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All the recipes in this page are delicious, healthy and cruelty-free. Some of the traditional Latin recipes have been transformed to avoid the use of animal products in order to not contribute to animal exploitation, torture and suffering. Animal products are not needed to turn out delicious food; in fact, they may limit flavors, and of course, their presence is known to affect our health.

Puerto Rican Red Beans

Ingredients
2 cups Beans, canned or dry
(If dry, soften overnight by placing beans in a quart of water, if canned, add the same can volume in water).
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 teaspoonful salt
2 tablespoons stewed tomatoes
1 tablespoon fresh "sofrito"
1 potato and/or half plantain, each cut-up in chunks
Method
Heat all the ingredients through stirring occasionally until potatoes are soft, having absorbed some of the liquid and the mix is thicker.
This can be accomplished in a microwave oven too;
-in this case, heat for 15 minutes medium, and allow to sit for about 5-10 minutes covered.


--The secret: Green "sofrito":
Ingredients
A bunch of fresh "cilantro"
1 large onion
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp each:olive oil and red vinegar		 Method
Process the mix until all is ground and blended.
Store up to one week in refrigerator.
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