A Taste of Home

Hey doll hey!!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. My anxiety is still going and my hands are to shaky to do my makeup for today so I decided to take a break but then I got thinking about my Abuelita (may she rest in peace) and that got me thinking about the time…

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How I Handled My Depressive Episode

Hey doll hey!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. So I’ve told you that I disappeared for a few months whilst I was battling a really deep episode with my depression. I took time off from makeup, there were days I just couldn’t even get myself in the shower… all I would do is…

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Life Update and Candle Haul

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’ve been having a really bad time with my Fibromyalgia. I had to have a stomach biopsy a few weeks ago and had to stop talking all of my meds for a week. Naturally this put me into a flare but the bad thing is…

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Quick and Simple Garlic Cream Sauce

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. Today I am having a moderately high pain day so I decided to make pasta for dinner since it’s super easy to make. The dilemma I always have when I make pasta is that my mom does not like red sauces because they upset her…

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Puerto Rican Bacalao Guisado (Stewed Salted Cod)

Hey doll hey!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’m cooking to you with another family recipe. Tonight’s menu is Bacalao Guisado (Sewed Salted Cod). So let’s get started:   *day before prep: rise off the salt from the Cod and place the cod completely submerged in cold water in a bowl. change the…

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My Puerto Rican Carne Guisada Recipe

  Hey doll hey!!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. Mine was OK but now I feel  heap of pain… I’ll be going to be soon and hopefully I can have a good night sleep. Today I’m posting another Puerto Rican recipe….. Carne Guisada…. So let’s get started… *  NOTE: I typically use 2…

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Puerto Rican Sancocho de Pollo

Hey doll hey!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. On today’s menu is a staple in the Latino household for cool and rainy days…. Sancocho (pronounced: saan/kow/chow). It’s basically a root vegetable stew that many Latinos add some sort of meat and either rice or vermicelli (a traditional type of pasta round in section…

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Homemade Puerto Rican Sofrito

Hey doll hey!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. Today was market day and I noticed I was running low on a staple in our house called Sofrito (a sauce used as a base in most Latin American and Spanish cooking). Our style of Sofrito is different from the Italian version of soffritto (which…

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Cutting Corners When Spoons Are Gone

Why hello there gorgeous, hope your day is going good. I woke up this morning with so much energy ; yes the spoons were flowing today ; but by 6:00 pm I was totally ready to lay down. My spoons ran for the hills. This left me with a dilemma, feeding my family. I wanted…

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