In Mexico, summer squashes are known as calabacitas - little squashes, which are often cooked stuffed ... click on title for more
Stuffed Summer Squash
Category: main course
Cuete Mechado – A Pot Roast with a Curious Name
This Cuete Mechado is pure comfort food, a "meat and potatoes" old-fashioned kind of meal, starting with a tough and inexpensive cut of eye of round roast which, by daubing and braising, is transformed into a truly "wickedly" tasty, rocket-shaped roast, any day of the week ... click on title for more
Red Pipián (with Vegan Option)
This recipe may be considered as a "standard" contemporary Red Pipián, which could be found in kitchens all around Mexico, but offers a vegan option with the addition of roasted sunchokes, and a different way to process the spices for the sauce ... click on title for more
Meatballs in Chipotle Sauce
In Mexico, the traditional way to cook meatballs in general, is by preparing ground meat with egg and bread, similar to a mix for meatloaf, and then dropping the raw meatballs directly in caldillo, a brothy tomato-based sauce. From there, they may be finished as a soup with vegetables or, as in this case, with the iconic chipotle peppers, in a thickened caldillo ... click on title for more
Smoked pork chop in apple cider reduction
I ended up with some extra sparkling apple cider, leftover from New Year's Eve, and decided to use some for cooking. There are several recipes for baked goods that call for apple cider, but it is also excellent in a reduction for fish or pork ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 