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Meat Lovers: A Newlywed Story and Bistec Encebollado Recipe – Plus A #IHeartBeef Giveaway!

Disclosure: This post is part of a “I Heart Beef” campaign with TheMotherhood.com on behalf of The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. I will receive compensation for sharing my memories with you, but my opinions are mine. In fact, I have always loved beef.
We are what you would call meat lovers. That is to say [...]

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Celebrating Christmas Eve with Coquito!

Puerto Rico

It’s Noche Buena…Feliz Navidad!
It may sound strange, but as I’ve mentioned before, Christmas Eve is actually the day that we get together and celebrate. Normally, our whole family gathers at someone’s house and we have our typical Noche Buena dinner. A traditional Puerto Rican Christmas Eve dinner has the following dishes:

Arroz con Gandules – Yellow [...]

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Potatoes are Healthy AND Cheap! #tastemaker challenge part 2

Recipes

This month’s Potato Tastemaker 2K10 challenge was Nutrition on a Budget. I had to create a nutritious dish for 4 with only $10 – using potatoes of course!
First, a few facts about potatoes:

one medium-size potato has just 110 calories and is absolutely fat free
one potato provides 45% of your daily value of vitamin [...]

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Rellenos de Papa…with a twist! #tastemaker challenge

Recipes

You saw me open the box. Then, it was on to cooking.
This month’s Potato Tastemaker 2K10 challenge was honoring National Seafood Month. My task was to create a dish using potatoes and salmon.
Watch and see what I created:

I’ll probably post a full recipe in the future. For now, make sure you click over to the [...]

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5 Must-Have Ingredients for Cooking Puerto Rican Food

Puerto Rico

There are some very essential ingredients when it comes to cooking Puerto Rican food. They make up what’s called sofrito.
Now…the term sofrito is used a bit interchangeably because it refers to both the overall mixture of these ingredients as well as a specific item.
Either way, we use sofrito (the overall mixture) for just about everything [...]

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Puerto Rican Coquito & other fine Navidad traditions

Puerto Rico

Before I sign off for the holidays, I couldn’t leave without sharing the recipe for coquito (let’s call it a Puerto Rican version of eggnog – but better! lol).
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Coquito – from http://www.elboricua.com/coquito.html
30 ounces coconut milk
14 ounces condensed milk
1 cup Bacardi rum
½ cup water
pinch of salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
Mix all ingredients in the blender. Taste and [...]