Dominican Cooking ❤️

While Jugo de zanahoria y naranja (carrot and orange juice) may sound like an unusual combination, it is a nutritious, refreshing, popular drink in our country.

Here I share with you the most wonderful guava recipes you can find anywhere. Guayaba, or guava in English, is quite a popular fruit; it has grown and consumed on our island for centuries. We love for its marvelous taste, unmistakable aroma and versatile use in cooking.

Learn how to make shrimp mofongo, or camarofongo, a tasty combination of mofongo with rich and juicy stewed shrimp.

Enjoy this lovely, luscious dessert with the creaminess of a cheesecake, bathed in golden caramel, and a touch of pineapple flavor you'll surely love.

Fruit punch is a classic of Dominican children's birthdays. Here we present you a reinvented version, as well as an option to serve to grownups.

Chicken chicharrones are very popular as a fairly inexpensive, and easy-to-find dish, available in any humble restaurant around the country, from large cities to small towns.

Putting yuca and cepa de apio together gives us a new and much more complex flavor that I love, and you will too.

Let me show you how to make a creamy, delicate, delectable pumpkin flan caramel, and also the traditional vegan egg-free Dominican Flan de auyama, a pumpkin pudding that is almost fool-proof.

This is a very delectable dish that we typically serve on special occasions due to the time it takes to prepare. I can tell you, however, that every minute it takes to make it is worth it in the end.

Easy, inexpensive, and quick to make, this lovely, flavorful sauce goes great drizzled over roasts and BBQ meats. Don't miss out on this lovely and popular sauce.

Enjoy the summer with this refreshing, lovely, and smooth acerola cocktail. Though not a traditional Dominican cocktail, I love how all the ingredients in it are part of our cultural repertoire.

With traditional Dominican flavors and cooking methods, these simple but juicy, tasty fall-off-the-bone ribs are 100% savory and absolutely worth trying.

A tasty creamy stew-like bean dish seasoned with spices and herbs, it's served over white rice or drizzled on crispy concón.

This Pastelón de Berenjena y Queso (Eggplant & Cheese Casserole) will be your go-to recipe. To be honest, it's a great dish whether you're a vegetarian or not.

These Dominican cookies are very straightforward to prepare, even for the novice baker. See just how easy these lovely treats are to make with our thorough recipe with a handy video.