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small head cabbage, very finely shredded • cooked chickpeas (I use them peeled) • cooked green peas (about 250 grams) • dried ancho chiles, soaked overnight and seeded • tomatoes, sliced into thin strips • small red onion, thinly sliced • chorizo (about 250 grams) • thin pork cutlets, chopped • garlic cloves, chopped • parsley, coarsely chopped • white pork lard • salt, to taste

Potato Patties: • large potatoes, cooked and mashed • peeled, chopped onion • breadcrumbs • ricotta cheese • egg • salt • As needed, oil for frying • Lenten Nopales: • cooked nopales (cactus paddles), diced • onion, peeled and diced • chopped tomato •

corn tortillas • homemade chorizo (about 300 grams) • small potatoes, peeled and grated • Vegetable oil, • toothpicks • Your favorite salsa (I used habanero and habanero-pineapple salsa)

shredded chicken (about 300 grams) • onions, peeled and thinly sliced into julienne strips • jalapeño peppers, stemmed, peeled, seeded, and cut into thin strips • red poblano peppers, seeded, stemmed, and thinly sliced into strips • fresh epazote, finely chopped • garlic, peeled and finely chopped • pork lard (from carnitas) (about 60 grams) • Salt, to taste • warm corn tortillas • Enough oil for deep frying • Spicy homemade red salsa • Spicy homemade green salsa •

bell peppers • eggs • radishes, peeled and sliced • onion, finely chopped • Shredded cheese • Olive oil • Salt and pepper

pressed pork cracklings (chicharrón prensado) • peeled tomatoes • chicken bouillon powder • garlic • serrano peppers • onion • cooked and chopped nopales (cactus paddles) • Salt to taste

ground beef (500 grams) • onion, chopped • chicken bouillon cubes • water (60 ml) • garlic, minced • tomatillos, finely chopped • yellow chiles (güero chiles) • chayotes, peeled and diced • potatoes, peeled and diced (500 grams) • poblano peppers, cut into strips • zucchini, diced (225 grams) • tomatoes, diced (225 grams) •

beef steak (250 g) • fresh parsley (5 g) • peeled garlic (10 g) • white onion (15 g) • salt and black pepper (5 g) • Worcestershire sauce (5 ml) • Lemon juice, to taste • white potato (50 g) • butter (10 g) • rosemary (5 g) • salt (3 g) • black pepper (3 g)

olive oil • dried chipotle chiles • shredded beef (about 250 grams) • Roma tomatoes, boiled and peeled • garlic clove • Salt and pepper to taste

chicken breast • bay leaves • dried oregano • Roma tomatoes • sliced pickled jalapeños • onion • garlic cloves • carrots, peeled and diced • potatoes, peeled and diced • Salt and pepper to taste

ground beef (500 g) • onion, finely chopped • garlic, finely chopped • carrots, peeled and diced • peas, to taste • potato, peeled and diced • Roma tomatoes • onion • garlic • salt, to taste • oil, to taste

shrimp, peeled and deveined • poblano peppers • Oaxaca cheese, to taste • Mexican-style table cream (media crema) • (about 475 ml) heavy cream • chipotle peppers in adobo sauce • Black pepper, to taste • Chicken bouillon powder (such as Knorr), to taste • onion, chopped • Minced garlic, to taste

ground beef (500 grams) • salt • black pepper • dried oregano • potatoes, peeled • carrots, peeled • garlic, minced • chopped onion • tomato, chopped • bay leaves

crab meat • small shrimp, peeled • tomatoes • red onion • cucumbers • limes • cilantro • ketchup (about 355 ml) • pickled jalapeños • pickled jalapeño brine (about 120 ml)

oats (about 90 grams) • amaranth (about 120 grams) • eggs • cooked and peeled sweet potato • cinnamon • almond milk (about 240 ml) • nutmeg • Honey, to taste • butter (about 10 grams)

roasted and peeled bell peppers • onion, diced; 2 tomatoes, chopped • parsley • tomato puree (about 240 ml) • cooked potato, diced • yellow peppers (such as Hungarian wax or banana peppers) • olives • sliced almonds, lightly toasted • tuna in water • Salt, pepper, and oil for frying

beef steak of your choice (about 1 kg) • bell peppers • medium tomatoes • onions, peeled • Salt to taste • granulated garlic • little vegetable oil

large carrot (peeled and cleaned) • Juice of 2 pink grapefruits • water (200 ml, or more to taste) • salt • Ice

assorted cherry tomatoes • honey or sugar • spices (oregano, thyme, black pepper, rosemary) • to taste peeled and crushed garlic • to taste salt • extra virgin olive oil

flour (about 1 kg) • melted shortening (about 500 grams) • cola (from a 600 ml bottle) • salt • sugar (you can reduce or omit the sugar in the dough if you prefer it less sweet, depending on how sweet your filling is) • Sugar and ground cinnamon (optional, for sprinkling on the empanadas) • Filling • yellow sweet potatoes, peeled • apples, peeled • Juice of 1 mandarin orange • Sugar

rice (about 200 grams) • room temperature water (about 480 ml) • oil (measured with the spoon you'll use to stir the rice) • medium onion • garlic (peeled) • salt • chicken bouillon powder • green beans, finely chopped • carrot, diced

smoked marlin, shredded (about 400 grams) • onion, chopped • poblano peppers, sliced into strips • celery, chopped • bacon, chopped and fried (about 200 grams) • potatoes (about 1/4 kg) • carrots, peeled and diced • ripe tomatoes, chopped • butter • V8 vegetable juice • beer • chicken bouillon cubes •

cleaned, peeled shrimp • flour (about 60 grams) • milk (about 120 ml) • breadcrumbs (about 60 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Vegetable oil, • Fresh coleslaw, as needed (see my recipe list)

all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • onion powder • garlic powder • salt • baking powder • black pepper • large egg • beer or 1 1/2 cups (about 350 ml) • raw shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1/2 kg) • vegetable oil (about 355 ml) • Mayonnaise mixed with chipotle peppers, for serving • Shredded red or green cabbage, for serving •

shrimp (500 grams) • tomatoes, chopped • onion, chopped • Chopped cilantro • Juice of 1 lime • manzano or serrano pepper, chopped • olive oil • avocado • small cucumber, peeled and finely chopped • corn tortillas • oil (about 240 ml) • Mayonnaise (as needed)

beef neck (about 1 kg) • beef chuck (about 1 kg) • onion • garlic cloves • thyme • cumin • bay leaves • oregano • Coarse salt • black pepper • carrots, peeled and chopped • rice (about 150 grams) •

romaine lettuce, washed and dried • cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced • strawberries, washed and hulled • green grapes, washed • avocado • basil, washed, leaves chopped • queso panela or basket cheese • Mixed seeds to taste: peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds • Olive oil to taste, with thyme, oregano, and garlic flakes • Balsamic vinegar to taste • Hawaiian black salt to taste

salmon fillets, about 3.5 oz (100 g) each • blueberries (100 g) • sour cream (100 ml) • cream cheese (about 100 g) • blue cheese (about 30 g) • Black pepper, to taste • lemon juice • Smoked salt, to taste • white onion, thinly sliced (about 20 g) • garlic clove, sliced • olive oil • whole milk (100 ml) •

ground beef or pork (about 500 grams) • potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced • garlic, finely chopped • small piece onion, finely chopped • tomatoes, peeled and grated • basil leaves, finely chopped • Salt and pepper to taste • vegetable oil • shredded or sliced Manchego or Gouda cheese (about 250 grams)

white rice (about 250 grams) • medium Roma tomatoes • peeled garlic clove • mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, or corn, or a combination) • pitcher filtered water • Vegetable oil • onion • salt