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Vacation

Family Vacation!

VacationWhat a son-in-law and daughter! Making me part of their yearly Hawaiian Island vacation! And I can’t thank them enough. The resort was fabulous … The food never-ending … The sites breathtaking. All this and with my daughter’s little family. It was perfect.

in flight

Snacks and manageable toys were a must for the little one on this six hour flight. My daughter is the ultimate traveler … packing all the right goodies, toys and clothing. And if you want to see her latest in beachwear give her blog a visit. I promise, you won’t be disappointed! Sapphirediaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

While I’m recouping from jet lag enjoy these recipes with a bit of Hawaiian flavor.

Hawaiian Muffins

Hawaiian Muffins

Coconut Cookies

Coconut Cookies

Pineapple Cream

Pineapple Cream

Linguica

Linguica

Coconut Cake

Coconut Cake

Kona

 

 

 

 

Portuguese Bakeries

My Favorites

Hanford Portuguese Bakery

Tulare Portuguese Bakery

Portuguese BakeriesIt’s not always easy to find what I need for my Portuguese recipes … Or to find Portuguese confections and baked goods perfectly prepared. But here are two places I shop when I can. Hanford Bakery has speciality meats and fish too. Andy would always remark the Portuguese skinless and boneless sardines are the best. Right next to this on the shelf are other delicacies that are sure to please. Shopping here is a feel good experience. BTW, the Goulart Linguica as it sizzles on the grill or fries up in the pan smells most like our homemade. Still waiting to dig in and compare the flavors. Yum.

PS The Goulart’s not only smells as it cooks like my brother’s recipe it tastes very similar. Delicious! I say it’s in the smoking!

Jumping the Gun

Miss and Me

Me and Miss

Here we are! My lovely daughter and me. I’ve had so much fun with my blog … And so excited my daughter has decided to begin her own. Missy is a great everything … mother, daughter, cook, organizer, decorator…. Hers is a personal style blog!

Her debut is April 13th! Put this on your calendar … And don’t let her know I mentioned you can preview. sapphirediaries.com

 

Milk Mayonnaise

Portuguese Milk Mayonnaise

Eggless Mayonnaise

Milk Mayonnaise

Super Bowl 2015 is just around the corner and I’m making Portuguese Sausage Sliders dressed with this perfectly easy homemade mayonnaise. You heard it right … This is eggless!  My recipe is inspired by David Leite’s in his book, The New Portuguese Table. I’ve used the same proportions of milk and oil but little else in our recipes is the same.

My first try with EVOO was oh too olive! EVOO is generally not recommended in making mayonnaise at least not as the only oil used for two reasons … One, it breaks down during the emulsification and can become bitter … Two, the taste can be too EVOO. I used 2% milk because it’s what I had on hand but I recommend using 4%. There might be a slight thickness difference in the result. If you’re searching for vegan mayonnaise substitute coconut milk.

This recipe makes up in about 5 minutes. It’s a great recipe to add to your recipe box. It has so many uses!

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Burritos, Enchiladas, and Tomatillo Sauce

When you have little ones around you haven’t time to do from scratch or completely from scratch! I have changed up this recipe … makes in 10-15 minutes, bakes 40 and done.

This is coming soon along with many family secrets including our squeezing in cookie decorating when all of us were unraveling from little sleep. Yikes!

In the meantime try this! Burritos, Enchiladas and Tomatillo Sauce Amazing!

Happy Holidays and see you soon!

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Recipes for this Week

This Week’s Planned Posts

How about this? Bacon Wrapped Hot Dog Mac N Cheese! Yikes!

Hot Dog Mac N Cheese

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs is one of Austin’s favorites and I’ve added the Mac N Cheese. Sounds over the top. I’m going to do a few things to keep this recipe healthier.

-First, lean bacon is going to be precooked slightly to render part of the fat.
-The hot dogs are going to be picked selectively to avoid excess fat and salt, and filler meat products.
-Lite on the cheese and milk.
-Spinach can be added but not this time.
-Whole wheat macaroni can be used but produces a little firmer Mac N Cheese.

Baking Perfect Pumpkin Pie With Libby And Mom

Pumpkin Pie

I am definitely one who believes from scratch cooking more often than not is better. Most often healthier, tastier and cheaper. There are exceptions, I agree!

One Thanksgiving, yes just once, I decided to make pumpkin puree for my pumpkin pies. Easy enough but a little time consuming, and definitely time consuming when I couldn’t tell the difference between the Libby’s and my own. This was in the day when my tastebuds were extremely sensitive. Not everyone who cooks their own puree agrees. But for spicy pumpkin pie canned pureed pumpkin works. What a simple pie! Mom tweaked the Libby’s recipe slightly and this is what we bake each Thanksgiving. Thank you Libby and Mom. Oh, I didn’t mention the crust! Yes, scratch is a must for us.

This is a start. Let me see how the week goes. Stromboli will need to wait another week.

Recipes with Asiago Cheeses

Recipes with Asiago Cheeses – Soon

Both with Fresh and Seasoned (Aged) Asiago

Recipes with Asiago Cheeses

I received these cheeses in the mail today and plan to try them out in a couple of recipes. I love cheeses of all kinds … limburger-maybe not, sorry grandpa, but then I haven’t smelled that cheese in years. It might be more palatable to me now.

The history of this Asiago Cheese is interesting and know it has been around for hundreds of years. But all Asiago’s are not the same. So here I am, to do a little testing of my own.

Asiago Pasta SaladComing Soon!

Whats on the Menu?

There’s A Full Menu For The Week!

Last week was busy with visiting family, and food preparation but not too much time to post. And I was nominated for the Liebster Award again! Love it! The rules have changed. See my first Award Nomination. This is not necessarily for just new bloggers. Now we want to know more revealing information about our bloggers. Yikes!

Today I’d planned to finish another Martha Stewart Triscuit entry. But I’ve lost my light with the rain. And my twenty-nine dollar plate does no justice. 🙁

But, what’s next?

Portuguese Rice Pudding And I’m sharing the secret aside from cooking in cast iron.

Portuguese Black Beans (Feijoada) Recipe straight from a family member who grew up in Brazil.

Involtini for Italian Cuisine Sunday formerly Pasta Sunday.

Fudge PopsThe Fudge Pops were a success! Dot is waiting for a drip. Or more. 🙂

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