This bread is served in homes, restaurants, and at festivals. It’s commonly served with fish, homemade sausage, and other meats.

This bun is perfectly toasted with a golden colour on the outside, soft inside, a perfect sprinkling of black sesame seeds on top.

For Mother’s Day I decided to come up with an “Epic Burger”. I wanted to bring them something incredible… a WOW kind’a burger.

This wine and garlic marinated pork is amazing! This is a traditional meal served on all the Azores islands.

Don’t let the green color fool you. I let it fool me until I gave it a try. This smoothie tastes like a nice cold dessert in a glass.

I baked the shrimp in a garlic, butter, wine, and lemon sauce.

This Portuguese rice pudding recipe (arroz doce) is another one from Nelson’s book of traditions. It’s definately a favourite for him.

This time around, I decided to go with lime and fresh dill. I’ve often made this dish with lemon, so the lime juice was a nice, subtle twist

Tonight’s choice was red snapper. Dinner did not disappoint! Even our picky little guy loved it, and he cleaned the plate.

There’s no messing around with this smoothie. It’s no fluke that Nelson calls this, “Pack-a-Punch”.

Our house smelled amazing this evening–with the delicious scent of Azores sweet bread baking in the oven.

Here’s a fav in our house–cinnamon waffles! They’re a little crispy on the outside, and soft and fluffy on the inside.

This beef stew is very saucy so it lends itself well to being dunked with homemade bread.

Caldo Verde (which translates to green broth) is perhaps one of the most popular and traditional soups in all of Portugal.

Cranberry Scones or Tea Biscuits. These scones are flaky on the outside, moist on the inside, and simply yummy.

Each chicken ‘finger’ is plump and moist, and wrapped in the most scrumptious crumb coating ever!