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Strawberry Salsa

Strawberry Salsa My sister recently hosted a small fiesta to celebrate my cocktail book Latin Twist. She invited a few of close personal girlfriends along with their husband for an evening of cocktail and appetizers. I set up a beautiful table featuring three cocktails from my book. I served melon con vino, palomas and a passion fruit caipirinha. For the appetizer table we had mini chicken flautas, a hominy sauté, mini fruit tarts and strawberry salsa with tortilla chips. The strawberry salsa was the hit of the night, of course besides the cocktails. I had numerous requests for the recipe,… Read More

The Hibiscus Americano

The Hibiscus Americano Vibrant, bright and refreshing this Hibiscus Americano is great for summer entertaining. First served up in the 1860’s at the Garspare Campari bar in Milan this cocktail features campari, a bright red spirit that is bittersweet. I adore campari with its subtle sweet,bitter notes and find any excuse to share it with my family and friends. Today I want share my version of the classic cocktail The Americano with a hint of hibiscus. Salud!

Roasted Pepita Crusted Cauliflower

Sweet Life Disclosure: This is a sponsored post with Kikkoman and Latina Bloggers Connect. Thank you for supporting the companies I collaborate with to bring you new, exciting recipes. I enjoy entertaining my family and friends at home. I enjoy the experience of creating a menu, signature cocktail, shopping for ingredients and pulling together a festive tablescape. When Kikkoman reached out and asked me to share one of my favorite recipes for an appetizer I knew I had to share my roasted pepita crusted cauliflower. A quick appetizer that only requires a few key ingredients my pepita crusted cauliflower is… Read More

Turkey-Chorizo Skillet Lasagna

Sweet Life Disclosure: This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with Ragú® and Latina Bloggers Connect. Turkey-Chorizo Skillet Lasagna Three years ago we packed up the entire family, nine adults plus nine kiddos and headed out for a long weekend at the Frio river. We rented a home, packed all our gear and headed out on the road for the three hour road trip to spend the weekend relaxing and reconnecting as a family. It was one of the best decisions we as a family ever made. We look forward to this trip every year our chance to get away… Read More

Honey Cream Cheese Filled Crepes with Grilled Peaches

Sweet Life Disclosure: I’m a member of the Amigas de Comida Kraft—a community of kitchen aficionados contributing my recipes and stories to ComidaKraft.com. Thank you for supporting the companies that allow me to bring you new exciting new recipes. Honey Cream Cheese Filled Crepes with Grilled Peaches An Amazing Grilled Dessert. July is here, time to fire up that grill and head outdoors for fun in the sun. As soon as the weekend rolls around I can’t think of anything I’d rather do than dust off the patio furniture and invite everyone over for an evening of fun, relaxation and food!… Read More

Berry-Mint Margarita Paletas

Sweet Life Disclosure: This is a sponsored post with campaign with DiMe Media and Dole Packaged Foods. However, all opinions expressed are my own. Berry-Mint Margarita Paletas Happy National Tequila Day! I’m super excited to share a refreshing treat to help you celebrate this fun day featuring Dole frozen fruit. These berry-mint margarita paletas are sure to help beat the summer heat and with the help of dole frozen fruit are easy to make. I love paletas. My kids, my husband and parents can’t get enough of them, so I make sure to keep my freezer full of fresh fruit paletas…. Read More

Melon Salad with Tequila Lime Dressing

I recently headed to New Orleans for a Latin Twist book signing at Tales of the Cocktail. For those interested it is currently on sale over at Amazon, smile. After our first book signing we headed out for a quick lunch before a scheduled seminar. We stopped at the Tableau where I had a wonderfully refreshing salad of watermelon, olive and feta over a bed of greens. I wanted to recreate this salad for my family, but decided to give it a little tang by using tequila for the dressing. Plus Friday is National Tequila day so what better time… Read More

Paloma Cocktail Marinated Chicken Fajitas

In celebration of National Tequila Day on Friday I was testing a new adaption of a paloma cocktail when it hit me that it would make a great marinade for chicken fajitas. I usually marinate my chicken for fajitas in fresh citrus juices, so why not add a punch to my fajitas with a hefty drizzle of tequila, plus it was Monday and I feel like tequila in any way is required to get through a hectic Monday. I tripled the cocktail recipe, added my chicken to marinate and continue tweaking the paloma recipe I was working on. A few… Read More