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Ensalada de quinua con cebollas curtidas or quinoa salad with pickled onions

2 March 2009

Quinoa salad with pickled onions or ensalada de quinoa

Healthy and tasty salad made with cooked quinoa, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, green onions, lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper; served on a bed of salad greens with red pickled onions.

Bolon de verde or fried green plantain dumplings

10 February 2009

Bolon de verde are green plantain dumplings stuffed with cheese, chorizo or chicharrones and fried until crispy.

Mote or hominy

16 January 2009

Basic instructions for cooking mote or hominy.

Quinoa with tomatillo and cilantro sauce

5 January 2009

Quinoa with tomatillo and cilantro sauce

Platanos asados con queso or baked ripe plantains with cheese

3 December 2008

Ripe plantains baked and stuffed with cheese.

Humitas or steamed fresh corn cakes

5 September 2008

Humitas are savory cakes made from a mixture of freshly ground corn, onion, garlic, cheese, eggs, and cream, which is placed inside corn husks and steamed.