I know you want to know, so here goes: The grandsons are both growing and changing. It's happening so super quickly. Whoever first said, "Time flies" was obviously watching as their children (or grandchildren) grew and changed before their very eyes.Sweet Asher (in Virginia) just celebrated his 2nd birthday. Also, look at those curls! He ...
Cuban Baby Bling
Every now and then, I'll share something that we Cubans are used to doing because it's been so ingrained into our culture and lives - see 8 Rules to Getting Your House Cuban Clean®. Or I'll casually mention a thing we do that appears superstitious to the untrained observer - see 10 Cuban Superstitions That Helped You Survive. It takes me a beat ...
Boliche – Cuban Pot Roast Recipe
Boliche Recipe - 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 ...
Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding Recipe
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Bread Pudding With Chocolate Sauce INGREDIENTSAt 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 ...
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 ...
Arroz con Pollo de Perez-Puelles Recipe
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 – ...
