Thanksgiving Checklist

Hosting your first Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful.  You can minimize the stress by using this Thanksgiving Checklist. This Thanksgiving checklist guides you through the tasks you need to accomplish: the weekend before 2 days before the day / night before Thanksgiving Day It also […]

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Roasted Turkey Recipe

Hosting your first Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful.  This roasted turkey recipe is fool-proof.  It’s seasoned with Puerto Rican flavors and cooked in a Reynolds oven bag, making it juicy and fall off the bone delicious. Ingredients Whole turkey; defrosted Reynolds oven bag; turkey-sized Vinegar […]

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Penne with Avocado and Shrimp Recipe

I’m obsessed with avocados.  Il Corallo, one of my favorite Italian restaurants, prepares a dish similar to this recipe.  They introduced me to this concept of using avocado in a pasta dish before it was trendy.  The avocado combined with the sautéed shrimp and tomatoes […]

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BBQ Ribs Recipe

These BBQ country style ribs can be made on the grill or using your oven’s broiler.  My marinade will infuse flavor into your ribs so you can serve them “naked” (i.e. without BBQ sauce) for the little ones.  These ribs are guaranteed to be tender […]

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Watermelon Sorbet Recipe

I recently bought a mini “seedless” watermelon for the kids.  They decided that it had seeds and wouldn’t eat it. What’s a Latina Mom to do?  Purée the watermelon and make a refreshing watermelon sorbet.  Here’s a 3-ingredient sorbet recipe you can use with your […]

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