Are you like me when you see something at the store that your BFF must have so you snap a photo and text it to them?
That’s kindda what happened at BlogHer Food last month. When I saw this awesome coffee maker machine, I pulled out my handy phone, snapped a photo and sent it to my hubs… who happens to be my BFF too!
Chocolate, coffee, cinnamon and Kahlúa… all staple ingredients in a Mexican kitchen.
I grew up drinking “calientito (warm)” Chocolate Ibarra during the cool months. When my parents entertained at our home, they always had a bottle of Kahlúa ready for the “cafesito para el postre (little coffee with dessert)”. [Read more…]
Imagine a creamy, luscious, frozen strawberry dessert that melts in your mouth like butter when you take bite.
Yup, that’s pretty much how this dessert rolls.
It has a cream cheese base with fresh strawberry puree and topped with homemade whipped sweet cream and crunchy tiny marshmallows!!
My friends, there’s a time and a place for everything!
Sometimes I go all Thomas Keller and sometimes I go all Sandra Lee. If I’m making French macarons, there are no shortcuts or semi anything. I make those delicate, little cookies from scratch. When I make cake pop balls, I use cake mix for my dough. No need to make a cake from scratch when I’m just going to crumble it and dip it into candy coating.
Let me tell you about my latest semi-homemade adventure…
I often get asked if I still enjoy eating marshmallows or if I’m sick of them as I work with them every single day.
Crazy to say, I think I like eating them now more than I did before working with them.
When I’m making pops or projects it goes like this: one for you, two for me…… hahahahaha!
I thought Spring would be a great time to share with you my favorite Ambrosia recipe.
What’s crazy is that I grew up eating this ambrosia salad year-round not just necessarily during this season. See, in Mexico this salad is considered a dessert as oppose to in the United States where it’s mostly served as a side dish for Easter and Thanksgiving.
Woohoo!! February, my favorite month of the year is here!
February is my favorite month for lots of reasons. Many fun events take place this month like Valentine’s Day, my birthday, my son Keiran’s birthday, my mother-in-law’s birthday, it’s the shortest month of the year and the weather is still cool. Let’s just say, we are busy and partying all month long!
