Recipes
Skip to Recipe Mango Season continues here in South Florida, and I am lucky to have plenty of donors giving me a steady supply of mangoes. I’m usually not much of a risk-taker with ingredients. I am too just cheap to accept that I might have to throw food away if it doesn’t work out.
Skip to Recipe The great thing about Mango Season in South Florida is that you can usually get your hands on more mangoes than you know what to do with. The bad part about Mango Season in South Florida is that you can usually get your hands on more mangoes than you know what to
Skip to Recipe Mango Season is on FIRE, and the season just getting started. My usual mango suppliers have been extra generous with me this season, and I make sure that their mangoes do not go to waste. Some of the fruits get eaten as-is. Other mangoes get sliced or chopped and used in
Skip to Recipe It has been raining nonstop here in South Florida for the past 2 weeks or so. The upside to this rain is that it has been knocking the mangoes out of trees prematurely, which means that mango season has started a little early this year. My friends and my coworkers have all
Skip to Recipe There are two types of people in the world: those who like their mac and cheese creamy, and crazy people. Seriously, whenever I hear someone tell me that they like it when they have to cut their mac and cheese out of the pan with a knife, I’m just like “What’s wrong
Skip to Recipe A friend of mine once told me the difference between a “cook” and a “chef.” To her, a “cook” follows recipes and a “chef” can tweak and adjust a recipe to create something new. I thought of those words when I came up with this caramel ice cream recipe. Truth be told,
Skip to Recipe When you’re a working adult, you sometimes don’t have time to prepare an elaborate meal. Sure, I would love to have the time and energy to make a lasagna from scratch on a weeknight, but the reality is that it’s a miracle that I even pack tomorrow’s lunch before bed some days.
Skip to Recipe I have a lot of “rules” when it comes to food. I think that most of us do. I guess that you can also call them “preferences,” but I a pretty solid set of guidelines for what I will and will not eat. For the most part, cooked fruit is on the
Skip to Recipe Flan is one of my favorite desserts EVER. I blame the Latina in me. I can’t help it. I still remember when I first learned how to make it. It wasn’t easy. I overcooked it many times before I finally got the hang of the ideal temperature and cook time. When I
Skip to Recipe My mother has always been an amazing cook. That is great news for me when I was living under her roof, but not so good news now that I live on my own. Trying to recreate my favorite Colombian dishes from my childhood is always a challenge. I’m typically not afraid of