Platano Horneado con Queso – Baked Plantain

Platano Horneado con Queso – Baked Plantain

Our family had a busy weekend. I needed a bite that could warm my soul and make me forget. I remember that every time she didn’t feel like making an elaborated dinner, my mom would make us baked plantains (platanos horneados). Well, my mom had her own method as...
Roasted Tomato & Fennel Soup

Roasted Tomato & Fennel Soup

It is the second week of January and it is cold outside. As I sit here typing away it is snowing, it is cold but not as cold as it was for the last couple of days. It is soup weather for sure. I love making soups, stews, caldos, asopados, and everything in between. My...
Smokey Eggplant Dip

Smokey Eggplant Dip

Last weekend a cooking frenzy took over me. I had been so busy week after week, I woke up on Sunday anticipating another busy week that was about to start. I opened my fridge and I started to panic thinking that all of my fresh summer vegetables were going to rot...
Kohlrabi Warm Dip

Kohlrabi Warm Dip

Oh yes! The beginning of my CSA share is here! I get really excited about my veggies. Imagine a kid in a candy store and that’s how I feel every time I get my box full of fresh, organic, locally grown vegetables straight from the farm. For those of you who read...
Fried Sage Flowers

Fried Sage Flowers

I absolutely love cooking with fresh herbs, which is why I grow many of them in my garden in the summer. Sage is one of my favorite for various reasons and the most important one is that I don’t have to replant it every year. Many herbs are perennials, but also...