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Hola Hola! Happy Thursday!
Today I’m sharing another recipe from my new cookbook, Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican-American Kitchen, for my Cherry Lime Chia Agua Fresca from the Drinks chapter! It’s a really easy recipe that comes together in less than 10 minutes, and it is an agua fresca you can make year-round because frozen dark sweet cherries are perfect for this! (Trader Joes has the best frozen cherries!)
This is a recipe that was inspired by the traditional Agua de Chia, (Chia Agua) that you typically find in the mercados and tinaguis in Mexico that consists of water, fresh lime juice, cane sugar and chia seeds. It’s very refreshing and my simple twist introduces sweet dark cherries to balance out the tartness from the lime juice. Did I mention this is also perfect with a shot of vodka or tequila?
You can watch a short tutorial I shared on Instagram on how to make this agua fresca here!
I’m keeping it short today, but if you happen to make this agua fresca, tag me and send me pictures. I love watching my recipes come to life!
Nos vemos pronto!
Hola Hola Hola!
We are just 3 days away from Christmas, or 2 if you start your celebrations on Noche Buena!
This year, I decided to take the Holidays off. My partner and I bought our first house together over the Summer, so aside from wrapping up my first cookbook (which comes out in less than six months!!!!!!!) we’ve spent the past few months unpacking, organizing and fixing things around the house and are in dire need of some time to relax.
I’ll be making a small batch of tamales (rajas con queso and pork in a red chile sauce) and champurrado for the two of us, along with ponche. If you’ve never had ponche before, it’s essentially a hot hibiscus and tamarind tea with various warm spices that is served with fruit like guavas, sliced apple, and tejocotes sweetened with piloncillo. It’s tangy, it’s sweet, and it is a great way to stay warm and cozy during the Holidays, and adding a shot or two of tequila only makes it even more perfect. If you don’t follow me on Instagram yet, join me here, I’ll be posting a little ponche tutorial later today so you can follow along at home! If there’s a certain fruit included in the recipe that you don’t like, feel free to substitute with your favorites!
I hope you’re all able to take some time off to this week to enjoy the Holidays with your loved ones. I have a few recipes left to share before the year is over, but for now, nos vemos pronto!
If you still haven’t solidified your menu for Christmas Eve or Christmas, I’m including some recipe suggestions below:
Polvorones Rosas (Mexican Pink Sugar Cookies)
Marranitos (Soft Mexican Gingerbread Pig Cookies)
Pozole Rojo de Pollo (Red Chicken Pozole)
Rajas con Mac and Cheese (Poblano Mac and Cheese)
Find the recipe in my new cookbook Chicano Bakes!
¡Hola Hola!
I know what you’re thinking, ¿Donde andabas perdido? I had to take a brief break from working on blog stuff because I spent the last few weeks packing and moving out of Southern California so I hadn’t been able to work on anything new. I also added a third baby to the pack and he’s been keeping me so so busy!
I’m really excited to talk about this new space and finally start working on what I’ve been wanting to do for a really long time, video! There is so much natural light to work with in this new space in comparison to the sole tiny window we had before in our apartment, but I’ll be sharing a little bit more about this in another post!
Today we’re making a refreshing strawberry mango agua fresca. I had stopped by the Farmers Market over the weekend and both the strawberries and mangoes looked too sweet and juicy to pass up. Whenever you’re making an agua fresca, make sure you are using fruit that is ripe so that your agua is flavorful and sweetened naturally so you don’t have to add spoonfuls and spoonfuls of extra sugar to sweeten it. If you happen to have any extra strawberries, slice them and add them to your pitcher for a nice garnish.
I hope you are all staying cool this Summer, I’ll be back later this week with more recipes! ¡Nos vemos pronto!
