One of my kids favorite treats from the local Mexican bakery {la panaderia} are these sugar cookies that have 3 bright colors. They are soft and yet kinda crumbly. At our local bakery they make them all sorts of bright colors, usually in the shape of a triangle, like the size of my hand! The […]
Ever heard of the city Lodi? Its about 40 minutes north of Modesto, California. There are some amazing vineyards and lots of people go skydiving out there. Both my husband and I served as missionaries there at different times. When we returned home and were reminiscing, both of us remembered the amazing tortas we ate
My little brother gave me a crock pot for Christmas a number of years ago. One day we were chatting on the phone and he asked me how I liked my crock pot, what recipes I had tried out. I told him I liked it but that I felt like my meat was not as
Its been a bit cold the last few days, when I suggested Locro for dinner the whole family was agreement. EVERYONE loves Locro at our house! This soup is traditional Ecuadorian potato soup. Depending on what part of Ecuador someone is from depends on how the soup is prepared, and you will find that some
As I have mentioned before, I love how giving the Latino culture is. Pretty much any time we visited the people we never left empty handed or without our stomachs being full. The women are amazing cooks who can whip up something on the fly, and none of them use recipes, they cook “al ojo”