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Pupusas de Queso (Cheese-Stuffed Tortillas)

Submitted by: Jenny Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
Home Town: Langley, Washington, USA
Living In: Everett, Washington, USA
A favorite El Salvadoran snack, homemade tortillas stuffed with fresh queso blanco cheese are often paired with a traditonal coleslaw called curtido. Farmer's cheese or mozzarella can be substituted for queso blanco. 

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Empanadas de Pina (Pineapple Pastry Cookies)

Submitted by: Brenda 
Pineapple preserves tucked inside a decadent, buttery cream cheese dough with a sugar coating. 

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Brazilian Cheese Puffs (Pao de Queijo)

Submitted by: Mama & her Girls 
Home Town: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Living In: Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
These baked cheese puffs are made with yogurt, Parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese. 

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Easy Mushroom-Goat Cheese Empanadas

Submitted by: USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson 
Go deep this Super Bowl Sunday: Serve empanadas. These turnovers are perfect 'finger food' -- no knife and fork required. And because the recipes use refrigerated biscuit dough, it's an easy score. All you have to do is make the fillings. 

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Chilean-Style Sopaipillas

Submitted by: Makka 
Home Town: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Living In: Windham, New York, USA
Give sopaipillas some Chilean flavor using zapallo, a white-shelled squash with orange flesh. Boiled until soft, the squash is stirred into dough, which is rolled out and cut into circles then fried into crisp appetizers or snacks. 

Valencian Savory Empanadas

Submitted by: IIJUAN12 
Small pockets of dough filled with ham, onion, tomatoes, parsley, and hard-boiled eggs. These are as tasty as they are easy and impressive. They make great appetizers! 

Hominy con Queso

Submitted by: Camille 
Living In: Encino, California, USA
This recipe calls for a large can of hominy to be mixed with cream of mushroom soup, green chilies, and pepperjack cheese for a creamy Mexican-inspired side dish. 

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Spicy Black Bean Empanadas

Submitted by: Campbell's Kitchen 
Spiced black beans, ground pork and vegetables are wrapped in flaky puff pastry before baking to a golden brown. 
 
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