get ready to have your mind blown at how easy, delicious and in my opinion, healthy this breakfast is.  ready....

1. put some bacon in the oven.  i bake mine at 400 for about 10 minutes.  done.
2. boil some eggs.  literally the easiest way to make eggs.
3. cut up some avocado and smash it on a rice cake and top with whatever the heck you want.  this is the "hardest" part of breakfast.  i topped mine with everything but the bagel seasoning and lemon.  bam.  done.
4. slice up some cheddar cheese or bonus points if you have pre-sliced cheese because then it's even easier.
5. put it all on a plate.  done and done.

no slaving over a stove. no extra prep work. this is my go-to breakfast to make on lazy weekends and honestly our favorite breakfast to have. also, it's keto friendly (low carb) which is how we eat 80% of the time ;)

buen provecho!

have you ever been in a situation where you had last minute company and didn't know what to offer them? i don't know if it's because of my culture or it's just proper etiquette all around, but i was raised to always have something to offer guests when they come over.

one thing that i found to be so easy to whip up (and look like the hostess with the mostest) when company comes over unexpectedly is a little cheese platter. most of the ingredients for a simple cheese platter are ingredients that you can always keep on hand in your refrigerator and pantry, making it super easy to put together a bougie cheese plate for your last minute guest!

my girlfriend stopped by the other day unexpectedly and i was able to whip up this spread in literally 10 minutes. i took a wedge of my favorite Parmigiano Reggiano and placed it on my marble cheese board. then i added a jar of honey, some pasta de guayaba (guava paste...every respectable puerto rican has guava paste in their fridge!), some nuts, some crackers (i currently had garlic roasted pita chips), and whatever fruit you have on hand (which i had grapes). pair it with some wine and you'll have yourself the perfect impromptu wine and cheese girl's night!

i absolutely love cheese and literally always have some on hand. because of the long aging process, Parmigiano Reggiano is naturally lactose-free which is a plus for our household. junior is lactose intolerant so having lactose-free options on hand is necessary. it also is easily digestible and the perfect source of both protein and calcium. you can read more about that here.

i had this idea to create a beautiful (and delicious) cheese board using apples picked right off the trees while apple picking.  i go apple picking every year and i wanted to do it a little differently this year! so i invited my sister and brother in law to come with us.  i figured we couldn't eat all of that cheese by ourselves ;)

i looked on pinterest and got some inspo from my fav online babes (thanks @chasingdenisse and @taza).  i never prepared a cheese board spread and didn't really know what i needed (aside from cheese)  once i figured out what i needed to get, i went to the store and collected everything i needed.

here's a list of 8 things that will help you prepare what i think is the perfect cheeseboard...

1. find a nice cutting board or butcher block.  i bought this one from world market.

2. select at least three difference cheeses...a hard, semi-firm and a soft.  i served parmasean cheese, sharp white cheddar and a brie.

3. choose a meat (or two).  i bought pre-cut hard salami.

4. select several types of fruit.  since we were going apple picking, i only purchased grapes and cut up some apples once we got to the farm.

5. decide on a few spreads and/or dips.  i chose a roasted peppers hummus, strawberry spread and honey to drizzle over the cheese.

6. get some fancy chocolate and nuts.  i bought sea salt and almonds dark chocolate, raspberry dark chocolate, salted peanuts and cashews.

7. add assorted crackers.  i purchased a multipack of different party crackers, rosemary bread sticks and roasted garlic bagel chips.

8. serve with wine, and enjoy!

how delicious does that look?!  let me tell you, it was bomb.  thanks family for indulging in all of the cheese with me!!


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is it weird if i tell you guys that i am a millennial who's never tried ramen before?  are you judging me?  no?  good.  because i have just tried my hand at making some ramen and i'm pretty impressed with myself ;)

today i have partnered up with nissin top ramen to bring you this recipe.  when they reached out to me to see if i was interested in finding my #noodlezen by cooking up some ramen and sharing a recipe with all of you, i figured it was the perfect opportunity to try some for the very first time.  and what better brand of ramen than one that has no added MSG.

i'd be lying if i told you it was love at first bite.  next time i'm for sure going to skip the egg.  i thought it was weird to have egg with my dinner but i didn't want to deviate from the recipe that i found on pinterest too much, so i made the egg.  if eggs are your thing, don't skip the egg.  you'll probably love it.  and also, the recipe called for only salt and pepper on the chicken and i thought that was going to be a mistake while i was cooking it.  (hello, latina here.  i'm all about the sazon!)  but, again i didn't want to change the recipe too much.  so next time, i'll for sure season the chicken to my liking.  i was thinking even doing teriyaki chicken next time!

if you compare my recipe and the original, you'll find a few minor changes that i did but all in all, i'd say my first ramen experience was a success!

recipe adapted from here.


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one of my favorite meals to make when i have company is a typical puerto rican meal, rice and beans, potato salad, green salad and pernil.  everyone that has tried my recipe for pernil has always asked me for my recipe and so today, i am finally sharing it on the blog so you can see exactly what i use and the steps i take to make it.

this dish has to be prepared the night before since the meat has to marinate for as long as possible. the longer the better!  also, this dish takes hours to bake, so make sure you plan accordingly.  i usually stick my porkie in the oven at 6 am and go back to sleep.  i'll wake up after an hour, lower the heat, and then go back to sleep again.  when i wake up, the entire apartment smells like the holidays (since my mom was notorious for making pernil for our family all throughout my childhood).

i originally found a recipe online for puerto rican pernil but over the years have made it my own so i don't have a link to where this recipe was inspired by.  it's a dish that is super common in my culture (on both sides- puerto rican and dominican) and i feel proud to share this recipe with all of you!



if you make this recipe, please tag me on instagram or send me an email to hello@ohsheslovely.com as i would love to see and repost your image!!

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today i wanted to share with you the most amazing dessert i've had in a while!  i made these apple cheesecake bars to bring to my mom's house for thanksgiving day dessert.  they were such a hit because honestly, who doesn't love apples and cheesecake!  i had some leftover apples from when we went apple picking this year and wanted to make a dessert with them.  (can we just talk about how long those apples lasted?!  makes me think about how awful the stuff they sell in the grocery store is...but i digress)

i went on pinterest and searched high and low for an apple recipe that i knew would be a hit.  and low and behold, i found this one!

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recipe adapted from here.