Armida Cooks!

I'm a sucker for sales, especially with groceries. About a month ago I saw a package of big, beautiful short ribs on sale at Albertson...

I bought a bag of carrots a week ago and I had only used two. So I was looking for a recipe to use up some of the carrots and I stumbled up...

I love, love empanadas, but I just hate making them. It's not so much the process, but more of the frying part. I've had pretty bad...

My mother-in-law, Kay, is in town visiting me this weekend and I, of course, had to make something special for her to eat. After I made my ...

Our two little tomato vines are still producing fruit. I was very surprised because I thought the season was over. Anyway, I didn't wan...

After I came back from my Minnesota trip, I found my refrigerator extremely clean. Had the kitchen elves snuck into my house and cleaned it...

I'm into my 30th week of pregnancy and it is increasingly becoming very uncomfortable for me to sleep. So I find myself waking up at 6 ...

This is one of Giada's recipes I saw on the Food Network about a week ago and it seemed easy enough. The only changes I made was that I...

When I first found out that I wasn't supposed to eat things such as raw fish in sushi, or cold cuts, and certain cheeses such as feta, ...

Photo from Kraftfoods.com These delightful, buttery and flaky cookies are known as Mexican Wedding cookies or Russian Tea Cakes. I was at m...

(Photo by Marge Perry / December 21, 2005) Sadly, the great writer Frank McCourt died today. If you don't know who he is, then I'm ...

I found this recipe in recipezaar.com and I know what you're thinking: how can I bake in this hot weather? Well, let me tell you someth...

Elaine and my mom and Lindsey are throwing me a baby shower next month and when they were talking about what food to serve, it reminded me...

Picture courtesy of ephemeron.net I know you've read many posts and many reviews of the various foods Matthew and I have eaten at The...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was in a cleaning frenzy a few days ago and I started cleaning out the fridge and freezer. Well, lo an...

Pupusas are similar to corn tortillas, only thicker and stuffed with cheese, beans or meat. The pupusa originated in El Salvador and I pers...

I decided to clean out the freezer and I found two chicken breasts, skin on and bone in, in there that were almost three months old. Instea...

As you can see, I haven't been cooking much and that was due to the "sick" I had. But now I'm over it and my appetite is ...

So I was home sick today (okay, not really sick, but with a slight case of the shingles and I must be quarantined from all babies and elder...

After four tries, I've finally come up with the perfect, flavorful and juicy turkey meatballs. Yes, you heard right: turkey. I believe ...