Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'Empanadas''

Tilapia Pastel Azteca

There are some dishes that I make very often because we like them a lot in our house. One of them, Jon's favorite, is Pastel Azteca. This tortilla casserole can be considered as Mexican comfort food. [...]

Royal fish empanadas and coconut rice

These tilapia empanadas with coconut flakes are a variation of my mom's tuna empanadas. Read more about these empanadas and the delicious buttery coconut rice that I served them with. [...]

Arroz con leche

There is something about Fridays that I really love. Even now that I work from home and weekends have lost all meaning, Fridays still feel like they are the end something long and tiring call week. [...]

Pineapple and pumpkin empanadas

And speaking of puff pastry… here is one of my favorite things to do with it, empanadas. Emapanadas are essentially stuffed pastries, but there are many variations of empanadas depending on the region of the world [...]

Chicken potpie with a twist

Update 02-19-08: I just found an amazing blog out there on the blog-o-sphere. What’s for lunch, honey? is administered by Meeta K. from Germany and it is filled with amazing recipes and pictures. I sometimes wish [...]

A Christmas present

Since I couldn’t prepare some of the Mexican Christmas recipes for monetary reasons, I figured the least I could do for my readers was to share one of my most valued recipes, the pastry dough I [...]

Pumpkin Cake for Halloween

Another What's cooking? classic that will leave you asking for more. [...]

Ben’s Strata

Ben’s Strata

When I go out to eat or see some dish on TV that I think looks tasteful I always try to get the recipe and make some changes to my liking. Sometimes the results are not [...]