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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!

Easy Empanadilla Dough (Masa Para Empanadillas)

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This 3 ingredient Empanadilla Dough (Masa Para Empanadillas) recipe is perfect for any kind of empanadillas you’re looking to make!  Stuff with any sweet or savory filling such as carne molida (Puerto Rican Seasoned Ground Beef), chicken, shrimps, pork, cheese or pizza filling.  Or make dessert empanadillas with fruit jams and jellies such as, guava, pineapple, strawberry, blueberry or peach.

Raw empanadillas discs in between parchment squares for storage.-Masa Para Empanadillas (Dough for Empanadillas)

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It’s remarkable to think that dough dates back to the beginning of our time!

In fact evidence suggests that 30,000 years ago,  pre-historic man was already making some sort of dough!

Incredible!…

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Habichuelas Guisadas (Puerto Rican Beans)

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These Habichuelas Guisadas (Puerto Rican Beans) are just delicious!  Made with ham or smoked ham hocks, red or pink beans, sofrito and delicious spices in a savory tomato sauce with olives and potatoes.  Serve alongside white or yellow rice.  A true Puerto Rican staple to most rice dishes!  Excellent!

Habichuelas Guisadas (Puerto Rican Beans) on a white plate served with avocado slices and lime wedges.

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Beans in Spanish is habichuelas while the word guisadas means stewed.  Hence Habichuelas Guisadas!

Puerto Rican Stewed Beans first and foremost are just delicious!

These Puerto Rican beans were a staple in my home growing up.  It was a dish that my mom prepared to be served alongside many of our rice dishes.   I just love them and truthfully hers are the best in my eyes!

In my own home today, you will find habichuelas guisadas made every single week served with either yellow or white rice….

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Puerto Rican Rice and Beans

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Puerto Rican Rice and Beans or “Arroz y Habichuelas” is a traditional rice dish made with medium or long grain rice, red beans and seasoned with Puerto Rican seasonings.  Excellent side dish to practically any meal!

Puerto Rican Rice and Beans (Arroz y Habichuelas) served in a large white platter and topped with freshed copped cilantro.

 

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If you have never had a plate of Puerto Rican Rice and Beans you may quite certainly be missing out on another delicious rice dish in your life.

In spanish this delicious rice dish is known as “Arroz y Habichuelas” or “Arroz con Habichuelas” and is a dish made several times a week in many Puerto Rican homes, including my own.

We have almost an obsession with rice because it is served with practically every meal we have.  It really doesn’t matter whether you’re serving chicken, pork, steak or seafood, rice finds it’s place on the table.  We just love our rice! 😋…

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Deliciously Moist Avocado Bread

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This Avocado Bread is deliciously light, moist and slightly sweet.  Perfect by itself, butter, jelly or mascarpone cheese and coffee.  Excellent loaf for the holidays.

Slices of Avocado Bread topped with butter.

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With the holidays inevitably around the corner and Thanksgiving literally just two weeks away, the excitement of delicious food flowing through our busy minds, certainly follows too.

Weeks before these special days we plan and prepare our special menu.

We think about what we will be serving for appetizers, desserts and of course at the center of all this is …

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Day of the Dead Bread

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Day of the Dead Bread or “Pan de Muertos” is a delicious, light, sweet bread made to celebrate Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos.”  This traditional bread has strips of bread on top representing “bones.”  A must make for this highly celebrated day in memory of our loved ones.

Day of the Dead Bread
Pan de Muerto

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( Recipe originally posted on October 30, 2016)

Day of the Dead Bread

Day of the Dead Bread or “Pan de Muertos” is a traditional bread made in Mexico for the celebration of “Day of the Dead.”

What is the Day of the Dead?

Day of the Dead is celebrated between Oct 31-Nov 2 in Mexico….

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