Family Foodie Recipes

Is there anything better than walking into your house and smelling pure deliciousness wafting through the air?  The smell of onions and peppers roasting is one of my absolute favorite smells.  Especially if it includes every color pepper that you can find.  It’s always amazing to me that green peppers taste different from red peppers [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day Friends!   May your table be filled with great conversation, incredible food and memories that will last a lifetime.   I am blessed to be spending the day with My Mother and My Children.  There is nothing like the unconditional love of family.  My husband surprised me and made reservations for Mother’s Day. [...]

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Are you up for the challenge?  You know the kind of challenge I am talking about, right?  That one food item that you love but you find it too difficult to try at home.   For me, that means baking, especially baking bread.  But there is this one bread that I crave more often than [...]

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There is something about Baby and Wedding Showers.  Is it the waiting, is it the anticipation, is it that it feels like a new beginning?  It’s hard to put our finger on it but there is something just so exciting.   I love being part of any type of Shower and was so excited when [...]

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I love to entertain and enjoy the company of family and friends.  But I have to admit, many times budget is one of the things that can hold me back from entertaining a large crowd.  Sometimes it’s really nice to have  a budget friendly recipe that goes a long way but also looks  and tastes [...]

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Happy Easter Friends!  What’s on your menu today?  It appears that I am one of the few people who is NOT cooking ham today.  In fact, there is nothing traditional about this Easter Holiday.  I know you must be wondering, who in their right mind serves Red Cabbage  Citrus Salad on Easter Sunday? Well… It [...]

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Portuguese Easter Bread #Sunday Supper @familyfoodie

I just returned from a fabulous trip from Chicago.  I chuckle, because it appears that most of my business trips, morph into friendships that may possibly last a lifetime.  This trip was no different, I sat up later than normal chatting with my new friends into the wee hours.  I loved hearing about their family [...]

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I have been dreaming of White Asparagus & Salmon Salad – Spring is in the air where we live…Florida.  While I am still watching snowy pictures go by on social media channels, we are fortunate enough to live in a State that the temperature is just perfect. This is the time of year that Floridians [...]

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Walnut Crusted Salmon Cakes #SundaySupper

March 3, 2013
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Alexandra came home from college this weekend, and I love making something special to welcome her home.  If you could believe it, she loves Salmon as much as I do.  When I made Salmon with Tomatoes, Onions, Olives and Capers last week, I couldn’t help but miss her and wish she was home to enjoy [...]

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Parsley Garlic Caper Sauce

March 2, 2013
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Do you have a secret sauce that is just amazing on everything?  One of those sauces that can make even a blah dish taste fabulous?  I do and it has been my secret sauce for a long time.  It is wonderful on everything from shrimp and pork to rice and potatoes.  Parsley Garlic Caper Sauce [...]

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