Portuguese Recipes

I am honored to have my Portuguese Recipes featured on Edamam‘s Fresh Pick Series this week.  I love this site and love their recipe plugin. Edamam is about helping people eat better by simplifying daily food choices. The company has set for itself the ambitious goal of organizing all the food knowledge in the world. It [...]

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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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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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If someone asked you what ingredients could you find in your refrigerator at any given time, what would you say?  At our home, you can always find Eggs, Chorizo, Cheese and Flour Tortillas.  We are obsessed with all three things and the possibilities that these ingredients can create! Well, this particular dish was created out [...]

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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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You all know how much I love Salmon and could eat it almost every day of the week.   I have this one recipe that always WOWs my friends and family.  It is one of those recipes that just looks so pretty, that you can cut and serve at the table.  My Salmon with Tomatoes, [...]

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I  have to be honest with you about this week’s Sunday Supper event, Valentine’s Day is not a big deal in our home.  What we usually do is cook something together that the whole family loves.  Something that is a little more time consuming than normal BUT totally worth it.  One of our absolute favorites [...]

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As I write this post, I am scurrying around preparing to leave for the Cookbook Conference in New York City.  I have the honor of speaking at the conference and meeting with some of my friends that I have met through Sunday Supper.  It is a challenge getting everything ready for the conference and making [...]

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Portuguese Spicy Pulled Pork Sandwiches #SundaySupper

January 13, 2013

Happy Birthday #SundaySupper!  What’s more fun than getting together with friends to celebrate a special occasion?  I love a party and love recipes that can be prepared ahead so that you can enjoy my company.  So when I needed a special recipe to celebrate this week’s #SundaySupper Birthday Party, I knew that I wanted something [...]

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Portuguese Crown Pork Roast | Home for the Holidays #SundaySupper

December 23, 2012

I love traditions.  In our home, they are such a huge part of our holidays.  My children have grown up also loving traditions and love that we make holiday meals at our home special.  There is something to be said about getting out the china, silver and crystal and sitting in the dining room.  We [...]

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