Food Ideas & Recipes

Avocado Toast with Egg is one of my favorite foods for breakfast, brunch or lunch. It is so delicious and nutritious, plus it’s so easy to make! Ingredients -    1 hash avocado-    2 eggs-    2 slices of bread (I used sourdough bread)-    4 tablespoons of olive oil-    2 pinches of salt-    Black pepper as desired Prep Work Step 1: Rinse the avocado and pat dry it with a paper towel. Step 2: Cut the avocado open lengthwise and remove the pit by scooping it out with a spoon. Step 3: Preheat a frying pan to medium heat. Add the olive oil and fry the eggs sunny side up style at low heat. Add one pinch of salt and black pepper as desired to the eggs as they are being fried.  Step 4: Once the eggs are fried, place them on a plate using a spatula. Don’t worry if your eggs do not have a perfect sunny side up look, they’ll still be delicious. Step 5: Toast the slices of bread to your preference. Putting it Together Step 1: Put the toasted bread on a plate. Step 2: Using a spoon, scoop out small pieces of the avocado and put them all over the 2 slices of bread. Repeat until all avocado is scooped out. Step 3: Once the avocado is on the bread, spread one pinch of salt throughout. Step 4: Then carefully add one fried egg to each slice of bread using a spatula. Your Avocado Toast with Egg is ready. This is one of the best breakfast, brunch or lunch idea ever, and who says it can’t be dinner, right?!  

This is a Peruvian classic called “Pan con Aceitunas” which translates to “Bread with Olives” and that is exactly how I ate it growing up, bread with Peruvian olives. This is a very light and healthy snack, breakfast or even a lunch idea. I eat it without Mayonnaise but my children add it so that is an option. There are so many ways to prepare this sandwich but here’s how I eat it nowadays:   Ingredients -    1 toasted Cuban roll-    15 Kalamata olives (I use the Publix GreenWise Organic Pitted Kalamata Olives)-    2 leaves of lettuce (I use Iceberg lettuce)-    Mayonnaise (optional) Instructions Step 1: Cut open the Cuban roll and put it while closed in a toaster oven. You can use any other type of bread as well. Step 2: Once the roll is toasted, open the roll and place the lettuce leaves on the inside of the roll. Step 3: Then place the Kalamata olives on top of the lettuce. Step 4: If you choose to add Mayonnaise, spread it on the top inside part of the roll. Then close the sandwich and it’s ready. Buen provecho! Enjoy!

This cilantro rice is to die for! This is a stovetop recipe and is very easy to follow. Made with natural and fresh ingredients, this cilantro rice is not only fluffy and delicious but also nutritious. Ingredients -    3 cloves of garlic-    4 tablespoons of olive oil-    2 cups of long grain white rice-    1 bunch of fresh cilantro-    5 cups of water-    ½ teaspoon of salt   Prep Work -    Peel the 3 cloves of garlic and cut the them into tiny pieces.  -    Separate the fresh cilantro into 3 equal parts. Then, chop one third of the cilantro by cutting it into small pieces and put it to the side.  -    Remove the thick stem ends from the other 2 thirds of the cilantro and blend it in a blender using one cup of water. After blended, put it to the side. -    Put the long grain white rice in a fine mesh strainer and gently rinse the rice by letting the water go through it in the kitchen sink. After rinsing, keep the rice in the strainer until it’s time to cook it. Time to Cook Step 1: Put a medium to large cooking pan on the stovetop and turn it on to medium heat. Step 2: Pour the olive oil into the cooking pan and add the garlic right after. Then wait until the garlic starts to cook. Step 3: When the garlic is visibly cooking, add the rinsed rice and add the one cup of blended cilantro and the 4 cups of water to the pan. Step 4: Add the chopped cilantro to the cooking pan. Step 5: Add the ½ teaspoon of salt and mix it all using a wooden spoon. Step 6: Turn it to high heat and wait until it starts boiling. Step 7: Once it is visibly boiling, turn it to low heat and cover the cooking pan with its lid. Step 8: Occasionally uncover the cooking pan and mix the rice with the wooden spoon and monitor the water evaporating. Step 9: Once you notice that most water has evaporated, check the side of the cooking pan from the inside with a spoon to see if no water is left.  Step 10: Once the water is gone and the rice it’s still moist, turn off the heat and cover the cooking pan again.  Step 11: Let the rice sit for about 5 minutes before serving since the rice will finish drying during that time. Enjoy!