Ropa Vieja Crockpot Recipe

July 9, 2018 By Cathy 2 Comments

This Ropa Vieja Crockpot Recipe is comfort food at its best. Made with beef, tomatoes, olives, peppers and onions, smoky spices and cooked in a tomato sauce. Serve with white rice and smoky stewed black beans. Yum!

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Ropa Vieja Crockpot Recipe

Visiting Cuba? There is no doubt you will come across this delicious national dish of Ropa Vieja on most menus.

This dish is made with shredded beef, olives, peppers and onions and cooked in a tomato sauce. Served normally with white rice and stewed black beans….

Vegan Avocado Dip

June 27, 2018 By Cathy Leave a Comment

This Vegan Avocado Dip is simply made, healthy and delicious. Topped with black beans, corn, scallions and pickled jalapeños.

Vegan Avocado Dip with black beans, corn, scallions and homemade tortilla chips.

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Vegan Avocado Dip

This Vegan Avocado Dip is simply made and simply delicious. With just a few ingredients you will quickly have a no fuss healthy snack or appetizer.

I topped it with black beans, scallions, pickled jalapeños and corn for extra yumminess and texture. …

Lobster Po Boy Tostadas

June 19, 2018 By Cathy Leave a Comment

These delicious Lobster Po Boy Tostadas are made with a simple red cabbage slaw, tender fried lobster meat, tomato scallion pico de gallo, avocado tartar sauce, pickled jalapeños and served on top of a crispy tostada.

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Lobster Po Boy Tostadas

For today’s recipe I wanted to share with you these delicious crispy Lobster Po Boy Tostadas. These yummy tostadas are made with a simple red cabbage slaw, tender fried lobster, a scallion and tomato pico, avocado tartar sauce, all topped on a crispy tasty tostada….

Avocado Tartar Sauce

June 11, 2018 By Cathy Leave a Comment

This creamy Avocado Tartar Sauce is perfect for all things seafood and even works well with some pork dishes. The pickled jalapeños offer the perfect amount of heat with every tantalizing bite. Not too mild not too spicy. Just right!

Avocado Tartar Sauce served in two small white bowls.

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Avocado Tartar Sauce

A few things to be said about this delicious creamy Avocado Tartar Sauce. First of course it’s just flat out delicious!

Second, it’s hyper simple to make and blends perfectly with all things seafood especially fried seafood.

This sauce is …

Black Bean Caramelized Onion Bacon Dip

June 5, 2018 By Cathy Leave a Comment

A delicious cheesy creamy Black Bean Caramelized Onion Bacon Dip. Made with a layer of chipotle flavored refried beans, topped with caramelized onions, garlic, chopped bacon, sour cream, mayo, pepper jack cheese and jalapeño (optional) chopped scallions. Serve with tortilla chips or toasty baguette. Excellent!

Black Bean Caramelized Onion Bacon Dip cooked and served in an oven proof skillet