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Shrimp Cocktail, Veracruz Style

June 21, 2024 by admin Leave a Comment

Shrimp Cocktail Veracruz-style in a glass goblet

An ultra-refreshing, healthful cocktail that will make you feel like you’re on vacation at the beach. Enjoy it as a main course on a hot day or (in smaller portions) as the first course of a very special meal.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes Tagged With: cilantro, coctail, lime, seafood, shrimp, Veracruz

No-Bake Pineapple Coconut Balls (“Snowballs” or “Bunny Tails”)

March 29, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

No-Bake Pineapple Coconut Balls

Robin: These two-bite balls of goodness call for only 3 or 4 ingredients and are super easy to make, but they are full of tropical-flavored deliciousness. They are cute enough to offer guests on a special occasion (call them “snowballs” if it´s winter, “bunny tails” in springtime, etc.), yet simple enough to make for a…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts Tagged With: balls, coconut, cream cheese, pineapple

Stuffed Jalapeño Peppers

January 27, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Stuffed jalapeño peppers

Robin: Jalapeño peppers may be famous mostly for their piquancy, but, like other peppers mild and hot, they also have great flavor. It’s sad that many people only think about fresh jalapeños when making, say, pico de gallo, because these chiles have so much more to give. Jalapeños are delicious stuffed, much like their larger…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Salads & Sides, Snacks Tagged With: finger foods, jalapeño peppers, stuffed

Victoria’s Tuna and Potato Salad

January 19, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Victoria's Tuna and Potato Salad

Ed:  To me, a comfort food is like a hug from my mom in any season of the year.  Eating this dish feels like getting a big embrace from her. Mom´s middle name was Victoria, and she would serve this salad as a first course. It’s one of my favorite foods, and I am excited…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Extra Easy, Gluten-Free, Salads & Sides Tagged With: comfort food, peruvian, potato, salad, tuna

Deep Fried Jalapeño Slices

March 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Deep Fried Jalapaño Slices

Robin: I recently came across huge cans (about 6.5 pounds each) of nacho-sliced jalapeño peppers being sold for only a dollar. I didn’t buy one right away, but a seed was planted; after mentally debating myself on the issue for a couple of days, I decided that I could not pass up this deal, so…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Dips, Spreads, & Toppings, Snacks Tagged With: deep fried, jalapeño peppers

Sonoran Cheese and Potato Soup (Caldo de queso y papa)

March 7, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Sonoran Cheese and Potato Soup or Caldo de queso y papa

Robin: This lovely dish from northern Mexico is delightfully different from most other soups with similar ingredients. It contains potatoes, but is not thick; it calls for milk, but is not a cream soup, there is cheese in it, but the cheese does not melt. In fact, a fresh, white queso panela or queso fresco…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Soups, Vegetarian Tagged With: caldo, cheese soup, potato soup, Sonora

Joy’s Dill Dip

February 9, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Joy's Dill Dip for raw vegetables

Robin: My mother, Joy, absolutely loved “relish trays”—that is, platters of raw vegetables, pickles, olives, crackers, and cheese served as an appetizer or light lunch. There would be one of these trays of good things in a prominent place anytime she was entertaining, and this delicious dill dip was almost always on it. Who knows…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Dips, Spreads, & Toppings, Salads & Sides, Snacks Tagged With: dill, dip, raw vegetables

Lentil Soup

January 21, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Lentil Soup

Robin: I learned to make this in Mexico, but very similar lentil dishes can be found all over Latin America, since it was the Spanish and Portuguese who brought this valuable, nutritious legume to our part of the world. In Mexico, lentil soup would probably be served in small portions as the first course to…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Soups, Vegetarian Tagged With: lentil, soup

Cheese Cracklings (Chicharrón de queso)

December 29, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Cheese Cracklings or Chicharrón de queso

Robin: You know that little bit of cheese that oozes out of a grilled cheese sandwich and drips down onto the surface of the pan, where it gets crispy and almost-but-not-quite burns before you scrape it off and pop it into your mouth? It’s sooooo delicious, the very best bite of the whole meal, to…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Extra Easy, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: Cheese, chicharrón, cracklings, queso

Tuna-Stuffed Avocado

August 31, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Tuna-Stuffed Avocado

Ed: Back when I had a gluten sensitivity and had to select my food very carefully, avocados were the one of the top ingredients on my list. I no longer have that excuse for eating them, but they are still one of my favorite foods. Stuffed avocados are a popular appetizer in Latin America, where…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Main Dishes, Salads & Sides Tagged With: avocado, stuffed

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