A direct descendant Spanish Crema Catalana, Puerto Rican natilla is a rich milk custard flavored with cinnamon & lemon. It's decadent, creamy and delish!

Bizcocho Mojadito Puertorriqueño is a staple in every Puerto Rican celebration, especially birthday parties. This cake is spongy, delicious, and soaked in a brandy syrup.

The easiest recipe for Puerto Rican tembleque, a creamy and totally vegan coconut pudding perfect at any time of year!

Have you been wondering how to make Puerto Rican polvorones? Yes, the polvorones topped with guava or sprinkles that is are the ultimate comfort cookie. Puerto Rican polvorones is like a shortbread cookie with guava or sprinkles that is delicious, tasty and just right!

I have never heard of this dish but Country Cookin' Mama had mentioned it here in her comment: Looks yummy! Have you ever made ...

One of my childhood favorites!

Learn how to make Puerto Rican-style picadillo stuffed potato croquettes, aka Papas Rellenas. This popular Spanish appetizer consists of mashed potato balls stuffed with seasoned ground beef, deep fried to crispy, creamy perfection. They're an impressively tasty dish to serve as an appetizer, side dish, or snack.

"Budin" or "pudin" is a bread dessert that's very popular in Puerto Rico and the rest of Latin America. Here's an easy budín recipe so you can enjoy this delicious treat in your own home!

Homemade Puerto Rican sofrito is so easy to make that I recommend making your own as a recipe base. This is how to make authentic Puerto Rican sofrito.

This delicious easy vegan flan recipe is inspired by Puerto Rican creme caramel, but uses oat milk, coconut cream, and agar agar to keep it plant-based. It's a great luscious and creamy vegan version of the popular Puerto Rican dessert I grew up with!

Discover a sumptuous, sweeter side to one of the Caribbean's most beloved cuisines and give these Puerto Rican desserts a try during your next visit.

Today we're making a popular Puerto Rican dessert called Quesitos that are made with puff pastry and cream cheese. Quesitos come together in under 30 minutes and are perfect served hot with a cup of café con leche or tea as a treat for breakfast or dessert.

Natilla is a popular latin and spanish dessert. Find out what makes it so special and how to make it like many latin countries do.

The small island of Puerto Rico has been famous for its rich culture and cross cuisine that evolved through decades with many influences including European (mostly Spanish), African, and those of the indigenous Taíno people. However, the Puerto Rican desserts have become relatively more famous than the starters or the main course items. With their […]

Arepas de coco is one of my favorite street foods in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican arepas are fry bread that is light on the inside and crisp on the outside.

Crema de farina (cream of wheat) is a Puerto Rican breakfast food staple that also qualifies as comfort food in my book. On its own, cream of wheat can be very bland, but as with most things, us Puerto Ricans know how to kick things up a notch when it comes to flavor. This creamy dish was a staple growing up, and it's easy to see why. The quick cooking, rich and creamy wheat porridge is sweetened with cinnamon, star anise, cloves, and honey, then topped with a pat of butter that oozes into a puddle of golden deliciousness. This

These flaky, sweet, cheesy—amazing—quesitos are my favorite treat when we go home to Puerto Rico. I crave them the minute our plane lands.

Tembleque ("wobbly" in spanish) is a classic Puerto Rican coconut pudding made with coconut milk, cornstarch, cinnamon and sugar. It's appropriately named for its wiggly appearance and deliciously smooth texture. For best results, chill the dessert in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

This Puerto Rican-style Flancocho is a rich dessert made with layers of caramel, vanilla cake, and flan. It's baked in a bundt pan for that signature flancocho shape, and combines the custard-like texture of flan with a spongey vanilla cake.

Creamy tres leches rice pudding.

My version of my father's flan de coco recipe (Puerto Rican coconut flan). Flan de coco is made with coconut milk and shredded coconut, which adds a delicious Caribbean-style taste to the traditional dessert.

This unique, Puerto Rican sweet and savory guava dip take less than 15 minutes to make and it's the rock star of dips!

Have you ever been to Puerto Rico? Both Michelle and I went with friends before we were ever married.I went on a whim when a coworker invited me after she