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Home | Elizabeth and Lena Alvarez

Elizabeth and Lena Alvarez

Lena Alvarez was about the age of eight when she and her mum, Elizabeth, joined the Leite’s Recipe Testing community. Both Lena and Elizabeth are whole-heartedly grateful for the hundreds of tastes, tests, triumphs, and not-so-triumphant culinary moments (from their own learning curve!) afforded by David Leite and the Community of Leite’s Culinaria. Lena still is a devoted taster of great food, even as she studies ballet full-time in northern California. Elizabeth lives and works in Santa Barbara.

Lena and Elizabeth Alvarez
A metal tray with a pile of chocolate espresso shortbread cookies on it. Nearby, a glass of milk.

Chocolate Espresso Shortbread Cookies

2 hrs 35 mins

Two plates of pecan pie cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

Pecan Pie Cobbler

1 hr 45 mins

A baking dish filled with spicy hot fudge pudding cake and a spoon scooping out a portion.

Spicy Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

50 mins

A person using a kitchen towel to hold the sides of a large skillet filled with strawberries that are tossed with butter and sugar.

Caramelized Strawberries with Ricotta

15 mins

Roasted pear with honey and rosemary on sourdough, on a marble slab tray, beside a jar of honey, a spoon, and sprigs of rosemary.

Roasted Pear with Honey and Rosemary

30 mins

A plate with parchment paper filed with squares of vegan walnut fig bars.

Vegan Walnut Fig Bars

1 hr 15 mins

Banana bread granola tipped out of a glass jar onto a marble surface with a wooden scoop beside it.

Banana Bread Granola

1 hr

A white bowl filled with brodo di pollo on a wooden surface with a fork and spoon beside the bowl.

Brodo di Pollo ~ Italian Chicken Soup

1 hr 15 mins

A pot roast with potatoes and vegetables on a decorative platter with a serving fork on the platter and a napkin on the side.

Easy Pot Roast, Potatoes, and Vegetables

4 hrs

A white plate filled with orange ginger chicken thighs and orange wedges.

Orange Ginger Chicken

2 hrs 10 mins

A peach berry sonker in a square baking dish with one serving missing.

Peach Berry Sonker

2 hrs 15 mins

A platter of roasted carrots with a serving fork on the side.

Easy Roasted Carrots

55 mins

Six coconut milk popsicles on a platter filled with ice.

Coconut Popsicles

3 hrs

A serving of cucumber and onion salad being lifted from a serving bowl with silver salad tongs.

Cucumber and Onion Salad

1 hr 25 mins

Vanilla and chocolate waffle cones on a white marble surface.

Waffle Cones

1 hr

A grated carrot salad piled on a wooden cutting board with two lemon wedges.

Grated Carrot Salad

10 mins

Three pieces of vegan baklava stacked on top of each other.

Vegan Baklava

2 hrs 30 mins

Glass jar with a cold and flu drink with a cinnamon stick, a spoon with ginger

Cold and Flu Elixir

5 mins

Baked spiced pecans on a sheet of parchment that is resting on a wooden serving board.

Spiced Pecans

40 mins

A small bowl of lemon wedges and two white bowls of deep purple summer borscht with a dollop or sour cream and sprinkling of chives in each.

Summer Borscht

1 hr 10 mins

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