Azoresgal~Life on an Island

Today I am sharing my recipe for Tortas!  Portuguese tortas, are I suppose  how our grandmothers and their mothers before them found a way to stretch out meals to feed their families. As the saying goes  "waste not, want not", these are a perfect way to use up leftover fish or meat. I make them many times with canned tuna or sardines too! Now I am by no means saying this recipe is "the way" to make them, because we all know every family has  their own way of preparing these. This is how my family likes them, but I remember my avó Pimentel made her tortas with only eggs and no flour. I can just taste them now, she would make them with linguiça, chopped olives and lots of chopped parsley! She would fry them up, and serve them in paposecos, sprinkled with.....wait for it....sugar! This is one of my fondest food memories, tortas with sugar, the combination of sweet and savory, perfect! But even if I wanted to make them like my grandmother's, I don't think I coul...

Chicken pot pie is such a perfect comfort food  for the cooler autumn nights upon us. A  dish with a golden  brown flakey pastry crust  loaded with a creamy chicken and veggie filling. Making this pot pie all from scratch is so worth the effort, but if you are pressed for time, going the store bought route will also work. Either way, your family is going to love the savory, delicious goodness that is this pie! 2 cooked chicken breasts, cubed (turkey works/ deli chicken/ leftover chicken) Crust for a double pie (storebought/or from scratch) 2 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 carrots, diced 1 small sweet onion, diced 1 cup frozen peas 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup flour 1½ to 2 cups  chicken broth 1/2 cup heavy cream ( or milk) 2 sprigs fresh thyme leaves, minced (or 1 tsp. ground) Fresh chopped parsley to taste Salt and pepper to taste Chicken bouillon cube or 1 TBS bouillon paste (optional) Preheat oven to...

I made these for dinner Sunday night. It was out of desperation ( hence no step~by~step pictures ).....you know what I mean...it's almost dinner time, tummies are growling...and you have no clue what to make. These little beauties popped into my head, I have had this recipe for a very long time, it was ripped out shame on me  of a magazine, while waiting in a doctor´s office. I don´t know which is worse, the fact that I ripped it out of a magazine, or the fact that I was maybe 12, when I did this. Seriously what 12 year old needs a recipe for crepes, I laugh everytime I think about it, I swear I thought everyone in that waitng room was staring at me. All I have to say is that I am glad I did, it is a great recipe, very easy to make, and you can either make them sweet or savory.  As for fillings, shoot for the moon, you can pretty much fill them with what you like. Popular at our house , is honey and cream cheese, or strawberry jam....over course sprinkled with...