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Superbowl Super Dishes
Written on 28 Jan, 2014 at 17:37 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Cooking, Meats, Recipes, Soups, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
I’ve read and heard that guacamole is now the most popular Super Bowl dish and you can learn to make it by watching my video, but I am sure that’s only because they haven’t tasted my queso fundido with home-made... (Continue reading)
Plantain “Lasagna” with refried black beans and mole
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a cazuela or other oven-proof 2 quart baking dish. Last month one of my Facebook friends, Joyce Colon, of Puerto Rican origin, volunteered to help me prepare a dinner I had donated. Among several... (Continue reading)
Zucchini with Corn and Cheese (Calabacitas con Queso)
Written on 18 Dec, 2013 at 23:53 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Question: I was so sad to read in the New York Times that Zarela’s was closing! My family has been going there for twenty years, and it is our favorite New York City restaurant. Due to it closure, I... (Continue reading)
My Favorite Mexican Dinner Menu
Written on 8 Dec, 2013 at 3:26 in appetizers, Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Desserts & Breads, Favorites, Featured, Mexican Basics, Recipes, Soups, Vegetable & Side Dishes, Vegetables, Zarela Cooks at Home |
Welcoming guests into my home and introducing them to my food fills me with joy. It is not the fleeting moment of the m, masa teal but organizing everything that makes for the perfect party that extends the pleasure. Planning... (Continue reading)
Mexican Cooking with Flowers: Rising Chef Lesterloon Sanchez
Written on 3 Dec, 2013 at 14:07 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Articles, Recipes, Salads, Seafood, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Photos by Carlos Baizabal At age 22, Veracruzan chef, Lesterloon Sanchez already commands respect. Some of it has to do with his height (1.84 meters, 6’4″) and his purposeful quiet manner but there’s fire in his green eyes burning for... (Continue reading)
Sauteed Greens and Squash Blossoms
Written on 3 Dec, 2013 at 1:07 in Naturally Light Mexican Food, Salads, Salads, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Another simple and delicious recipe by Lesterloon Sanchez 2 cups lambs quarters’ leaves or use 1 cup squash blossoms 4 medium tomatoes, chopped Quelites con flor de calabaza Ingredientes: • 2 tazas de quelites deshojados.... (Continue reading)
Sweet Potato Casserole
Written on 25 Nov, 2013 at 4:30 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Around this time every year people start calling to ask for my sweet potato casserole recipe. It was actually not my original recipe but rather I learned to make it from my dear friend, Alex Baker, who had learned it... (Continue reading)
Sopa Seca (Pilaf-Style fidellini)
Written on 22 Nov, 2013 at 0:56 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
If there is one dish that is my Madeleine this is it. It takes me back to my childhood. It is my comfort food and, by extension, that of my children. SOPA SECA “DRY” SOUP 1 large tomato 1 large... (Continue reading)
Mexican Vegetable Fritters, Brocolli and Cauliflower
Broccoli Fritters “Tortita” is another of those culinary terms that are clear as a bell to any Mexican but can send other people into fits of despair. Sometimes it refers to a sort of flattened croquette, involving a basic... (Continue reading)
Mexican Stuffed Mirliton (Chayote)
Written on 6 Nov, 2013 at 19:50 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Chayotes Rellenos Santa María Santa María’s Stuffed Chayotes Recipe from Zarela’s Veracruz, Houghton Mifflin 2001 Good news! I wrote the original headline below before chayotes from Mexico started coming into the market in New York and I assume other big... (Continue reading)
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