Everybody loves empanadas. What’s not to love? They are small, handheld pockets of limitless possibilities. Typically empanadas are made with wheat flour, can be either baked or fried and can even lean towards the sweet or savory side. All that is good. But you can also use corn flour, or masa harina, to make enticing […]
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You need to make our golden brown breakfast empanadas filled with fluffy scrambled eggs, ham, jalapeños, and cheese. Lots of cheese! One bite and we immediately knew we’d be making these over and over again. And why not? The filling is super easy to make in one skillet. Who doesn’t know how to make scrambled […]
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While this post is part of a sponsored DIME Media and General Mills campaign, the views expressed are my own. For Latino families the table is where we spend time with loved ones, and celebrate cherished family traditions while creating new ones. Determining what to serve, and how to serve it is important for busy […]
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Cooking school changed my life. Lost, lonely, confused and living in my Ford Escape part-time, I went to an open-house at Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena and the rest is history. And let me tell you, the culinary classes were a lot of hard work. Still, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Now, you, […]
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This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. With preseason underway, it’s time to suit up for a new season of football and tailgating. With football coursing through my husband’s veins, it’s important to have a game plan for entertaining and feeding hungry armchair quarterbacks. Lucky for […]
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I love apple season. The warm, glowing month when the days grow a little shorter and the air crisper. This is the season when the abundant, seemingly year-round fruit is actually at its peak — crisp and sweet. Melissa’s Produce invited LatinoFoodie to tour the Cuyama Orchard’s organic apple farm about two hours north of Los […]
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Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my mom and other loved ones dear to me that have passed. I’ll catch glimpses of them in other people’s smile, the flowers, the wind, and the stars at night. Still, I enjoy the idea of having one day where we outwardly show our love for […]
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