Arroz con maiz (yellow rice with corn) is one of my favorite rice dishes. You may think all yellow rice recipes taste the same, but the different ingredients added to the rice do bring unique flavors and textures to your yellow rice, making for special variations. Arroz con maiz has become a favorite of mine […]
Recipes
Homemade Strawberry Banana Waffles {Recipe}
You can currently find lots of wonderful fresh berries in season in your local Walmart’s fresh produce section, including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries! To take advantage of the great variety of berries in store, plus our new-found love for waffles, we decided to try making strawberry banana waffles. My husband recently acquired a waffle […]
Easter After-School Treat Ideas for Kids {Recipe}
Easter is just a little over a week away and though I’m not much of a baker, our family does enjoy the occasional treat. Many times I start with a boxed mix since I find it reduces the amount of mixing and measuring (and the number of bowls and dishes to wash later!). My kids […]
Recipe Idea for Lent: Ensalada de Bacalao (Puerto Rican Codfish Salad)
The Lenten season began yesterday, with Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of a 7-week period of meatless Fridays before the Easter holiday for many households. Growing up in a Latino Catholic household, each year my family honored Cuaresma (Lent) by following the church’s traditions of fasting and abstinence from meat. On Ash Wednesday and every […]
Sopa de Fideos con Salchichón (Puerto Rican Salami Soup) {Recipe}
I recently shared my family’s recipe for Puerto Rican chicken noodle soup, which combines fideos with potatoes and carrots for a wonderful warm soup you’re sure to call comfort food. There’s another Puerto Rican soup that’s just as delicious and just as comforting on cold or rainy days – sopa de fideos con salchichón, or […]
