Rice

Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas)

15 comments December 29, 2010

Arroz con Gandules or Rice with Pigeon Peas is a traditional Puerto Rican dish consisting of rice cooked with bacon, sautéed onions, garlic, red and green peppers, tomato, garlic, cumin, annato and cilantro. Most Latin people love arroz or rice. We can’t live without it. We eat rice almost every day and therefore have many [...]

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Tangerine Rice Pudding (Sabor a Mandarina Arroz con Leche)

14 comments December 20, 2010

One dessert that I particularly love to make is Mamita’s Rice Pudding. It is simple, tasty, creamy and easy to make, yet always delivers. I had some tangerines at home a couple of weeks ago and was craving something sweet, so I made this tangerine flavored rice pudding and we absolutely loved it. My husband [...]

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Tamales Tolimenses (Tolima Region Tamales)

45 comments November 8, 2010

Tamal is an important dish in Colombian cuisine and you’ll find them on almost all traditional Colombian restaurant menus. There are many different variations of tamales throughout the country. Tamales Tolimense is a recipe I have been planning to share with you for some time now. The filling in this tamal is chicken, pork belly, [...]

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Vegetarian Lentil and Rice Soup (Sopa de Lentejas y Arroz)

12 comments October 28, 2010

I really enjoy preparing soups like this one during the fall and winter months. It is an “everything-in-a-pot” kind of dish that is very easy and quick to prepare. Once started, I can leave the soup to simmer on its own, almost unattended, and come back to it a half an hour later to find [...]

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Sopa de Arroz con Carne (Rice and Beef Soup)

22 comments September 19, 2010

You would think that I would hate soups considering how many times I was told while growing up to eat my soup. “If you want to get bigger, smarter and prettier, you need to eat your soup,” my mom & Mamita would say. But I actually love a good homemade soup. It’s one of those [...]

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치즈 맛살 주먹밥 (Fried Crab Parmesan Jumokbap)

13 comments August 10, 2010

Guest posting today and sharing her delicious recipe is Sook from “My Fabulous Recipes”. Sook has a beautiful blog filled with beautiful pictures and delicious recipes. Thank you, Sook, for being here! ~Erica Hi everyone! My name is Sook from “My Fabulous Recipes”. I feel so honored to be able to do a guest post [...]

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Lime and Cilantro Rice

14 comments July 31, 2010

Hi everyone, I am going on vacation this week, so I invited some of my blogger friends to guest post for me while I’m away. I won’t be able to visit your blogs or approve comments, but I promise I will visit you and read your comments as soon as I get back. I’m looking [...]

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