When I cook smoked herring with rice or locrio de arenque, in spanish, my mind is filled with memories of my college days. This recipe was cooked very often at the dining hall's university where I studied (I graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo or UASD) in Dominican Republic.

I had so much fun with my friends back then, maybe that's one of the reasons I like this recipe so much. It's different, so if you haven't tasted it yet I invite you to enjoy this traditional domin...

This dominican style chef salad is an excelent appetizer for any meal. I love its colors and the tasty flavor of all the mixed ingredients. It's a delicious dominican recipe that you can put together really fast and easy.

Ingredients:

- 1 lb boiled potatoes cut into slices
- 1 cup cooked brocoli
- 2 sliced tomatoes
- Lettuce (all you want)
- 1 cup petit pois peas
- 6 stuffed olives cut into wheels
- 1 boiled egg cut into slices
- Cherry tomatoes (optional)

Dressing Ingredients:

- 1 chick...

The first time I made this strawberry milkshake to my daughter Kiara, she loved it. Then, when my Jose was ready to start drinking any kind of juice, he tried it and loved it too. Definitely this delicious strawberry shake is a keeper with my kids.

It's made with Strawberry Nesquik, which makes it even easier to prepare. If you have kids, try and make this recipe with them to enjoy a beautiful family moment. Enjoy this yummy strawberry milkshake.

Ingredients:

- 1 can evaporated milk (...

- 2 boneless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 2 beaten eggs (for a healthier meal, use only the whites)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ...

I love this "latino style" vegetable fried rice. The beautiful colors of this dominican recipe invite me to eat it all! It's so easy to cook and all the mixed vegetables, plus the other ingredients give so much flavor to this latin recipe. It's delicious!

Ingredients:

- 4 cups uncooked rice
- 6 cups water
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine (you can use light butter or margarine substitute)
- 1 cup minced white onions
- 1 cup corn kernels (I use canned sweet corn)
- 1/2 cup minced green bel...

I love this stuffed potatoes with cheese recipe (papas rellenas de queso). It is an excellent appetizer to start a great meal. My kids, Kiara and Jose, love to eat these delicious potato balls. This dominican recipe is what I call "a fun food". With little ingredients you too can make these savory potato balls in a flash!

Ingredients:

- 6 washed potatoes (check out a tip of what I do with the potatoes at the bottom)
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine (you can use a light butter or margarine ...

I always use my imagination to get delicious salad ideas. You won't believe your eyes when you find out all the ingredients you have available to prepare your salad. I enjoy so much a healthy salad and I think you too.

I like to mix differents ingredients to taste their flavor together. I usually prepare my salad with cold ingredients that I combine with a warm ingredient to spice any flavor I want.

It is true that we have lots of salad dressings available at the supermarket, but sometim...

This delicious dominican rice pudding recipe or arroz con leche dominicano is a traditional food in my Dominican Republic. And, of course, I had to post it here in my dominican food blog to share it with you.

Ingredients:

- 1/2 lb long grain white rice
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 8 cups 2% low fat milk (you can use only evaporated milk instead or mix it half and half)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon peel
- Ground cinnamon

Directions:

To prepare this rice pudding reci...

Whenever I cook habichuelas con dulce (or sweet creamed beans), I always remember how much I enjoyed sharing this dominican food with family and friends. In Dominican Republic, it's a tradition at Easter to share sweet creamed beans with almost everybody.

I remember that Mami (my Mom) used to cook (and she still does) a very big pot of sweet creamed beans and shared it with all my family and neighbors. We also tasted the beans that our neighbors cooked. It is like an exchange, you eat mine...

When I got this teriyaki chicken recipe in my hands, I was not convinced with the ingredients. So I decided to change it and make it my way. After some trials and errors, now it is healthier and tastes so much better.

Ingredients:

- 3 chicken breasts or 6 boneless chicken thighs
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 red bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1/2 green bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1/4 white onion cut into wheels
- Some cilantro leaves finely chopped (it's optional but I love it!)
- 2...

If you like to eat shrimps you have to try this fried shrimp recipe. It's a delight! And the best of all, is so easy to cook. Enjoy this dominican food recipe, it's really delicious.



Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 lb cleaned shrimps (wash them carefully)
- 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup olive or vegetable oil
- 1 big garlic clove
- 2 green bell peppers cut into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic

Directions:

Season the s...

In this macaroni salad recipe (ensalada de coditos) the ingredients come together in an delicious flavor explosion. My family really loves this pasta salad recipe when I cook it. That's why I decided to post it on my dominican food blog, so you can enjoy it too.

Ingredients:

- 1 lb elbow macaroni
- 4 diced ripe tomatoes
- 1 green bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 medium white onion, minced
- 4 boiled eggs cut into wheels
- 1/2 lb diced cheddar cheese
- 1 small can of petite pois peas, draine...

I prepare this tasty dominican dulce de leche recipe for my husband, Roberto, and my two kids, Kiara and Jose, and they love it. It's amazing how we can build family traditions with just a few ingredients.

Ingredients:

- 1/2 gallon of milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Sugar to taste
- 1 or 2 cinnamon sticks

Directions:

Pour the milk into a pot (I use stainless steel). Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add sugar and sweeten to taste (carefully, too sweet is not pleasant). When it begins...

This red beans recipe is one of my favorites, it's so tasty. Dominican stewed beans or habichuelas guisadas dominicanas in spanish, combined with white rice and chicken (as you can see in my upper banner image) are called "The Dominican Flag" of our cuisine, mainly because this is the official lunch in every dominican home and also because of its colors: Red, white and brown.

Ingredients:

- 1 canned (15.5oz) Goya small or kidney beans
- 1/4 red bell pepper, chopped into small pieces
- 1/4 g...

Cooking white rice or arroz blanco dominican style is pretty easy. I love eating my dominican white rice recipe almost with everything, especially with the dominican flag (bandera dominicana) combination, which includes stewed chicken, white rice and stewed red beans.

Ingredients:

- 3 cups long grain rice (look for a tip of what I do before serving time at the bottom)
- 4 1/2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil

Directions:

Bring the water to a boil on m...

Sharing my dominican stewed chicken makes me so happy because this recipe is part of our tradition and culture. The "pollo guisado dominicano", in spanish, is one of the main ingredients of "The Dominican Flag" of our cuisine, together with white rice and red beans. Why we call it so? Because we love this meal and is part of every dominican home. Who in our country haven't enjoyed this delicious food?

Ingredients:

- 6 chicken thighs cut into medium pieces (you can mix with drumsticks and ...

Finally I did it! And I'm so excited to welcome you to my dominican food blog. This is an easy way to find the latest recipe and most recent content that I posted in my website.

I think blogging is a perfect way to express yourself in a organized way, don't you think? I knew something was missing in my dominican food website and this is it, a blog!!!

I am organizing my content in different categories for an easier search. Also you can find my blog archive with all my posts organized by da...