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Fish of your choice • oven-safe baking dish • Coarse salt to taste (smoked is optional) • Seasoned salt to taste (optional) • Water • Bell peppers • Onions to taste • Carrots to taste • Potatoes to taste • Any cooking oil you like

ripe tomatoes • guajillo chiles • pasilla chile • Chipotle chile, to taste • chicken broth (about 950 ml) • garlic clove • Oregano, to taste • Natural chicken bouillon, to taste • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • cooked chicken breast or any cooked chicken pieces • Vegetables of your choice, such as zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot •

noodles of your choice (I used fideo noodles) (about 100 grams) • large tomatoes • onion • garlic clove • Chicken pieces or giblets, depending on the number of servings • Salt or chicken bouillon, to taste • fresh cilantro • Vegetables to taste (I used 1 ear of corn) • oil or lard (about 7 grams) • ground oregano • Chipotle in adobo, green chile, or serrano pepper, to taste (optional)

boneless, skinless chicken breasts • whole cleaned nopales (cactus paddles) • Cheese of your choice, • bell pepper • onion • sliced mushrooms • Spices of your choice, to taste

beef steaks • bell pepper • Enough mixed vegetables of your choice • Salt, to taste • Pepper, to taste • Enough oil for frying

ground meat of your choice • bacon, • carrots • zucchinis • green beans, • onion, • garlic, to taste • ground cumin, to taste • thyme, to taste • soy sauce, to taste • pepper, to taste

lettuce • avocado • cherry tomatoes • ham • hard-boiled eggs • black olives • lemon • black pepper • Salt, to taste • Dressing of your choice, as needed (optional)

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 •

medium tomatillos • jalapeño or serrano peppers (your choice) • onion • garlic clove • oil of your choice • Salt, to taste

As many baked corn tostadas as you like • cooked nopal (cactus paddles) • turkey chorizo (or your preferred kind) • olive oil • onion • Salt, to taste • For serving: • Green onions • Cucumbers • Pico de gallo (chopped chile, tomato 🍅, onion, and cilantro) • Lime

roasted poblano peppers, seeded and sliced into strips • fresh corn, kernels removed • garlic, minced • small red onion, chopped • tomatoes, pureed • Chicken broth (homemade or powdered) as needed for seasoning • Mexican crema or sour cream (60 ml) • cornstarch • Butter • Shredded cheese of your choice • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste

beef liver, cut into small cubes (about 1 kg) • large onions, sliced into thin strips • Salt, to taste • lime • Tortillas, • Oil, • yellow chiles (guero peppers) • lime • Salt, to taste • small tomatoes, diced (about 1 pound/450 grams) • medium onion, diced • prepared tomato chili salsa (store-bought) •

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

white sweet potatoes (about 1 kg) • sugar (about 600 grams) • Juice of 2 lemons • Flavoring extract of your choice, as needed (such as currant, pineapple, or lemon) • food coloring, depending on the chosen flavor (red, yellow, green) • powdered sugar (about 250 grams) • Wax paper,

masa harina (about 240 grams) • water (about 300 ml) • salt and pepper • Fillings of your choice, to taste • cactus paddles (nopales) • tomatoes • onion • Cilantro sprigs, to taste

corn kernels (from 6 to 7 ears of corn) • flour (wheat, rice, or corn—your choice) • sugar • ground cinnamon • baking powder • salt • eggs • unsalted butter, at room temperature • sweetened condensed milk • evaporated milk • vanilla extract

ricotta cheese (about 500 grams) • corn, depending on size • unsalted butter (200 grams) • eggs • sweetened condensed milk • granulated sugar (about 100 grams) • baking powder • vanilla extract • Topping of your choice; you can use caramel sauce (cajeta), powdered sugar, or serve it plain. (It also goes well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream)

squash blossoms (about 25 blossoms) • mushrooms • avocado oil • white or yellow onion • garlic • dried epazote • Salt, to taste • Asadero cheese, • Corn or nopal (cactus) tortillas, • Green tomato salsa, tomato salsa, or your favorite salsa, to taste

medium nopal cactus paddles • soy chorizo • garlic clove, finely chopped • onion, chopped • cilantro • avocados, sliced into 1/4-inch pieces • Roma tomatoes, chopped • Crumbled queso fresco, to taste • Taquera salsa, to taste • Salt, to taste • Cooking oil of your choice,

medium zucchini • large poblano pepper, cleaned and sliced, or 1 cup frozen sliced poblano peppers • medium leek (white part only) • garlic clove • almond milk or your preferred milk (240 ml) • butter (14 grams) • Salt and pepper to taste • Grated panela or fresh cheese for garnish,

chicken-flavored Maruchan instant noodles (or your preferred flavor) • enough water to prepare the soup • corn • salt, to taste • butter, to taste • sour cream (about 60 grams) • mayonnaise (about 60 grams) • juice of 1 lime • cotija cheese or crumbled queso blanco, to taste • Tajín seasoning, to taste • Valentina hot sauce, to taste • Takis Fuego chips, to taste

cooked chicken breast (about 225 grams) • nopal tortillas • green salsa (such as Herdez, or your favorite brand) • crema (Mexican-style sour cream), to taste • Parmesan cheese, to taste • salt, to taste • oil,

steak of your choice (about 1 kg) • Roma tomatoes • dried arbol chiles • garlic cloves • onion • chicken bouillon cubes • Salt to taste

spinach, washed and chopped (about 680 grams) • tomatoes (about 450 grams) • green chili pepper (serrano or jalapeño) • shredded white cheese (about 150 grams, such as basket cheese or your preferred type) • finely chopped turkey breast ham (about 150 grams) • eggs • garlic clove • onion • water (1 liter)

ground beef (about 450 grams) • egg • garlic powder • spicy cream cheese (or your preferred cheese) • For the sauce: • tomatoes • onion • garlic • chipotle pepper • bouillon cube • water (60 ml) • all-purpose flour

nixtamal masa (about 1.5 kg) • refried beans (about 1 kg) • nopales (about 750 grams) • large bunch cilantro • onion • Tomato, to taste (optional) • Fresh cheese or panela cheese, to taste • Salt and your favorite salsa, to taste

pre-fried taco shells or make your own tacos • As needed, shredded beef or cooked chicken • As needed, corn tortillas (made with masa harina) • As needed, toothpicks • medium or large tomatoes • onion • garlic • chicken broth (1 liter) or 1 chicken bouillon cube • To taste, sour cream • To taste, pickled pork skin (cueritos) • To taste, lettuce

corn • (7.6 oz/225 ml) table cream (such as Nestlé Media Crema) • cheese of your choice, I used Manchego • powdered milk • eggs • baking powder • (1/2 stick/55 grams) melted butter • salt, or to taste • For serving: • Sour cream and your favorite salsa

uncooked rotini pasta (or your preferred pasta) • poblano peppers, peeled, cleaned, and diced • butter or margarine • all-purpose flour • sliced fresh mushrooms • milk • sliced Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (or your favorite cheese) • tuna, drained and flaked • fresh asparagus • breadcrumbs • melted butter

beef steaks • bell pepper • onion • shredded asadero cheese (about 150 grams) • Pre-cooked flour tortillas • Salsa of your choice