An Exploration of Healthy Food Choices
Hi, I’m Carrie and I’m a Flexitarian.
¿Que-Que?
It means, I eat meat and fish. But only sometimes. And usually not at home, like maybe only 3% of the time, because I …

I usually make my dulce de leche by slowly simmering a can of sweetened condensed milk in water, but one of my Tias — one of the best cooks I know — recently sent me …

 
My husband taught me how to cook.
Not my mami, not my abuela, not my tias.
My husband.
I was 28.
A little shocking, right?
I’m Cuban-American I’m supposed to know how to cook — like, from the womb.
But, cooking …

By Lisa Renata
I don’t know about you, but when Lent comes around I go crazy trying to figure out meatless meals I can cook for my family.
Growing up, most of our Lent Friday …

By Tessa Lemos
Growing up Católica, Fridays during Lent always meant Meatless Fridays — which was a drastic shift because I grew up in a carnivorous Mexican-American house.
My half-Cuban husband recalls he knew it was the …

By Laura Feo-Fernandez
I can gringify just about anything, but my gringified tres leches cake takes the, erm…cake.
So, let me tell you about tres leches, Lazy Gringa Style.
Now before any hardcore tres leches fans out there …

When my plane lands in Miami, I usually ask for a detour to el Palacio de los Jugos before we head to my parent’s house.
My obsession, besides their cuatro leches cake and jugos: Arepas.
Warm cornmeal …

My slow-cooker has become a dear and trusted friend, allowing me to experiment with easy and healthy Crock-Pot meals.
It allows me to make at least six to eight meals in one batch and it allows …

Way back before I became a famous baker of Cuban flan, my caramelo el stunko.
It boiled and boiled, but never turned beautiful caramel. Or, it boiled and burned.
Salvation came when my Los Pollitos partner, …

Maybe it’s just that time of year, but many of the conversations that have been going on around me are about exhaustion, burn-out…big butts. They’re about the desire to recharge, regroup, reconnect — both with …