Dash of Color and Spice

Quesabirria Tacos (Birria Quesadillas)

June 11, 2021

These Quesabirria Tacos (Birria Quesadillas) have been a pandemic sensation! Everywhere you look you can find quesabirria tacos which are a blend of beef birria tacos and quesadillas. These are the perfect dish to make with birria leftovers and I highly recommend you use by birria recipe found here. Birria is a little bit of a labor of love but 100% worth it. The flavors from the dried peppers, herbs, and spices used to make the birria are so complex and make for the perfect dipping sauce, or consomé. Yes, you absolutely need to dip these tacos in the sauce, it’s what makes these quesabirria tacos shine!

Blackberry Bourbon Smash

June 4, 2021

This Blackberry Bourbon Smash is the perfect drink for this summer. The muddled blackberries give this drink the perfect beautiful pink/purple color. There’s a little lime juice and mint muddled in as well for a slight tang and fresh flavor. The beauty of it is that you can control how sweet you want it a couple of different ways. Add in your favorite sweetener, whether that’s simple syrup, agave, or others, and use the drink topper of choice. What do I mean by drink topper?? After all the ingredients are muddled and shaken to incorporate all the flavors, it gets poured into a glass and topped with club soda, tonic water, ginger beer, or sparkling water. See? So incredibly versatile but always thirst quenching and delicious!

(Mexican) Carne Asada

May 26, 2021

Carne Asada is really popular in Mexico when you want to gather with family and friends and make a huge and delicious meal. Carne Asada translates to grilled meat and when someone says, “vamos a hacer una carne asada”, or “let’s make a carne asada”, it means let’s have a cookout or a bbq. Traditionally this involves some kind of marinated steak, the Carne Asada, amongst various other meats, sausage, peppers, onions, and more. You will always find this carne asada, tortillas, homemade salsa, and all the sides you want to make a phenomenal authentic Mexican meal.

Chili Lime Salmon

May 21, 2021

This Chili Lime Salmon is full of flavor and so easy to make. All it takes is a few spices, some lime, a little oil, and you’ve got yourself a delicious salmon to eat in any way your heart desires! You can use this Chili Lime Salmon for salads, tacos, serve with rice and veggies, the possibilities are seriously endless. The best part is that it makes great leftovers to switch it up the next day.

Growing up Mexican-American

May 14, 2021

Am I Mexican enough? Am I American enough? Can you relate to this feeling of wanting to blend in and be enough of something? Growing up Mexican-American I was always fortunate to be part of two cultures at once. My first language was Spanish and I will forever be grateful of this. My second language is English and in reality this is the main language in my life. Does that mean Spanish is less and my Mexican heritage isn’t as important?! No way, Jose. (Also my grandpa’s name is Jose so there’s that…)

Thai Lemongrass Curry

May 7, 2021

This Thai Lemongrass Curry is so incredibly flavorful and easy to make. You will seriously want to pour the curry sauce all over everything, trust me. The lemongrass absolutely makes this dish and takes it to the next level. The idea came from a delicious curry sauce I had at one of my favorite restaurants. I love lemongrass anything and as soon as I saw it in the ingredients, I had to try it. Holy moly, it was heaven!

Authentic Mexican Rice

April 27, 2021

If you are looking for a super easy and flavorful Authentic Mexican Rice, look no further. Not only is this recipe easy but it requires only 4 major ingredients with a couple of additional optional ingredients. I know people are intimidated by making Mexican rice but I promise it’s so simple! In fact, it was one of the first dishes my mami taught me to make and soon it became the dish I was in charge of for our meals. This rice always made an appearance at Sunday dinners at my abuelita’s, (grandma’s), and it will forever bring the best memories. It took me lots of trial and error to perfect my Mexican rice. By perfect I mean make it as good as I possibly can but not just like grandma’s because, let’s be real, that takes a special touch!

Chicken Flautas

April 7, 2021

Need a super easy and delicious meal?? Look no further! These Chicken Flautas are so incredibly easy that you’ll be wanting to make them all the time. The great thing about these chicken flautas is that you can use any shredded chicken you have on hand or just used rotisserie chicken. I love making a big batch of chicken for the week to use it for various things and these flautas are definitely one of our favorites.

Blood Orange Ricotta Cookies

March 31, 2021

These Blood Orange Ricotta Cookies are the most perfect mix of cake and cookie. They are so soft and the glaze on top is the perfect touch of sweet and tangy. These cookies are slightly adapted from my favorite Lemon Ricotta Cookie recipe by Giada De Laurentiis found here. The swap from lemon to blood orange makes for the most gorgeous pink glaze!

Birria de Res (Beef Birria)

March 19, 2021

This delicious Mexican stew, Birria de Res (Beef Birria), is cooked in a broth that is full of spices, flavorful, and comforting. It is topped with fresh chopped onion and cilantro, a spicy salsa of choice, and served with homemade corn tortillas. Within the broth is a sauce made from dried chiles, herbs, and aromatics. It is all a labor of love and not meant to be a quick weeknight meal but that is exactly what makes this so special. The time and love put into this dish makes it absolutely worth it. Oh and, of course, the insane flavors and tasty stew that comes out of it all is more than worth it.