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Chorizo Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

I like sweet potatoes and yams.  West Africa has a kind of sweet potato that is white inside instead of orange.  I like that too 🙂  But I don’t care much for sweet potato fries with the added coating to … Continue reading

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Green Lentil Stew with Chourico Mouro

One advantage of buying staples that you don’t have any immediate use for is that one day when you can’t be bothered to go to the store and you need to empty the freezer and refrigerator of dated items, there are … Continue reading

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Cassoulet Portuguese

This is not really a Portuguese cassoulet or, maybe it is.  I don’t really know, I just made it up because I wanted to make something for my neighbor Tonio to thank him for all the help he has provided … Continue reading

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Snow Day

Bitter, cold weather has prompted my family to nag and drop hints about soup.  Potato soup was mentioned, as was the Haitian soup giraumon.  I thought we should have a sort of fish stew like cullen skink but couldn’t bring myself to … Continue reading

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Portuguese Fish Stew

I told my husband that I would take the train this Thursday to join him for a while in Stuttgart.  He said he would come and get me with the car this weekend.  I think he didn’t trust me 😀 … Continue reading

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Spanish Chorizo Omelette with Irregular Mushrooms

Mexican chorizo has been on my mind lately and I was wishing for some when I saw this great recipe for home made Mexican chorizo from Case of the Munchies http://caseofthemunchies.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/chorizo-tacosenchiladas/ Still, you have to “love the one you’re with”, … Continue reading

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Haricot Beurre Salad with Chorizo

I’m going to miss all these great vegetables when summer is over.  Of course there’ll still be other interesting vegetables in the market but I’ll miss the summer colors.  In the summer, if it wasn’t for meat, one could almost … Continue reading

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Fabada My Way: Chorizo, Mouro, Grillaudes and Bean Stew

My inspiration for this recipe comes from Marcus at Country Wood Smoke http://countrywoodsmoke.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/smoked-morcilla-and-chorizo-fabada/. I saw this recipe in March and started my search for morcilla or Spanish blood sausage immediately.  I didn’t find it but I did find a Portuguese blood … Continue reading

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Spicy Chorizo Chickpea Stew

I was inspired to make this stew by someone called Nigel Slater, probably British http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/jan/14/foodanddrink.recipes.   I have to say inspired because I altered his excellent recipe quite a bit.  I’m having one of those days.  Really, I only had one criticism of … Continue reading

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Chorizo, Shrimp and Linguini

Growing up in California, we loved Mexican chorizo for breakfast with scrambled eggs.  Mexican chorizo is a raw sausage in pork casing that can be cooked whole or, casing removed, fried up with eggs and scallions.  Imagine my disappointment when … Continue reading

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