Disclosure - This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with the California Milk Processor Board and Latina Bloggers Connect. The recipe and opinions are my own. What goes great with milk? I posed this question to my Facebook followers the other day and the responses I received went something like this:Cornbread crumbled in ...
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What’s Important Right Now – October
I often get distracted as I'm in the middle of telling a story and my go to disclaimer is, "but that's not important right now." But my life is in session and there are lots of things that are important. So I keep a list of 'present participles' or Things That Are Important Right Now. Loving my new website. Lucy has done an amazing job of ...
Pirates and Doughnuts and Pudding, Oh My!
A few short weeks ago, my son Jonathan - who also happens to be the last man-child I have left at home - woke me up with, "Mom! We are getting doughnuts today!" I should probably explain at this point that this is not an unusual occurrence around here. He often wakes me up with proclamations of what we will be doing that day. What was unusual on ...
Cuban Food Poster Winners
I always enjoy reading your responses when I have a giveaway. Particularly when you share about your favorite Cuban food and who prepares it best. I love the rich tradition this implies. We are most definitely blessed when it comes to our culture, aren't we?Without further ado, here are the comments from the NINE (9!) winners of the ...
Let’s Celebrate! Cuban Food Poster Giveaway
You're all invited to my Online Blog Birthday Party. It's happening right here, right now. Well, technically it's not a party party.As in, I won't be having you all come over to my house and I won't be cooking or decorating or any of that. Which is making you think this won't be much of a party after all. I know. I feel your pain, but bear with ...
Nine Years of Awesome
If you're new here to My big, fat, Cuban Family, WELCOME! I've spent 9 years here in my little corner of cyberspace, writing and (over)sharing about my life and times. 9 years, people! And I'm excited and delighted to celebrate, not just the 9-year-milestone, but the New and Improved My Big Fat Cuban Family Blog. Please make ...
The Super Cuban Dodger Awesomeness Winner
"Take me out to the ballgame..."I'm so glad I will be seeing so many of you on Sunday at Dodger Stadium for Cuban Heritage Day. I'm excited to have my new coolest Dodger Blue Habana Brand Clothing tshirt to wear. I'll be there with my kids and I know it's going to be a grand "pachanga." Congratulations to the winner of all this Super Cuban ...
The Super Cuban Dodger Awesomeness Giveaway
Cuban Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium is so close I can practically touch it. It's happening next Sunday, July 12th 2015.Our friend and fellow Cuban, Emilio Estefan will be on hand to throw out the first pitch and it's going to be a wonderful day with all kinds of Cubanity (<--is that a word? I seriously think it should be) happening at Dodger ...
Cuban Food Poster – And the winners are…
Thanks to everyone who participated in this week's giveaway. I so appreciate all your suggestions and I swear, reading all your posts made me HUNGRY!I'll be working on some of the ideas you came up with in the next couple of months. If you haven't already, please consider adding your name to my mailing list (over on the right-->) so you can get ...
Cuban Food Poster – A Giveaway
We had a big party this last weekend. We served a very cool Cuban sandwich themed menu. I'm going to tell you all about it in a few days, but today I just wanted to share that Every. Single. Person. that came through my kitchen made a comment about my Cuban Food Poster. Every. Single. Person.My favorite inquiries were ...
