Tallarin Rojo Peruano
It’s been a while since I posted a good recipe, hasn’t it! And tallarin rojo is one of those recipes that is a Peruvian standard that for some reason I’ve just never gotten around to writing about. You know how I feel about having rice with every meal. And if you don’t know – blech, [...]
Wet Burritos
Like I said, one of my favorite parts of making a weekly meal plan is being able to arrange meals that give us some good leftovers. It worked out great for me this last week, when I was able to use the leftovers from two meals to make some amazingly delicious wet burritos. I thought [...]
Peruvian Tortillas
When most of us from N. America think of a tortilla, we think of the flat bread that our burritos are wrapped in at Taco Bell. Peruvian tortillas are a completely different thing, and are actually what most people call a frittata, which is sort of like an omelet. They’re made using beaten eggs that are poured [...]
Slow Cooked Pork Roast
A good pork roast is one of my absolute favorite foods. And pork is a pretty popular food in Peru, too. In our family, we eat mostly chicken with pork being a definite second place, easily beating out beef. Today, I’ve got a recipe for a slow roasted pork shoulder. It’s flavored with a aji [...]
Asado de Res or Peruvian Roast Beef
You didn’t think I was going to tell you how to make puré de papas yesterday without giving a wonderful recipe for roast beef to go with it, did you? Like in the United States, roast beef – or asado de res – is a very common and popular dish in Peruvian kitchens. It’s usually [...]
Rocoto Relleno
When I go out for Mexican food (which I haven’t done in years), one of my favorite dishes is chili rellena – stuffed chili peppers. I’m also a big fan of stuffed bell peppers, especially the way my grandmother used to make them, with rice and ground beef. The dish seems to be universal, because [...]
Arroz Chaufa
Anywhere you go in Peru, (well, everywhere I’ve been so far!) you’ll find that you’re never far from a chifa. What is a chifa? It’s a Chinese restaurant! “Chifa” is also the word used for Chino-Peruvian food in general. It comes from the Chinese “chi fan” which I’m told means “eat rice”. The chifa restaurants [...]
Adobo de Pollo
Back in December, when I was doing the whole Reverb10 thing, I did a post about how I love to cook and how cooking for my family “completes me”. I added a picture to that post of a dish called adobo de pollo, thinking I’d soon put a recipe for it on here – and [...]
Sudado de Pescado
When I first moved to Peru, my husband’s house was basically empty. He had been living out of the country, and the rest of his family had been using his home for storage of the things they didn’t need. As I got settled in, we started buying appliances; one of the first things we got [...]
Anticuchos de Corazon
Anticuchos are the Best. Street. Food. EVER! (Thanks you Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy) But seriously, anticuchos are, without a doubt, the most popular food on the streets of Lima – maybe the most popular Peruvian food period. Anticuchos in general are meat on a stick – shish kabobs, more or less. They can be made [...]
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I got tired of life happening while I made other plans, so I quit my job and came to Peru. I live here with my Peruvian husband, two sons, three dogs and various other family members, depending on the weather.
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