Lenten season is upon us and I am always scrambling to figure out how to have a meatless day. I'm a true carnivore. I can't help it. Without meat in my meal I often find myself feeling deprived.
Nopales (cactus paddles) is...
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Tomato Bisque with Bacon Crumbles Recipe
This tomato bisque recipe is luscious, velvety, and will hit the spot every time. A few friends have commented that they "don't like" tomato soup. Stephen was the same way. Yet, he found the creaminess and flavors of butter and bacon in this bisque...
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Sopa de Lima with Black Limes: This Aint Your Mama’s Chicken Soup
With cooler weather and influenza settling in for the season, it is time to pull out the comfort food big guns. One of my ultimate Mexican comfort foods, Sopa de Lima, can definitely hold its own among my other heartier and heavier...
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Passion Fruit Dressing
Art and I absolutely love the tropical, sweet tartness of passion fruit. We found this recipe in the new cookbook "50 Best Plants on the Planet," by Chef Cathy Thomas and Melissa's Produce. The dressing has chipotle chile in it....
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Guest Post: Rochelle Palermo Shares Her Pan Dulce Recipe
Editor's Note: We cannot say enough how honored we are to have recipe developer and food editor to some of best and brightest chefs in the world share exclusively with LatinoFoodie readers her pan dulce recipe. I had the opportunity to work with Rochelle...
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Buick Food & Wine Discovery Tour
While all my friends were scarfing chicken wings and carne asada nachos watching the NFL championship games on Sunday, I was being schooled by some top celebrity chefs. Greek-American culinary star Michael Psilakis showed us how to make a gyro spice of cumin, coriander, yellow...
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Quit Loafing Around; Wake up Your Meatloaf Recipe with Roasted Pasilla Peppers
Believe it or not, sometimes Art and I don't agree on the food we like. He doesn't care for meatloaf. He feels it's boring, plus he has an aversion to ketchup. He remembers his mom making it once or twice and each time it...
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RECIPE FOR CHAMPURRADO – Hot Mexican Beverage
Mexican hot chocolate or Champurrado?
Believe it or not, growing up that was a major decision for me. I preferred Mexican hot chocolate as I was always leery from the thickness of Champurrado. Oh, how times have changed. And, on holidays...
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Orange Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
Biscotti? On LatinoFoodie? Sure! This twice baked Italian bread is perfect for any time of the year, but they are especially suited to holiday gift giving. For the second year in a row we baked off dozens of scrumptious biscotti as gifts...
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Chorizo and Bean Fried Plantain Cups Will be a Hit on New Year’s Eve
During the holidays we make a lot of pinto beans for our tamale dinners. I always freeze the left-overs for future use like when I am looking for appetizers to serve our New Year’s Eve guests.
The fried platano cups have...
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