Category: Blog Posts

Fried Rice

Fried rice is one of those dishes that is not only delicious, it also makes great use of leftovers. It’s quick to throw together, uses one pan and it’s budget friendly. You can make it vegetarian or add chicken, pork, shrimp, steak and even bacon, they all work. Some...

3 Tips to Help Make You a Better Home Cook

Is there anything worse than bland food? You go through all the trouble of prepping and cooking with visions of deliciousness and instead you end up with blah. Do you know why the food in a restaurant tastes so good? Aside from the fat, sugar and butter, chefs season...

Why Cuban Black Beans (Frijoles Negros) are AMAZING

Growing up in a Spanish/Latin/Cuban household we had rice and beans all the time. We had them on the weekend, during the week, on a Thursday, on special occasions, at Christmas on New Years. I couldn’t get away from them! When you have such easy access to something I...

I’m not Puerto Rican, but I did marry one…

And he loves this dish! My husband is pretty darn amazing! He loved me before I could really cook. And for many years he would have to get his PR food fix at his mom’s house. And when she passed I knew I had to find a way to...

Jump on the Sofrito train

Every type of cuisine has their own set of foundational flavors. In French cooking its mirepoix, in Cajun cooking they call it the trinity, Italian cooking also has a sofrito that includes fennel and carrots. There can even be slight variations of Latin sofrito by adding different herbs or...

Welcome

Hi! I’m Karla and welcome to Dash of KMC. I am so happy you stopped by. I look forward to getting to know each of you and I want you to get to know me. I have been married to an amazing man, my husband Bob, for over 20...