~ Katy ~
Christmas Eve (better late than never) at home in Minnesota is always celebrated with lots of delicious appetizers. In 2009, we didn’t have any of our out-of-towners in town, so we decided to make sure they were all represented somehow. We wanted to be sure to eat, drink and toast to them. Kevin and Rose’s Alaskan smoked salmon is always a hit. For Mary and John, we topped the Carmelized Onion and Bacon Tart with Chicago bacon they’d brought for us over Thanksgiving. For Sean and Wanda, we had chocolate covered espresso beans and toffee almond snacks from Starbucks. That left us with Mick and Niki. Keep reading →
Categories: Appetizer · Beef · Katy
Tagged: Beef, bourbon, carmelized onion, foododelmundo, horseradish, recipe
~ Mary ~
February is a long, cold month. To me it’s always been the toughest month of the year. This time I’m attacking February with a dose of bright and shiny meals that have the ability to transport us. Keep reading →
Categories: Fish & Seafood · Mary
Tagged: chipotle, easy, foododelmundo, recipe, taco, tilapia
~ Mary ~
This is what we need to fill our February with – bold – bright – beautiful – fresh and tasty fruits and vegetables – really don’t they have the ability to transport you to warmer weather!? This is sort of a dual post – we use this gorgeously satisfying salsa on our Baked Fish Tacos – that recipe is going to follow in the next day or so. Keep reading →
Categories: Accoutrament · Mary
Tagged: avocado, easy, foododelmundo, mango, recipe, salad, salsa
Our Guest Chef today is a good friend of Mickey’s whom he met as a colleague in Antwerp. Justin has since moved back to the states to start his own nonprofit organization Good Spark. Thanks Justin for sharing this mouth-watering recipe!
~Justin~
I truly wish there was a more creative story behind the origin of this dish, but the reality of the situation is that I had forgotten a few key ingredients for my regular pulled pork recipe and was too lazy to return to the store. I also had been diving in to a new sampler of brown ales and thought it prudent to avoid a potential DUI.
As with most of my cooking adventures, I try to supplement my lack of culinary prowess with some advice from the professionals. In the case, the beer provided the inspiration and a quick search of the interwebs gave me an idea of the components of most beer related pork recipes. Most of the recipes I came across seemed to focus more on the sweet than the savory when it came to the rub ingredients so I decided to take a detour there. The end result was a sort of Frankensteinesque patchwork of recipe ideas and beer induced creativity that turned out to be delicious. Keep reading →
Categories: Guest Posts · Piggy
Tagged: beer, braised, foododelmundo, pork, pulled, recipe, rub
Ten Days of Soup FINAL DAY! ~ Mary ~
Light, refreshing and mighty delicious, but not very filling – so we just add some chicken to remedy that. Keep reading →
Categories: Mary · Meatless Main
Tagged: easy, foododelmundo, miso, mushroom, recipe, soup
Ten Days of Soup! ~Katy~
I had to get this recipe in before our soup-o-rama was over. It’s another recipe from Oprah Magazine that I ripped out years ago. It’s got very little butter and doesn’t give you gut-rot due to over-richness. I know, it sounds like it could be a dud, but it’s got excellent flavor. Keep reading →
Categories: Fish & Seafood · Katy
Tagged: basil, foododelmundo, red chili, sherry, shrimp, tomatoes
~ Mary ~
A couple of years ago I found myself with a plethora of frozen spinach, canned tomatoes and white beans - I threw them in a pot and so began our love for White Bean Soup, but not until I prepared the beans this way did the soup truly reach nirvana. Keep reading →
Categories: Mary · Piggy
Tagged: easy, foododelmundo, recipe, sausage, soup, spinach, tomato, white beans
Ten Days of Soup! ~ Katy ~
I always thought that Butternut Soup was so rich and flavorful that it must have a lot of cream in it and would probably be difficult to get right. Boy, was I wrong. This recipe is simple and has minimal ingredients with all of that amazing butternut squash flavor. The sage complements the squash beautifully. This recipe is from Oprah Magazine. Keep reading →
Categories: Katy · Meatless Main · Sides
Tagged: butternut, creamless, easy, foododelmundo, recipe, soup, squash
Ten Days of Soup! ~ Mary ~
Simple, versatile and delicious. Keep reading →
Categories: Fish & Seafood · Mary
Tagged: chipotle, chowder, corn, foododelmundo, potato, recipe, shrimp
Ten Days of Soup! ~ Sean ~
Earlier in the week I told you about these big ol’ hams they were selling for $.99/lb and that I picked up a nice one of 22 lbs. and put it in the freezer future use. Now we’re a family of four in a new town with no family, so what in the heck are we going to do with a 22 lb ham? Remember Forest Gump, well just replace shrimp with ham. And boy do the kids love the ham. Keep reading →
Categories: Piggy · Sean
Tagged: foododelmundo, ham, recipe, split peas
