This sweet potato bread is a traditional recipe from Madeira. Bolo do Caco is a soft bread that usually is served with a garlicky butter as entrée for any meal. You can find Bolo do Caco in almost any corner of Madeira island. It is commonly served as a company for espetadas — which is a kind of barbecue. As you may know — if you’ve followed my blog — I lived a few months in Madeira while...
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These Mexican Molletes are great for any Mexican theme party or dinner. For me, I like to eat them for breakfast. They just help me a lot to start my day with energy. What are these things? Molletes are basically a slice toasted bread covered with beans (any type you like) and grated cheese. After the base, you can add as many things as you like. This recipe is a classic mollete with black bean and topped with...
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The easiest tuna tart that will be your savior for the next beach trip. This is a blender tart that will give you a great result every time. This is a Portuguese recipe that I learnt from my mother in law and that, apparently, is really popular around here. It’s a quite easy concept. A layer of tuna filling encapsulated between two layers of cake-like dough. This tuna tart recipe, besides being super tasty and yummy, has...
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Let’s talk about the obsession of Portuguese people for codfish. I’m not talking about an occasional weekly meal with cod, oh no. They have a complete section in the supermarket dedicated to cod. Frozen, salted, fresh, cod croquettes, cod salad, cod shampoo, cod everything (and let’s not mention the smell, really stingy). They love this fish beyond any measure. Codfish and I .. well not the best relationship that you may think of a girl living in codland...
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These loaded cheesy portobello mushrooms are out of this world! I can’t even write this sentence without my mouth watering just thinking of the strings of mozzarella cheese and pieces of crunchy bacon inside these mushrooms. HEA-VEN-LY! Can you guess the source of all the flavor of this recipe? Indulgent and greasy stuff. I do not even regret this because the result is to die for. Unhealthy alert! Discretion is advised. Tons of crunchy bacon, runny yolks, and...
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This super cheesy leek dip is my favorite quick snack to have in the fridge waiting for the cravings. Only 4 ingredients and 20 seconds and you are ready to empty that big bag of crackers. Yep, you heard it right, 20 seconds. And this is not clickbait. I can guarantee you’ll spend more time reading this article than making this dip. The best thing is that it can get you out of a bad situation. Picture this:...
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What is a good party without good dips? Is it just me or do you also evaluate a party/social meeting according to the food? This bacon and corn dip is my trick inside my sleeve for game days, birthday parties and even as a simple afternoon snack. Well, I will give you the secret for a party winner dip that you can put together in 10 minutes. Easy and delicious! This is another of my family recipes. My...
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These cheesy zucchini fritters are ridiculously easy and amazing at the same time. Serve them with some sour cream or mustard sauce and you have a crispy and tasty appetizer. You probably will notice that my last three or four recipes include zucchini in any way. Even though I like them, it’s not so common for me to have zucchini all week. The thing is that I have a humongous amount of zucchini in my fridge. Thanks to...
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The day has finally arrived. Yeap, the day I’m finally adding this beloved recipe to The Cookware Geek recipes. Today I’m going to make Venezuelan tequeños 🙂 I previously talked about our main ethnical dish that is arepas. Well, tequeños are the arepas of social events. How’s that? Let me explain: In Venezuela, tequeños are serious business. I mean, you cannot have a respectable party —wedding, birthday, graduation, any special occasion— that doesn’t involve these tiny fried cheese sticks...
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YESSSS I made these baked soy and honey chicken wings for the weekend and they turned out AMAZING. I only need these chicken wings and a Sherlock marathon to complete my staycation dream — and a cold beer of course. These baked wings are perfect for any game night, friends reunion, movie marathon, etc. For me, chicken wings have a special place in my foodie heart. The reason is really cheesy, so prepare to hear it —read it—...
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