Skipping the turkey altogether in this post, I am sharing a festive all-vegetarian menu ... click on title for more
A Veggie Merry Holiday Menu
Category: Ingredients
Oaxaca Style Black Sauce – Mole negro estilo Oaxaca
In Mexico, a turkey dinner is a popular choice for a Christmas menu, especially in urban areas. For others, though, stew-like dishes are usually the norm, such as chicken in mole. Mole negro (Oaxaca Style Black Sauce) has a similar ingredient list as red mole, but chosen and prepared to impart a dark colour to the sauce: dark dry peppers, peanuts with their dark film on, and burnt tortilla, are some examples, as well as a good portion of chocolate. The resulting flavour profile is smoky, deep and slightly sweet ... click on title for more
Buñuelos – Fried Pastries and Christmas Joy
In Mexico there are fried pastries called buñuelos, shaped from dough as balls, rings, and very traditionally, as flat discs; they are deep fried, coated with sugar and served with a dark syrup ... click on title for more
Vegan Mexican Style Stuffing and Gravy
Two years ago, I shared a traditional Mexican recipe for turkey stuffing with ground meat; this time, I tried a vegan version by using a plant-based ground meat substitute, and the result was excellent. The idea behind this substitution is to have a stuffing as tasty as the original to go with turkey or other poultry, but that if some of the people at the table were vegan or vegetarian, they could simply ignore the bird, with this stuffing rich and satisfying enough to stand alone as their main protein-rich dish. Of course, I then felt the onus to also offer a vegan/vegetarian friendly gravy ... click on title for more
A Russian Salad
In Mexico and other Latin American countries, recipes for Russian salad probably came in the early 1900s from Spain and even Russia itself; the classic recipe is a mixture of cooked and cubed potatoes and carrots with peas and mayonnaise, which goes great as a side for meat dishes, and with sandwiches. I have posted about this salad before, but in this post, I share all the details on how to prepare my mom's recipe, which with its extra ingredients, takes this salad to another level ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 