December 2011
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with only a few hours left in 2011...
hi there!
i am back from ireland with a ton of pictures and stories. you guys, it was such a fantastic trip! the weather was nice, the food was delicious and the company was amazing. as usual, everyone was very welcoming and fabulous hosts and hostesses. the post is almost completed and will publish all my stories and pictures in the new year.
can you believe how quickly this year has gone by?!...
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merry, happy christmas!!
i am writing this from our apartment in new york but as you know i am currently in ireland for the holidays. i will post pictures and stories from my trip once i am back in the states. but i wanted to take a second to wish you a very merry christmas! i hope you are surrounded by amazing food and the people you love.
hasta luego,
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holiday food & my birthday: arroz con leche (rice...
today is my birthday. yup, december 23rd; happy birthday to me!!
i am currently in ireland!! spending the day in dublin and will have pictures for you when i get back. promise!
every year for my birthday my aunt belkis and my grandma make arroz con leche (rice pudding) for me and the baby jesus (yes, we celebrated the birth of jesus with rice pudding!). to this day, without fail, i always get...
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holiday food: spiced christmahanakwanza punch!!
have you ever heard/read the word christmahanakwanza? it is a word that combines the words: christmas, hanukkah and kwanza together. this way no holiday during december gets left behind. i am not sure where this word came from but i like it. i like it so much i named this, originally christmas, punch after it. i celebrate christmas but i didn’t want to leave anyone behind. this is an “everyone is...
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secret recipe club: baked eggs with thyme!!
today i am taking a break from the holiday recipes to bring you another installment of the secret recipe club.
do you remember my past secret recipe club assignment? it was so much fun!
this time i was assigned to the blog: a couple in the kitchen. choosing a recipe was a bit difficult because they have so many fantastic recipes on their blog. in the end i chose these baked eggs with thyme....
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holiday food: orange and ginger cookies!!
hi friends! how was your week? my week has been going great, lots of cooking, working and a holiday party tonight. i made these cookies last weekend. they are packed with orange and ginger flavors. they make for great homemade presents and since they only take about 30 minutes to make you can whip out a batch really quickly.
here is the recipe for orange and ginger cookies!!
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holiday food: mushroom, chestnut and porto tarts!!
hi friends! how is your week going? what are you up to? i am doing great, listening to christmas music as i type this post. december is definitely my favorite month of the year! i have always enjoyed christmas, ever since i was a little girl. i just love all the food, family, music and of course, presents hehehe. i think part of my love for christmas stems from the fact that my birthday is very...
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holiday food: cream cheese, bacon and chives...
today i bring you an appetizer, perfect for the holidays. i learned to make this spread a few years ago while on a trip home. my friend was getting married and i was there to celebrate with her. i have known her my whole life and i was there to share with her and her family. the night before the wedding we were all at her parent’s house getting some food ready (yes, it was a self-catered...
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seafood spaghetti!! (with salmon, shrimp and...
the idea for this dish came to me as a not so subtle suggestion by the irishman. he wanted a pasta and seafood dish, and since it was my day off i complied. i am always in the mood for seafood, must be the caribbean upbringing. i used salmon, scallops and shrimp but you can add whatever seafood you like. this is a very customizable dish. i added lemon zest right before serving...
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breakfast casserole with eggs, potatoes, leeks,...
i made this breakfast casserole (i’m calling it a casserole, why not?) yesterday morning, this breakfast dish is packed with fantastic flavors that will surely put a pep in your step in the morning. it is a perfect dish if you have a lot of people around the breakfast table since it will feed a big crowd and because it is a one pot dish you don’t have to worry about timing the eggs,...
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pantry dinner: sze' spam fried rice!
happy december everyone! can you believe a whole year has gone by so fast? crazy, isn’t it?!
today’s recipe was given to me by my friend sze. we were talking about food one day (i tend to talk about food a lot) and he mentioned how one of his favorite comfort food dishes was spam fried rice. i immediately asked him for the recipe because i had never had spam before so i figured...