Help! I Can't Cook For My Hispanic Husband

Most Hispanic or Latin men expect for their woman to cook and cook well. This is part of their culture. Take note, their mothers, aunts, and sisters, most all know how to cook. This can be a cause for panic in some American women who are not used to this custom or who may be unskilled in Latin cuisine.
No reason to panic though, here is an easy solution. If you are on good terms with your spouse's family and you feel some measure of comfort with them, then simply ask them for some of their recipes. If that is not an option then simply Google common Hispanic recipes, or just put in the name of your spouse's native country. There you will find an extensive list of sites that offer recipes for Latin cooking.
Also, it is good to stock up on Hispanic or Latin spices. One can find a hefty selection of these spices just by visiting the local tienda or Wal-Mart, which has a huge section of Latin foods. Once you have all of your spices and foods, use the recipes that you have found on Google and follow them verbatim. This works. Trust me. It is also a clever way of impressing your spouse and his family with your culinary skills.
Hispanic cooking tools and utensils are also a must have for efficiency in the kitchen. For example, a comal is essential in cooking up some good tortillas and gorditas, and this gives your spouse a little bit of home."

Menu: Lonche de Mi Esposo (my husband's lunch) and Dinner Ideas

Lonches de mi Esposo

Decided to post some lunch ideas if you prepare your husband lonche in the mornings. I do this every morning at 4 am. Yesterday, my husband told me that 3 of the guys from his work asked to try one of the tacos (they always trade tacos). Upon tasting them, they asked, "can she make us some? We will buy the meat and pay her to prepare lonches for us too?" I thought...ok. I guess I could. Anyway, I made the taco with a Teriyaki chicken filling. This is a little bit different for Mexican taste buds, as most do not like meat that is dulce (sweet). But they loved this. I do not have exact measurements for this. I cook a lot of soul food so I do not measure. I just know how much I want in there. You have to season this recipe to taste.
here is the recipe:

Ingredients

Pechugas de pollo (chicken breasts)
onions/cebolla
chile Jalapenos
Teriyaki Sauce (I use lots of this sauce)
Soy Sauce (only a little of this)
1 tablespoon of sugar
Mayo
Tortillas
Soul Food Seasoning or Seasoning Salt
Onion Powder
Black Pepper
Sazon Goya con culantro y achiote

Directions/Direcciones

Filling
In a pot, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Prep your chicken. Add soy sauce and teriyaki sauce first. Then add the spices (soul food seasoning or seasoning salt, onion powder, sazon goya con culantro y achiote, black pepper) cook on low until everything cooks down. The aroma is nice. This has lots of flavor.


Tortillas
heat tortillas (in a comal or on the eye of the stove) add mayo (mayo sounds weird, but it helps the meat to stick and it adds a good flavor) then add the meat filling and fold. Then stack them on white sandwhich paper in fours and wrap in aluminum foil. In a separate plastic bag, add pico de gallo: chopped onion, chiles, and tomato marinated in lemon for them to add to the taco at lunch time. Don't forget a napkin and semi frozen sangria to drink.

Dinner ideas

I love to blend mexican and soul food recipes together to make an ecclectic dinner table.
My favorite Mexican and Soul food dishes.

Esquite (mexican corn on the cob)(Here in the U.S.) Corn on the cob rolled in mayonaise, hot sauce, and then parmasean cheese.(in Mexico) they use loose kernals in a cup marinated in lime, green Jalapeño sauce, and cheese.

Collard Greens topped with a homemade Jalapeño salsa, macaroni and cheese, and pork tacos

Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast this morning was Tacos de Salchichas con cebolla y chile

Ingredients

corn tortillas

hot dogs (turkey oscar meyer)

onions/cebolla y chile

jalapeno

aceite/oil

mayonesa/mayonaise

directions/direcciones

esin a small amount of oil, fry 3-4 oscar meyer turkey hot dogs with chopped onion and 1 jalapeno. Fry until it is all caremelized together. Heat your tortillas en a comal or on top of the stove, after add mayonaise to them and add the hotdog filling. Fold over once. On wax paper stack them in threes or fours. Wrap in aluminum foil.

There is hardly any information on the web about these couples, but tons of these couples are present in every major city in America. I used the term black to include all people of African descent. This includes Blacks from the continent of Africa, African-Americans, and expands to all points of the African Diaspora. As many already know, there are Black-Hispanics all over the world such as Peru, Columbia, and Puerto Rico who share a common culture. However, this blog is about Blacks and Mexicans who have completely different cultures. Anyone is welcome to join the blog. Please share your experiences.

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