Flan de café

One of the best desserts that I loved as a kid was flan. My mom is not a baker by any means necessary, but she always bought flan. It is a prepackaged flan that it is addicting. As in, I bought 2 packets (each packet has 3 flans) and I had to use all of…

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Lemon Pound Cake

It is cold. And I needed to bake something. Also, I for some reason had a craving for pound cake. All I kept thinking was the Sarah Lee pound cakes my parents bought when I was younger. have you ever tried a slice of pound cake with some maple syrup? That was my pound cake…

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Mami’s Arroz con Vegetales

When I was in PR, I cooked with mom. It was pretty cool. We had my brothers kids over when I arrived so we had to cook a bunch of things at once. Especially if it was around brunch time. Spaghetti for Fernando, Bacon for dad, Eggs for me, while start the big cook for…

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Easy Bread Recipe

Easy and simple, this is the easiest recipe that I use when I want homemade bread.

Spicy Garlic Pasta

Have you ever had a pasta emergency? You know what I mean. You’re craving pasta, your pantry is not fully stocked, you have a bunch of somewhat random ingredients and you just want food. Why? Because if you go to the grocery store at that moment, you’ll will just keep buying things, and then going…

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Crispy Garbanzo beans with caramelized lemons (oh and rice)

I am CRAVINg garbanzo beans. Some people know that it is my favorite beans. There was something of my mom stewing garbanzo beans and eating them over rice (with a protein. Always). But, I would always prefer the garbanzo beans with the rice. There was something of those garbanzo beans that were the life. Today,…

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