Parmesan Fish
Parmesan fish (or parmesan seafood in general) is one of my absolute favorite dishes, but I had never made it at home before. Like the risotto dish from Monday, I thought it was too complicated a dish for me to do well. Boy was I wrong! It’s really simple to do and very few ingredients [...]
Milanesa de Pollo
Milanesa de Pollo is a standard meat dish in coastal Peruvian restaurants. Basically, it’s a simple chicken fillet, made from boneless breast meat. Occasionally, you’ll find it listed on the recipe board as “suprema de pollo”. In Plaza Vea they sell both – Milanesa uses breast meat, Suprema uses thigh meat. From the name, it’s [...]
Sopa a la Minuta – Quick and Easy Lunch or Dinner
Peruvian cooking, for the most part, takes time. Most cooking is from scratch, and often there’s preparation that has to be done in advance, like making aderezos or preparing aji. But even Peruvian cuisine has some simpler dishes (ok, comparatively speaking) that can be cooked up fairly quickly. One of those dishes is sopa a [...]
Quinoa Soup – Sopa de Quinua
Image via Wikipedia The Incas really knew what they were doing when it came to nutrition. Quinoa (or quinua) was a major part of their diet, second only to the potato. They held it sacred, and called it the ‘mother of all grains’. The truth is that quinoa isn’t actually a grain. Grains come from [...]
Quick and Easy Lasagne
Image via Wikipedia Although I love Peruvian foods, I don’t love having to spend so much time in the kitchen when I have a lot of other things to do. That’s one reason I love cooking this lasagna. I know some people are intimidated by lasagna, and think it’s difficult to cook. But the truth [...]
Favorite Peruvian Sandwich Fillings
Image via Wikipedia Peruvians love a good sandwich – the name of which has been Spanglish-ized to sanguche. They love them so much that cooking schools have courses designed to teach you how to make sandwiches in all the Peruvian styles, so that you can open up your own sandwich shop. That beats being a [...]
Peruvian Street Food – Salchipapas
Image by Todo nada via Flickr As McDonalds, KFC and Burger King become more and more ubiquitous throughout Lima, my kids favorite fast food is still the original Peruvian fast food – salchipapas. Salchipapa gets its name from the ingredients – salchicha (hot dog) and papa (potato). The potatoes are sliced up home fry style, [...]
Spur of the Moment Meals
Image via Wikipedia Since the boys are out of school now, they aren’t spending a lot of time here at the house – they’re visiting with their mother and grandmother now that they’re free from homework and school. For me, that means I don’t cook – I’m happy with cereal, oatmeal, tuna fish and sandwiches. [...]
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