I love to eat colorful food. It makes me happy. I also love to take any opportunity I have to add veggies in my dishes. My girls love
Arroz a la Jardinera/ Garden Rice
Chipotle cream
Chipotle is a smoked jalapeño pepper. You can find it dry or In adobo sauce. They are so flavorful, so smoky and also very, very spicy. I love
Guajillo Salsa/Salsa de chile Guajillo.
Chile guajillo is a dry pepper. It is smoky, sweet and very mild. It is mostly use in mole and pozole. Today I gave it a much easier
Basic tomato sauce/ Salsa básica de tomate
This tomato sauce is the mother of many, many Mexican dishes. Once you learn it the possibilities are endless. You master this sauce, you can make fideo soup,
Mushroom tacos/ Tacos de Champiñones
Yesterday morning, I went to do groceries. It’s been so cold and rainy here in San Antonio. I mean, we are talking abut 58 degrees but here it
Lemon glazed sour cream baked donuts.
Ahhh…donuts! I grew up eating fresh delicious donuts from the Panaderia in my neighborhood, back home. Those donuts were a little different than the donuts you find on
Microwave Banana Bread for one.
This Banana bread is a 3 1/2 minutes wonder. Yes! only 3 1/2 minutes! I’ve been testing this recipe for so long, I finally got it exactly the
Arroz con cilantro y limón/ Cilantro and Lime Rice.
Rice is one of those things that need practice, patience and time. It took me a long time to master the art of rice making. My abuelita used
Pollo asado/Grilled chicken
Grilling meat it’s a big part of my family and a huge tradition in my home town, Monterrey. There is not a Saturday without a busy grill and
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookie is my favorite cookie. And my 7 year old favorite cookie. In fact, she wont eat any other cookie or any other chocolate chip cookie