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Ds R.
 
Home Town: Sabana Grande, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
Living In: Bronx, New York, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2003
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Nouvelle, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Low Carb, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Needlepoint, Gardening, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
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Le Lo Lai Festival, Puerto Rico
About this Cook
I worked in the restaurant industry 6 years and am now working in the luxury hotel industry. I also host an interactive recipe web group on the Care2.com network called Puerto Rico Dish By Dish which is a growing collection of recipes (new + traditional) along with history, photos, news clips, etc from the island of Puerto Rico.
My favorite things to cook
I'm one of the few people who love to make desserts more than eat them. My favorite dessert to make is Tiramisu.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My favorite tradition is when all the women of the family would get together to make pasteles. This is a very long process so the time would pass by sharing stories and laughing while making the pasteles.
My cooking tragedies
One traditional appetizer of Puerto Rico is called Surullos. I love these things. Very addictive. They are the absolutely, totally, simplest thing in the world to make. For some reason I can NEVER get them right, EVER!. They either come out rock hard or they keep falling apart.
Recipe Reviews 12 reviews
Billy's Favorite Smoky Collard Greens
Pretty good! My first time making it and I was impressed at how simple and economical it was. Taste quite close to the collard greens I get at my local Jamaican restaurant. I ended up tossing my finish collard greens (drained) with some Quinoa that had been also cooked with onion, garlic,a dash of ground cumin, a dash of ground pepper, and adobo sauteed in extra virgin olive oil. Delicioso!

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Reviewed On: Oct. 27, 2009
Chayote Squash Side Dish
Made a few of my own personal tweeks: - added 1 teaspoon crushed dried oregano - added 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin - added 5 or 6 stuffed spanish olives - let marinate with 2 bay leaves - used sherry vinegar instead of wine vinegar

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Reviewed On: May 15, 2009
Crustless Spinach Quiche
Fractured my foot, in pain, can't walk, alone at home...WHAT DO I EAT??? Hobbled over to the kitchen....well...considering I had to use what was in my fridge I made quite a considerable amount of changes to this recipe. I'm not so sure about the combination of ingredients I have in my fridge! LOL While kneeling on a kitchen chair in front of the stove to keep pressure off my foot, I greased a 9" square baking pan with olive oil and lined the bottom and sides with 2 sliced boiled potatoes. Sprinkled potato with 1/4 tsp: salt, pepper, oregano, paprika, and garlic powder. Sprinkled a little more olive oil over seasoned potato. Placed in oven at 350 and baked until slightly browned (about 20 minutes). Meanwhile, I diced 3 small red onions & 4 garlic cloves and sauteed in 1 tablespoon olive oil until softened. Then I stirred in 1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms and corn removed from 2 corn on the cobs. Sauteed until tender. Removed from heat, stirred in a handful chopped cilantro. In a large bowl I beat 6 eggs. Beat in 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp paprika & cumino, 1/4 teaspoon: salt, pepper, & crushed oregano. Stirred into 2 cups mozzarella cheese into eggs. Stirred vegetable mixture into eggs. Poured over potatoes. Smoothed out with back of spoon. Topped with slices of tomato. Placed in oven uncovered (wanted liquid from tomato & corn to evaporate). Meanwhile,pureed: 1 avocado, 1 jalapeno, 4 tomatillos, 1/2 lime juiced, pinch salt, pinch ground cumino, 1 small red onion, 2 garlic

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Reviewed On: Apr. 8, 2009
 
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