Roasted Vegetable Dutch-Baby

December 27, 2014 by Monica in Appletizers & Snacks, Baking, Dinner, Entertaining, Quick Meal, Savory, Vegetable, Vegetarian

Our new rental home has everything that I wanted in a kitchen – lots of storage spaces, tons of counter space, brand new appliances – We are the first tenant to be using the stove, dishwasher and the refrigerator.

The awful, uncomfortable refrigerator - the most hated item in my kitchen right now. It’s a side-by-side, stainless steel and it’s the most difficult appliance that I have ever used. And trust me, my old refrigerator was a top freezer, small thing and sometimes I wish I had that one instead of this beast.

Caprese Salad Bowl

February 17, 2014 by Monica in Appletizers & Snacks, Quick Meal, Salad

Simple.

Life should be made up of simple pleasures and simple tasks.

Unfortunately, for most of us its not.

So we have to compensate and try to find simplicity in some of the things we do.

For me its in the food.

Esquites - Mexican Corn Street Salad

July 04, 2013 by Monica in Appletizers & Snacks, BBQ, Cheese, Entertaining, Grilling, Latin, Quick Meal

You all know by now my love affair with corn. So you can imagine that when summer arrives around these parts and the BBQ season starts, I’m giddy with excitement of all the corn that is going to show up.

If there is one country that knows how to eat corn is Mexico. Anywhere you go you will find carts in every street corn selling something made with corn and where there is corn there is this dish called Esquites. It’s a snack and the word comes from the Nahuatl word izquitl, which translates to “toasted corn”.