How-2 guide on how to make Platanos (fried plantains or tostones)
How-2 Guide on the making of Platanos People in countries outside of Colombia call them tostones and I am not sure what else! They are nothing like what you buy in bags at the store in the “Goya”...
View ArticleSmells and Sounds of Home: Making Challah Bread with the Kids
(Many more how-to photos below) Recently I have been hankering to make bread. I usually make White Bread plus from The Joy of Cooking but this hankering was specific to a bread I had not made before...
View ArticleA Colombian breakfast How-2 guide
(Clockwise from top left: changua, arepa with queso blanco, pan de bono, and patacones – Copyright © 2006 Nika Boyce) A Colombian breakfast is not just one thing, sort of like you might think a proper...
View ArticleChristmas Colombian Bunuelos How-2 Guide
(Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with hot chocolate © 2005-2006 Nika Boyce All rights reserved) Last year I did a quickie post on Colombian bunuelos but I did not do the How-2 Guide or give a...
View ArticleHappy Winter Solstice! May you have light
(If you are looking for information on my contribution to the Menu for Hope III event go to this permalink) (Through the portal © 2006 Nika All rights reserved)Today is the shortest day of the year...
View ArticleColombian Tamales How-2 Guide
Christmas in Colombia is QUITE a production. Its not just one or two days like here in the US and it can be exhausting if you are not used to partying constantly for a better part of some 15 days, day...
View ArticleHow to make Homemade Buttermilk Saltines
The slideshow above will take you through the process of making homemade Buttermilk Saltines. You might ask WHY one would want to make saltines when they are so cheap at the store. I guess I am the...
View ArticleHomemade Sprouted Whole Wheat Pasta
(Ingredients) A couple of posts ago, I showed you how easy it is to make sprouted whole wheat flour. In that post, Making Sprouted Whole Wheat Flour, I talked at length on the reasons for sprouting...
View ArticleMaking Queso Blanco with goat milk
Wow, our ISP (to remain unnamed for the moment) REALLLLLY screwed us over, on galactic proportions. I feel shaky having come out the other end of this nightmare. My blogs are back and I am hoping our...
View ArticleSimplicity – homemade egg pasta
Some foods, like homemade bread, are more than just “cooking” and can be more like therapy. Pasta is like this. I was raised in a family where pasta was considered junk food, needless carbohydrates...
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