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Cuban Spaghetti and Meatballs | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Cuban Spaghetti and Meatballs
I’ve made Nitza’s albondigas (meatballs) before, but this time, we’re making it Milanese style. The difference between this version and her regular albondigas ? The meat is a mix of beef, pork and ham instead of beef alone and in this version, you add queso Patagrás (Gouda cheese). This Milanese version also omits green peppers, which the original albondigas have, so I’d venture to say that...read more...Boliche, Moros y Cristianos: Sunday Dinner at its best | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Boliche, Moros y Cristianos: Sunday Dinner at its best
In my life, I swear I don’t think I’ve ever had boliche. And if I did, I didn’t know it was named boliche. I didn’t even realize that "carne asada con naranja" (as it is named in the cookbook) was boliche until my mother in law pointed it out. When I asked some folks at work about their boliche experiences, I was told that Galiano Supermarket had great boliche meat (Herald Top Chef Silvi) and that...read more...Cream of Spinach Soup | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Cream of Spinach Soup
Now that I’ve hit the fifth cream of vegetable soup, I’ll spare you any extra details and get right to the point. Recipe #11: Sopa de Espinacas a la Crema Let’s see if we can get this down to five steps: 1. Melt butter in the microwave. 2. Osterize flour, milk, salt and raw spinach. 3. Add the melted butter. 4. Osterize again. 5. Heat in a soup pot over low heat until heated through. This...read more...Camarones Enchilados (almost Shrimp Creole) | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Camarones Enchilados (almost Shrimp Creole)
When I was little, I remember Good Friday was made up of no radio, no TV, no going out to play, no laughing. You basically would sit in the house all day and think about Good Friday. I typically would spend the day with my grandparents and they’d remind me – no radio, no TV. Sit in the dark in el Florida (Florida Room), and think about why Jesus died for us. Geez, abuelo , I’m only eight years old. Can I at...read more...Baking a Cuban Cake | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Baking a Cuban Cake
My daughter’s fifth birthday was coming up and for her party, she asked that we bake a Louis the Alligator cake. Louis, as in the big, jazz playing alligator from the Princess and the Frog. A cake. Me, bake a cake. For her birthday party. For many many people. And not just any cake. No, of course not. A green alligator cake, with goofy eyeballs and green m&m scales on his tail....read more...Sopa de Chicharos (Split Pea Soup) | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Sopa de Chicharos (Split Pea Soup)
For the longest time, until my early twenties, I didn't know what a chicharo was. I actually didn't know much about beans, for that matter. Yes, I know it may sound strange that this Cubanita didn't know much about beans, but it wasn't until I started dating my husband and family that I learned the power of the bean, and of bean soups. Seriously, it's because of that threat that your mom gives you before you...read more...Cuban Coleslaw | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Cuban Coleslaw
There are a total of 37 ensalada (salad) recipes in The Project. For those of you that are familiar with Cuban salads, you won’t be surprised to read that 30 of the 37 have mayonnaise as an ingredient. Most of those 30 also have cream cheese in them, along with the mayo. The remaining seven? One is a Caesar salad, so you end up making your own mayonnaise in the dressing; one uses bacon grease; one...read more...Chocolate Mint Coconut Cookies | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Chocolate Mint Coconut Cookies
I should have known from the way this recipe found it’s way to me that it was going to be a memorable one. It wasn’t because of the Cuban-ness of it, as I actually have never had these cookies before nor have met anyone that has made them. No, it was more because of the way my coworker, Ibby, pulled a fast one on me. Before I knew it, I had volunteered to bake for our Haiti fundraiser. This was not me on so many...read more...Sangüiche Gigante | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Sangüiche Gigante
It’s a giant sandwich. A giant, three tiered sandwich, covered in cream cheese. Only a Cuban cookbook would have anything so enormously over the top (well, I’m sure there are other books out there with exaggerations such as this, but I wouldn’t be Cuban if I didn’t contribute to the exaggeration). I was floored when I read through the ingredients and preparations. There was only one day worthy of this...read more...Snapper Almondine | Moms Miami //MomsMiami.com Member: gpmom Snapper Almondine
I know I’ve mentioned before that there are some recipes I just didn’t grow up with and some I’m not familiar with at all so that it’s hard for me to visualize the end product. This recipe happened to have been a little of both. It wasn’t until I actually sat down to eat it that I realized that it’s one of those fish variations that restaurants in the Keys offer. If you’ve been to Key...read more...
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