Cock-a-Leekie
Cock-a-Leekie (Scottish Chicken and Leeks Soup) January: National Soup Month The ultimate comfort food for cold weather (and for colds and flu) is chicken soup. We have blogged before about tinolang...
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Portuguese Bean Soup (Slow Cooker) January 6: National Bean Day Although Pacific Islanders and Asians dominate Hawaii’s immigrant population, there is a sizable settlement of Europeans (Brits, Scots,...
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Chicken Curry Puffs January 12: National Curried Chicken Day During our graduate school days, Islander’s “Singapore Sister” AAW introduced her to her country’s quintessential street food—curry puffs....
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Fig Newton Bibles January 16: National Fig Newton Day With 50+ references in Scriptures, the fig is the most mentioned fruit in the Holy Bible. The first instance is in Genesis 3:7, when Adam and Eve...
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Paprikás Csirke (Hungarian Paprika Chicken) January 18: Feast Day of St. Margaret of Hungary With a large European population in the Chicago suburbs and Northwestern Indiana, there were several...
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Marsala Veal January 1: New Year’s Day (2015) Inspired by the announcement that the Pantone company chose “marsala” as the color of the year for 2015, Islander cooked Marsala Veal for our first dinner...
View ArticleBrown Sugar Shortbread Stars
Brown Sugar Shortbread Stars January 6: National Shortbread Day and Epiphany “…for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” ~ Matthew 2:2 Guided only by a wondrous star, three...
View ArticleCreamy Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
Creamy Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup January: National Soup Month We (TRY to) make a resolution to eat healthier this year and we started it off by cooking a heart-warming soup from carrots and sweet...
View ArticleBaked Poi Mochi
Baked Poi Mochi January 1: New Year’s Day Islander grew up eating Filipino bibingka during the holidays, special occasions and “just because” in Hawaii. Other Asian immigrants on the islands have a...
View ArticleNo-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream
No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream January 15: National Strawberry Ice Cream Day Strawberry ice cream is typically a summertime treat. But even in the middle of January, when the weather is warm in Hawaii...
View ArticleCheese Sablés with Rosemary Salt
Cheese Sablés with Rosemary Salt January 20: National Cheese Lovers Day Snack on something a little more sophisticated than Cheetos or Cheez-Its. Try homemade cheese sablés with rosemary salt. Sablés,...
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Epiphany Jam Tart January 6: Epiphany/Feast Day of the Three Kings When he was in elementary school, Islander’s brother, K, was in the cast of our church’s Christmas pageant in Hawaii. In the first...
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Fire Cakes January 14: U.S. Ratification Day (1784) Children everywhere most likely learn about their nation’s roots in school. Highlander, a Canadian who grew up in the United States, and Islander,...
View ArticleCalamansi Juice
Calamansi Juice January 15: National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day Islander grew up with a calamansi tree in the backyard of her childhood home in Hawaii. When the tree bore a lot of fruit, her Daddy would...
View ArticleHot Buttered Rum
Hot Buttered Rum January 17: Hot Buttered Rum Day Before we settled in the Southwest, we used to live in states with some serious snow days. When our apartments in Oklahoma and New Jersey did not have...
View ArticleIrish Coffee Cupcakes
Irish Coffee Cupcakes January 25: National Irish Coffee Day Sometimes on a cold winter night, Highlander has a hot nightcap—a decaffeinated Irish coffee. His favorite flavors of chocolate, coffee and...
View ArticleFilipino Chicken Curry
Filipino Chicken Curry January 12: National Curried Chicken Day We have cooked different chicken curries for our blog before. But Islander seems to have gone back to the basics with her family’s...
View ArticleGruyère Cheese Puffs
Gruyère Cheese Puffs January 20: National Cheese Lovers Day We previously posted a recipe for pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread), which is similar to Gruyère cheese puffs without the chewy texture....
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Lamingtons January 26: Australia Day Happy Australia Day to our awesome Aussie blog readers! And Happy Anniversary to our friends, Gary and Girlie B., whom we met when we lived in New Jersey (they...
View ArticleChocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat)
Chocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat) January 30: National Croissant Day Chocoholics like us will enjoy indulging in a chocolate-filled croissant for breakfast, brunch or snack time with a cup of...
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