It is Taco Tuesday again and you HAVE to try these chimichurri skirt steak tacos with roasted cherry tomatoes and red onions. Tacos are a huge part of our diet in this household and we religiously practice Taco Tuesday. Typically, we load these babies up with everything imaginable, but I wanted to create something lighter […]
With it being National Burger Day yesterday, I had to celebrate but was not really in the mood for a regular burger. What the inner Cuban in me really wanted was a Cuban Frita. I figured I could make it an appetizer and instead make tiny Cuban Frita sliders for everyone to enjoy! To be […]
Pan Con Bistec, is a hearty meal, full of carbs, proteins and vegetables. This was my go-to lunch when I was in elementary and middle school at Our Lady of the Lakes. They would serve them wrapped in aluminum foil and I would always buy them with a side of fries. Also, in college, as […]
Carne con papa, meat with potato stew, is another Cuban staple that pretty much all Cubans grow up eating. My abuela Vivian makes the best carne con papa out there and this is her recipe. My favorite part is getting the liquid from the stew and drenching rice in it and just eating it all up. It’s just so freaking delicious. […]
You know those meals that your mom makes all the time growing up and you kind of get tired of eating it, but then you truly appreciate it when you grow up and move out? Well that’s what albondigas (meatballs) are to me. It happened to me when I moved to New York. I don’t […]
When I think of papa rellenas, it takes me back to 2006 during hurricane season. I remember we were about to get hit by a hurricane in South Florida and my siblings and I were helping my dad put up shutters right before the storm hit. It brings me back to this day because this was the first […]
Picadillo—to me—is a staple of a Cuban household. It’s quick, super easy to make, and, when made right, delicious. You can also make a butt load to serve a ton of people and it really doesn’t take that much longer than just making it for yourself. Also, the best thing about picadillo, is that you […]
Breaded steak is the direct translation of bistec empanizado. Whenever I go eat at a Cuban restaurant, I am always torn between ordering one these as my entrée or a bistec de palomilla (a pan seared piece of steak which was marinade with mojo). To be honest with you, when I go back home I […]
