This is my first pressure cooker recipe in a while, since quarantine really messed with my motivation and productivity. I’m slowly adjusting to this “new normal,” and trying to get back into my regular routines. That includes actually making regular posts on my blog. Therefore, I give you curried carrot soup! I like to make
It’s been an interesting few months. I’m still trying to adjust to “the new normal” brought about by the pandemic, so I apologize for not posting anything in a while. July is normally Mango Madness, but my mango supply was fairly limited due to quarantine. This was one of the things that I made with
For Latinos, guava and cream cheese go together like milk and cookies. One of my mother’s favorite after-dinner treats was eating canned guava shells over a slice of cream cheese. We also grew up eating guava paste over sliced cheese as a snack. So, I’m not sure why it never occurred to me until now
Commercial petit fours can be very hit or miss. In my experience, they are often too cloying. That, or they are filled with things that I don’t like (almond extract, anyone)? It’s a shame, because they are absolutely adorable. They also have to pack a lot of flavor into a small package. That was the
In the US, most of us think of cheese when we hear the word “curd.” However, curds made of fruit are popular in other parts of the world. They are eaten as a spread or as a dessert topping. My first introduction to fruit curd was the lemon kind, but lemon has never been my
My family will eat just about anything if it’s made with passion fruit. Last year, when the local Latino grocery store chain had a massive sale on fresh passion fruits, I tried my hand at making a passion fruit tart. I used a store-bought refrigerated pie crust and baked it in a tart pan. It
The 2019 holiday season was definitely the season of coquito. It was also the year of experimenting with different flavors of coquito. After last month’s Pumpkin Spice Coquito was such a hit, I decided to keep trying new things. I had been meaning to try to make chocolate coquito for a while, but I kept
Right after Halloween, a good friend of mine gave me a bunch of her leftover Halloween candy. She had a condition, though. I was only allowed to take the candy if I agreed to use it for baking, NOT if I was just going to eat it or fill my candy jar at work. When
Every year, it seems like I start making coquito earlier and earlier. This year, I made my first batch right after Halloween. I defended myself, however, in that I was experimenting to see if making a pumpkin spice version would work. Long story short: yes it did. Since then, I have made a few more
While the rest of the country is enjoying the changing colors of autumn, we South Floridians have to make do with palm trees and sun. That doesn’t mean that we can’t get into the spirit of fall with some great fall spices, though! And, since October is the month for Halloween candy, I thought it