Azoresgal~Life on an Island

Bôla de Carnes, is a traditional Portuguese bread, it´s a savory quick bread, that has all sorts of cold meats, leftover meats, or deli meats added to it. I also like to add some cheese to it, just because it can´t hurt !  This is one of my favorite things to make to take on a picnic, or to serve at parties, but it´s also really handy, when you don't know what to make for dinner! This was the case for yesterday, the day got away, as sometimes it does, I knew I had leftovers for Mr.G, but wasn´t quite sure what to make for the kids, when I remembered this. There are many versions for this, and for the most part they are made while using "the force ", no recipe, just eyeballing it. When there is a recipe, the common measure used is a "chavena" known to you and I as a coffee cup/mug, and yes it is a legit form of measurement! You can make this in two different ways, the first is as a cake, with all the cold cuts chopped in, and poured into a tube pan. The second wa...

This is the first meal I made when Mr.G and I returned from our mini vacation. Now, even though eating out everyday with hubby was fantastic, I truly did miss my kitchen and cooking for my family. With that said, the cleaning up, that, I didn't miss so much ! I used my regular meatloaf recipe, flattened it out, layered some cheese and ham on it, rolled it up jelly roll style, and baked it. Very simple, but really good , the kid's loved it ! Ingredients 1 kilo/2 lb. lean ground beef/pork 1 pkg. (6 oz.) Stuffing Mix for Chicken ( I use 2 bags of croutons, because we don't have this here) 1 cup water 2 eggs beaten salt and pepper to taste equal parts brown sugar and ketchup slices of ham and mozzarela cheese ( use any kind you like) Heat oven to  190º/375* Place meat, stuffing mix (or croutons), water,  and eggs  in bowl. Mix with fingers just until blended thoroughly, add salt and pepper if needed . Pat the meat mixture out onto a piece of waxed pa...