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Archives for July 27, 2016

Chocolaton (Chocolate Mousse) Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Chocolaton Chocolate Mousse Recipe

Chocolatón - Chocolate Mousse RecipeI’m celebrating a notable anniversary today.February 14th was my family’s very first full day in the United States so many years ago. We had arrived the day before, on my dad's 50th birthday and it seemed to take forever to get through customs and get acclimated and move into our new (very cramped) apartment in ...

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Chicken Soup Recipe: Cuban-style

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Chicken Soup Recipe - Cuban-style

Classic Chicken Soup Recipe: Cuban-style I'm sick. And so's Eric. *cough, sniff* We've got feverish-coughing-sneezing-and-hacking colds.   *hack, sniff, achoo!* A good, old-fashioned snotty-stuffy-headed cold. And there are certain things one does when one is Cuban (or happens to live with a Cuban) and has a cold. My friend, Chantel over at ...

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Carne con Papas Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Carne Con Papas Recipe The Question I work from my home, and I homeschool my kids, which means I field all kinds of questions from them all day long. And even though I love to cook and try out tons of recipes and nothing makes me happier than hungry mouths to fill, there is one particular question that always makes me feel pressured: “What’s for ...

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Boliche – Cuban Pot Roast Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Boliche - Cuban Pot Roast Recipe

Boliche - Cuban Pot Roast Recipe - In the Crockpot If I Had a Superpower Sometimes when my family is around the dinner table, we play games where we ask hypothetical questions. The discussions always take an interesting turn as we dig into our imaginations to try and one-up each other. A few nights ago, my son, Jonathan threw out this ...

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Bistec de Palomilla Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Bistec de Palomilla Recipe

Bistec de Palomilla Recipe The Secret Ingredient My uncle is here with us visiting from Cuba. Of course that means that my entire family is going out of their way to show him a good time for the duration of his stay. We’re taking him places and showing him around Southern California and all that it entails. “Que quieres ver?” “Quiero verlo ...

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Cuban Butter Cake Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Cuban Butter Cake Recipe

Taking the Cake It's not often that the entire family has the same craving at the very same time, but occasionally it happens. The dinner conversation started innocently enough. "Best dessert you've ever had. Go!" "Mom's Chocolate Mousse." "The triple layer chocolate cake from the Daily Grill." "Lemon bars." "Pastelitos de guayaba. ...

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Batido de Mamey Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Batido de Mamey Recipe

Batido de Mamey Recipe (Mamey Smoothie) The Glass is Half-Full My family and I are on vacation this week. And I confess that I was going to skip posting a recipe (Shut up. I know!) because I was busy preparing what I’d take and planning what we would do. But then, I started thinking of summer… Ah, summer. I started thinking about how I’m ...

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Avocado Salad (Cuban Style) Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Avocado Salad (Cuban Style) Recipe

Avocado Salad Recipe Growing up Cuban meant we didn't eat many salads. And by "many," I mean, "none." For the most part, the only time green things appeared on our plates were the tiny, diced pieces of bell pepper in our sofrito. (For the uninformed, sofrito is at the beginning of most Cuban dishes. Sauteed onion, garlic, and green bell pepper ...

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Arroz Frito con Lechon Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Arroz Frito con Lechon Recipe

Cuban-Chinese Arroz Frito con Lechón Recipe Here's a pop quiz... What do you do with the leftovers the day after the Lechón Asado? (even if it's just out of a crockpot.) Okay. That was too easy. So what do you do after you've had as much Pan con Lechón as you can stuff yourself with? What happens when you have exhausted your basic lechón ...

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Arroz con Salchichas Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Arroz con Salchichas Recipe

Arroz con Salchichas RecipeSmells Like Cuban FoodYou know you’re in a Cuban home if, when you walk in, you can smell The Smell. You know what I’m talking about - that unmistakable, mouth-watering, oh-so-inviting, my-mom-is-amazing, God-I-love-Cuban-food smell.It all begins with a simple onion, a luscious green bell pepper and some garlic cloves – ...

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Arroz con Pollo de Perez-Puelles Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Arroz con Pollo Recipe de Perez-Puelles

Cuban Arroz con Pollo Recipe de Perez-Puelles Cuba Nostalgia Before our lives were turned upside down in 1959, most Sunday afternoons were spent at my grandmother’s house in Havana. We would be dressed impeccably as it was always a special occasion. She found a way to fit everyone - aunts, uncles, cousins - around her table and she usually made ...

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Ajiaco in Slow Cooker Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Ajiaco in Slow Cooker Recipe

Cuban Ajiaco Recipe in a Slow Cooker I made some Ajiaco in my crockpot and I just have to share it. But first some background... In the 1930’s, Cuban President Gerardo Machado made a proclamation that once a week everyone on the island would eat an “ajiaco” – a type of country stew made mostly with root vegetables and flavored with meat. ...

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Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Bread Pudding With Chocolate Sauce INGREDIENTS At least 1 dozen stale glazed doughnuts (Krispy Kremes are my first choice) 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup whole milk 1 1/4 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup brown sugar  1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract a pinch of nutmeg (careful with this - you want just ...

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Platanos en Tentacion Recipe

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Platanos en Tentacion Recipe

Platanos en Tentacíon Recipe Sometimes my family sits around and has noisy, opinionated andpointless discussions. (Hello? Cubans!) In this case, we were discussing the wonders of plantains and engaging in the Eternal Cuban debate: Maduros or Tostones? It depends on the main dish you’re serving, of course. I mean, I love a good tostón with garlic ...

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Pork Chops Spiced with Rum and Garlic

July 27, 2016 By Marta Darby

Rum and Garlic Spiced Pork Chops Recipe - A DiscoveryToday was Columbus Day.Yet another reason to celebrate in our Cuban American household.If you know your Cuban history, you probably know that Columbus landed somewhere in Holguin, Cuba, in October of 1492, and declared that it was "the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen."  (My ...

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