Humitas

In an effort to learn more about Ecuador and our new friends there we are trying out some South American recipes. I searched online and found a blog called Laylita's Recipes. The author is a woman whose parents moved from the US to Ecuador in the 70s. She was born there and moved to the US after high school. The blog is full of amazing and authentic Ecuadorian recipes and filled with step by step photos.

We first tried a recipe for humitas which are steamed corn cakes. We picked this recipe because we received a lot of corn that week from our local farm in our CSA box. Served with salsa they were delicious and tasted unlike anything I've ever had made with corn.

Our family had fun trying out such a unique recipe and eating a food that our CFCA friends must be familar with.