Salmon marinated in honey, garlic, soy sauce, fresh lime juice then cooked on skewers for 10 minutes in a cast iron skillet. A simple yet gourmet weeknight meal! If you love salmon as much as I do, you’re going to LOVE this super easy weeknight meal! These are honey garlic salmon skewers and they are…
15-Minute Cauliflower Congri (Cuban-Style Black Beans & Cauliflower Rice)
A healthy twist on the popular Cuban-style black beans and rice! A quick and easy weeknight dish made with riced cauliflower, cumin, oregano, and black beans. Pairs easily with salmon or chicken! I’m soooo excited about this recipe! If you’re wanting to cook more at home or you’re trying to eat healthier, you’re in for…
Super Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Super moist and deliciously sweet banana bread made in one bowl with dark chocolate chips! Perfect for breakfast or snack. WAIT! Don’t do it! Don’t throw those ripe bananas away! You know when you buy bananas at the grocery store that you fully intend on eating but somehow you don’t. You buy 5, one for…
Cilantro Garlic Sauce (Pollo Tropical Inspired)
A creamy mix of fresh garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and sour cream that you’ll love adding to just about anything! This sauce is no joke, guys. People go crazy for this sauce! And I bet you will too. Ever been to “Pollo Tropical”? Unless you’ve lived in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee or Texas, you have no idea…
Cuban-Style Deviled Shrimp (Camarones Enchilados)
Spicy, saucy, fragrant Cuban-style deviled shrimp (or shrimp creole, or camarones enchilados) served over rice! Perfect for special occasions or weeknight meals! In 1975, my mom bought a Cuban paperback cookbook. She had only been living in Miami for less than 5 years and didn’t even have a car! She had walked to a nearby pharmacy…
Easy Vegetarian Thai Coconut Soup (Tom Kha)
An easy, dairy-free, lightened up version of 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 (Thai Coconut Soup) in my life. I’d never even heard of it! At that point, the…
Mushroom Swiss Black Bean Toston Burgers
Flavorful black bean burgers topped with melted Swiss cheese and sautéed mushrooms with two twice fried plantains as buns. A delicious Cuban twist on a veggie burger! For so so long, I’ve wanted to make toston burgers and I FINALLY DID IT. For those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about…well, hold…
Loaded Kimchi Sweet Potato Fries
The best kimchi fries! Crispy baked sweet potato fries topped with kimchi, pico de gallo, green onions, everything bagel seasoning, cilantro and spicy mayo. The first time I ever tried kimchi was at a local restaurant here in Miami called FINKA. At least, I think it was. Geez, I have a bad memory. Whatever. I…
