Notes about Recipes in this book

• "Any noche" romaine and fruit salad with candied chile peanuts

  • curtisca on January 01, 2022

    This was delicious and definitely feeds a crowd! The peanut topping is very addictive and the salad is like a meal with all the fruit and veggies in it. Took it to a potluck and everyone loved it, it was a perfect, festive winter/holiday salad and a great complement to the chili that it was served with.

• Venezuelan-and Colombian style "tortillas" (Arepas)

  • saveur on February 24, 2013

    Once you locate masarepa, this is a quick dish to throw together. I like the Venezuelan-style since it is thicker but baked (after pan-frying). I usually pair this with a tofu scramble but I think one of her bean dishes could work really well, too.

• Arroz con seitan

  • Alwaysautumn on January 13, 2016

    Deceptively easy to make and full of flavour. Great for a weeknight meal.

• Venezuelan-style black bean (Caraotas)

  • Alwaysautumn on January 10, 2016

    I love these beans. Complex flavours an a hint of sweetness.

  • Ajammies on November 10, 2023

    I made with Salvadorian red beans (oops thought I had black beans) and so good!

  • Ajammies on November 10, 2023

    Everyone liked - cook like refried beans. Used Salvadorian red beans (Domingo rojo, small red beans). Forgot to add the tomatoes and papelon. Doubled the cumin, added corn and peas at end.

• Vanilla-coconut flan

  • patioweather on April 09, 2018

    My latino omnivore partner approves!

• Sweet potato-chipotle bisque

  • Carolynhaack on January 05, 2020

    Needs two chipotles to add enough flavor. Used coconut cream as the heavy cream substitute.

• Cuban black bean soup

  • jenburkholder on February 21, 2022

    Good, nothing earth-shattering, but a perfectly nice black bean soup. Made a very pleasant lunch with some corn tortillas. The smoky base note is very nice.

• Swiss chard with raisins and capers

  • jenburkholder on September 06, 2022

    Pleasant, simple side of Swiss chard. Watch the salt - the capers leached more into the olive oil than I was expecting.

• Home-style refried beans

  • jenburkholder on April 12, 2021

    These were decent, but didn't really taste like refried beans to me. Too many spices, too busy.

• Latin baked tofu

  • jenburkholder on April 12, 2021

    This smelled absolutely incredible while it was baking. Although it didn't quite live up to that promise, still very good, and will probably make again. I used stock, since I didn't have any wine or beer in the house. Either of those probably would have been an improvement...!

• Peruvian red chile-corn salad with limas and cherry tomatoes

  • Ajammies on June 29, 2023

    Variation posted by Author on no meat athlete: 2 cups fresh corn kernels (frozen is okay in a pinch) 1 1/2 cups cooked white lima beans, if using canned drain and rinse well 1/2 lb. red ripe tomatoes (cherry tomatoes look cute here) 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro 3 tablespoons lime juice 1 1/2 teaspoons chile powder or hot smoked paprika 2 tablespoons good quality olive oil 2 teaspoons agave nectar 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste freshly ground pepper to taste

• Sweet coconut corn pudding (Majarete)

  • Ajammies on November 15, 2020

    Super good. Made with homemade cashew coconut milk (1/4 cashew 3/4 coconut) for all the nondairy milk. Very sweet.

• Steamed red seitan

  • Pandan on February 17, 2024

    It was too soft for my taste. Would omit the chickpea flour next time and only use gluten flour as I prefer seitan that has a little more bite to it.