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Olive Spread

By on November 2, 2011 in Appetizers, Food, Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian

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 [...]

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Mangoland Series: Mango Salsa

By on August 19, 2011 in Appetizers, Food, Fruit, Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian

This week I’m featuring another mango recipe with our juicy local mangoes. My daughter helped me to prepare this dish. If you ask her, she will name all the ingredients as she passes me each one: mango, pineapple, tomato, pepper, parsley, lime. Exactly like this, only in Portuguese. “Of course”, she would say, this time [...]

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Mangoland Series: Tropical Skewers

By on August 2, 2011 in Appetizers, Food, Fruit, Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian

What a Summer it is! The thermometer in the balcony has just reached 114 F. It feels like someone turned on a sauna outside 24 hours a day. I’m certainly not a good Floridian on this, I just can’t stand this kind of heat. So, while I’m feeling uncomfortable breathing whenever I leave any air [...]

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