Vanessa Mota

While tortillas are still warm, build up your tacos by adding first the pork, then the cilantro dressing and topping with red onions. I added a little cilantro dressing I had leftover from when I made my awesome Cheese Stuffed Yuca Balls and topped them with a little red onion. I topped these tacos with a little red onion, fresh jalapenos and cilantro sauce, and finished with a little lime juice for some fresh zing. Use toppings with different textures, some crunchy and fresh and a creamy sauce to balance out the pulled pork.

Grilled pineapple ice cream sundaes are finished with dulce de leche for a delicious sweet treat that everyone will love! This grilled pineapple dessert is quick and easy to make and perfect to serve after enjoying my other cookout favorites like Grilled Chicken Skewers and Mexican Grilled Corn Salad. Place grilled pineapple slices on plates and top each slice with a large scoop of frozen vanilla ice cream. You can use other grilled fruits (such as grilled peaches).

This creamy cilantro dressing is a tangy and flavorful sauce that’s perfect for dipping or a sauce for topping salads. This creamy cilantro dressing be used as a sauce or dip and it’s an easy way to elevate a simple salad. I love to serve this as a dip with my Yuca Fritters and it’s a great alternative to serve with tortilla chips. Whether you use this as a dip, dressing or sauce it’s an easy and quick way to add flavor to appetizers, salads and mains.

There are many variations of adobo, but the most popular is a dry seasoning mix made from: To make it into a marinade or sauce, the spices are mixed with vinegar to preserve and enhance it’s flavor. There are two main types of adobos: dry, which are very similar to the dry rub that we use in the US, and the wet adobos, the adobos “mojados” (i.e. marinades), which in the Caribbean involves the use of citruses such as lime and sour oranges. I used them to make a barbecue sauce for these grilled chicken skewers, for a pineapple chipotle glaze I used for this delicious holiday ham recipe and this pineapple chipotle sauce I drizzled over my favorite shrimp tacos. These dry adobos, which usually come labeled as adobo completo or complete seasoning, are mostly a blend of salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, oregano, and other dry herbs and spices.