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Granizado de Mango Recipe
Desserts

Granizado de Mango

This Granizado de Mango Recipe is easy to follow and will keep you cool and fresh all summer. The perfect way to use your mangos this season. Granizado is a semi-frozen dessert made from fruit that is pureed, slightly sweetened, then scraped off to resemble shaved ice. It screams summer-time […]

Guava Marmalade Recipe
Desserts

Guava Marmalade Recipe (Mermelade de Guayaba)

Guava Marmalade Recipe (Mermelade de Guayaba) will take you step by step through how to peel, boil, and blend your way into a delicious guava jam. An all time favorite Cuban ingredient, and you can make it right at home. Let’s break it down. What is Guava Marmalade (Mermelada de […]

how to make Ensalada de Coditos
Sides

Ensalada de Coditos

This Ensalada de Coditos Recipe is going to walk you through step by step to making a simple delicious pasta salad that you are going to crave all summer long. Pasta salad is a summertime staple, and it is a summer staple for a reason. It’s the side dish that […]

Panetela recipe
Desserts

Panetela (Pound Cake Recipe)

This Panetela Recipe is the secret to making a fluffy homemade pound cake right in your own kitchen. When we were growing up, there was always Panetela in the house. On the rare occasion, Abuela had made some fresh, but more often than not it was store bought. Who can […]

Frozen Tajin Margarita Recipe
Cocktail

Frozen Tajin Margarita 

This Frozen Tajin Margarita Recipe is going to show you just how dangerously easy it was to make this delicious festive cocktail. Frozen Margaritas are one of the ultimate festive cocktails. They scream celebration and summer with every sip.  The variations are endless. There are spicy Margaritas, some are made with […]

Tomato Salsa Recipe
Appetizers

Tomato Salsa Recipe

This Tomato Salsa Recipe is the perfect addition to your Taco Tuesday. It’s an easy recipe that comes together fast and has so much flavor. You are going to love it. Our Tomato Salsa Recipe is reminiscent of the restaurant salsas at a Mexican restaurant that are addicting from the […]

Black Garlic Air Fryer Salmon
Entree

Black Garlic Air Fryer Salmon

This Black Garlic Salmon Recipe is going to show you how easy it is to make a perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned salmon in the air fryer. Why do we love this Black Garlic Salmon Recipe So Much? This Air Fried Salmon is delicately seasoned with citrus and black garlic sea […]

Our abuelas series
Blog, Our Abuelas

Our Abuelas Series: Ita Toledo

One of the most unexpected, but beautiful parts about starting Abuela’s Counter has been the outpouring of messages and comments from our community. Obviously, we love the comments that are complementary and supportive. We are two women reaching our 40’s, we love compliments. However the comments we are talking about […]

Cuban Pork Chops Recipe
Entree

Cuban Pork Chops

This Cuban Pork Chops recipe will have you making the most delicious most flavorful pork chops. The best part is how quick and easy it all comes together. Our Cuban Pork Chops are marinated with citrus and sprinkled with Badia’s orange pepper seasoning to bring to life that signature Cuban […]