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Showing posts with label notjusttacos. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Giveaway! Not Just Tacos Cookbook for Latin American Cuisine

Remember the book last month I kept posting photos of the dinners I made? Did I mention that there's a giveaway in any of those posts? No? Well, that is neither here nor there because...

...here's the giveaway!

This is for a hardcover copy of the book Not Just Tacos by Shirley Solis




This is seriously an awesome book. 
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Not Just Tacos Review & Free Ebook Link!!

The past two weeks I've been posting some delicious looking dishes from the book Not Just Tacos

I have quite a few cookbooks but none like this one! Seriously. 
I'm not a 'spicy' food lover and I honestly thought that Latin American dishes had to be spicy. Silly me! 

This book has drastically changed the way I look at preparing food. 


If you read the other posts about the dishes we've made, you'll know we've loved them all! Not one has been disappointing. As a matter of fact, we've been super shocked at how delicious they are! Cooking from scratch isn't new to me. Our family rarely eats boxed, processed foods any more. But one thing my cooking seems to lack is the flavor we've found in the recipes from this book.

Guess what- Shirley is offering this book for free as a download for 5 days only (September 16-20,203). Read through the rest of this post to find the link to get your free download. 

I received an autographed copy of this cookbook from Shirley Solis, the author.


This cookbook is sturdy, with thick pages, and beautiful photos. But it's more than just recipes for Latin American dishes. There are cultural facts for each country. Here's a list of the countries we 'visit' in this book:

*Mexico  *El Salvador  *Honduras  *Cuba  *Puerto Rico  
*Dominican Republic  *Haiti  *Guatemala  *Nicaragua  *Costa Rica  *Panama
*Venezuela   *French Guiana   *Brazil   *Colombia
*Ecuador   *Peru   *Bolivia   *Paraguay
*Chile   *Uruguay  *Argentina

Wow! 

All of the family went through this book, choosing recipes that looked and sounded like ones to try. I can't even tell you how many were bookmarked to start with! I had to shorten the list or we'd have been eating Latin American dishes every night. Hmmm, that may not have been a bad thing...

Here are some more yummy photos of dishes in this book-

I seriously love this book! I know you will like it, too. 

And now...here's the link to get your free download of this book for 5 days only! Feel free to share!! Click the image below.


This is such an awesome book that if you miss the free download, I highly recommend you make the purchase! You can order the hardcover book for $20.13 (retail $25.00), or the ebook for $9.99 (retail). 

If you'd like to see more about Not Just Tacos, visit the website, find them on Facebook, or on Twitter

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Mexico to Panama...


My food never {well rarely} looks like the photos in the recipe. This was our dinner last night. Tacos!


Loved it! So far there has not be a recipe we've tried that we've not enjoyed. The tacos were paired with pico de gallo {I'll call it salsa}. My dear hubby thought that perhaps it was a little heavy on the onions. We didn't use even all that it called for! Admittedly, we also didn't use cilantro or lime juice. We used parsley and lemon juice- totally different flavors! {I really dislike cilantro smell and taste- personal preference.}

We also had guacamole and sour cream with ours, not called for in the recipe. The kids also put shredded cheese on theirs. That's the good thing with recipes- you can tweak and change them to suit you and your family. 

This afternoon I made empanadas for the kids. Sorry, no photos of those! But they were huge! I used leftover steak from the tacos last night with chicken and turkey, all ground together. I make turnovers {what empanadas are really} all the time but with tuna and sometimes chunks of chicken. Made the way the recipe directed, these were even tastier. 

It seems all this food has way more flavor than I'm used to! I don't know what we're going to do when I go back to my 'usual' cooking! 

Don't forget the week of the 16th {that's next week!} there will be something special on my blog pertaining to all this food I've been sharing! It'll be worth the wait, I promise!

Oh, here's a bit of 'social studies/geography' for you:
Mexico is the most populated Spanish-speaking country in the world. 
It is also one of the top tourist destinations. 
Some of the popular locations include Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, and the Ancient Mayan and Aztec Ruins.

Panama is the only country where you can see the sun rise in the Pacific and set in the Atlantic! 
The Panama Canal is located here. 
The culture and cuisine is a mix of Caribbean, Spanish, Indian, Chinese and West Indian countries. 

Monday, September 9, 2013

Puerto Rico and Then Onto Mexico

Cuba -and now Puerto Rico and then Mexico!? Oh yeah! 

I won't say our family is full of fuddy-duddies when it comes to trying new foods but - oh who am I kidding!? We are a bunch of creatures of habit and we like our 'usual' foods. This book though is changing that! 


The photo above (sorry it's really not that great of a photo!) is from a dish from Puerto Rico. It's called Carne Guisada, or beef stew. I've made beef stew before- a few times actually. What makes this one different? It's got some kick! It has flavor that mine is usually lacking. 

We all liked this. It reminded me of chili, stew-style and sans the beans. 

Next stop is Mexico...for real tacos.


Thursday, September 5, 2013

A Visit to Cuba...Well Not *Really*

Last night this family had a taste of Cuba. It was spectacular and delicious. 
(For all my THM friends/followers, this is so not THM-friendly!)


I was very surprised by this dish. Preparing and putting it together really did not give me much indication of its awesomeness. I was totally blown away by the finished product! 

I'm super excited to be able to share the book I got this from... in 11 days! I know- how mean of me to make you wait! It'll be worth the wait. I promise!

Here's a little information about Cuba that I learned while making this dish:
  • Cuba was the first and last Spanish colony in the Carribbean
  • Cuba, as a country, has the highest doctor-to-population in the world
  • Even though Cuba is so close to Mexico, geographically, its style is more like that of Spain
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