I love avocados and my favorite way to eat them is in guacamole. You can vary the amount of jalapeño pepper according to taste. To ripen the avocados, leave them in a closed paper bag at room temperature. Read more…

Rice is a Colombia side dish staple, and it is hard to imagine a meal without a rice dish. Some Colombian people eat rice with beans for breakfast. One of my favorite ways to make rice is to cook it with vegetables. In this recipe I use carrots. Read more…

This simple pasta recipe is very easy to prepare and has plenty of flavor, making it perfect for a vegetarian weeknight dinner. You can substitute any other mushroom variety. Serve with a green salad. Since my husband became a vegetarian 7 months ago, I am always trying to make good meatless recipes and this is one of his favorites. Read more…

Sudado is a very common dish in Colombia. You can also make sudado with chicken, beef or pork instead of meatballs. My grandmother made this stew at least once a week. When you talk about something that’s truly Colombian, there is nothing more typical than “sudado” or stew. We serve it over white rice. Read more…

Is a dry seasoning containing garlic powder, cumin, Mexican saffron.

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In the United States getting fresh yuca just right is tricky, frozen yuca tends to turn out more tender and perfect.
In Colombia we cook this white, starchy tropical vegetable in different ways, fried, baked, stewed or steamed. Read more…

Aliños is a seasoning mix paste that my grandmother kept in her refrigerator year-round. I use it as a base in some of my recipes and to marinade meat or poultry. Read more…