Que Rica Vida’s Winning Recipe
Omg isn’t this mouth watering! Back in October Que Rica Vida hosted a contest La Receta de Mi Cocina. They have announced the winner, Leo Valenzuela, a realtor from Snowflake, AZ. His recipe washis own version of a traditional beef pot pie. He gave it a Latino twist with spicy Latin flavorings and topped it with the Original Bisquick mix. He won a $3,000 check for a complete dining room makeover, plus a trip to the General Mills headquarters in Minneapolis to tour the Betty Crocker Kitchens. Want to try out this winning recipe? Here you go!
Leo’s Pastel de Carne con Verduras
preparación
20 min
principio a fin
1 hora 15 min.
porciones
12
ingredientes
Carne
1 cucharada de aceite de olivo
1 lb de arrachera (beef flank steak)
o cualquier carne o pollo, cortada
1/2 cebolla grande, finamente picada
1 diente de ajo, finamente picado
6 tomates (jitomates) cherry o Roma, sin
semillas y picados
1 chile poblano grande, asado, sin semillas
y cortado en tiras
1 chile jalapeño o campana (Scotch
bonnet), finamente picado
1 lata (4.5 oz) de chiles verdes, picados y
escurridos
1 frasco (4.5 oz) de hongos Green Giant®,
rebanados y escurridos
1 cucharadita de sal
1/4 de cucharadita de pimienta negra molida
Cubierta
2 tazas de mezcla Bisquick® Original
1 y 1/2 tazas de agua
2 huevos
1/4 de cucharadita de sal, opcional
1/4 de cucharadita de sal de ajo, opcional
1/4 de cucharadita de pimienta negra
molida, opcional
preparación
1 Precalienta el horno a 350°F. En
una sartén, calienta el aceite
a fuego medio alto. Añade la
carne; cocínala hasta que esté
dorada por todos lados. Añade
la cebolla, el ajo, los tomates,
los chiles, los hongos, la sal y la
pimienta. Cocina a fuego medio
alto durante 3 minutos, revolviendo
ocasionalmente.
2 Coloca los ingredientes en un
platón de vidrio para hornear
sin engrasar de 13 x 9 pulgadas.
En un tazón, incorpora todos los
ingredientes de la cubierta. Vacíala
sobre la mezcla de la carne en el
platón para hornear.
3 Hornea sin tapar por 45 minutos o
hasta que tenga un color dorado
oscuro. Sirve caliente.
2010 © y ®/™ de General Mills.
Busca la nutrición en www.quericavida.com
Hope you are well! Back in October, Que Rica Vida hosted a contest, “La Receta de Mi Cocina,” which you wrote about on your blog. I wanted to follow up with you and your readers, with great news about the winner. Leo Valenzuela, a realtor from Snowflake, AZ, won over hundreds of other participants! His winning recipe, was his own version of a traditional beef pot pie with vegetables, topped with Original Bisquick® mix and spicy Latin flavorings, which wowed the panel of professionals judges.
As Grand Prize winner, Valenzuela received a $3,000 check for a complete dining room makeover, plus a trip to the General Mills headquarters in Minneapolis to tour the Betty Crocker Kithchens.
I’ve attached the recipe for Leo’s winning recipe of Pastel de Carne y Verduras and a picture of the finished dish, that will make your mouth water.
Please let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll be more than happy to provide you with material.
Ford Fiesta Markets to Latinos
Here are some videos I received from Ford’s Pa Tu Mundo campaign. There are three different videos. Check them out! What do you think?
Book Review: Daisy Fuentes Unforgettable You
First I have to say I absolutely loved this book Unforgettable You: Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty
She writes this book and adds some personal touches like family photos, a bit of biography (kind of like to say this why I know what I’m talking about) and just some great things to think about. There are lots of places for you to add notes, questions that you should answer to learn more about yourself, conversations she’s had about the topic of beauty, sex, spirituality and relationships with others. This is really a book you will keep coming back to and referencing.
She mixes quotes from famous people as well as some great sentences for you to finish such as what you know for sure about yourself, Every Woman should own… and Every woman should know… these are lists you make for yourself to improve on yourself. It’s a completely different way to think about things. The book talks about etiquette, being lady like and some great subjects that really work for the modern woman with a traditional twist.
Daisy Fuentes is one of those people that have passed the test of time, is a beautiful Latina who should be a role model to all our young girls. She’s been in the business for over 20 years, and has evolved from model and MTV VJ to business woman. (Don’t forget her clothing line at Kohl’s).
Just one thing….put those babies to bed first before reading this book because you are not going to want to be interrupted! To buy your own copy of Unforgettable You: Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty
This book inspired me to write my own lists. I will share a few Every Woman Should Know….
…..that crossing her legs is not an option whether in pants or a dress.
……what works for her and her body type.
…..that everyone is beautiful regardless of their size.
….that it is never too late (or you are never too old!) to try something new.
Have any good advice to add to my Every Woman Should Know list? Have you read this book? Share in the comments!
Easter Traditions
April 11, 2010 by Jai
Filed under Traditions
This Easter weekend has really made me reflect on our traditions and how they have fallen by the wayside. At least that’s what it seems like from my perspective. It is hard when you are married into different traditions but I say make your own! With our busy lives, holidays should be a time when we slow down and spend time with our families that we don’t get to see as much. I honestly do not have family nearby. Since moving to Rochester, I’ve left my family either in NYC or PA. And as my family gets older they are moving further south, including Dominican Republic. But that does not mean that we should let the traditions that our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles taught us slip by.
What I remember most about my childhood is the holidays that we spent together as a family either in the US or in Dominican Republic. It made us closer as a family and I cherished the relationships that I had with my cousins…that we still do to this day! Shout out to my prima Melissa, an avid reader of this blog and the unofficial godmother of my son! I say unofficial because again, another tradition that fell by the wayside and my three year old has not been baptized.
So back to the matter at hand. Get you some cookbooks if the elderly in your family can’t help you prepare your meals. Teach yourself if you can’t be taught. It’s great to stick to traditions or even mix them up and create your own! So this is what I’m saying…next year Easter egg hunt at my house for friends and family as well as a big ham and things like tostones and bacalaitos as well as egg coloring. Keep those traditions alive for your children to cherish as they get older. And if anyone wants to come in from out of town (hint hint!) you’re more than welcome!
It may be a bit of hard work in the beginning, your house will probably be torn up and down but it would still be some great memories created for everyone!
Just Launched: Bilingual Wedding website
Para Ti Novia is a beautiful website dedicated to the bilingual Latina who is a bride-to-be. This one stop DIY wedding planning site has predominately Latina writers helping you plan the best wedding mixing the best of culture and includes a city to city guide on what’s hot, new and classic in order for you to have the wedding of your dreams.You have access to:
- A wedding notebook
- A wedding page
-DIY projects
Check out the site for some great help in planning your boda!
Check out Remezcla for your Latino City Guide!
January 19, 2010 by Jai
Filed under Cultura, Entertainment
Are you hoping to find new things to do in your local city? Do you live in San Francisco, Chicago, LA, Miami or New York? Check out Remezcla for your online guide to some great Latino events! This is the go to resource for young bilingual/bicultural Hispanic 20-30 year olds who may also be music and art lovers. Also a great way to meet new people with similar interests and backgrounds! Acceess to the website is absolutely free! This easy to navigate website has all you need to find major and less publicized Latin concerts, art exhibits, conferences, festivals, films and literary events. You can also find exclusive giveaways and backstage passes as well as profiles of young local bilingual urbanites doing cool and exciting things in their city.
There are also some great articles including how to get rid of la cruda Latino style! In the words of Romeo from Aventura…”Latinos Stand UP!”
The Holidays at Mamitas
December 14, 2009 by Jai
Filed under Traditions
The following post was written by Matt Ciscart, a Married father of one seven year old handsome SLMB (Sexy lil man beast). Decided to go back to school as work turned into just a job, and longer enjoyed it. So after ten plus years he’s back in school to become an educator. he’s just recently started blogging. Check him out at Back 2 Go Forward.
Remember the sitcom Cheer’s, which took place in a bar in Boston? The title song talks about a place where everyone know’s your name. Well, it didn’t have anything on Mamita’s, where instead booze there seemed to be something going on in the kitchen, but the holidays, olvidate man, te digo, it was crazy. I personally, could care less about the holiday season, not that I didn’t like getting gifts, but being that my birthday is four days prior to Christmas, meant I kind of got the short end of the stick, if you know what I mean. It was one gift for two occasions, but anyway like in life you get over it or like me make amends when you get older. Yep! I ensure that I buy myself a wonderful gift for my birthday each year.
On Christmas Eve you’d swear it was the grand opening of some major Broadway show. Mamita would be in the kitchen to all hours of night. You know those jars of crushed garlic you find at the supermarket know-a-days, well if you ask me, Mamita invented that idea. She’d used an empty apple sauce jar and spend her time peeling and pressing ajo until that jar was full. By late Christmas Eve or Early Christmas day the fridge would be loaded, not that it was ever empty, but you best be careful opening it around this time of year. The pernil, pork shoulders to those who don’t know, it just sounds so much better in Spanish, y el hamon would both be seasoned so well, cono, I swear if you were in a coma you’d immediately recover after a quick whiff. Mamita would also be up at the crack of dawn to ensure that everything was going as planned. Please realize that, whoever ventured into her kitchen would immediately be ushered out, and please dare not touch a pot lid, what you’d hear next would be something along the lines of "Cono tocate el culo". Mamita would make breakfast for not just the us, but in the early years it would included my nieces and nephews who would spend Christmas vacation with us. Imagine our house looked like a small village, we went from seven to about fourteen at times.
Though this changed as we got older, one thing that did not change was the fact that everyone appeared for the Christmas feast, instead of having my nieces and nephews stay during vacation, they would all stop by with there friends, and significant other on Christmas day, and my brothers and sister would come with their spouses and their children. So many people would be in the house that we have to open doors and windows, which never sat well with Mamita. All the guys would be downstairs eating, watching sports and just basically hanging out. While all the ladies stayed upstairs eating, and doing what ever ladies may do when you get together. Outside of the wonderful cooking, which I experienced every single day of my life growing up, after dinner was done everyone would end up upstairs crowded into the living room, dining room and kitchen just talking about what ever came to mind.
What I love and treasure is, looking at Mamita sitting at the head of the table with a sparkle in her eyes. I used to think it was the food, but know as an adult, I now know what the sparkle in her eyes really was about. That on that day she got to see all the hard work and sacrifices she made during her life. I realize that Mamita, as a pirate who surrounds themselves with gold, Mamita surround herself with what she considered a pirates gold equivalent. Familia! Our familia was not just us, but every friend or significant other that came over and made sure that they were there the following years after no matter what. So with that, te dejo con un dicho, que Mamita siempre decia, "Donde come dos comen tres". If you don’t know what that means ask a fellow Latino, they’ll be glad to explain.
Free Holiday Party Planning Webinar
Que Rica Vida is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, December 16th at 4pm EST.
The webinar will have a lot tons of ideas for food and activities to do around the holidays from setting the table to making a dish. Check out this you tube video it’s a sneak peek of the webinar. Felices Fiestas!
Para participar sigue estos dos pasos sencillos: Marca gratis al 1-800-747-7409 y pulsa el código 7642591. Mientras esperas a ingresar al webinario por vía telefónica, haz click aquí: https://www.callinfo.com/prt?host=gcc&ac=7642591&an=8007477409 y sigue las instrucciones.
SIN ESTOS DOS PASOS, NO ES POSIBLE PARTICIPAR PLENAMENTE.
The Perfect Holiday Drink: Coquito
Coquito is like the Latino version of Eggnogg. Is it great around the holidays and it’s honestly way better than Eggnogg. Here is the recipe via Recipe Zaar. Hope you have had a great Thanksgiving! Is your Coquito better or different? Share in the comments!
- 2 cans coconut cream
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 cup rum Bacardi would be the best choice. Puerto Rican rum for a Puerto Rican drink!
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
Directions
- Blend all ingredients in a blender on high for 5 minutes.
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Refrigerate.
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Serve cold, sip and enjoy.
Dallas hosting National Conference for Minorities
Dallas will be hosting national conference of minority students and professionals in science. SACNAS is an organization of scientistsdedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists since 1973. They connect students with professional who can share their own experiences about prusuing a career in science and using it to help the community. The network of support with SACNA helps people attain college degrees, reach leadership positions and establish careers.
Minority students and science professionals will gather at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel for the annual SACNAS conference On October 15-October 19, 2009 which is titled "Improving the Human Condition: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Science." Check out the SACNAS website for more info about this great organization.
