Cuban Ropa Vieja Recipe In A Slow Cooker When we arrived in Miami in the early 60’s, we barely had enough money to cover basic expenses. As you can imagine, rent, utilities, and food dominated the budget. Because we left Cuba with just the suitcases we could carry, we were glad to receive donated clothing. We were grateful for other people’s ...
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!
Crockpot Vaca Frita Recipe
“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 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 ...
Frijoles Negros a la Latina Recipe
Spilling the Beans from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen WARNING: This is a bonafide blog-post hijacking. Mami (that’s Marta, La Cocinera to you) has been sick and you don’t want a sick person doing your cooking, so I (Kikita, hija de Marta) have taken over Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen this week. I promise to keep it simple. Out of all the ...
Flan Cake Recipe
A Match Made in Heaven. Flan + Cake = Flan Cake Recipe I’m always on the look out for fabulous new recipes. The ideal recipe, whether for a main dish or a dessert, is something that is simple to make but looks complicated and is a little breathtaking. It should at the very least inspire ooohs and aaahs. This flan cake recipe is simple, delicious, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
