a crazy little Latina, stirring up trouble in her little cocina
“Achiote”or Annatto as it’s commonly known in the USA is highly used in Spanish cuisine. Seeds of he Achiote shrub (Bixa Orellana), native to Brazil, have a pleasant but subtle aroma and flavor, but it is for their color they are most widely used. Aside from Spanish cuisines, the intense redish orange pigment is used […]
Sweet and sour… Don’t we all love a good pucker? Add a little smoke flavor and POW! you won’t know what hit you! I came up with this recipe on a lazy day. Usually, I’ll start a meal not really knowing what I’ll be making. I’ll go into my fridge and pantry, grab as much […]
These are the staples that I RELIGIOUSLY keep in my pantry and fridge. I make a all my condiments and seasonings ahead of time so I never run out. You would be surprised to find that you probably have these sitting in your pantry as well. I even have a few AeroGardens to help ease […]
People always ask me where I shop for my latin ingredients. It’s simple… On the internet. Most of my kitchen staples comes from a website. Everything delivered straight to my door. How convenient is that? When I need my most important staples, I run to my mothers neighborhood to pick-up some things that I can’t […]
I sat and thought long and hard about what would be my first recipe to share with you. Breakfast! or brunch? who cares! I came up with this recipe years ago and I’m very happy to share it with you here today. On the weekends, in my busy home, weekends are for bonding and eating! […]
My name is Iveliz, Welcome to My Blog! I am from a beautiful island you all know as Puerto Rico. Raised in New York in a household of 8 I am the eldest daughter of Elena & Alejandro. My mother remarried when I was 5 and soon after came my 3 younger sisters and two […]
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