A food blog with authentic Mexican recipes, cooking tips, video, and step-by-step instruction.
Tacos de Pollo con Salsa de Aguacate Like you, we love tacos and we love easy. Our pan cooked chicken tacos are both. We top lime marinated chicken with creamy avocado salsa and serve it on fresh corn tortillas for authentic flavor. We’ll show you how to make it. How to Prepare the Chicken The…
Salchichas a la Mexicana Need dinner fast? We put the fancy pants on some basic hotdogs in a dish that you can have ready in 15 minutes. Sauteed sliced hotdogs, onion, cherry tomatoes, and cilantro served as tacos on corn tortillas. Looks great. Tastes great. Easy to make. The dish is known as salchichas a…
Ceviche de Camarón Estilo Acapulco If our photographer Andrés invites you to his house and serves you ceviche, this is what you’ll eat, an Acapulco style shrimp ceviche prepared with whole shrimp, lime juice, orange juice, and avocado. Ceviche is one of the most loved seafood dishes in Mexico and this is one of the…
All you need for a great party Here are our recommendations for our favorite Mexican dishes to prepare when you get together with family and friends on Cinco de Mayo. You are gonna eat really well. Provecho! A little background on Cinco de Mayo In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday to…
A lot is going on in a great taco. The filling contrasts with the salsa and the corn tortilla complements them both. When all parts are working harmoniously, you get a spectacular taco and these ribeye steak tacos are spectacular. The fruity flavor and acidity of the salsa counterbalances the weighty beefy flavor and fattiness…
Croquetas de Carne de Res Mexican style pan-fried meatballs stuffed with onion and cilantro, a simple dish that is easy to adapt to your tastes. Add some serrano chile, a touch of garlic, some crumbled queso fresco, or even some chopped chipotle peppers. Preparation is less than 30 minutes from start-to-finish to clean up. These…
Colorful Crave-Worthy Salad Have an aversion to beets? This is the salad that will make you crave them. Cooked beets lightly dressed with a tart citrus balsamic vinaigrette and topped with crumbled feta cheese and chopped cilantro. It’s a everyday salad disguised as a date-night salad. A beautiful salad in the colors of the Mexican…
Mexican Style Ground Beef Dish Looking for a new twist on typical ground beef dinners? Try making Picadillo, a flavorful but not hot Mexican ground beef dish prepared with potatoes, carrots, raisins, and tomato sauce. Every Mexican family makes a variation of this dish. It’s versatile. Use it as taco meat, serve over rice…
It’s as easy as A, B, C We call this the A, B, C smoothie. Why? because of the ingredients, apple, beet, and carrot. Plus, it’s as easy as A, B, C to prepare. Beet gives it an earthy, rich, naturally sweet flavor. Ingredients This smoothie is prepared with pure fruit no filler. 1 medium…
Cocina con Corazón There is no point to cooking, if you don’t cook from the heart. Chef and owner Karl Tostado learned this lesson from his mother which he puts into practice in the food truck he owns with his wife Paulina Galindo in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. Chef Karl’s love for food was…
