Friday, February 12, 2016

Vegan Mexican Chorizo – Chorizo Mexicano Vegano

Some people have asked me if I became a vegan this year, because most of the recipes I've shared this month have had this feature. I don't like to use labels to categorize a diet, but I don't consider myself a vegan person. It is true that I'm trying...

Olive Oil Tamales – Tamales de Aceite de Oliva

A few years ago, I never would have imagined that I would be cooking tamales. When I was little, we rarely ate tamales, and they were always bought at specialty stores, in my family there is no traditional recipe for tamales. In recent years, Tamalli...

Italian Sausage Soup With Spinach & Pasta

Italian sausage soup with fresh spinach, gluten free pasta, and shredded aged parmesan or the more traditional and old fashioned chicken soup full of fresh vegetables and ditalini pasta? It 's hard to decide which soup will make the top ten winter soup...

Homemade Soup Day!

Today is homemade soup day ! In our home, mushroom soup in all its variations takes the number 1 spot on the list of easy homemade soups. Coming in at a close second is Chinese egg drop soup  which also comes in several variations. Not all soups...

parmesan truffle fries

I remember the first time I learned about truffle oil. I was a bit confused - is it chocolate oil? Do they squeeze the life out of those little delicacies to create a concentrated chocolatey truffle essence? Now don't get me wrong - that kind of truffle...

Chinese Peanut Cookies – Galletas Chinas de Cacahuate

One of my favorite cookies of all times, are peanut butter cookies. In Mexico they are not very well known, but since we were little, my mom always made us the traditional peanut butter cookies, those who have the crossed fork decoration. But I just...

Spinach lasagne | The Vegan Corner

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Pulled Chilli Beef

As I am sure you know I am a big Mexican food fan. That classic mix of cumin, oregano, tomato and chilli flavours never cease to stimulate the taste buds whether with vegetables, chicken or fish. But beef, that's a whole other story. It seems to be a...