Pasta with bolognese sauce is a staple in our house, but as I’ve gotten “older”, I find that ground beef sometimes sits heavy in my stomach after dinner, particularly if I go overboard with the garlic. I recently started substituting ground beef with ground turkey in my bolognese, and have been thrilled with the results. The ground turkey absorbs all the flavors of the onions and garlic, while making the sauce light, or as light as a bolognese can be. Even though this recipe is not a traditional bolognese, it has all the ingredients I love: onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Also, the broccolini gives it a nice splash of color and texture. Serves 4. Continue reading
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I have never been a fan of warm oatmeal. As much as I love including rolled oats in my cookies, I could never get over the mushy texture and blandness of the typical oatmeal breakfast. I started hearing interesting things about steel cut oats, that the oatmeal was “nutty” and “crunchy”, so I decided to give them a try. Continue reading
Last week I found myself having very intense chocolate cravings. I decided to bake my trusty Alton Brown brownies, but when I found a can of dulce de leche in the pantry I decided to jazz them up a bit. The resulting creation is a chewy, moist, and sweet brownie that only requires you to eat a small piece to feel satisfied. The addition of instant coffee makes the chocolate flavor even more intense. Continue reading
I first discovered this recipe on one of those swivel stands at the Destin Ice Seafood Market. I found it again last week online, and decided it had been too long since we’d had this. It was as good as I remembered it. At first, you think fish and cheese should never ever mix, but this recipe will prove you wrong (as it proved me wrong). Continue reading
Hojaldras (pronounced ohaldras) is the Panamanian (and Colombian) version of fried dough. In Panama, at least, it is served as a breakfast bread, and it is not sweetened with powder sugar, so it is more of a salty snack. Today, I am sharing with you my grandma’s recipe. Continue reading
My husband and I have been married for almost 9 years and we have never gone on a proper honeymoon. We’ve been lucky that we have gone on a few snow vacations out West, and we go visit my family in Panama every few years, but we decided to start putting away some money so we can go on a mini vacation/honeymoon. The problem is that there are too many options: do we go to an all-inclusive in the Caribbean where we can lay on the beach for a few days and order drinks that come with mini-umbrellas? Do we go somewhere fun in the US we’ve never been to before, like Chicago? Do we go back to New York, Key West, or San Francisco? Continue reading
Last Wednesday, my in-laws were in town and my mother-in-law volunteered to make this recipe she had recently seen in the newspaper. It was so nice not to have to worry about feeding my guests for dinner, and it turns out that this easy-to-make recipe is also incredibly delicious. I can’t wait to try the mustard-panko crust on a pork tenderloin or chicken drumsticks. Continue reading
The first official portrait of Kate Middleton, a.k.a. the Duchess of Cambridge, has been unveiled. And it is a bit… unfortunate. Continue reading
I recently discovered that I like country music. Wait, let me rephrase that: I recently discovered that I like a very specific kind of country music: it should have a fiddle or violins, some guitar picking, and cannot be described as a “power ballad” of any sort. Continue reading
Even though the season of gluttony and sweets is behind us, I can’t help but share my grandmother’s recipe for pecan pie. We lost my grandpa last year, so this past December was the first time my grandmother came to visit us and spent the holidays in the U.S. We had a wonderful time, and she earned her keep by baking several pecan pies, which then only lasted about 24 hours as we greedily devoured them. Continue reading