Bread and Grains Dishes

Here you will find an assortment of delicious breads and grains. Everything from the tasty Mexican Morisqueta dish of white rice, topped with beans that have been made in a savory tomato sauce and then topped with crumbled queso fresco! Or follow this delicious step by step guide to Puerto Rican Rice and Beans or learn how to make Arroz Mamposteao (Dirty Rice and Beans). Wonder what Avocado Bread or Day of the Dead Bread taste like? Read on and find out!

Arroz con Gandules (Pigeon Peas and Rice)

November 12, 2019 By Cathy 28 Comments

Arroz con Gandules (Pigeon Peas and Rice) is the quintessential rice of Puerto Rico. Always served for the holidays and never absent from the table. Excellent side dish with any meat especially pork, turkey and beef.

Although, this Puerto Rican rice dish, Arroz con Gandules (Pigeon Peas and Rice) is eaten all the time in Puerto Rican homes, it is never absent on the holidays.

Never ever! It is the quintessential rice dish of the holidays!

So with Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, I wanted to make sure to share this famous cultural rice dish with you….

Irish Soda Bread

November 8, 2019 By Cathy Leave a Comment

Irish Soda Bread is delicious and one of the easiest breads to make. Just 4 ingredients and zero rising time, makes this bread perfect to make any day of the week. Perfect with butter, jelly, for sandwiches or dunking in stews.

With the holidays around the corner, I will be sharing more bread and dessert recipes and it doesn’t get any easier than this Irish Soda Bread!

With just four ingredients, zero waiting time for the dough to rise and barely any need to knead the dough, this bread is hyper simple to make.

It just doesn’t get any easier than that!…

Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice)

August 13, 2019 By Cathy 10 Comments

Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice) is delicious, fluffy and perfect with any meal. Flavored with crispy ‘”tocino” (pork fat). If you’re a Vegetarian just simply exclude the pork fat.

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What’s great about white rice?! Well of course EVERYTHING!!

White rice is the king of all rice dishes because it just goes with so many meals!

This Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice) will become one of your favorite ways to cook white rice. It is so flavorful and so simple to make, you will never go wrong with this Puerto Rican Rice. …

Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo)

June 14, 2019 By Cathy 8 Comments

Enjoy Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo) by itself for a full delicious meal or served alongside habichuelas guisadas (Puerto Rican stewed beans) as this dish is traditionally served!

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Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice or otherwise famously known as Arroz con Pollo, is one of our most common and traditional dishes.

You can bet that you will find me making this rice dish at least once a week in my home with a side of habichuelas guisadas (Puerto Rican Beans) as it is traditionally served.

If you have never had Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice or always wanted to learn how to make Arroz con Pollo, make sure to save this recipe.

In under 45 minutes you will have one of the tastiest and filling rice dishes in your repertoire of rice dishes!…

Puerto Rican Rice (Puerto Rican Yellow Rice with Corn)

May 23, 2019 By Cathy 8 Comments

Puerto Rican Rice (Puerto Rican Yellow Rice with Corn) or Arroz Amarillo con Maiz is the perfect side dish. Pair it up with pork, chicken, steak, fish and you will have the ultimate perfect meal!

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Puerto Rican Rice or in this case Puerto Rican Yellow Rice with Corn (Arroz Amarillo con Maiz) is absolutely one of my favorite side dishes to make because it goes with practically any meat! Especially perfect and delicious with fried or baked pork chops, fried fish or steak….