“I’ve got a cousin . . .” – from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I think it’s a given that if you’re Cuban, you’ve got a cousin (or twelve) somewhere. It’s absolutely normal, in a kind of abnormal way. I’ll go toe-to-toe with any of my American friends on this one. Name any place on the planet, I’ve got a cousin there. First cousin, second cousin ...
Cuban Recipes With Pictures - Cuban Dishes
We hope you enjoy these delicious and authentic Cuban recipes. These are fun Cuban dishes from Marta's Cuban-American Kitchen!
Cuban Sandwich Recipe
Cuban Sandwich Recipe The Sandwich Generation - A Rant and a Classic Cuban Sandwich Recipe The term, "sandwich generation" is used to describe those adults who are caring for aging parents while still actively parenting their kids. While I'm grateful that my sisters and I share the load of caring for my 97 year old mom, Luza, I still feel the ...
Cuban Black Bean Soup/Chili Recipe
Cookoff from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I have to feed about a dozen football fans on Superbowl Sunday. I would prefer to make one big pot of something rather than a bunch of little snacks. My husband suggests chili. One pot. Hearty. Will feed an army. “It’s a Superbowl Classic,” he argues. Okay, I might have to agree there, but . . ...
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Recipe – Homemade
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Recipe - Flavor of the Month This was the noisiest dessert we've ever had. Every spoonful brought on another chorus of: "Ay! Que rico!!" or "Umph.. oohsh! Thith ish mmlishous!" I think there were prayers of thanksgiving offered, too: "Oh. My. God." I am "sandpapering myself" (dandome lija) just a bit ...
Frituras de Harina de Maiz Recipe
Too Many Cooks from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen My mom’s little sister is here visiting from Cuba. My (very opinionated) mom is 93. Her (very opinionated) little sister is 91. (Umm. . . duh, they’re opinionated – they’re Cuban!) They were both in my kitchen when I made the mistake of asking my aunt if there was anything she felt like eating ...
Frita Cubana Recipe
Frita Cubana Recipe Time Traveling I close my eyes and take one bite and suddenly I am unstuck in time … I’m in the heart of the city, which means I get to enjoy something amazing from one of the street vendors. By “the city,” I mean Havana, 1960. By “something amazing,” I mean a Cuban Frita. Small. Sweet, yet spicy. With that crunchy crown ...
Garlicky Chicken Recipe
“How’s my breath?” from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen My dad used to swear by the medicinal properties of garlic. “Garlic,” he would always say, “is a natural antibiotic.” He usually made this pronouncement as he was pouring olive oil over toasted Cuban bread and spreading garlic over it to make himself a sandwich. Yes, a sandwich. (This is ...
Cuban Coffee – How To Make It
How to Make Cuban Coffee - The Perfect Blend If there’s one thing Cubans know how to do well (besides dancing and cooking and arguing, but that’s not important right now =D), it’s how to make the Best Coffee on This Earth. Seriously, every Cuban home I was lucky enough to have been a guest in, served the most delicious, practically perfect, ...
Huevos Habaneros Recipe
Huevos Habaneros Recipe My family owned a farm just outside of Havana in Bejucal. We would always travel to “the country” to celebrate holidays. I vividly remember one time that we were going to be meeting the rest of the family on the farm to celebrate Easter. When we arrived at Finca Luzita (named after my mom, and the sign is still there ...
Fricase de Pollo Recipe
Fricasé de Pollo Recipe - a lo Cubano As you know, I've recently been participating in Mizkan's™ Cooking Challenges. See here and here. To kick off Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15), we were asked to share a recipe from our country, or "Receta de Mi Pais." For this challenge, I chose to enter one of my family's ...
Crusty Pan Cubano Recipe
Crusty Pan Cubano Recipe In My Test Kitchen Simple logic: I'm Cuban. I like to eat Cuban food. Therefore I cook. Since I've started posting my recipes over at Babalú I have been cooking like a mad Cuban woman. (Much to my family's delight.) They are all loving that I'm playing Test Kitchen here. The buzz starts the night before as I'm ...
Empanadosas Recipe
Advanced Geometry from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I made way too much picadillo the other night. It wasn’t my original intention, but three out of the six of us had other things going on and so I was left with an abundance of picadillo, which is not a bad thing, per se. As I usually do with leftover picadillo, I was intending to make some ...
Picadillo Recipe
Cuban Picadillo Recipe - Comfort Food I love to cook and entertain and I almost always make Cuban food when we have company. People are usually surprised that even the simplest food is so flavorful. In the early 60’s when we were new to this country, my mom experimented with all kinds of traditional, inexpensive American foods. We kids went along ...
Fufú Recipe
“Ju got some ‘splaining to do..” from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen It seems to me that being Cuban has always meant explaining things. Maybe it’s just living in Southern California where there are just pockets of Cuban communities, but the majority of the Hispanic population is Mexican. I confess the questions sometimes sound ignorant to me. ...
Guava Cheesecake Recipe
Guava Cheesecake Recipe: Move Over, Pumpkin Pie! So, I’m still on my quixotic quest of declaring November as National Guava Month. To that end, I am happy to share my recipe for Guava Cheesecake in time for you to make it for “El Sanguibin.” Of course, the main ingredient in cheesecake is cream cheese, which is inexorably tied to Philadelphia ...
Bananas de Marta Recipe
Marta's Rum Bananas Recipe On the Food Network of My Mind I have a confession to make. I sometimes fantasize about having a cooking show. Not all the time, of course. But I do have moments. To be honest, most of the time I’m just trying to get a meal on the table and dodging bodies in my small kitchen and wishing I had a staff to clean up after ...
