Hot chocolate my way. Definition: creamy, thick and made with chocolate, not cocoa powder. The trick? Leave it on the heat until it starts to thicken. Real chocolate, the dark, and real milk, the whole. Healthy? Of course and one of the most popular food in its different shapes and flavors around the world. It [...]
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Hazelnut-Cranberry Chocolate Bark
Christmas is only one week away. And nothing can spell Christmas better than chocolate. Well, besides all other treats, like King’s Cake or any traditional food common in your part of the world. And of course there’s Santa and the reindeers, the tree, the ornaments, the religious Nativity and so many other things. Depending on [...]
Pão de Deus – Sweet Bread
Pão de Deus can be translated into “God’s Bread”. It is a brioche-kind of soft roll with a coconut topping just lightly sweetened and toasted in the oven. Sublime and heavenly are good words to describe it. Part of the Portuguese rich cuisine, any bakery in the country offer this delicacy from North to South. [...]
Eggless Carrot Cake with Apricot Cream Cheese Frosting
Today I received a happy e-mail from my cousin in Portugal. My grandmother is turning 100 years by the end of December and that’s certainly the perfect reason to celebrate a life. One hundred! I’m delighted with the news. She is my only grandparent alive and the only great-grandmother to my daughter and to my [...]
Whole Wheat Pita Bread
Fresh bread. Homemade. Warm. Just out of the oven. One of the oldest foods and also one of the most simple and adaptable. In many languages is even used as synecdoche for food. Flavor, scent, presentation and texture are prized denotations of quality and freshness. The perfect crust and crumb. All these words describe the [...]
Olive Spread
Lately I haven’t been in a writing mode. Well, probably you noticed already since my posts are showing up with more temporal spacing between them. First it was due to the pregnancy fatigue but now I’m feeling a little better. However something has changed in this space of time. All the turmoil that is going [...]
Lima Beans Salad
Commonly, this salad is made with black-eyed peas. Corn is not usually part of it. Sometimes is served together with tuna. Normally it is pretty good. This time was different. I guess I was craving that black-eyed peas salad for lunch. But black-eyed peas were nowhere to be seen in the pantry. Not to mention [...]
Mangoland Series: Mango with Greek Yogurt
What kind of breakfast do you usually have? I’m questioned about this often and some people may wonder why I don’t have many breakfast posts. The reason is as simple as my regular kind of breakfast. I’m basically a yogurt kind of girl. Well, let me explain better. Unless I’m on vacation in some nice [...]
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Hot Chocolate with Greek Yogurt
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Hazelnut-Cranberry Chocolate Bark
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Pão de Deus – Sweet Bread
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Eggless Carrot Cake with Apricot Cream Cheese Frosting
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Whole Wheat Pita Bread
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Veggie and Parmesan Cake
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Good Wholesome Morning
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Chocolate Cake w/White Chocolate Mousse
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Orlando Weekend with Food Blog Forum
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Flan
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