POBLANO GRILLED CHEESE, PLEASE!
Tired of boring lunches? It can be tough finding new ways to use familiar ingredients. So you have to try this easy lunchtime Poblano grilled cheese sandwich with Oaxaca cheese and Spanish chorizo. The rajas or strips of charred Poblano peppers provides a mild heat to this hearty grilled cheese sandwich while the smoked Spanish chorizo […]
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Salsa Casera Recipe – Super Hot and Delicious
Salsa Casera or House Salsa is one of the simplest and most flavorful salsas that brings a robust heat and a smokey flavor from the charred tomatoes and chile peppers. Beware! I like heat and so this recipe has one dried Scorpion pepper added to the mix. Scorpion peppers are one of the hottest chiles […]
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TROPICAL CAPIROTADA RECIPE – SMART & FINAL LAUNCHES NEW CHARITABLE GIVING CAMPAIGN
Disclaimer: This is a paid post on behalf of Smart & Final. However, all opinions and ideas are our own, including this delicious recipe for Tropical Capirotada made with First Street® brands. Even though this weekend calls for rain, for most of the winter we’ve been enduring tropical-like weather in Los Angeles, with temps soaring to the […]
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Creamy Plantain Soup with Cacique
In many parts of America, it’s soup weather. Living in sunny Southern California, we are often spoiled with sunshine but, and we can often feel robbed of legit soup weather. With increased rain on the horizon, there is an urgent rush to dish out some belly-warming soup in our home. We’ve partnered with Cacique, a […]
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Tomatillo Habanero Salsa
I know what some of you think when you saw the chile pepper featured in our Tomatillo Habanero Salsa. I get the same way when I see Habaneros. But, I am here to tell you, “Girl, don’t be scurred!” Trust me. In this recipe, the Habanero gently lifts the green tomatillos to a good place. […]
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Main Course: Salsa Verde Cauliflower Chicken Casserole {low carb}
2015 was a good year for cauliflower. And why not? A cousin of the cabbage family, the white curds go far in flavor, and can be eaten raw, grilled, baked, sautéed, fried, boiled or steamed, and can transform into soups, pickles, bakes and even a pizza-like dough base. So 2016 looks like it’s going to […]
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THIS LENT PRUEBA EL SABOR DE KNORR® AT NORTHGATE MARKET; ALMOND FISH RECIPE
Sponsored post by Lunchbox. All opinions are my own. We made it through Super Bowl (without falling off a mechanical bull), Fat Tuesday (with our shirts on) and we got our ashes at church for Ash Wednesday yesterday, now just 40 days of abstinence. As a child, 40 days was an eternity, and I dreaded […]
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LOCAL CHEF KATSUJI TANABE OF MEXIKOSHER COMPETES IN UPCOMING “TOP CHEF MEXICO” ON NBC UNIVERSO
We know him as the up-and-coming Mexican-born chef cooking kosher food on the west side of Los Angeles, gaining wide attention for bringing his unique touch while serving basic fare of tacos, burritos, and quesadillas. He’s got spunk and chutzpah. And, a fierce yearning for competition as he won Food Network’s CHOPPED and irked his […]
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STACKED, CHEESY EGGPLANT WITH ENCHILADA SAUCE
Inspiration. I feverishly search for it at the beginning of every year. It could be a new book, a new pathway for a weekend hike, a new workout regimen, and yes, new recipes. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to cut down on carbs. I have been searching high and low for new low-carb […]
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TURKEY ALBONDIGAS SOUP SEASONED WITH RED QUINOA AND MINT
“Baby, it’s cold outside.” I realize by this time of year that line has been overplayed on the radio and is as old and tired as your handmade ugly Christmas sweater. Here in Los Angeles, the temperatures have dropped below flip flops and shorts weather and in our home, that means warming up the kitchen […]
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