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Hi All! I have recently spent a few days back home in Boise, visiting my family and meeting my sweet niece.  While there, I took advantage of being at my Grandmother’s house, and made a couple of recipes with her.  One of the recipes are these caramel squares that I actually tried making twice on…

Hi All, I hope everyone is having a great week so far.  This week’s recipe is from my Tia Elvira and it’s garlic shrimp, and it’s packed with flavor!  It goes great with rice or veggies or eaten just by itself.  I think a lot of people have had the Spanish version of this “Gambas…

Hi All! This next recipe is from my Grandmother Teodora, and it’s simply just rice.  But is it really “just” rice?  Well, no.  It’s the best rice I’ve ever had, and that’s why I’m including it in this project.  I remember I would eat this rice straight out of the pot, still hot, instead of…

Hi All, This next recipe is from the matriarch of the Five Marias, my great-grandmother, Isabel.  Growing up in Idaho, she lived on the dairy farm where two of the five Marias, Tia Elvira and Tia Gorette, lived.  She passed away when I was nine years old, but I vividly remember being at her home,…

Hi! Hope everyone is having a great summer!  It’s whizzing by so quickly, so I’m trying to soak it up any way I can. A couple of weeks ago I made my Tia Gorette’s “Croquetas de Bacalhau,” or Salted Cod Croquetas.  As you’ve probably noticed, we LOVE our salted cod, and so this is another…

Hi All! I hope everyone has had a great week.  I’ve been busy and away at an annual Summer Meeting for work.  I have two recipes I’ll be catching up on this weekend, but finally, here is the latest recipe, that I just love. “Torta de Cenoura,” or “Carrot Swiss Roll,” is a recipe courtesy…

Hi All! I’ve been cooking and baking this past week, and just relaxing in between.  These next few weeks in July are going to be busy with lots of fun activities, but it’s nice to also enjoy staying at home and the most you do is work on your jigsaw puzzle and watch Netflix!  I…

Happy Fourth of July! I’m a little late in posting this recipe, but here goes!  And it’s actually a great dish to make for the Fourth and anytime during the summer – it’s light, fresh, and delicious!  This recipe is from my Grandmother Teodora, and I remember her making this all the time when I…

Hi Everyone! This weekend I made my Tia Lecoadia’s Banana Cake.  It was a bit difficult as the recipe was hard to read, had run-on sentences, and didn’t really list the measurements for each ingredient.  However!  With some help from my mom, I was able to piece it together, and the cake turned out really…

Hi All! What a busy couple of weeks!  I’ve been out of town, so haven’t been able to post this recipe, but better late than never! I made these pork sandwiches a couple of weeks ago in celebration of Portugal Day on June 10th.  The day commemorates the death of one of Portugal’s literary icons,…