Recipes & Spanish Foodie Delights
Helpful hints from Mamá Matilde & Me
Leftover Turkey Soup
I know we all love leftovers after Thanksgiving, but after a few days, we have to start getting creative. Since this year's turkey was so scrumptious (find the recipe here), we are on a mission to finish every last morsel of juicy goodness. So today I made up a little...
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Homemade Pumpkin Pie with Real Pumpkin
I was really excited this Thanksgiving to make homemade pumpkin pie with real pumpkin! I was especially psyched to have everyone here try it out, as I was sure it was something that they had never tried before. I usually make a scrumptious pumpkin pie cheesecake on...
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How to Make Evaporated Milk (if you’re in a bind)
It’s quite simple, really, but when you’re stuck in a bind (and by bind, I mean it’s the night before Thanksgiving and you have everything to make the pumpkin pie except the evaporated milk and you go to the grocery store to ask where it is and the clerk look at you...
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Old-Fashioned Mashed Potatoes
I guess the only reason I call these mashed potatoes 'old-fashioned' is because the recipe has been in the family for quite some time. My grandma, Ann, was taught by her mother, Annie, and she later passed the secret on to me. The best thing about this recipe is that...
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Creamy Gravy from Turkey Drippings
While your turkey is resting after 3 long hour in the oven, now is your chance to make that creamy gravy from turkey drippings of your very own turkey! I had never done it before but it's quite easy, as long as you save some fresh, hot drippings to add to it. ...
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Fresh Thanksgiving Turkey
Well, celebrating Thanksgiving was quite the experience this year in Spain. It was our first time celebrating here and my biggest fear was that the gigantic turkey (ok, gigantic for turkeys here in Spain), weighing in at just over 12 pounds, was NOT going to fit in...
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