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Category: Puerto Rican

Puerto Rican, Rice, Arroz

Arroz con Gandules | Puerto Rican Rice with Pigeon Peas

I grew up eating arroz con gandules, that quintessential rice dish that every Puerto Rican family has their own version of making. Most of the time it…

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Yvonne Maffei March 4, 2013
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Stuffed Chayote with Carne Molida | Caribbean Squash with Ground Beef

How do you decide which recipes to make daily or on special occasions? What sparks your interest? A good photo? A mouth-watering description in a cookbook? The…

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Yvonne Maffei December 14, 2010
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Summer Guava Drink

I grew up drinking guava nectar, my first real introduction being rare, but exciting trips to a Puerto Rican corner store with my mother. She would spoil me…

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Yvonne Maffei July 29, 2010
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Black Beans Without the Lard

This is just one of the ways I make them. You can start from this recipe and shake things up with your own favorite additions. Let me know what you do…
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Yvonne Maffei March 29, 2010
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Fried Yucca

  If you’ve never heard of yucca before, you heard about it here first! Also known as cassava or manioc, yucca is a tuberous, hardy and…

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Yvonne Maffei February 1, 2010
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Homemade Sofrito and Recaito

If you come from a Puerto Rican family, you understand that Goya products are permanent fixtures in our kitchen cabinets- without them it seems like…

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Yvonne Maffei June 9, 2009
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