Today, I want to share with you a recipe for Panamanian style Arroz con Pollo, which translates to rice with chicken. The Cuban style of rice with chicken uses whole pieces of bone-in chicken, but in Panama we prefer to shred or cube our chicken, and we will typically use chicken breast or thighs. The recipe has a lot of prep time, but the cooking is This recipe will serve 6, but you can make the whole batch and then freeze a few servings for later. Continue reading
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I recently returned from a nice long vacation in my hometown of Panama. There was a LOT of eating, especially desserts. My favorite dessert of the whole trip was the Tres Leches. I had several variations, but my favorite was the one at this great restaurant called Market. The key to this dessert is giving the yellow cake enough time to absorb the cream, and serving it chilled. Continue reading
I wanted to share with you my favorite apple pie recipe. I use a refrigerated pie crust (because I’m lazy), and having an apple peeler/corer/slicer makes life super easy. This is the perfect pie if you like both the apples and the crust to be crispy and not mushy. Continue reading
We are big ESPN/SportsCenter fans in my house. Honestly, the only reason we keep cable is for ESPN. We’ve been watching SportsCenter with breakfast every day for many years, and get a good chuckle out of their witty “This is SportsCenter” ad series. Continue reading
I mean, that’s what they are selling, right? A Real Doll that will apparently give you a hand, if you know what I mean. There’s just no way that’s an actual human on the cover. What say you? Continue reading
Fall is here, which means baking season is in full swing. I love that Fall gives us an opportunity to put pumpkin in everything: pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie, and my favorite muffins! Continue reading
Here is a simple and cheap dish guaranteed to fill you up! This recipe lends itself well to any alterations, substitutions, or additions you would like to make. Makes four servings. Continue reading
The key to this crispy tillapia is using seasoned Panko and seasoned fish fry. We served it with seasoned sweet potato fries and a green salad, and it was such a hit I had to make it again a week later. Continue reading
I love food. I love whole chicken. Typically I make this kick-ass honey lemon baked chicken, but we had had that so many times that I wanted to come up with a different recipe. I looked through several cookbooks, but even Martha Stewart (c’mon MARTHA!) let me down. So I decided to make something up, and the results were out of this world. I will share this super duper easy recipe with you because I can’t keep something soooo good hidden from the world. Continue reading