Armida Cooks!

Semi-intellectual and highly sauced up food blog of Armida: Red Sox fan, champagne lover and wannabee gourmet cook.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Chicken and Waffles

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I never truly understood the whole "chicken and waffle" combination, which seems to have a foodie-religious following in the Sout...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Crepes

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We had a end of summer festival at work several weeks ago and various food vendors came to our campus to sell their foods. One of the vendo...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Deep Fried Pickles

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Although I already have a fried pickle recipe in this blog, this particular recipe is a bit different because it's made with a cornmeal...

Diva's Amazing (and super easy) Aioli Sauce

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If there is one sauce I know by heart and can make with my eyes closed, it's aioli. I love this stuff. I love anything with mayo, really...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Grilled Veggie and Flank Steak Linguine

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There really is no science to this dish. You just grill your favorite veggies, grill a small piece of flank steak (or use any leftover meat...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Braised Red Snapper with Black Olives and Lupini Beans

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When Matt was in Rota, Spain, he not only picked up an arsenal of wine and port, but also some quite interesting foods such as Spanish bloo...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Watermelon, Cucumber, Tomato and Feta Salad

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Source: http://dragonskitchen.blogspot.com You're probably wondering why I haven't posted any new recipes, well, blame it on my pr...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Maple Roasted Bacon

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to make maple-roasted bacon and he'll love you for a lifetime! INGREDIENTS ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Challah French Toast

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When my mother-in-law was here last month for my baby shower, I decided to make French toast. I bought a huge challah bread (if you can...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Braised Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine

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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...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Parmesan-Carrot Risotto

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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...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Humitas: Creamy Corn Empanadas

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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...
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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Sopa Marquis

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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 ...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Tomato Chutney

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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...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

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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...
Saturday, August 01, 2009

Homemade Chicken Broth, Latina Style

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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 ...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Linguine with Butter, Pecorino, Arugula and Black Pepper and Seared Jumbo Shrimp

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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...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Ham and Brie Sandwich

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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, ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Mexican Wedding Cookies

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Photo from Kraftfoods.com These delightful, buttery and flaky cookies are known as Mexican Wedding cookies or Russian Tea Cakes. I was at m...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Irish Potato Pancakes

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(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 ...
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