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Porkchops in Korean Kolbi sauce/ Chuletas de cerdo en salsa Kolbi coreana

25 abril, 2024 Sin comentarios

I am dealing with some of the things I hate most in life: paperwork. You have no idea how much I hate doing paperwork, always have and always will. I feel like I am wasting my life waiting for some bureaucrat to review my papers and speaking mostly from my [...]

Chicken thighs in sundried tomato sauce/ Muslos en salsa de jitomates deshidratados

9 abril, 2024 Sin comentarios

I am in Mexico again, but this time just for a few days. My mom has her 70th birthday party and we had to be here, and she is coming back with us after 6 months of not coming to Canada. We have no specific plans since she just likes [...]

BBQ ribs/ Costillas BBQ

31 marzo, 2024 2 comentarios

It is starting to feel like spring which means I can finally tend to the garden. After months of snow, frozen grass, and dead everything and owning a beautiful, huge and heavy dog, I can see a bit of green in my flower beds and the promise of a beautiful [...]

Pizza pockets

23 febrero, 2024 Sin comentarios

It is Friday and for the first time in a very long time I spent hours and hours in the kitchen cooking all kinds of things. In the end I had 15 muffins, no breading chicken wings, vegetable soup, cochinita pibil, and these pizza pockets. I have the intention to [...]

Chicken and noodle bowl/ Bowl de noodles con pollo

13 febrero, 2024 Sin comentarios

Yesterday, I still had two kids at home. I was hoping to send them to school, but my son woke up with a sore throat and my daughter with a cough that would have scared every teacher, so they were here on Monday. It was the fourth day and this [...]

Chicken lasagna rolls with ricotta and marinara/ Rollos de lasaña de pollo con ricota y marinara

10 febrero, 2024 Sin comentarios

The weekend. I have two sick kids with a cold. One is ok and just riding it out, the other, guess which one, feels like dying and not moving and wants me to be at their side at all times because death is coming in the shape of a sneeze. [...]

Classic Mexican chicken tortitas with tomatillo green sauce/ Tortitas de pollo mexicanas en salsa verde

20 enero, 2024 Sin comentarios

Today I had my pottery class, and do I love it. I am starting the process of becoming a member, so the fees go down and I have free access to the studio and all its facilities. Which also means having time to myself doing something productive and meeting new [...]

Salmon bites with garlic cream sauce/ Bites de salmón con salsa de ajo y crema

14 enero, 2024 2 comentarios

The beginning of a new week. We had planned a big get together to celebrate the Wise Men day. We had planned 24 people between adults, teens and children, but half got Covid and the flu, so we were 14 people in the end. We had a spread so everybody [...]

Chicken breasts stuffed with zucchini, carrot and ricotta\ Pechugas rellenas de calabaza, zanahoria y ricota

9 enero, 2024 Sin comentarios

Hello everyone, and I hope these first days of 2024 are treating you well. Kids are back to school, and we have a whole new routine to get used to since we change extra school classes every season and somehow, we over book stuff or think the kids will love [...]

Hazelnut and chocolate torte with chocolate sauce and coffee cream/ Torta de avellanas y chocolate con salsa de chocolate y crema de café

29 diciembre, 2023 Sin comentarios

2023 is about to end and good riddance, this has been the weirdest year of my life and that is saying a lot considering we went through a global pandemic. So, I hope everyone has a safe end of 2023 and a wonderful 2024 full of health, family, friends, fun [...]

Nachos with short rib/ Nachos con short rib

19 diciembre, 2023 Sin comentarios

There is still time for this recipe for Christmas if you want a very indulgent and delicious appetizer. So, nachos. As I have been telling you, this is not a Mexican recipe. There is Mexican and there is Tex Mex food, which is the food that was created when way [...]

Sole and shrimp pie with mashed potatoes/ Pay de lenguado y camarón con puré de papa

14 diciembre, 2023 Sin comentarios

I am in Mexico. We did it after a very long travel day and Dona Jingles arrives fine, and only a bit out of sorts. But she is now back to her usual self. We have been getting settled and visiting family and friends and now we are starting to [...]

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