Soups and Stews

Fish Stew has always been a favourite dish in our home. It is a family recipe, so we hope by sharing it with you, it may also become a family favourite in your home. While preparing the stew, we always make more than for the…

Last week I adventured myself with the kids in going to the market. The kids spent a whole week at home because of the March Break Holiday. Of course I enjoyed having them home with me, all day, but it’s good to be back to…

Whenever we have a gathering of family and friends we always get together a pot of soup. It is the time of year which a bowl of soup, simple tastes and feels really yummy. It was a last moment thing, everything happen so fast that…

Making homemade Chicken Broth and Chicken Bone Broth from scratch is simply easy to make! Every week we slow cook a chicken in the Dutch Oven or cook it in the Instant Pot. So while the chicken is cooking the broth is also coming together.…

This Roasted Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Green Bean Soup is delicious and very unique. We try to eat what is in season. The reason is because the vegetables taste fresher and you can also find them with a nicer price than what is not in…

Pureed Sweet Potato with Butternut Squash and Broccoli is a delicious combination. To eat what’s growing during the season is always a great idea, plus there is abundance of it, so it’s economical as well. Fresh vegetables in season during the month of February Broccoli,…

Creamy Pureed Spinach Butternut Squash Soup, hits the spot for any tummy is this cold weather. Hello all you foodies and Happy 2019! We are back to our usual routines. The holidays were overwhelming this year. It was our daughter’s first Christmas and her first…

Chicken Noodle Vegetable Soup is as easy as it gets! The reason to make this soup, is to start from scratch. You want to literally boil the chicken and then use its broth to make the most delicious chicken soup. Whatever vegetable you add to…

It is the season to want to enjoy a warm bowl of soup, once in a while or I would suggest everyday! On the menu for today, we have Creamy Pureed Butternut Squash Soup. It is simply an enjoyable smooth puree. I must say, coming…

This week is all about chicken, we all feel under the weather, so the best soup would be our homemade “canja de galinha”. In English, we call it Chicken Noodle Broth Soup.  This is a traditional Portuguese dish that we always make when someone at…