Side Dishes for Easter
So, it’s almost Easter Sunday, and you still haven’t got your menu complete. If you’re looking for a great recipe for baking a ham, check out yesterday’s post – Ham Recipes for Easter. But if you’re looking for some great side dishes, look no further! Here are some of my old favorites, plus a few [...]
Puré de Papas or Peruvian Style Mashed Potatoes
I don’t talk often here about side dishes. One of the big reasons for that is that – generally speaking – there isn’t a lot of variation in side dishes in Peruvian meals. You’ll have rice with every meal (unless the meal is pasta based), and then usually boiled potatoes, yuca, or camote (yams). Beans [...]
Cau Cau de Mondongo
Much like in the US, there are dishes in Peru that are remnants from the days when slavery was common. These dishes are usually made using the “less desirable” cuts of meat and food that was cheap or even left over from the slave owners. In the US, we have chitterlings (or chitlins, as most [...]
Papas a la Huancaina
Image by jasonlam via Flickr In the central highlands of Peru you’ll find a province called Huancayo. This province is known for many things – the Cerrito de la Libertad, the statue of the Virgin of Concepcion… but it’s most known for it’s food. In particular, it’s known for a potato dish called papas a [...]
Beets Are Awesome!
Day after Christmas, we had… you guessed it, Christmas Leftovers. Yum! My mother-in-law left quite a bit of turkey and salad here, so I cooked up a pot of rice and we made a meal of it. The turkey had been roasted, plus re-heated in the oven here, and I was worried about it being [...]
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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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