On Christmas morning at about 8:00 am Obed whispers in my ear, “Let’s get up and open presents and then we can play outside in the snow with the dogs.” He is a big kid at heart what can I say. I am A-OKAY with it. It makes things around here fun. So that is exactly…
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Rum Glazed Cornish Hens Stuffed with Sweet Plantains
This Christmas Obed and I spent our first Christmas alone…..well really our second Christmas, since we spent our first Christmas in the hospital. Last year I was hospitalized on Christmas Eve with chest pains. Turn out it was a pulmonary embolism, in laymen’s term….I had a clot in my lung. FUN! Let me tell you…
Christmas Eve
It started snowing around 4 pm Christmas Eve and after our Evil Knievel drive home from church this was the state of our backyard at 7:00 pm. Obed immediately got suited up and ran outside with the dogs to play in the snow. They ran around and played and the labs stuck their faces in the…
S’mores: Homemade Graham Crackers and Marshmallows
I meant to have this post up several days ago. In fact the idea was for this to be a Christmas Eve post, but it didn’t happen. I was a little preoccupied by the snow/ice that decided to fall in the middle of the day. Then Obed and I decided to brave the snow and go…
Tres Leche Cupcakes
Many moons ago I attempted to make some tres leche cupcake. My first attempt was pretty much a flop. I went against my instincts and did everything that I shouldn’t have. Spooning the milk mixture over the cupcakes was a stupid idea, using paper cupcake liners was another not so smart idea and my cake…
Alcapurria
When I was a little girl my family was stationed in Georgia for several years and almost every year we would drive down to Florida to spend Christmas with my dad’s family. My dad’s side of the family is a lively group and a lot of fun. Every Christmas family and friends would pack into my Titi…
Salted Caramel Sauce
This weekend was a slow cooking weekend for me….in fact it was pretty much a nonexistent cooking weekend. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to get my groove on in the kitchen, it was just because we were so busy with activities now that Christmas is in full swing. However, I did manage to make…
Quesitos de Guayaba (Sweeten Cream Cheese and Guava Pastries)
Quesitos de Guayaba are delicious cream cheese and guava pastries. You can find them in every bakery in Puerto Rico. Sprinkled with powdered sugar or a simply glazed, these hand held treats perfectly complement your morning cup of coffee. What are Quesitos? Back home in Puerto Rico you will find a pastry we call “quesito”…
Thanksgiving in Arkansas
Thanksgiving was our first holiday away from our family and just when we thought that it would be just the two of us with some sad Cornish hens our dear friends Jerry and Rebecca invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them and Rebecca’s family in West Memphis, Arkansas. It was a blessing and we were very…
Cuban Sandwich
I hope and trust everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and is slowly recovering from any turkey overdoses. Obed and I headed east to Arkansas to spend our Thanksgiving weekend with old friends, we were very grateful for the invitation. However since Thanksgiving was in another state for us, we have no turkey leftovers. But…