favorite ingredients. One of my comfort foods is calabacitas, a dish I realized I have not posted here yet. This dish is a bit different, but I like the combination of flavors. The recipe comes from the Cooking with too hot tamales cookbook […]
Whenever people ask me what my favorite food is, I find it hard to answer. There is so much out there that I love to eat! But I usually answer: “enchiladas.” I like enchiladas because they can change dramatically based on its ingredients. You have the basic sauce, […]
My father is from Michoacán and this is a soup from his home state and I guess mine as well, in some way. I remember him talking about fishing in one of the largest lakes in México: Pátzcuaro. I also remember him coming back from visiting family with […]
If you like Greek food, you will like this recipe. If you are vegetarian or are trying to add more vegetables to your diet, you will like this recipe too. We have made this moussaka many times, and we always enjoy the combination of textures, flavors and its […]
If you love vegetables, you will love this soup. Not only can you use a variety of vegetables, but you put them in a slow cooker and basically let them cook on their own! Menestra has many variations. Much like minestrone, it is a soup you can change […]
I recently came across a cookbook that collected recipes from home cooks around the state of Zacatecas, a state right in the center of Mexico. The book, La Cocina Familiar en el Estado de Zacatecas, has a delicious variety of foods including this recipe from Ana Ma. Sánchez […]
I’ve always loved good food. My mom made sure I tasted something delicious every day, no matter how humble the meal. But I first started cooking “on purpose” when I began watching the Food Network. Along with Sara Moulton’s Cooking Live (a fellow University of Michigan alum), I […]
This is one of my “go-to” recipes when I need a delicious and easy side dish for many Mexican meals. I came across the recipe in Marge Poore’s 1,000 Mexican Recipes, a book I will recommend again. Aside from being a simple and delicious recipe, it is easy […]
Pozole reminds me of menudo. And not the Ricky Martin version of Menudo. I still remember the song “Súbete a mi moto,” my sister played constantly back in the early 80s. I’m talking about the deliciously rich and flavorful soup we would have every New Year’s Eve. Most […]
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