Category: Mexican/Latin/Cuban

Taco Salad

Hello, Taco Salad. I often crave Mexican food. It can be authentic Mexican food, TexMex, or even a complete rip off that doesn’t resemble anything anyone in Mexico would ever eat. If it has beans,

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Mexican Grilled Corn (Elote)

Have you had Mexican Grilled Corn or Elote yet? In my personal experience (we’ve had it twice this week), you don’t have to have it more than once to become completely and hopelessly addicted. It’s

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Shrimp Mexicana

Shrimp Mexicana or Camarones a la Mexicana is the recipe that I made to go with the Plantains I featured last week. I like to make theme dinners every now and then and this recipe seemed easy

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Plantains (Platanos)

I’ve had several people ask me about Plantains lately so I thought they deserved their own post. Plantains or Platanos (yes, that first “a” will get the proper accent when I get home to my

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Strawberry Mango Salsa

I was going to wait to publish this recipe because we just had Pineapple Salsa a week or so ago. But when I posted that recipe, I mentioned that I was on a kick of putting together

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Crockpot Mexican Chicken

Crockpot Mexican Chicken might be the only reason we had any food to eat at our house this past week. As a musician, I have times (fall & spring in particular) when I’m ridiculously busy

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Pineapple Salsa with Grilled Salmon

This started off just as a recipe for Pineapple Salsa but Copper River Salmon is in season so I thought we’d combine the two. Pineapple Salsa with Grilled Salmon is just about as good, vibrant, and

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Honey Chipotle Baby Back Ribs

I have your weekend all planned out for you. Honey Chipotle Baby Back Ribs. Anything else you do or accomplish this weekend (I’m installing new flooring) will be secondary once you’ve had these ribs. Actually,

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Grapefruit Margaritas

Grapefruit Margaritas – just in time for Cinco de Mayo! Henry says, “Hola!” Henry also says he is glad I didn’t see the photo going around Facebook of the kitten wearing a tiny sombrero before I started

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Tropical Pork Tacos

Tropical Pork Tacos! To be more specific, Coconut-Lime Pork Tacos with Black Beans and Avocado. Don’t let that coconut-lime part fool you. Even though these have some unconventional taco ingredients (hello, pineapple juice), they are

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Pozole Rojo – Mexican Pork Stew

Pozole Rojo – Mexican Pork Stew. Hello, my name is Claudia and I’m a pozole addict. Seriously. I love this dish. As promised on Monday when our little impromptu Pozole Festival began with the awesome Pozole

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Pozole Verde with Turkey or Chicken

Pozole Verde! Mexican Stew with turkey or chicken and SO many other good things! It’s Pozole Week here at Idiot’s Kitchen! I bet you didn’t know you needed to celebrate Pozole Week, but trust me

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Fish Veracruz

Fish Veracruz – a simple and seriously tasty way to prepare just about any kind of fish! Any time you see something cooked Veracruz style, that usually means a tomato based sauce with the addition

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