For Father’s Day I made Josue his favorite dish, moqueca, a Brazilian seafood stew. He grew up on the coastline of northeastern Brazil in the state of Bahia, where seafood is always on the menu. Even though I grew up on the coastline of Lake Michigan, we didn’t eat that much fish growing up. I’ve acquired more of … Continue reading Moqueca (Brazilian Seafood Stew)
When Josue came to the U.S. as an exchange student, his host mom was Filipino. She cooked a lot of good food for him, including Chicken Adobo, which quickly became one of his favorite dishes. Now it’s also one of mine, not only because it’s tasty, but it’s also very quick and easy to make. … Continue reading A Simple Sunday Dinner: Chicken Adobo
We came down with a bug in our house this week so I haven’t been cooking much. Fortunately, I received my April Oklahoma Living magazine in the mail yesterday so today I’m sharing a recipe that I cooked for this month’s magazine — Orange Pork. I always wondered how Chinese restaurants make the breading for … Continue reading Hot Off The Press: Asian-Style Orange Pork
Last night I taught a cooking class for the St. James Moms. We made Pad Thai and Thai papaya salad. Here’s an illustrated recap of the evening: Thanks to everyone for coming! Although the dishes were a little complicated and the fish (I mean Thai) sauce was scary, it was fun to spend time with … Continue reading My First Cooking Class
I was so excited when I logged in to my blog this morning to find that my Spring Photo Challenge post was being featured on Freshly Pressed! Thank you all for reading and for your comments! I truly LOVE writing about/photographing food, so it is amazing to have my efforts recognized by so many and … Continue reading Spring Recipes: Lamb, Asparagus and Eggs
I must be on an Asian kick lately — spicy pork peanut noodles Friday, stir fry tonight and this upcoming Friday night I’m teaching a cooking class for the St. James moms (hope to see you there!) and we’ll be trying out a couple of Thai dishes: pad thai and green papaya salad. The great … Continue reading Refrigerator Stir Fry
I love weekends like this: no where to go, nothing to do, lots of time for family and of course cooking! Tonight Josue requested Asian for dinner so I decided to try out a recipe from my Fine Cooking magazine – Spicy Pork Peanut Noodles. I made a few adaptations so here’s my version. Spicy … Continue reading Spicy pork peanut noodles
I found someone who likes to cook as much as I do — Vovo Maura (Josue’s grandma Maura). She lives in Brazil but is here in Oklahoma for a couple months and is staying with us all weekend. Here she is with Natalie, who didn’t want to smile for the picture. Vovo is going to … Continue reading Cooking with Vovo
Today I am thankful. I’m thankful for my wonderful husband and my precious daughter. I love them both so much! Last night, Josue took me out on a special Valentine’s date. We enjoyed some delicious Thai food at Lanna Thai in Tulsa. We had eaten there twice before and had really enjoyed the food; … Continue reading Thai for Valentine’s Day
Today is snow day #3 = the third day hanging out in PJs all day long. It’s been lots of fun (playing with Natalie, relaxing with Josue, and of course, cooking), but we need to get out, soon! We never thought Snowmageddon would keep us in this long so we’re running low on essentials: milk, … Continue reading Kwaytiow Phat Thai
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