My Valentine
Loves Chocolate
My favorite desserts have chocolate. That’s just who I am! Try these easy chocolate desserts for your special Valentine.
Chocolate Cake with Creamy Frosting
Happy Valentine’s Day from me and my littlest grandson!
Super Bowl Snacks
Artichoke Dip, Spicy Hot Chicken Dip, Stromboli, Taquitos with Guacamole
Crostini, Game Day Drumsticks, Steak Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Portuguese & Italian Sausage Sliders, Chicken Wings Portuguese Style
Bruschetta, Olive Dip, Tortilla Mini Quiches, Jalapeño Popper Dip
These are just great recipes! We have some new ones in the works too! Take a look here for additional GREAT RECIPES FOR SUPER BOWL PARTIES.
2016 Top 10
Your favorites from 2016! You love our Portuguese Recipes … And More! Thank you!
1 Portuguese Beans with Linguica
2 Portuguese Rolls
Three Portuguese Marinated Pork
Four Portuguese Linguica Sausage
Five London Broil Dinner
Six Custard Bread Pudding
Seven General Tso’s Pork Chops
Eight Old Fashioned Tamale Pie
Nine Portuguese Black Beans
Ten Tostada Compuesta
Hot Chocolate Bar and More
Making It Easy for the Holidays
We Love our Hot Chocolate! Are you into making things festive yet want it to be easy? If you haven’t put together a Hot Chocolate Bar you’ve gotta give it a try! Oops, you’re not into Hot Chocolate … Tea and Coffee work too! Even a Dessert Bar.
Here are some easily purchased items that will help you put together a Hot Chocolate or Coffee-Tea Bar in minutes. I’m sold on Dean & Deluca’s Hot Chocolate on a Stick … How easy is that! And don’t you just love these Pioneer Woman Jumbo Mugs!
Hot Cocoa Goodies
Holiday Mugs
Teas and Chocolate
Tea Mugs Chocolate
French Press & Coffees
Easy Gingerbread and Hot Chocolate Mix
My Favorite Christmas Cookies
Great Thanksgiving Sides & More
1. Apple Cranberry Chutney 2. Stuffed Mini Pumpkins 3. Beet & Arugula Salad 4. Country Green Beans
5. Portuguese Greens 6. Italian Mac-N-Cheese 7. Sautéed Green Beans 8. Macaroni & Cheese
9. Shredded Potatoes 10. Chopped Salad 11. Portuguese Peas 12. Dijon Potatoes with Green Beans
13. Roasted Red Potatoes 14. Cheese Potatoes 15. Standing Rib Roast 16. Au Gratin Potatoes
17. Tenderloin Roast 18. Turkey Alcatra
Apple Spice Cake with Caramel Topping
Late Summer and Fall is Birthday Season here, one birthday after another. My guys definitely have favorite cake or pie requests. My daughter, not so much. I’m always on the lookout for new recipes that just might satisfy everyone. One birthday celebration and one birthday cake might work for all. They’re aging nicely <smile> and sharing is now a really good thing. Everyone agrees my apple pie is pretty hard to beat for any occasion. So, an Apple Spice Birthday Cake sounded like an excellent substitution. I’ve been saving this Bake From Scratch Fall 2015 Issue. Yep, the cake on the cover became my choice! Let me tell you a bit about this recipe. It’s simple, few ingredients … Great presentation … Great spice and apple taste! The downside … The cake is a bit heavy. I’ve only baked this recipe once and I must admit I was a bit distracted by a sweet little 3 year old. So, were the measurements right on? Hmm. As for the frosting it’s tasty and rich. For two 9 inch layers it’s much more than enough. This Apple Spice Cake with Caramel Topping is definitely worth a try!
Blue Cheese Burgers
These Burgers are Perfect! Blue Cheese Burgers are our preference for this Fourth! These burgers can be prepared one of two ways … with a creamy blue cheese topping or with the blue cheese mixed right into the ground beef. Both recipes are delicious. The second is a little less time consuming and the first recipe gives a bit more blue cheese taste. You decide. You can’t go wrong!
July 4th Celebration 2016
Great recipe choices for the Fourth! Just click for the recipes!
Starters
Condiments
Sides
Hot Dogs & Buns
Special Drinks
Desserts
Portuguese Sausage and Sauerkraut
Slow Cooker Style
Ask my brother if there’s a perk to being the family patriarch! He might just mention this dish. I’m celebrating Father’s Day with one of my brother’s recipes. We don’t have to think alike to enjoy those family traditions! And everyone in the family seems to have a different opinion right now! Oops! Enjoy this amazingly hearty but not too heavy for warm weather recipe. It’s a slow cooker classic. Yep, Dan makes his own sauerkraut too. I’ll be taking that up another time. Enjoy some of these previously posted recipes my brother has shared with me while the crock pot does all the work. Linguica is one of our key ingredients. The variety we use here, Raven Brand, has less fat in my opinion. Important when not precooking. And paprika? I doubt it. Check them out, here. Located in the small town of Armona, California.
And Happy Father’s Day!
Wheat Loaf
Deep Pit
Linguica
Sopas
Wild Duck