Tag: food

How to make delicious Spanish Rice!

Momma Bear

Growing up Hispanic, in the south of Texas meant that there was always amazing Mexican food on every corner. My absolute favorite thing when I was a kid was when one of my moms friends, Señora Newkirk, would make us a huge pot of that red Spanish rice. Oh my GOD! I could eat that entire thing by myself I swear, she just made it so scrumptious. Anyway, I got older and one day I decided to try to make some Spanish rice for my own family now; and I think I accomplished something delicious. Now, my Spanish rice has a long way to go before it reaches Señora Newkirk’s, but here is how I did it!

Ingredients:

1/2 onion (I use the brown one)

1 tomato

2 cloves of garlic

1 can of tomato sauce 8oz

2 tablespoons of avocado oil (or olive oil)

1 cup of white rice long grain

2 cups of water

1 table spoon of knorr

1/2 table spoon of chili powder (or less depending on taste for spice)

A sprinkle of oregano

Tiny shake of cumin

Dash of salt and pepper

Directions:

-First, prep the onion, garlic cloves, and tomato by chopping them up. I personally like chunks of tomato in my rice, but you can chop them as big or small as you’d like. Now, set that aside.

-in a large cup, add the two cups of water and mix into it the 1 tablespoon of Knorr, 1/2 tablespoon of chili powder, a sprinkle of oregano, and a teeny shake of cumin, mix well and set aside.

-In a large/medium sauce pan add the two tablespoons of oil and turn it up to a medium high. Once the oil is hot enough, add the 1 cup of rice . How I can tell when the oil is hot enough, I will drop a grain of rice into the pan. If the grain of rice wiggles around and bubbles; it’s ready. Now, I like to use a wooden spoon or spatula (true Mexican) and just continuously mix around the rice letting it cook in the oil. -Once the rice starts turning a golden brown color lower the heat on stove a little and add in the chopped garlic cloves and the onion. Mix the rice around letting it cook a bit more with the onion and garlic, the. Add in the tomato. Mix for a few more seconds, never letting the rice burn.

-turn off heat and add in the 1 can of tomato sauce, continuously mix it around in the tomato sauce, letting the rice cook.

-After a couple minutes of really letting the rice soak up the tomato sauce (that’s what will give it the nice red/orange color), add in the water mixture you created. (The two cups of water with the powders)

-turn up the heat back to a medium high , add in a little salt and pepper and just gently mix the rice around in the water until it comes to a boil. Make sure there is a good amount of bubbles.

-once the rice boiled for a couple minutes and you mixed it up real good, turn heat down to a low simmer and put a lid on the pan. Let it sit for a good 20-22 min.

-turn off heat completely and let it sit for another 10-12 minutes. DO NOT TAKE OFF THE LID. Not even for a second, it will ruin the rice.

– remove lid and stir it up, let it cool for a few minutes and enjoy!!

So there it is! I hope I helped as much as I could, feel free to comment any extra add one you think are worth trying! I love trying new food. ❤️

How to make the best grapefruit pie!

Momma Bear

I have this really annoying habit of craving the sweetest things when I’m on my period. If you’re anything like me, you may like a little sourness within the sweetness as well. When I first met my husband, he took me to this really cute bbq place and he introduced me to something amazing, GRAPEFRUIT PIE. I know, it sounds weird, but trust me; it is SO good! I took one bite of the delicious pie with a little dip of whipped cream my husband had lid out on the side, and I was hooked. The only little problem was that it was a little pricey, close to $20 and unfortunately I couldn’t just go buy a $20 pie every time I got my period. So, I decided to make my own! Not to toot my own horn or anything but I personally think that it tastes better than the one at the restaurant. Why? Because I made it with love! No, honestly I don’t know why but I just like the way mine tastes better! Anyway, some people like to add marshmallows to their grapefruit pie and that’s totally cool too, but, I’m going to share my little recipe for my grapefruit pie.

Grapefruit Pie
Ingredients
-5 or 6 ruby red grapefruits peeled and sectioned off
⁃ 1 cup of sugar
⁃ 1 1/2 cups of water
⁃ 1 strawberry gelatins box
⁃ 3 tablespoons of cornstarch
⁃ Pie crush 9inch (I get graham cracker)
⁃ Cool whip tub

Instructions:
1. Peel and section grapefruit into slices without any white peel, place in fridge
2. In a medium size pot mix in the 1 1/2 cups of water with 1 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of corn starch and continue stirring on medium/high heat until liquid becomes thick.
3. Once liquid is beginning to thicken, stir in the strawberry gelatin box, continue stirring until completely dissolved.
4. Remove pot from heat and let cool for 2-3 hours
5. Once the mix is cool, carefully add grapefruit slices from fridge into the mix
6. Add the new mix carefully and evenly into the pie crust and set it in the fridge for 4 hours minimum
7. Enjoy with whipped cream!

Now, I have a little secret. I have two babies so I don’t have the time to be cutting and peeling grapefruits perfectly. I go to Costco and get these super cool little cups of already peeled and ready to go grapefruit slices! I drain the juice from the cups, I use about 5 cups, and just use that! You’re welcome.