Ground beef and cabbage

A few ingredients go a long way to make a delicious week dinner. Pair this ground beef and cabbage dish with some cooked rice or pasta, a side of mashed or baked potatoes, plus some roasted vegetables.

Pork sausage, black beans, avocado and cheese breakfast burritos, paired with jalapeño salsa made in molcajete (mortar)

This scrumptious Tex-Mex burrito is paired with a Molcajete salsa. Molcajete is a type of mortar made of volcanic stone, very popular in Mexico to make all sorts of salsas, but if you don’t have a molcajete or other type of mortar at home, simply put all the ingredients in the food processor and pulse for a few seconds to get a chunky texture salsa.

Cranberry-orange cheesecake

If you are hosting this Holiday season treat your guests to a delicious and decadent Cranberry-orange cheesecake. The orange juice in the filling and in the sauce gives it a sweet, balanced flavour. Surprise your guests with this cheesecake that also has one additional layer of cranberry-orange sauce in between layers of cheese filling.

Corn and sausage stuffed zucchini boats

Stuffed zucchini are a low in carbs and easy-to-make option for any day of the week, lunch or dinner. Corn and weiners’ sausage stuffing, as suggested in this recipe, is just one of the many possibilities; play around with the available ingredients at your home, perhaps you have some vegetables or deli meats left over in your fridge that you can utilize? Also, you can turn this delicious recipe into a vegetarian dish by removing the sausage or cheese. The possibilities are endless.

Pineapple Tepache (Fermented drink)

Tepache is a delicious and refreshing Mexican drink made from pineapple peels, water, sugar and cinamon, taking advantage of parts of the fruit that usually are discarded. Tepache is also called “sweet pineapple beer” due to the brewing process; alcoholic degree may vary (0.5% – 2%) depening on the various factors like ingredients, fermentation time, room temperature, etc.