This pineapple banana bread recipe is a tropical spin on the classic banana bread. The addition of pineapple will make you feel like you are on a tropical vacation. My favorite part of the bread is the addition of pineapple juice to the glaze. This Pineapple Banana Bread is a family favorite recipe!
Arroz con Leche is the perfect dessert for cooler months; it is also a great treat for breakfast! Arroz con Leche is a traditional Latin American dessert that translates to rice with milk. It is typically made with rice, milk, sugar and cinnamon.
This recipe for vegan goulash is inspired by a childhood favorite pasta recipe! As someone who eats a vegan diet, I am often asked if I miss anything from my pre-vegan days. One thing that I’ve really missed is goulash—specifically my Grandma’s goulash.
This creamy Vegan Chipotle Spaghetti uses pantry staple ingredients like canned tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce to create a delicious pasta that everyone will love! Those who have followed my blog for awhile, might have noticed that I love using chipotles in adobo sauce. I always have a few cans in the pantry and love …
Cranberry season is officially here and I couldn’t be more excited! Over the weekend, I attended the annual cranberry harvest at DeGrandchamp’s Farm in South Haven, Michigan. It always amazes me how much work goes into harvesting the berries! To read more about how cranberries are harvested, check out my blog post about visiting a …
The weather is finally starting to feel like fall, which means it is officially chili season! I love making a batch of chili during the cooler weather. There is just something so comforting about a warm bowl of chili. In this post, I have complied the best vegan fall chili recipes for you. If you …
This Easy Vegan Pesto Pasta Salad is perfect for BBQs and potlucks! Pasta salad is one of my favorite dishes to bring to potlucks, summer BBQs and picnics. I love how versatile pasta salad can be. You can easily switch up the veggie or the dressing. This Easy Vegan Pesto Pasta Salad is one of my new …
Inspired by traditional Mexican Rajas con Crema, these Vegan Creamy Rajas are dairy-free! I have been making these Vegan Creamy Rajas for awhile now and I couldn’t believe that I haven’t shared the recipe on the blog! These Vegan Creamy Rajas are a dairy-free version of traditional Mexican rajas con crema. Rajas just means pepper strips. Poblano …
How to Make Arepas: a step by step guide on making arepas. Over the years, I have shared a few different arepa recipes with you. To my surprise, the arepa recipes are some of the most popular recipes on the blog! If you aren’t familiar with arepas they are traditional corn cake eaten in Venezuela …
This Mexican Cauliflower Rice is healthy low-carb version of the classic Mexican side dish! I love my Authentic Mexican Rice recipe. It is one of my favorite Mexican recipes ever. The only problem that I have with the recipe is the white rice. It tends to spike my blood sugar since I’m hypoglycemic. Now I …
Moist, tender Zucchini Carrot Cake with a cream cheese frosting is a cake that everyone will love. This cake is everything. Right after photographing this Zucchini Carrot Cake, I took a bite and there may or may not have been a tear shed. Just one bite took me right back to my Grandma’s kitchen. Every Summer she would …
We just can’t get enough jackfruit around here. Since making my Slow Cooker BBQ Jackfruit Stuffed Sweet Potatoes and the Red Chile Jackfruit Tamales from Vegan Tamales Unwrapped, I have been thinking of all different kinds of jackfruit recipes to make. My favorite way to cook jackfruit would have to be with some sort of flavorful sauce. The jackfruit …
A few weeks ago, my dear friend Angie invited me and Hector over to make hallacas, a traditional Venezuelan dish that is popular during Christmas time. Hallacas are kind of like Mexican tamales, but different in many ways. One of my favorite aspects of food and recipes is that you can learn so much about a …
Happy November! I can’t believe that it is already November. November 1st marks the start of Dia de los Muertos in Mexico with Dia de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels), which honors the infants and children who have been lost. Dia de los Muertos, which honors adult family members that they have lost, starts on November 2nd. On Dia de …
Lentil Picadillo is a vegetarian take on the classic Mexican recipe. Whenever I have a recipe idea, I will usually run the idea by my husband Hector. Sometimes he thinks my ideas are good; other times he just gives me this look like I am crazy. This just happened last week. I was making my …
A classic Mexican Pan Dulce recipe for Conchas with a Vegan twist. Walking down the streets of Mexico City, the aroma of freshly baked pan dulce with smelled the streets. It is one of those memorable smells. You know, one of those smells that just takes you back to a certain time and place. I …
Mashed Potatoes are one of my favorite comfort foods. No matter the time of year, I love making a big batch of mashed potatoes. I usually have leftovers and I am always looking for new ways of repurposing the potatoes. Today I am sharing one of my favorite recipes: Mashed Potatoes Enchiladas. This is an updated …
Have you heard of the fruit Xoconostle before? I had no idea what a Xoconostle was before coming to Mexico, but I was intrigued from first sight. I am a huge fan of Nopales {cactus} and when I learned that Xoconostle is a cactus fruit, I just had to try it. These little fruits might not look the …
A light and healthy filling of chickpeas + avocado stuffed into a warm arepa. A great Vegetarian arepa filling! I have mentioned arepas before, but honestly I just love them. If you aren’t familiar with arepas, they are a staple food in Venezuela and Columbia. An arepa is basically a corn patty made out of precooked …
These Purple Sweet Potato Muffins are a moist, tender muffin! I originally shared this recipe for Purple Sweet Potato Muffins in 2014. The photos were horrible and I’ve been wanting to update them for awhile now. I first made these muffins when I was living in Mexico City. I found these gorgeous purple sweet potatoes …