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Cuban Picadillo- Ground Beef Recipe
Entree

Abuela’s Cuban Picadillo

Abuela’s Cuban Picadillo is simply delicious. In fact, we would argue that a good plate of the Perfect White Rice, topped with this picadillo, and a perfectly runny egg on top is one of the best bites on the planet. What is Cuban Picadillo? Essentially, picadillo is ground beef mixed […]

frijoles colorados
Entree, Sides

Frijoles Colorados

This Frijoles Colorados Recipe will guide you in how to make this classic Cuban dish of sofrito with red beans and chorizo. This recipe is in essence, the beautiful marriage of red beans with chorizo. It’s hard to explain. There is something special about taking a bite of these deliciously […]

Passion Fruit Mousse
Desserts

Passion Fruit Mousse

This Passion Fruit Mousse Recipe is going to be your dessert secret weapon. It is light but so creamy and delicious, you’re biggest problem will be trying to stop yourself. This super light and airy Passion Fruit Mousse is the perfect ending to any meal. Minutes after whipping and folding […]

Pollo Frito
Entree

Pollo Frito (Cuban Fried Chicken)

This Pollo Frito recipe will show you how to make finger licking good Cuban fried chicken. The mojo twist really brings such a great flavor and is the perfect compliment to the perfectly crispy chicken. What is Pollo Frito- It’s Cuban Fried Chicken Pollo Frito is literally fried chicken. However […]

green herb dipping sauce
Marinade, Sauce

Herb Dipping Sauce

This Green Herb Dipping Sauce is somewhere between a chimichurri and a salsa verde. Such an easy and delicious sauce you can just to have handy all week. It’s the perfect sauce for anyvegetable or protein. Or add more lemon and some vinegar and it becomes a delicious vinaigrette for […]

Beef and Shrimp Skewers Recipe
Entree

Beef and Shrimp Skewers

This Beef and Shrimp Skewers Recipe will show you how to make the tastiest and simplest surf and turf meal right at home. In spanish we call these, Pinchos de Mar y Tierra. However you call them it is such a great and easy recipe. Nothing says special occasion like […]

Merengue
Desserts

Merengue Frosting

This Merengue Frosting Recipe is going to take you step by step to making a classic Cuban frosting for your next cake. Merengue is an absolute Cuban staple. If you are Cuban and grew up in Miami heading to a birthday party or Baptism, or any family gathering there was […]

merengue rum cake
Desserts

Cuban Rum Cake

This Cuban Rum Cake Recipe is going to walk you step by step to creating a delicious sweet treat right at home. This cake is an ode to the birthday cakes we grew up with. I remember being a little girl and going with my mom to pick up the […]

potaje de garbanzos
Soups

White Bean Stew (Potaje de Garbanzo)

This White Bean Stew (Potaje de Garbanzo) is going to be one of your favorite stew recipes this fall. It’s packed with delicious flavor and so good the whole family will love it. This White Bean Stew Recipe melds together our family’s history so perfectly. The Spanish influence in Cuba […]