“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 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 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 ...
Pastelitos de Guayaba Recipe
Marta's Homemade Pastelitos de Guayaba Recipe My husband is an Internet Marketing Guy. (He prefers to be called “The Marketing Guru,” but that’s not important right now.) He tells me search engine facts like: “Your site has had X number of hits today.” This information totally makes me feel cool, although I’m a little puzzled by how it is that ...
Moros y Cristianos Recipe
Moros y Cristianos Recipe Family Reunion My family, like so many others, felt compelled to leave Cuba in the early years of the revolution. I was five years old when we left everything we knew. We left behind our home and our possessions, but saddest of all, our extended family. These are the people I share my earliest memories with. There were ...
A Very Cuban Picnic – “en cajita”
Summer and outdoor living just go hand in hand, don't they? It seems that since the weather has warmed up we are spending much more of our time outdoors. Sometimes that just means serving dinner out on the patio, but often it means packing a picnic and enjoying it somewhere... out there. Because we live in Southern California, one of my very ...
Tamal En Cazuela Recipe
(Originally posted on Babalu) There is a direct line from our senses to our memories – especially smell and taste. The comments I have gotten so far in response to this feature attest to that. The smell and flavor of Cuban food has a certain distinction. It is inexorably linked to our best memories of family – safety and comfort and all things ...
Ropa Vieja Pizza
This is a sponsored post by Flatout® Flatbread and Society Culinaria. The opinions are my own. I have three words for you: Ropa. Vieja. Pizza. That's right. You're going to love me so much by the time you finish reading this. In my Cuban kitchen there are a few meals that are in constant rotation. I admit I tend to go for quick and easy. And ...
Cuban Sofrito Pizza Recipe
This is a sponsored post by Flatout® Flatbread and Society Culinaria. The opinions are my own. Do you ever have a craving for a very specific flavor? I most certainly do. I was making an Arroz con Pollo a few weeks ago, and as I started with the "sofrito," I remember thinking, "I can just stop right here. I could seriously just have sofrito for ...
Cubano Mac and Cheese Recipe
This is a sponsored post by Cacique® and Society Culinaria. The opinions are my own. When you have a big, fat Cuban family, you are aware that it takes a lot to not just feed, but satisfy them. With Easter on the way, I'm already planning a super satisfying brunch menu. Then again, what does satisfying look like? Here's how my thinking ...
Pork Chorizo and Cheese Empanadas Recipe
This is a sponsored post by Cacique® and Society Culinaria. The opinions are my own. It started out, as my recipes often do, with A Big Idea. With Valentine's Day on the horizon, I'm planning a Romantic Weekend Brunch for Eric, which is simple enough, I thought. There should definitely be an egg dish. And fresh fruit, I think. And something ...
How to Make a Cuban Roast Leg of Pork
Every year around Christmastime, I think I'll post the instructions for how to roast a Cuban-style leg of pork. Because that's what my family (and most every Cuban family I know) eats on December 24th as we celebrate our traditional Cuban Nochebuena. And every year when there's a garlicky, porky, fat mess in my kitchen, I forbid cameras because ...
Cuban Tostones and Picadillo… With Milk?
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 ...
Bacon-Wrapped Plantains Recipe
This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with Farmland® and Latina Bloggers Connect. But, of course, all opinions are my own. I'm looking forward to The Big Game. I'm talking about the Superbowl, of course. And, yes, I know who's playing and all, but truthfully, these days I'm more concerned with the menu than with what teams are on the ...
Turkey with Port Wine Guava Glaze
Hi all! It's a special Monday, Pre-Thanksgiving Edition of Marta's Cuban American Kitchen. I have been trying, without much success, to declare November "National Guava Month." Sadly, no one seems to take me seriously about this, but that's not important right now. So, I'm going to try again today. I, Marta, hereby declare November to be ...
