We are in a farming shoulder season in Baja. The market and grocery stores have only the basics; carrots, cabbage, onions, potatoes, iceberg lettuce, apples, pineapple, and of course peppers. I found mature tough spinach but no other greens. There were no bananas in town last week and all the produce is sad. š¢. Iām…
Category: Baja Cuisine
WFPB Menu, First Week in Baja Sur, Mexico
Road Trip to Baja, Vegan Meals The vegan diet challenge continues in Baja. We drove for three days to our home in Mexico. I brought instant oatmeal with flax seed, sprouted whole grain bread, peanut butter, fruit spread, hummus, cut up apples, carrot sticks and bags of cooked quinoa, edamame, rice, roasted chic peas and…
La Gringaās Weekly Baja Menu and CSA Boredom
CSA BOREDOM? Itās easy to get bored with Mexican winter vegetables; Swiss chard, beets, butternut and spaghetti squash, cherry tomatoes and peppers. Greens and squash, rinse and repeat. Making a weekly menu and adjusting your focus may help. I have to remind myself to feel gratitude. Boredom just means that I havenāt tried any new…
La Gringaās Weekly Menu, Made With Love
Made With Love by T. Delaplain La Gringaās Weekly Menu is a useful tool to help me eat real food at home, use the abundance of fruits and vegetables that I buy and stop the āwhatās for dinner?ā woes. Iām trying to get back on the real whole food wagon and planning is everything for…
Easy Sushi Recipe, Spicy Baja Tuna Towers. Impress Your Friends
Make this easy spicy sushi recipe with spicy Baja ahi (yellow fin) tuna, perfect sushi rice, siracha mayo and avocado. A lunch or appetizer portion that’s sure to impress your guests. No need to roll and cut sushi, unless you like to make sushi then go for it. Actually making sushi with your friends does…
Ten Essential Kitchen Gadgets You Can’t Live Without in Baja, Mexico
TenĀ Kitchen Gadgets You Can’t Live Without in Baja, Mexico Every chef or home cook has a list of essentials kitchen gadgets that they can’t live without and these are ten of my favorite kitchen tools that make my life easier. Of course I could make do with a knife, a cutting board and fire but…
Sweet, Spicy Watermelon Salsa for Fish or Chicken
Sweet watermelon, spicy serrano pepper, cool cucumber, fragrant cilantro and red onion make a summer watermelon salsa that is bursting with flavor. There are a zillion recipes for watermelon salsa on the internet so please try every variation. I wanted more crunch so I added crisp cucumber and of course I love a punch of…
Easy Korean Pork Lettuce Wraps, Mexican-Asian Fusion
Korean pork lettuce wraps meet the Baja with a salty, sweet, spicy explosion of flavor. You can make everything in advance and serve these as a main meal or in bite sized cocktail nibbles. Northern Baja, Baja Norte, cuisine has a strong Asian influence. Restaurants in Tijuana and Ensenada are making a name for themselves…
Mushroom Walnut Vegan Chorizo – Turn up the heat and make it Mexican
Try this vegan chorizo, made with walnuts and mushrooms in any Mexican recipe for tacos, tostadas or tamales.Ā I think it would be great in stuffed poblano, Baja zucchini boats or red bell peppers. I let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for a day and the flavor was even more delicious. I topped tiny…
La Gringa’s Weekly Menu
Planning my meals around the available produce helps me use everything I’ve purchased without waste and allows me to create around the freshest ingredients. I print the menu and hang it on the refrigerator so that everyone knows the weekly plan. Of course, we don’t always stay on plan if no one feels like cooking…
What's for dinner, Doc? 