aggieamy Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 My book club is reading My Man in Havana so we're doing Cuban food for dinner. My menu is: Black beans and rice Cuban Sandwich <<< I need to figure out a way to make a vegetarian version of this Plantain Chips Watermelon Daiquiris Rice Pudding Is it too much rice to have rice and bean along with rice pudding? I could do a Tres Leche cake instead but that would be a new recipe and rice pudding is a recipe I've made lots of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The Cake Mix Doctor's tres leches cake is very good. I've made it for our mostly Hispanic staff at work and it gets eaten before other desserts. One guy requested it for his birthday cake. It's easy too. I usually google for the recipe rather than figuring out which cookbook and finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I think it's fine to do the rice pudding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 For veggie cubans, try: http://www.epicureaneva.com/the-veggie-cuban-sandwich/ or http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/emerils-vegetarian-cuban-sandwich-recipe.htm I think rice pudding is fine…but so is tres leches. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I don't know if you're doing your rice from scratch or not, but Vigo brand yellow rice mix is significantly better than any other yellow rice mix I've tried, and we always have it with Cuban dishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Can I put a write-in vote for flan? It's pretty easy and can be made ahead. And it's delicious. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thanks so much! Okay ... I'm still up in the air with the dessert and now flan is added as a possibility. I'll make DH decide! Adding Vigo yellow rice to my grocery list, thanks for the suggestion. Umsami - You're making it too easy for me. Thank you! I'll let you know how they turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I have no clue if yellow rice is actually/authentically Cuban. We had it quite a few times at Cuban restaurants and food stands in south Florida. It was always served with black beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nm Nevermind?!?! Now my curiosity is killing me. Did you have a vote on which dessert I should make? :laugh: I have no clue if yellow rice is actually/authentically Cuban. We had it quite a few times at Cuban restaurants and food stands in south Florida. It was always served with black beans. That doesn't matter. If it's delicious then it gets a pass for being close enough to authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Can I just come eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 IMHO, you could ditch the black beans and rice if you're serving sandwiches. A sandwich with a side of rice and beans is very heavy. The plantain chips are enough for a side. If you can find them, yucca chips are amazingly good. If you really want to serve rice, could you make arroz con pollo instead? That could serve as a complete meal or you could make some baked plantains. Those are easy to make and really delicious. I'd vote for flan too, but it's my favorite dessert so I'm biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 IMHO, you could ditch the black beans and rice if you're serving sandwiches. A sandwich with a side of rice and beans is very heavy. The plantain chips are enough for a side. If you can find them, yucca chips are amazingly good. It's also very heavy in carbs, if any of the guests are concerned about that. I don't know what exactly is in the sandwiches, but if you could do some sort of greens on the side (a salad or something like this (without the rice, since you already have the rice and beans option), then they would have the option to have the sandwich contents with that instead of on bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 For lunch, I might take out the rice and beans and put in jicama salad -- so cool and light and easy-peasy. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/crunchy-jicama-and-mango-salad-with-chile-and-lime-recipe.html Not to mention, how fun it is to say "jicama"... particularly several times quickly... :laugh: ps My Man in Havana, or Graham Greene ("our" man?) Our Man cracked me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 For lunch, I might take out the rice and beans and put in jicama salad -- so cool and light and easy-peasy. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/crunchy-jicama-and-mango-salad-with-chile-and-lime-recipe.html Not to mention, how fun it is to say "jicama"... particularly several times quickly... :laugh: ps My Man in Havana, or Graham Greene ("our" man?) Our Man cracked me up. LOL! I can't even claim sleep deprived because the baby sleeps through the night now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 All this talk of dropping the rice and beans--sacrilege! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 All this talk of dropping the rice and beans--sacrilege! :lol: Plus it's a great option for the vegetarians! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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