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Vanessa Torrellas

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BIRRIA TACOS (serves 2)

Chile Sauce:
• 2 guajillo chiles
• 2 pasilla chiles
• 2 morita chiles
• 2 Roma tomatoes
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Splash of white vinegar
Toast chiles directly on open flame or dry pan until charred and fragrant, about 2 min. Soak in hot water for 20 min to soften. Blend with tomatoes, garlic, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, and vinegar until completely smooth. Pass through a chinois to remove any solids. Set aside.

Beef:
• 1 lb beef chuck, generously seasoned with salt & pepper
• ½ white onion, diced
• 2 cups beef broth
• Graza Sizzle olive oil @getgraza
Sear beef in Graza on high heat, 3–4 min per side until deeply browned. Remove meat. In the same pan, cook onion 3–4 min, then deglaze with beef broth, scraping up all the brown bits. Add chile sauce and beef back in. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Remove beef and shred. Strain the remaining liquid through a chinois — that’s your consommé.

For the Tacos:
• Corn tortillas
• Oaxaca cheese
• White onion & cilantro, chopped
Dip tortillas in consommé. Place in a cast iron with a little Graza. Add shredded beef and Oaxaca cheese, fold and crisp 2–3 min per side until golden. Top with onion and cilantro. Serve with consommé for dipping. Enjoy! Viva México 🇲🇽

#cincodemayo #birriratacos #grazaoliveoil #mexico #recipes taken in Los Angeles, California by @vanessatorrellas

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5 months ago

Si no has ido a Puerto Rico, esta es tu señal.

Que bendición ser de esta isla hermosa.

1. 📍La Posita de Piñones, Loiza
2. 📍Playas del Yunque, Río Grande
3. 📍Playa Esperanza, Manatí (parking gratis justo antes)

#2026 #puertorico #quericopr #colorpalette taken in Puerto Rico by @vanessatorrellas

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9 months ago

Amo ser de Puerto Rico. Amo a toda esta gente y faltan muchos muchos más.

Hace muchos años no despedía el año con los míos y wow que mucho falta me hacía.

Agradecida por un comienzo de año maravilloso y este sobito pal corazón 💛

#puertorico #navidad #newyear #2026 #familytime taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico by @vanessatorrellas

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9 months ago

Estoy poniendo en práctica lo que me hace bien. Y bailar es parte esencial de ese plan.

#2026 #dance #bailar #alegría taken in Venice, California by @vanessatorrellas

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9 months ago

This year tested me in ways I didn’t see coming. But I kept showing up. And so did the ocean.

Building a business that’s still finding its legs. Sitting across from someone I cared deeply about and hearing them say they couldn’t give me what I wanted. Sitting in discomfort. Things I believed in that didn’t unfold the way I hoped. Learning to regulate my nervous system.

There were days I felt lost. Days I stood at the water’s edge not knowing what came next, just knowing I needed to be there.

And I kept coming back. The ocean was always there vast, relentless, holding space for me. Sometimes calm. Sometimes the waves were too wild and I had to stay on the shore. But it never left.

Running along the beach taught me to see things differently. When you’re too close to something, you lose perspective. But step back and suddenly you see how immense it really is. How powerful. How whole.

I spent most of this year desperate for things to happen immediately. Answers. Results. Certainty. But miracles don’t come from forcing. They come when you change your frequency, when you believe you’re worthy of receiving without the chase.

If the ocean can be this abundant, this powerful, this endless then so can I. So can you. We have the same ability to start again with every wave.

Living five minutes from the beach gave me something I didn’t know I needed: space to fall apart and come back together. Space to remember I’ve always been whole.

#oceanhealing #selflove #transformation #femaleentrepreneur #2025growth by @vanessatorrellas

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10 months ago

I gave “I would never run a marathon” a full TED Talk. Confident. Detailed. Unbothered.

Anyway, I’m training for one now.

Apparently the line between “not me” and “watch me” is just a few weeks of showing up when nobody’s clapping.

If you’re sitting on a dream you keep talking yourself out of, consider this your reminder: you’re allowed to outgrow your own opinions.

#ASICSLAMarathon #LAMarathon #WeRunLA #RunLA #MarathonTraining #LongRun #RoadTo262 #runnercommunity taken in Los Angeles, California by @vanessatorrellas

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10 months ago

Plot twist: I signed up for the LA Marathon and now I’m really doing it. Following my dad’s footsteps into the marathon world and honestly? I’m SO excited.

Just crushed this week’s training and it feels AMAZING. Can’t believe I’m actually a person who’s training for a marathon right now but here we are.

26.2 miles, let’s do this thing! 🏃✨💪

#lamarathon2026 #lamarathon taken in Los Angeles, California by @vanessatorrellas

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10 months ago

Diciembre,

Llega diciembre con su manto frío,
envuelve al mundo en luces y color,
las calles brillan con un nuevo brío
y en cada casa se enciende el amor.
Las noches largas traen su quietud,
el año cierra sus páginas ya,
entre nostalgia y plena gratitud
diciembre abraza lo que se nos va.
Huele a canela, a pino y tradición,
se juntan mesas, se encuentran las manos,
late más fuerte cada corazón
recordando a los cercanos y lejanos.
Y mientras cae la última hoja seca,
diciembre nos susurra al pasar:
que cada final es puerta que se abre,
que siempre hay tiempo para comenzar.

Diciembre

Te amo 💛 by @vanessatorrellas

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a year ago

This is what my heart looks when I think of you. A year without you. My Angel!

#rudyrené #torrellas #drawingtoheal by @vanessatorrellas

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a year ago

Life keeps getting betta’

#sailing #pacificocean #capitana by @vanessatorrellas

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a year ago

Doing hard things, especially the ones that scare you….transform you.

What have you done lately that gave you faith in yourself?
What are you still afraid of doing?
What’s standing between you and the life you’re meant to live?
What’s keeping you average?
What’s holding you back from your greatness?

Sit with it. Then move. Greatness is you!

#dohardthings #awakenyourgreatness #healinginmotion #selfbeliefjourney by @vanessatorrellas

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a year ago

Self Care is not a suggestion anymore it’s a non-negotiable 🤝 by @vanessatorrellas

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a year ago