Mexican Street Corn (Elotes)

This is one of those dishes, when people ask you what’s in it, you should really say “just try it.” The ingredients don’t look good ‘on paper’ but if have ever had this dish you KNOW it is just unreal how good it is.

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Pork Tacos (and all the fixin’s!)

Hi Everyone! I mentioned in my Cuban Style Pork Roast post that my husband and I wanted to try something new with the finished roast outside of the normal black beans and rice accompaniments. Again, those sides are killer and a go-to, but we just wanted something fresh and exciting!

We recently discovered one of our local Latino Supermarkets, Los Portales Supermarket, and after asking probably a few too many questions (we were giddy with excitement), we found out that there were housemade corn tortillas at the back counter. THEY WERE STILL WARM! swoon. So, tacos it was! I took to Pinterest as I normally do and decided this was going to be my menu:

  • Pork
  • Pico de Gallo
  • Mango Salsa
  • Salsa Verde
  • Pineapple Mango Hot Sauce
  • Avocado, Radishes, Onion, Cilantro, Cotija, Mexican Crema (or Sour Cream)
  • Corn Tortillas
  • Saffron Rice
  • Black Beans

(SEE, I still couldn’t resist the rice and beans!)

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