Main course

whole wheat fusilli pasta (120 grams) • fresh asparagus (200 grams) • frozen green peas (100 grams) • raw shrimp (200 grams) • lemon, zest and juice • garlic • olive oil • water (355 ml) • salt • ground black pepper • crushed red pepper flakes

chicken (about 1 kg), I used bone-in pieces • Corn tortillas as needed, preferably day-old • large tomatillos • avocados • small garlic clove • sprigs of cilantro • sour cream • Serrano pepper to taste (optional)

---- For the enchiladas: • corn tortillas • dried guajillo chiles (about 100 grams) • onion • whole garlic clove • Oil • ---- Filling: • Parmesan cheese or aged cheese • Finely chopped onion • ----- Chicken in Asado: • chicken legs and 2 thighs, trimmed of fat and skinless • red tomato, sliced •

roasted green chiles (not poblano, serrano, or jalapeño; use the larger, wider green chiles sometimes called 'chile verde' in some regions) • queso fresco (about 115 grams) • Mexican crema (about 360 ml) • Salt, to taste • Corn tortillas • Lettuce • cooked, shredded chicken (about 1 kg)

fusilli pasta (about 500 grams) • tomato puree • ground beef (about 500 grams) • garlic powder and black pepper (about 15 grams) • chopped onion (about 20 grams)

small onion, finely chopped • elbow macaroni No. 2 (about 100 grams) • water (1 liter) • large tomatoes • garlic clove • good splash of olive oil • Salt, to taste • chicken bouillon powder • spinach • Cilantro, to taste (optional)

tuna • onion • tomato • eggs • breadcrumbs • oil • for the pasta: • pasta (any kind you like) • butter or margarine (about 28 grams) • sour cream (about 60 ml) • chicken bouillon powder • pepper to taste •

your favorite pasta (I used fusilli) • sour cream (about 120 ml) • Salt and pepper, to taste • garlic, finely chopped • onion, finely chopped • butter (about 14 grams) • broth (about 10 ml), if the sauce is too thick • Sliced mushrooms

Spaghetti noodles • Butter, to taste • Black pepper • Salt

pita bread • shredded mozzarella cheese (about 150 grams) • tomato sauce (about 100 grams) • chorizo (about 50 grams) • hot dogs • bacon • dried oregano • ground black pepper, to taste

boneless, flattened chicken thighs • garlic cloves • dried arbol chiles • cilantro • butter (about 1/2 stick, 57 grams) • as needed, oil • salt, to taste • pepper, to taste • spaghetti or fettuccine (about 200 grams) • water (1 liter) • chayote squash • carrots •

boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 1 kg) • tomatillos, husked (about 1 kg) • onions • fresh green chile de árbol peppers • garlic clove • corn tortillas (about 1 kg) • chicken bouillon granules • Salt, to taste • Vegetable oil • Mexican crema (about 1/2 kg) • crumbled or grated panela cheese (about 1/2 kg)

cold corn tortillas • dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded • tomato • medium onions • garlic • queso fresco (about 200 grams) • chicken bouillon powder • oil (about 120 ml) • Salt, to taste • Water

large cup green salsa (about 240 ml) • reduced-fat shredded cheese (about 2 cups or 225 grams) • reduced-fat cream cheese (8 oz or 225 grams) • (10–12) corn tortillas • green chiles • cooked chicken breast, shredded

chicken breast • tomatillos • cilantro • garlic clove • onion • corn tortillas • sour cream (about 100 ml) • Monterey Jack cheese (about 100 grams) • Knorr chicken bouillon, to taste • Water,

corn tortillas • Chihuahua cheese (or substitute with Monterey Jack) • Mexican crema (about 120 ml) • tomato puree • pork chorizo

chicken breast • Salt, to taste • spicy mole paste (125 grams) • sweet mole paste (125 grams) • Mexican crema, • grated Cotija cheese (250 grams) • Chopped onion, • corn tortillas • Olive oil, • Water, • sesame seeds • disk Oaxaca chocolate

my all-purpose red sauce (recipe in my cookbook) (about 480 ml) • corn tortillas • oil • flour (about 16 grams) • cotija cheese, to taste • red onion, to taste

dried ancho chile • dried mulato chile • dried guajillo chile • large garlic clove • dried oregano • ground cloves • cinnamon • chopped onion (about 100 grams) • unsweetened cocoa powder • cornstarch • ground beef (about 400 grams) • corn tortillas •

large chicken breast, cooked and shredded • poblano peppers, roasted and peeled • onion • garlic • corn tortillas • sour cream (about 1/2 liter) • shredded or sliced Manchego cheese (about 200 grams) • Chicken bouillon or salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Oil,

skinless chicken breast • tomatillos (about 1 kg) • jalapeño peppers • cilantro, washed and dried (about 30 grams) • onion • garlic clove • Salt • Corn tortillas • Sour cream • Shredded cheese • Finely chopped lettuce, washed and dried • Oil •

dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles • tomatoes • onion • garlic • plantain • small baguette or bolillo roll • dried oregano (about 15 grams) • bay leaves • ground cinnamon (about 15 grams) • corn tortillas (about 1 kg) • potatoes •

chicken breasts, halved • mole paste (about 300 grams) • roasted tomatoes • corn tortillas (about 1 kilogram) • onion, thinly sliced • As needed, sour cream • As needed, oil

corn tortillas • ripe plantain • vegetable oil • (about 8.25 oz/235 g) prepared mole sauce or any mole sauce you like • queso fresco (fresh Mexican cheese)

corn tortillas • cooked and shredded chicken breast • green salsa • cream cheese (about 1/2 package, 113 grams) • table cream (media crema) • cilantro • chicken bouillon • butter • shredded Monterey Jack cheese (about 57 grams)

poblano peppers, roasted and peeled • cream cheese (Philadelphia or similar) • sour cream (about 240 ml) • Cilantro, • Knorr chicken bouillon, to taste • cooked chicken, shredded • Shredded Oaxaca cheese, to taste • Corn tortillas,

corn tortillas (about) • Filling: • whole chicken breast • tomato • onion • garlic clove • Oregano • Salt • Water • Sauce: • butter (45 grams) • all-purpose flour •

chicken breast • onion • chicken bouillon (such as Knorr) • Enough water • Fresh oregano • corn tortillas (about 1 kg) • cream cheese (190 grams) • sour cream (about 8.8 oz or 250 grams) • poblano pepper • Green chili peppers, to taste • onion • Cilantro •

chicken breast or whole chicken (about 1 kg) • El Pato brand tomato sauce or other Mexican-style tomato sauce • Yellow corn tortillas • red onion • Enough limes to marinate the onion • lettuce • Avocado, to taste • Sour cream (squeeze bottle) • Queso fresco, to taste

As many as needed corn tortillas • Oil • Salt, to taste • guajillo chiles • poblano chiles • tomatoes • Cumin, to taste • Oregano, to taste • onion • chicken bouillon cube (such as Knorr) • Refried beans • cooked chicken (about 225 grams) •