Recently, the kind folks over at Supremo sent us some fabulous cheeses, chorizo, and cremas. We ate most of the cheeses in sandwiches, with eggs and chorizo, in beans, in quesadillas, on sopes, with fruit, etc. We made some devilishly delicious Red Chilaquiles using some Queso Asadero, a LatinoFoodie spin on Strawberries and Cream using Mexican Ricotta, and these Chile Rellenos with two kinds of cheese. We chose...
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Red Chilaquiles: A Favorite Mexican Breakfast Dish
This morning I woke up hungry. I shouldn’t have after Art and I devoured the night before a BBQ combo platter of ribs, hot links and chicken along with bbq beans, hush puppies and fries. I just didn’t wake up hungry, but I woke craving red chilaquiles. We received a shipment of cheeses and creams from Supremo Foods the other day. They provided us recipes, but it...
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St. Patrick’s Day Slow Cooked Corned Beef Taco Recipe
I know. I know. I don’t have a smitten of Irish blood in me, but for some reason I absolutely love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. As a kid, I liked to avoid being pinched by wearing green or funny leprechaun hats, and looking for four-leaf clovers on the playground at my elementary school. As an adult, I look around and see pubs bursting at the seams, green beer,...
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Quinoa and Grilled Shrimp: Orange You Glad We’re Cooking with Cara Cara?
Recently, Sunkist invited a group of Los Angeles-area food bloggers to a cooking demonstration at the Sur la Table Kitchens with Chef Robert Dahni to celebrate the Cara Cara orange harvest. We made a pico de gallo, a champagne and brandy cocktail, and a grilled orange, rice noodle and crab salad. All these recipes, and more, are available on the Sunkist website. I had fun...
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Everything but Your Kitchen Sink, Homemade Veggie Pizza
Do you ever go to your refrigerator and see small pieces of vegetables that by themselves would not make a meal? I’m talking about half an onion in a plastic sandwich bag, a peeled zucchini that has already been diced, a half cup of spinach sitting lonely in a bag that you didn’t use the night before. I always have great, lofty intentions to use these vegetables somehow,...
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Frittata de Nopalitos — A Delicious Meatless Friday Breakfast Choice
LatinoFoodie has been determined to incorporate more vegetables, especially nopales, into the dishes we prepare. This breakfast frittata is the perfect way to do just that. Plus, we’re now officially in Lent and we know many folks are looking for meatless meals on Fridays. Why not start the day off right with this delicious Frittata de Nopalitos?...
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Fat Tuesday Recipes: Guiltless Indulgence
Tuesday, February 21 is FAT TUESDAY or MARDI GRAS where people live it up one last time before the Lenten season. We have two great recipes, a Creole jambalaya and a traditional Brazilian Caipirinha....
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