I remember growing up we use to go to Mexico every summer to visit our grandparent’s from my mom’s side. First thing we looked forward to was eating fruit topped with chili powder, kosher salt and lemon juice. We are talking almost 30 years ago (wow has it been that […]
When you have a big family sometimes it can be hard to find meals that everyone enjoys. My kids well their kids they can be picky and my husband well he can be a picky eater too at times and me well I love my veggies. So there are nights […]
I remember when my mom would make lentils she would use bacon to flavor them because lentils can be a little bland if not seasoned well. Also bacon can be very expensive to solely use to flavor lentils especially when you have a big family.
Pancakes are one of the easiest breakfast food you can make from scratch. A lot of the times my mom would make pancakes from the box but there were those special days she would make them from scratch. She would make them so good and each time I knew that […]
Time for ice cream, popsicles, ice teas and anything that’s cold. Last year I bought a 5 cu ft chest freezer in hopes of filling it with pre made meals to have during the summer. I was so exicted to have my cook-a-thon (as I called it) to make hamburgers, […]
Easter is around the corner, when it comes to easter we don’t have a tradition on what we make for food. By the time easter comes around it’s really hot here in the desert, cooking a big hoilday meal is usually out of the question. Our menu changes from year […]
Want to learn How to Make Ceviche? Here I will show, it can be a bit intimating at first but it is easy to make.
Here’s a recipe for salsa fresca that goes with everything. You can eat with chips, put it on tacos, in burritos, on tostadas and my favorite on red rice .
Here I have a healthy but very tasty snack. Quinoa Chocolate Balls, I promised you will not even notice there’s quinoa in it.
Here’s a recipe on how to make Red Rice. It’s one of the first foods my mom taught me how to make. Actually it’s second to making flour tortillas (that will be on another post).
Hi, my name is Gabriela. I live in Southern California with my five kids (most of them teenagers) and my wonderful husband of 19 years. I have a full time job in the medical field.