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Bread Pudding with a Warm, Boozy Hard Sauce
I am a bread and butter girl through and through. I’ve mentioned many a time how hungry my brother and sisters were growing up. There was nothing to eat..well, nothing that we wanted except things...
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Whole Wheat Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes, tall and fluffy!
Girls like pretty. Boys want flavor. When the two meet it is a glorious blending, a union, an alliance of shared contentedness. In our house there are three boys and one girl. Jimmy, James and...
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Wild Blueberry Raspberry Bread…grab and go!
Every once in a while I find wild blueberries in the market during berry season and when I do I become the baking fool. Typically the berries are tiny but I’m here to tell you they are packed with...
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Easy Poached Eggs… perfect for girl’s weekend
Yes, it’s that time of year again. When the three of us, Dana, Andrea and I head down to Hawks Cay for fun in the sun… a girl-cation. We’ve been going for five or six years now and we have our...
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The Queen of Spain’s Tapas…Tortilla Espanola
Partially growing up in Puerto Rico, my siblings and I saw a side of entertaining that definitely gave a nod to mother Spain. As I’ve mentioned before in earlier posts, my mother’s family has always...
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2016…the year of fresh fruits and vegetables
I began the day after Christmas. In anticipation for the new year I pulled out my favorite water-glass. I made a silent pledge to myself that I would drink a minimum of eight glasses of water a day....
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Coconut Latte and it’s paleo!
Hey, y’all! This is a quick post to introduce you to my new fave morning coffee. My two besties, Dana and Andrea, and I have gone paleo as of a few months now. And since then I’ve learned so many of...
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Healthful Grab ‘n Go Breakfast Cookies
I should have known when I put sunscreen on my toothbrush that I was moving waaaay too fast. I was behind schedule, running late to take my father to a routine doctors appointment. I knew he would be...
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Make it Mofongo
In Puerto Rico if pork is king, and by the way it is, then the prince would have to be the exquisite plantain…in all its forms. Plantains can be boiled, baked or fried. They can be mashed, shredded...
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Breakfast Egg Cups…perfect for your commute!
Morning comes awfully early when one has a commute. And I don’t know anyone who wants to sit down to a hearty breakfast the minute they open their sleepy little eyes. It seems we all hit the floor...
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Spaghetti Squash Hash Browns and they’re good for you!
Here’s a little quickie to help you take a stand against temptation this weekend. Wait. Are you really going to pretend you’re not going to be tempted? C’mon. We’re all going to brunch. We’ll all...
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Colossal, Gooey Pumpkin and Dulce de Leche Cinnamon Rolls
These Pumpkin and Dulce de Leche Cinnamon Rolls are the stuff dreams are made of. They are a twice a year indulgence. These are the cinnamon rolls you fantasize about serving Christmas morning but...
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Pumpkin Tres Leches Bread Pudding
Okay, so I guess I slowly climbed on the pumpkin band wagon. It’s not the pumpkin flavored coffees at Starbucks. I can’t stand flavors in my morning coffee…too much like candy and certainly not...
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Shrimp and Grits…yes, please
Last week we had a monstrous hurricane bearing down on us and after getting the house and yard storm ready all I could think of was the enormous amount of beautiful dolphin, wild caught shrimp,...
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Apple Pie Oatmeal
I have been preparing Apple Pie Oatmeal for my son, James, for 24 years. My 94-year old father requested some the other day so I made up a huge batch, warm and fragrant with cinnamon, apples and...
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Sweet Guava and Cream Cheese Spread
Early mornings at my grandparent’s house in Puerto Rico were extraordinarily beguiling and captivating. My older sister, Cynthia, and I awoke every morning in the soft, white-cloud canopy of mosquito...
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Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Cake
Hey, y’all. I’m trying to bake around workmen in my kitchen and I’ve got way to much on my mind. My cousin’s wife underwent her second surgery this morning continuing her battle with cancer....
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Summer Berry and Greek Custard Stuffed Croissant
Breakfast has never been better. I saw the movie Mama Mia 2 this past Sunday and I was propelled back to the Greek islands, thinking of the splendor of mornings where breakfast can be as simple as...
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Tomato Basil Avocado Toast
Wrap up summer because school is about to start here in Broward County. It’s that time of the year again when we’ll be trapped behind school buses or travel at a snail’s pace through school zones...
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Nutmeg Muffins with Cinnamon Honey Butter
Y’all, we have a whole week not to let Christmas morning brunch get on top of us. Yes, we have our Yuletide standbys… I can’t seem to let go of that brie-sausage-mushroom-cheddar-parsley-bread...
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