Cocina Republic

There are days and nights the kitchen is the last place I want to be so these lazy one pan meals are my saving grace. I use one skillet or one pan, dinner comes out of it, and there’s almost n...

Make ahead meals are what I live on during busy nights. I cook something on a Sunday or prep it in the morning, and then dinner is already waiting when everybody’s hungry and nobody wants to be standing at the stove.

My mom cooked this way without ever calling it anything. There was always a pot of beans or a stew in the fridge, and whatever we ate on a Tuesday had ...

Pollo guisado is a Latin chicken stew, and every family has their own recipe and don’t make it quite the same way. Puerto Rican versions lean on sofrito and olives. This one’s my homemade version inspired by my cousin’s recipe, built on recaito, and it’s ready to serve in about an hour.

If you’ve made my

These Sunday dinner ideas are many of my faves, and I make on repeat. Something goes on early, the house starts smelling like garlic and onions by the afternoon, and dinner takes as long as it takes.

SOme of my fondest memories as a kid were Sunday dinners. Wathcing my mom play cards (which she still does more than once a week), eating and laughing/ I didn’t know it...

These dinner shortcuts for busy moms exist because we know everyone looks to mom for dinner, even dad looks to mom for dinner. We all have those tired days, the ones where by five you have nothing left and we’re all hungry.

And I love a good shortcut. Grab a rotisserie chicken from the store and turn it into a quick and yummy rice dish with any good veggie, crispy t...