Raspados' :)

Yesterday, was such a hot day, so after school my friend and I decided to go get a Raspado. We went to the place that we usually get them,"La Michuacana". They have all kinds of flavors, and fruits. A Raspado is an ice with a fruit and juice, With cream and ice cream in between. When, we got there it was full. So, we had to wait in line for 20 minutes. When it was our turn to order, i ordered mine of coconut, and my friend of pina. The fruits their are natural flavors.

First they got the cup, and poured white crushed ice and then coconut, and then again coconut.Also, coconut juice. Then crushed ice again, then ice-cream. It was delicious (:

Posole' :)

Today, after school my mom & I went her her friends house to help her make "Posole" for a party today. We went shopping for the food and ingredients, then went to her house. We organized all the ingredients. My mom and her friend first cut the meat, and wash it. While, they were doing that i was cutting all the ingredients.

Put a pan, with water and unions, with a little bit of salt. And stir, wait for it to heat enough.

My mom and her friend put the meat in the pan, and then added tomato juice and more water, and then more salt if needed.I helped to put the table. The napkins, forks,plates,spoons, etc. I organized it pretty. My mom and her friend were waiting for the Posole, to be ready and to add salt if needed.

You can add like cilantro, union, lemons and other ingredients to make it better for you. When everything was ready, my mom told me that it was a surprise dinner for her friends daughter, for her birthday.We were invited, and the Posole was the best (:

Arroz con Pollo' :)

Today for lunch my family and i ate Arroz con Pollo. I helped my mother prepare the food. So, we decided to make Arroz con Pollo. First we started by cleaning and washing the Arroz and the chicken. While, i was cleaning the arroz, my mother placed a pan with oil on the stove. When then it got hot enough, You also add vegetables; like carrots, union. Some people add other ingredients, depending. Cut them in small pieces.

Also, wash the chicken real good, and cut it in small pieces,or regular.Then, pour the Arroz to the pan, and add water... mix it, and add the ingredients. Let, it heat for a while, and mix. Finally, add the chicken and add salt. You can tell when its ready, when it starts smelling delicious ((:

Chocolate covered Strawberries' :)

OK, so right now i just got home from my friends house. We were so bored we didn't know what to do? Till ,we all went to the kitchen and looked all over for food and we found strawberries and lots of chocolate. SO, we all decided to make "Chocolate covered strawberries". There was five of us, so we all split the job.

Three of us, that washed the strawberries, and the other two made the chocolate, found the mixing machine to make the chocolate. After my two friends and i finished washing the strawberries, we placed them in long pans, one by one (in straight lines). While, my other two friends were cutting the chocolates in smaller pieces and pored them in the machine to mix. When everything was ready. All five of us, got a bowl of chocolate and started pouring the strawberries in to the chocolate bowl, and placing them in the pans in lines.

After we all finished we put the pans in the refrigerator. We waited around 90 minutes. While we were all waiting we decided to go rent a movie, it took us around 90 minutes, to get cleaned up, get ready, drive to "Block Buster" and then drive back home.

When we got to my friends house we all got ready to watch the movie and enjoy the "chocolate covered strawberries" we made. [[:

Tacos de Carne' :)

Today my friend took me out to eat... so we decided to go to get "Tacos". We went to " Los Apson". Its a fast food mexican place, to go eat any kind of MEAT tacos. You can see like the kitchen and how the people are cutting the meat and making it into little pieces. Theres like a big stove too.Theres different kinds of meat hanging in a pole and the people just cut it from there in a smaller piece. The cookers that work there wear a white apron and a whtie hat. Then they just take your order.

In the big stove they have inside they heat the meat after cutting it in small pieces and also the "tortillas". Theres also a different table where the engridients are. You cna add lemon, salt, tomato, chile, etc.

Chile Verde' :)

Last week, i had to go witrh my mom to a freinds dinner party. So, my moms friends made "Chile Verde". It can sound spicy or nasty. O r even look nasty but actually its really good. When i first saw it, it looked... not good. but, when you start getting bits of it, your going to love it. When we finished eating, i asked my moms friends about the food she made for us. So, she just started me telling al labout it. & how its her favorite.

It's a green chile, that you cut in between to add, cheese, and meat. It can be any kind of cheese; white, yellow, orange. And the meat, any kind oyu would prefer. Then after dooing that, Place them in a pan. And just flip them till both sides are well toasted.

Tostadas de Ceviche' :)

During the summer people at Mexico that live close to the beaches, and seas go fishing. For, shrimp, octopus, and other sea animals. Well, that's were the shrimp comes to make "Tostadas de Ceviche".
You need "clamato", tomato, onions, and cucumbers and green chile. Cut them all in small pieces. While in the bowl you pour the clamato, and add lemon juice. Leave it like that for a while. After you finish cutting the ingredients, also pour them in the bowl. wait for 30 minutes to put the shrimp in the bowl, but first you need to cut also the shrimp in smaller pieces.
Finally you mix it all well, and let it dry for another 30 minutes (depending the amount of what your doing). You can add Chile, sauce, salt, etc. Then just get the tostada and enjoy.!!!

Albondigas De Carne Molida' :)

Today for dinner my mom made "Albondigas De Carne Molida". Its a soup made of meatballs, carrots, and potatoes. In the afternoon, my mother and i went to go buy the meat. When we got home we made it into round balls. Then, in a pan in the stove pour water with tomato sauce. While, that was getting hot, my mom and i cut the potatoes, and carrots. After finishing cutting the potatoes and we pour them in the pan. Then, add water too, add a little bit of sault, and finally the meatballs.

Also, my mom added white rice, she cleaned it first. then boiled it in a separate pan. while in was less hard, she poured it on the other pan with the vegetables. Mixed everything together.

"Albondigas De Crne Molida" is a very common soup in Jalisco, my moms town. When kids get sick, its a very good medicine for them. The "caldito" has alot of vitamins and can clean your stomach (all the junk food).

Hambergers' :)

Today for lunch at school, my friends and i decided to get hamburgers. You know that you have to make a line and when its your turn to tell the ladys what you would like in your hamburger. Such as lettucce, pickles, tomato, etc. tou get to get served what you want in your hamberger.

A hamburger is a sandwich that is cooked of patty. Their usually of beef but also, pork, turkey.Their placed between two buns and the ingredients.Often served with lettuce,bacon, tomato, onion, pickle, cheese. And mustard,mayonnaise and ketchup.

Two most popular hamburger fast food restaurants are In 'n Out and McDonald's.

In 'n Out is just a place of hamburgers, their the best right now out of all other hamburger places. They come from California Beach.

McDonald's is another fast food restaurant that sells hamburgers, their most popular are the kids meal, such as hamburgers or chi ken nuggets. most orders are also different types of hamburgers.!!!

Birria' :)

"Birria" is a spicy Mexican meat stew. Its usually made of goat, cows. Its also often served in festivals, like Christmas, new years eve, Mothers Day and weddings.
Its s traditional food, that comes from Jalisco, it is a common dish in some Mexican food towns. It can also be served with tortillas, onions, cilantro and lemon.
Birria is made using a base of dried roasted peppers. Its a bowl combined with intigrents you would like to add.
Guadalajara is famous place for "birrierías". Though commercially birria is made from goat or sheep or other mammal.

Pancakes' :)

Panckaes..? Are really common for eating breakfast. their fluffy and have a really sweet smell, and warm. First you need to prepare the flower (bought of pancakes) and add eggs, milk & sugar. Then mix, wait till its pretty soft creamy. but it in a hot pan ready, flip the pancakes both sides for some minutes.

Their are variations of pancakes all around the world. Like in Germany, There made from potatoes. In France, filled with fruits inside, etc.

Ihop is one popular restaurant, that produces breakfast foods, such as pancakes, eggs, waffles, French toast,etc. They have the best pancakes there. :)

Tuna Sandwich' :)

Tuna is a popular kind of sandwich. It is usually made with canned Tuna mixed with other ingredients.There's alot of differnet kinds of tuna Sandiwches, but they all seem the same.

Tuna is a fish. Its a fish in the ocean, they are fast swimmers. they have pink flesh, thats why when you buy the tuna already redy form the can its light pink, by the time it drys.

Well, today for lunch my family and i made Tuna Sandwiches, we prepared them with Tuna (canned) and used mayonnaise in both breads.The breads can be toasted if preffered. Then add the vegetables.Such as onions, tomato, lettucce, pickles,cheese or sometimes also black olvies (Depending what you like).

Spaghetti' :)

Spaghetti is a long, thin pasta that comes from Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water, its usually dried before making it. Its made of different kinds of flour, too.

There's to kinds of spaghetti that i know, the one that's just the regular one with tomato sauce, and the one that includes the tomato sauce and meat balls...

They also include on both, cheese and pepper or garlic or oil to a spaghetti with tomato, meat, and other sauces.

Pasta, is what you make the spaghetti with. Their hard long thin as i said before, and put them in water & in the stove, to boil. Later, their going to look different, thick and softer. Then, you just change them to a different pot, and just add the ingredients and the tomato sauce. :)

Arroz con leche' :)

Arroz con leche " rice with milk", is one of the most popular desserts in the Latin World. it Can be eaten for dessert or dinner. Its usually white rice mixed with milk and other intergrents.

Its pudding and with Cinnamon on the top, spread. Or some add raisins to it. In Spain "arroz con leche" a very typical dessert, It's in all Spanish speaking countries.The Spaniards brought this recipe to America centuries ago, and now its sold in stores ready to eat.

The intergrents that are mostly used to make "Arroz con leche"; Milk, grain rice, cinnamon sticks, pinch of salt, raisins,sugar, butter, and vanilla. Some people depending your culture cook it in the stove, but some just in a pan & let it for some hours and then cook.

Mexican Tamales' :)

There's many different kind of tamales. Meat, cheese, chicken, chocolate, chorizo, candy etc.

There made of masa... mostly all Mexican plates are made of flower, to get a good taste with the ingredients.You just add water to the flower and then place it in the leaf of corn.

You spread the flower around the leaf,when its well spread add wich ever meat your going to want, in the middle. fold them very well so they wont spill, while in the oven.

Pizza' :)

There are so many kinds of toppings of pizza.! In my opinion the most popular one is pepperoni. Three's also, Cheese, Hawaiian, New York,etc.Any kind of topping.

Popular places to go eat pizza; Peter Piper Pizza, Papa Johns, Little Cesar's, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Mario's. All pizzas of course are made of flower.

The ingredientws usually put while making a pizza are tomato, salamis, seafood, cheese, vegetables.

A place where you go and but pizza isd called a "Pizzeria". In stores theres also pizzaz that are ready, just to put in the oven, Thier frozen.

In so many parts in the world, countrys have thieir own favorite pizza. Like, in India Pizza is an emerging fast food. Most pizza places their known are Domino's and Pizza Hut.They have topping like, Tandoori Chicken and Paneer. Indian pizzas are made more spicy.

Sopes' :)

Today for dinner I ate "Sopes". Its a thick tortilla, and you just add meat combined with carrots,

salsa,potato, and lettuce. You can add white cheese or any other salsa.

Its a famous typical food at mexican restaurants :)

My Favorite Food' :)

Tacos are my favorite, BUT the ones i like are different kind of tacos. Their called "Tacos de la Estacion". Usually sold at the "plazas" in Mexico & airports.

Thier made of beans & pork meat. Its a flat small tortilla folded in half and pour them in sause. Then just add beans or meat, and some 'chile verde" (green spicy sause). When people sell them, thier wrapped in napkins and warm' :P

Vanessa Enriquez'♥

Hello' My name is Vanessa Enriquez. Attend THMS as a freshman, Class of 2013. I will be posting about foods, restaurants i've been to, and food that my family has made. Welcome to my blog ;)