Go ahead: enjoy Cinco de Mayo—and take the opportunity to learn its history celebrating Mexican solidarity against colonialism and slavery.| Familia Kitchen
Our Familia Kitchen guide to Cinco de Mayo history and food and drink traditions—with a roundup of authentic Mexican recipes to serve.| Familia Kitchen
Guacamole is is one of the most typical recipes of Mexico because it is green avocado), white (onion) and red (tomato)—like our flag.| Familia Kitchen
Guacamole is traditionally served with tortilla chips, but our family loves the sweet/salty combo of guac with sweet potato or plantain chips.| Familia Kitchen
I like keeping guacamole simple and then pairing it with a sweet caramelized onion and bacon jam, served on lightly toasted baguette slices.| Familia Kitchen
Is your margarita game ready for Cinco de Mayo? Here are 4 favorite family recipes (easy, classic, mezcal & healthy) for the margarita.| Familia Kitchen
This is a guest post from BELatina, one of our favorite Latino news, culture, and arts websites. This will be an ongoing editorial partnership series, so make sure to check back in soon. Ah, Cinco de Mayo — the holiday that’s as authentic as a $5 sombrero from the dollar store. Yet, amidst the sea of cheap margarita mix and tacky...| Familia Kitchen
I set out to find a ropa vieja family recipe. We mixed and matched 30 recipes to come up with this incredible one for our new favorite dish.| Familia Kitchen
The best soup Pat Murphy has ever had is this smoky, hearty, ham hock-y Cuban black bean soup made by his aunt’s Cuban neighbor.| Familia Kitchen
Cuban croquetas de jamon are good any time of year, says Margarita Balsameda, and a delicioso way to use holiday leftovers.| Familia Kitchen
Yes, the mojito is the drink famosísimo de Cuba a couple of islands over, and yes this is a real-deal mojito recipe from a Cuban neighbor.| Familia Kitchen
While folks were perfecting sourdough, I began my journey back to my Mexican ancestors’ food, with my metate and heirloom corn kernels.| Familia Kitchen
Chicken fajitas are a weeknight staple in the Chicago kitchen of Vanessa Vianey (known as Vivi to all). Watch her make them step by step!| Familia Kitchen
This tamales guide unwraps the history, ingredients and preparations of this stuffed & wrapped masa delicacy, one of the oldest Latino dishes.| Familia Kitchen
Taco Tuesday recipes are ready to inspire in this ultimate guide of 21 authentic, Mexican tacos, salsas, guacamole, tortillas & more!| Familia Kitchen
The Grand Prize trip for two for winning the Familia Kitchen's annual recipe contest goes to Michelle Ezratty Murphy for her arroz con pollo!| Familia Kitchen
Arroz con gandules or rice with pigeon peas is a favorite Puerto Rico Christmas dish. When Doña Felipa is cooking, it's requested year-round.| Familia Kitchen
Tres leches cake is milky rich, moist, always delicious and one of our favorite Latino desserts of all time. Try it!| Familia Kitchen
I'm a lifelong fan of alcapurrias, Puerto Rican fried yautia and green banana masa fritters stuffed with garlicky beef picadillo and olives.| Familia Kitchen
This chili con carne family recipe by one of our favorite cooks Michelle Ezratty Murphy uses Puerto Rican sofrito as its cooking base.| Familia Kitchen
This smoky pepian with chicken, toasted sesame and pumpkin seeds is the dish that instantly transports Luis Yanes home to Guatemala.| Familia Kitchen
These Puerto Rican empanadas are family-famous in our home. We love them almost as much as recipe for their delicious beef picadillo filling.| Familia Kitchen
Estie Cruz-Curoe, founder and CEO of de Carmen foods, has been making ropa vieja her whole life. This is her delicious, slow-cooker recipe.| Familia Kitchen
These chicken tacos dorados remind Pablo Lorenzo of his childhood in Acapulco, Mexico. His mom made this recipe often, and now he does too.| Familia Kitchen
Gorditas are chubby tortillas made from masa harina and stuffed with favorite Mexican filling. Beans and cheese is Vivi Abeja’s favorite.| Familia Kitchen
This guide to chiles is a hot take on our favorite Mexican peppers—with a look at how much pique each packs based on the Scoville Heat Scale.| Familia Kitchen
Carne en salsa verde is what Vivi Abeja craves when it’s super-frio outside. What's cozier than beef, potato, and green salsa stew?| Familia Kitchen
Vivi Abeja’s breakfast burrito tastes great both fresh or cooked ahead, making it the perfect hearty morning meal when you’re short on time.| Familia Kitchen
This smoky mezcal paloma with spicy-sweet Mexican condiment chamoy was a surprise gift for one of our favorite cocineras Anjie VIllalobos.| Familia Kitchen
Familia Kitchen celebrates authentic Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican & all Latino recipes, homecooking and favorite family dishes.| Familia Kitchen
This month’s Familia Kitchen’s recipe contest is chili con carne, a Tex-Mex treasure and a defining dish of Latino food in the U.S.| Familia Kitchen
These sopes with carne asada are weekend cooking at its most delicioso for one of our favorite Mexican-food home cooks, Bex Streeper.| Familia Kitchen
This shrimp ceviche with lime, lemon & mango is Bex Streeper's go-to treat for a very special person in her familia—her suegra Yolanda.| Familia Kitchen
Hominy is field corn (known as maize) that is nixtamalized, a process that changes inedible field corn into the puffy kernels in my pozole.| Familia Kitchen
Flour tortillas are easy to make by hand, says Michelle Ezratty Murphy. Here is how she makes flour tortillas and her one secret ingredient.| Familia Kitchen
MariCarmen Ortiz-Conway is a globally renowned Tequila Expert,™ a certification from the Cultura y Capacitación del Tequila, A.C. She is also an official Catadora or “taster,” among other official recognitions. MariCarmen leads tequila tastings through her website MexicoAcompañado.com.| Familia Kitchen
Melissa’s coquito & sofrito party is highly anticipated by family and friends every Christmas . P.S. It's also educational. Sneaky, huh?| Familia Kitchen
Our first recipe contest: Your Family’s Favorite Puerto Rican Arroz con Pollo. You're invited to submit and vote for the best chicken & rice.| Familia Kitchen
”Tamale cakes are both savory and sweet and can be eaten as a side or main any time of day,” says homecook Michelle Ezratty Murphy.| Familia Kitchen
These nachos—loaded with shredded beef, refried beans, extra cheese and more—are ready for big game and big crowd entertaining.| Familia Kitchen
This queso blanco burger—so tangy, so melty-delicioso—adds a lot of Latino love to an all-American tradition. Try it July 4th!| Familia Kitchen
Cristina Curp's plant-based croquetas are gluten-free, vegetarian & made with navy beans, mushrooms, oregano and Loisa Sazón.| Familia Kitchen
These croquetas de jamon were waiting in our Familia Kitchen inbox when we sat down to work this morning. Can you imagine a more delicioso way to start the day — any day — than with these creamy-savory-crunchy Cuban ham croquettes? Dipped in tangy mayoketchup? Us neither. So we imagined biting into a toasty-melty croqueta with a cafecito bien fuerte,...| Familia Kitchen
This red salsa molcajete is a favorite of Vivi Vianey. She loves its simplicity and drizzling it over her favorite Mexican family recipes.| Familia Kitchen
A delicious everyday dish from Mexican abuela cook Gollita: her beloved everyday rice, flavored with cumin, sauted onion & tomatoey recaudo.| Familia Kitchen
This sofrito recipe gives soups, stews, rice and beef dishes that essential Boricua sabor. To cook Puerto Rican, you gotta have sofrito.| Familia Kitchen
Just about every Puerto Rican recipe start with sofrito. Doña Felipa teaches us how to make this green pepper, ají and garlic base.| Familia Kitchen
Is there any dish more deliciously Caribbean Latino than a crunchy-sweet side of caramelized maduros—super-ripe, golden-brown plantains?| Familia Kitchen
A celebration of family favorite recipes and abuela cooking showcasing the Latino & Latinx culinary traditions and authentic ingredients of Puerto Rico| Familia Kitchen
Submit your favorite traditional family dish to Familia Kitchen's Latino cooking & recipe contest each month—and you could win a trip home!| Familia Kitchen
This GREAT guacamole is exactly what you would expect from Gregoria “Gollita” González, a tremenda cocinera in all things Mexican food.| Familia Kitchen
This is my recipe for guacamole and pico de gallo—a doble por uno or two-for-one treat I love to make for my family.| Familia Kitchen
Cuban food is known for its depth of flavor & use of rice, beans, yuca and other ingredients with Spanish, indigenous, African & Asian roots.| Familia Kitchen
This Cuban beef picadillo recipe is an authentic, hearty favorite family recipe submitted by Ana Osadzinski (Colet), a Cuba-born abuela.| Familia Kitchen
This ropa vieja recipe is from Ana Osadzinski (Colet), one of our favorite Cuban cocinera abuelas. Key to the depth and richness of this traditional Cuban dish is the seasoning.| Familia Kitchen
Cuban yuca con mojo is a favorite traditional snack or side dish—and beloved in home of Familia Kitche abuela cook Ana Osadzinski.| Familia Kitchen
Flautas de papa are perfect when you want something quick, hot and delicioso. They only need three ingredients and are endlessly versatile.| Familia Kitchen
These frijoles or homemade pinto beans are soaked overnight and stewed to creamy delicioso-ness the next day. #Comfortfood| Familia Kitchen
My family loves these Baja sauce-drizzled tilapia fish tacos and I hope yours does too. I add tomato, grilled pineapple, chipotle & cilantro.| Familia Kitchen
Need a menu for Mother’s Day? ere are some of our favorite Mom-friendly Latino fmily recipes, submitted by you! Because food is love.| Familia Kitchen
Our family’s traditional arroz con pollo recipe has been passed down for six generations, from 1860s Puerto Rico to our home in Maryland .| Familia Kitchen
This 7 layer dip is a Tex-Mex party must-have that Michelle Ezratty Murphy of Phoenix brings to Cinco de Mayo and other gatherings| Familia Kitchen
This red salsa with serrano chiles is one of Anjie’s two to three red salsa go-to recipes and regularly found in her fridge.| Familia Kitchen
This is red salsa with smoky chile to arbol is your go-to when you want to kick your tacos up a notch with just enough smoky heat.| Familia Kitchen
Potato tacos or tacos de papa are a traditional hearty, hot, homecooked Mexican meal for a large family or group of friends.| Familia Kitchen
A celebration of family favorite recipes and abuela cooking showcasing the Latino & Latinx culinary traditions and authentic ingredients of Mexico| Familia Kitchen
These huevos rancheros are a “flavor explosion,” promises Anjie Villalobos, one of our favorite Mexican-food homecooks. Best of all: her family-famous recipe can be prepared in less than 15 minutes and has just three main ingredients. “I never tire of making it or eating this dish,” Anjie says. She especially loves making these huevos on mornings when she’s pressed for...| Familia Kitchen
Tortilla chips or totopos are delicious, easy to make at home and inexpensive. They take your guacamole and salsa dips to the next level.| Familia Kitchen
For your Cinco de Mayo fiestas, here are 5 recipes shared with Familia Kitchen by our Mexican-honoring community of talented homecooks.| Familia Kitchen
Chicken tacos may not be the most traditional or celebrated dish in Tacolandia, but they probably are the easiest. To eat and clean up.| Familia Kitchen
This capirotada, Mexican bread pudding that is sweet and filling, is a traditional Easter dish made every year in Abuelita Toña’s family.| Familia Kitchen
This caldo de albondigas—traditional Mexican meatball soup—is a favorite in the Arizona home of Michelle Ezratty Murphy and Pat, her husband.| Familia Kitchen
Ceviche is Perú’s beloved dish made with citrus and raw fish. Here is the history of its name, ingredients and preparation.| Familia Kitchen
This mushroom quesadilla made with portobellos is a favorite family recipe in the home of Carmen Clara of Chicago.| Familia Kitchen
I call pastelón lasagna’s cousin. My Puerto Rican husband calls it a medley of everything he likes layered in between sweet plantains.| Familia Kitchen
My favorite way to eat plátanos is tostones: burn-your-toungue golden brown plantain frittersrounds: so super-crispy and salty sweet.| Familia Kitchen
Mojo is a simple mix of garlic and olive oil that goes well with almost everything: grilled meats, fried yuca and, of course, crispy tostones.| Familia Kitchen
All about the avocado, one of the most delicious add-ons to any Latinx main dish, and the star of our favorite starter—ever—guacamole.| Familia Kitchen
This chili with beef and beans is on repeat request in the casa of Bex Streeper, one of our favorite Puerto Rican–Mexican home cooks| Familia Kitchen
On this Frida Friday, we shine a light on Frida Kahlo’s recipe for carnitas, as reported in a beautiful cookbook, Frida’s Fiestas.| Familia Kitchen
This jackfruit and mushroom taco bowl by a holistic health coach with a Mexican family heritage is an almost-vegan Taco Tuesday treasure.| Familia Kitchen
This flan recipe was on the menu August 26, 1929, the day painter Frida Kahlo married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.| Familia Kitchen
This picadillo recipe came to our family from my Puerto Rican husband, Pat. I like to call it the Puerto Rican sloppy joe's—but way better.| Familia Kitchen
These delicious, authentic shrimp tacos are the perfect dinner when you want to serve a hungry crowd fast, says homecook Anjie Villalobos.| Familia Kitchen
Anjie Villalobos makes her Mexican refried pinto beans the same way her grandmother did—with the same, abuela-approved results.| Familia Kitchen
This is the famous guacamole that Anjie Villalobos brings to every party and makes for her family once a week, at least. To rave reviews.| Familia Kitchen
These traditional carne asada tacos are a favorite in the home of one of our favorite Mexican-food cocinera abuelas Anjie VIllalobos.| Familia Kitchen
Tortilla soup is a go-to dish for Anjie Villalobos, one of Familia Kitchen ’s favorite Mexican-food abuela cocineras. Now you’ll taste why.| Familia Kitchen
We take a look at the history of Puerto Rican food, including its plantains, rice and beans, bacalao, pork, viandas or tubers, & more.| Familia Kitchen
Buñuelos Mexicanos are a piping-hot, cinnamon-sugary fried dough traditional Mexican dessert, often made for the holidays—and we love them.| Familia Kitchen
Arroz con pollo is Latin comfort food at its most traditional. This is the family-famous recipe I learned when dating my Puerto Rican husband.| Familia Kitchen
This creamy avocado salsa is deliciosa alone and on your favorite Mexican dishes, says one of our favorite cocineras: Anjie Villalobos.| Familia Kitchen
The tortilla is an essential part of Mexican diet and table. But which one is right for your meal: flour or corn?| Familia Kitchen
This favorite famiy recipe for pozole rojo includes pork, guajillo chile, oregano and the cook’s time-saving tip: cans of pre-cooked hominy| Familia Kitchen
Anjie learned to make this green chile chicken pozole from watching her mom experiment with pozole recipes. It soon became a family favorite.| Familia Kitchen
This carne asada salad with grilled sweet corn is what we crave when spring and summer beckon. This is our southwestern-inspired favorite.| Familia Kitchen
The Arizona burrito with grilled carne asada, potatoes and poblano chiles, is a filling, delicioso meal that keeps you going all day.| Familia Kitchen
