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Mexi-Style Fondue
Posadas Navideñas is a great time for family bonding and celebration. What better way to get the family together than by hosting your very own posada? If you are looking for great finger foods to impr...
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Queso Fresco Potato Tacos Dorados
For Las Posadas I always offer Mexican favorites, like tamales, sopes, pozole, ponche and atole, but this time I want to add Queso Fresco Potato Tacos Dorados to the menu. I’d like to serve them garni...
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Tostadas de Calabacitas con Chorizo
The Christmas Posadas are coming up soon and it means nine days of celebration where there will be lots of delicious food and I can’t wait. I love the traditional dishes and drinks like tamales and po...
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Queso Fundido with Chorizo in a Pumpkin
This holiday season when pumpkins are everywhere and the weather is chilly, give these Queso Fundido with Chorizo Pumpkins a try. These adorable mini pumpkins will be the hit of your next fall gatheri...
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Cranberry Jalapeno Queso Fundido Dip
The word on my lips this month is THANKSGIVING. It’s simply my favorite American holiday! It already has me daydreaming of pies, turkey, and everything else that comes with it. We're starting this hol...
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Jalapeño Mummy Poppers
For Halloween I decided to make jalapeño poppers. How cute are these mummies? They are so easy to make and I can almost guarantee that everyone will enjoy them. No Halloween party will be complete wit...
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Tequeños Mixtos
Each time I think about inviting friends over to watch sports or for an impromptu party, tequeños are the first thing that pop into my head. They are easy to make, and in Peru we absolutely adore them...
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Chorizo Stuffed Mushrooms
It's that time of year again, where Sundays in my house are filled with football, snacks, homegating, and lots of guests. I have to say, this has always been my favorite part about football season - n...
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Mini Panela Guava Tarts with Cinnamon Crema
I’m always ready for the next get-together, game-night or girls night in. Simply put I enjoy hosting, feeding and entertaining people at my home. I’ve become quite the pro at keeping a few key essenti...
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Chorizo Sopes with Cilantro Lime Shrimp
Sopes are such a fun food and can be topped with nearly anything. They are traditionally served with refried black beans, queso fresco, onions, lettuce, chile or tomatillo sauce, and sour cream. This...
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Grilled Anaheim Chile and Corn with Cotija
This time of year the weather starts to warm up and begins to present us with many opportunities to have dinner outside in our backyards. This is wonderful for those of us who don’t enjoy warming up t...
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Cazuelitas con Frijoles
I love any recipe with beans. Somehow, they take me back to those years when I lived in Bogota when I visited my grandmother's house. She always had a feast waiting for us. Everything was fantastic, b...
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Chicken Rolls with Chorizo and Oaxaca Cheese
These Chicken Rolls with Chorizo and Oaxaca Cheese were inspired by a recipe one of my aunts made every year for Noche Buena dinner (New Year’s Eve dinner). We all loved those chicken rolls, which wou...
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Mini Stuffed Peppers with Cheese and Chorizo
The holiday season has finally arrived and I love it so much, because there are always many reasons to gather around good food with family and our lifetime friends. After Thanksgiving, everything focu...
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Spinach, Cotija and Chorizo Empanadas
The holidays are my favorite time of the year because I get to spend quality time with my family. The fun part for me is baking and cooking up special treats for everyone. Every year my mother’s famil...
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Chorizo Taco Cups
Well… it's football season again!! Some of my favorite parties to host are football/soccer parties. I love making finger food, and lately I’m kind of obsessed with mini food. I have been making “mini”...
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Green Chile Chicken Tamale Cupcakes
Is there any way to make tamales a little more elegant, easy to serve and especially easy to prepare? Yes there is! The first days of November mark Mexico’s Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), a liv...
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Potato and Mexican Chorizo Tarts
Día de los Muertos “Day of the Dead” is traditionally celebrated across three days from October 31 through November 2. This year it falls on the weekend and while you could serve up a spooky Halloween...
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Mini Elote Tlayudas
I had my first Tlayuda the summer of my sixteenth birthday and they have been a tasty part of my life ever since. Loaded with all my favorite toppings and placed on a thin plate it was almost too much...
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Deditos de Queso (Sweet Cheese Fingers with Guava)
Cheese fingers with guava paste are one of the most popular and coveted appetizers in Colombia. The aroma of warm, sweet guava and cheese coming from the local bakeries permeate the afternoon air thro...
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5 Cheese Breakfast Nests
When I became a mom, I never imagined the struggle I would encounter once my son was able to eat solid food. His palate was not exactly what I hoped for so I had to get creative in the kitchen in orde...
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Back To School With Four Quesos Potato Chip Mac & Cheese Cups
It’s time to get my son’s back to school uniforms washed, embroided, and ready to wear. We bought the perfect pencil case and backpack to get him first grade ready. More important than all the hoopla...
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Cheesy Picnic Tarts
I love summer just as much as everyone else but if I was to nail it down to a few reasons why, it always comes down to food. Summer means longer nights and happier kids. Summer means cooking outdoors...
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Mexican Independence Day: Ground Turkey and Poblano Chile Sopes
Many families in Mexico, including mine, gather together to celebrate on September 15th, the evening before Mexican Independence Day. We play lotería, which is similar to bingo, we reenact the famous,...
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Father’s Day Feast: Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Queso Fresco
Father’s Day is the perfect day to spoil your husband, dad, uncle, grandpa or other father figures in your life with something scrumptious to eat so they know how much you love them. After all, the ol...
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