Recipes

Sofrito is a popular Latin American & Caribbean cooking base for soups, meat stews, rice, and beans. It can also be used as condiment.

3 Tablespoons Achiote Oil (recipe below) 4 - 6 chicken thighs with skin intact 1 Tablespoon The Spice House Adobo Seasoning, Regular 1/4 cup Sofrito (recipe below) 1 Tablespoon tomato...

Green chile enchiladas are the best when made with New Mexican green chiles.

I love hot soup on a cold January day. This soup comes together quickly and is easily reheated.

Usually around March I start really craving summer and all that comes with it. I like to make a grilled dish that reminds me that summer is coming soon. This...

Another one of my slow cooked recipes meant to fill your home with great cooking scents on those cold winter afternoons in Chicago! Like many of my Tex-Mex recipes, this...

This Caribbean-inspired stuffed papaya is redolent of cinnamon, citrus, chiles, allspice, and onions.

We love fish tacos, and I created this slaw using all spices from the Spice House.

We use this all the time! We love it so much it's our favorite taco, burrito, or nacho seasoning. I can't keep it mixed up!

This is a good Mexican style marinade that isn't very spicy hot with a very pleasant flavor. I use this recipe when marinating chicken for a variety of Mexican dishes...

Instead of fried, these roasted peppers are baked in the oven and covered with shredded cheese.

We've all heard of Tequila Lime Chicken. I wanted a variation with the jerk chicken and decided to try it with rum and jerk seasoning. It has a nice kick...

If you really want them crispy make sure to boil your diced potatoes first. You can also use frozen diced breakfast potatoes for this recipe.

I created this "enhanced" guacamole recipe a year ago. It's the best I've tasted. Photo by Vel and Amy.