Vaca Frita Sliders, a classic Cuban dish that’s ready for Summer! Crispy, shredded beef marinated in lime and garlic, topped with a cilantro aioli sauce, on sweet Hawaiian dinner rolls. If you’ve never heard of vaca frita, it’s quite the popular Cuban dish. It’s flank steak, cut in pieces, boiled until tender, then fried to…
Homemade Cuban Complete Seasoning
Give some Cuban flare to your meats, poultry, and veggies with this Homemade Cuban Complete Seasoning made with garlic, onion, oregano, salt, pepper, parsley, and cumin! Ah, sazon completa. The seasoning of my people. Basically, this seasoning is what I’ve been eating since birth. Complete seasoning (aka sazon completa) has been a staple in my parent’s house…
Brown Butter Salted Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet
Soft, chewy, rich, and delicious chocolate chip cookie baked to perfection in a cast-iron skillet with brown butter and sea salt! You guys, this is SO GOOD, I can’t even begin to tell you. Do you know how hard it was not to eat this entire skillet by myself? I may be 5 feet tall…
Turmeric Sweet Potato Mash with Pulled Pork
Just a dash of turmeric gives an intense flavor to this sweet potato mash! Perfect pairing for slow cooker Cuban-style pulled pork. Today, I made mashed sweet potatoes with turmeric. This spice is all the rage this year. Have you heard about it? As I said in Spinach + Ham Egg Frittatas recipe, I’m testing with turmeric this…
Slow Cooker Cuban-Style Pulled Pork
Super easy-to-make slow cooker pulled pork (lechón) marinated Cuban-style with sour orange and garlic. Practically makes itself! Every time I’ve made pulled pork in the slow cooker, whether it’s spicy BBQ pulled pork or this one, I hate myself. Why? Because it’s delicious. Duh. Aside from that, it’s TORTURE! You see, I like to use the…
Cuban Huevos Rancheros
Rice and beans, topped with a crisp corn tortilla, salsa, shredded cheese, and a runny egg make Cuban Huevos Rancheros, a classic Mexican breakfast with a Cuban twist. Phew, that was a run-on sentence. Over the weekend, I had friends over my house for Cinco De Bruncho as I like to call it. Basically, brunch…
Easy Churro Cheesecake Bars
A beautiful combination of cinnamon, sugar, and cream cheese make this deliciously sweet treat. Churro Cheesecake Bars are easy to make with the help of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Just 6 ingredients total. Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate than with Churro Cheesecake Bars! This recipe came to life…
Guava Grilled Cheese Dessert Sandwich
Guava paste (or goiabada), cream cheese, and crumbled Maria cookies on pound cake with grill marks. It’s the perfect grilled cheese dessert sandwich! My girl, Jen at Just Eat Life made this DELICIOUS grilled strawberry cheesecake sandwich on Tastemade’s Snapchat channel because why not, right? This is America, land of the free and creative. I…
