Do you have an excess of milk just staring at you, waiting to be used up? Because how many glasses of milk can one drink if they’re not a growing child. Well today I’m digging into my traditional Portuguese roots and sharing a very typical cultural dessert with you. One that is a great use…
Vegetarian Caldo Verde {Portuguese Green Soup}
A soup post while temperatures reach the 100’s may seem pretty ironic, but when there are so many greens growing in your garden, and you’re given even more by generous neighbors, you end up with an entire refrigerator shelf of collard greens you just can’t see go to waste. When the weather is so hot, I…
Quince Marmalade {Marmelada da Avó}
It’s the season of quinces, for most Americans they walk right past these pear-like fruits unknowing what they are, but in Portugal where fields of trees bear these fruits it’s picking time. Here in the states, quinces can be expensive, often seen as a luxury fruit, but in Portugal where one grows apples and peaches, one…
