It was Friday and the weekend had officially arrived. I gotta tell you it was the longest week for me and my hubby and I knew that the best way was to go out and celebrate the week's end, but I felt like cooking! We were due to go to a evening gathering with desserts and cocktails, so I knew our meal had to be quick yet fantastic. I found a great recipe for gnocchi that only takes 15 minutes to … [Read more...]
Chilean Charquicán and Tomato Salad
This is another quick meal for the week without getting artificial on ya! It has so many fresh ingredients and they are right from your kitchen. I decided to cook another favorite dish of mine. We usually had this once or twice a month when we went to my grandmother's house. I just realized that the last few dishes start with a C. You pronounce this dish as Char-KEE-khan.The only thing I was not … [Read more...]
Mushroom Rigatoni
Today I was listening to Puccini for an upcoming competition: listen to what I will be singing this Saturday.Since I was inspired by Puccini, I knew today would be a pasta day, but other than that, I did not have a recipe for dinner. All I knew was that I was going to cook something quick since we were going to Holland, MI for voice lessons and my hubby's meetings.This is what I normally do on … [Read more...]
Mexican Chilaquiles
While working today and listening to Romantic and Classical Opera on Pandora, I was again inspired to make another authentic dish often cooked by my Mexican grandmother. Well.....not it did not exactly happen like that! Thursdays we usually have a LONG day with usually no time to eat dinner beforehand. I thought that it was at least important to have one good meal before we left for the … [Read more...]
Ensalada de Papa Rusa (Russian Potato Salad)
Lately I have craved different recipes cooked by my grandmothers. Even though I do not have written recipes, I remember flavors and seeing the way my grandmother prepared these tasty dishes.Despite the name of the salad, I am not half Russian and it is not a Russian recipe. :) This is not a typical potato salad or usually a salad served at a picnic. My Chilean grandmother made this very often … [Read more...]
