Pastelitos de Guayaba + Queso! Cuban pastries (turnovers) made with puff pastry and filled with guava paste and cream cheese. Just 4 ingredients! Do you remember the first time you tried a pastelito? I don’t. I’m sure I was a toddler though…and I’m sure I loved it! To this day, pastelitos de guayaba are my favorite…
10-Minute Healthy Turkey Meatballs (No Breadcrumbs!)
Easy to make, moist, flavorful, and healthy turkey meatballs made with few ingredients and no breadcrumbs. Low carb, gluten-free, and ready in 10 minutes! Weeknights just got more exciting over here! Guys, these are my go-to healthy turkey meatballs! I’ve been making these babies for years. Back in the day, I would always bake them…
Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo Recipe
Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo. A simple and flavorful ground beef dish made Cuban-style with tomato sauce, spices, olives, and raisins. Perfect weeknight meal! If you were to ask me what was the recipe I had the most often during the week as a kid, the answer would be picadillo! My mom was never a microwave mom….
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (Dairy-Free, Refined Sugar-Free)
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Easy-to-make banana muffins made with wholesome ingredients and dark chocolate chunks. Dairy-free, refined sugar-free and packed with protein! There’s no doubt that I’m obsessed with bananas. Whenever I have leftover bananas, I get excited because I know baked goods are coming soon. My freezer is legit always full of bananas….
Easy Tom Kha Soup (Thai Coconut Soup)
An easy, dairy-free, lightened up version of Tom Kha Soup (Thai coconut soup) made with coconut milk, ginger, spices, and veggies. Perfect vegetarian weeknight dinner idea! I’ll be honest, up until a few years ago, I had never before tried Tom Kha Soup (Thai coconut soup) in my life. I’d never even heard of it!…
Basil Chimichurri Shrimp Skewers
Flavorful, easy-to-make shrimp skewers made with a fresh, homemade basil chimichurri. A great appetizer or main dish ready in less than 15 minutes! If you’re a big fresh basil lover, like I am, you’re in for a treat. I’m the type of person that adds fresh basil on pizza. Seriously, we order pizza and I’ll…
Chicken Noodle Soup (Sopa de Pollo Cubana)
Delicious chicken noodle soup (or sopa de pollo) made with potatoes, carrots, chicken thighs, and fideo (fidelini) noodles. Perfect for sick days or chilly nights! I’ll be honest, I hate soup as a kid. HATED. Whenever my mom would say she was making soup for me because I was sick, it felt like punishment. Soup…
Crispy Tostones (Twice-Fried Plantains)
Easy-to-make crispy tostones (twice-fried plantains) made with unripe green plantains. A staple side dish in Cuban cuisine! Since I was a kid, I’d watch my mom make tostones for the family. There were somehow ALWAYS green plantains in the house. It’s almost like they would magically appear. It was always on the grocery list and…