Breadsticks

If you are the type of person that's afraid of working with bread dough, this easy breadsticks recipe, will be a bridge for you to successfully make some bread or pizza dough in the future. These grissinis go perfect with a salad or pasta dish. Sometimes I prepare them for snack accompanied with some pizza sauce. They're a huge hit at home and hopefully in yours as well! Enjoy!

Seared Chicken, Pink Tomato and Orange Dressing Salad

I was undecided of what to post for this year’s first recipe, if a sweet or a savory one. I opt for a light, yet satisfying dish salad that would be great to prepare for lunch or dinner. I thought it would be of great benefit since I am sure many of us have healthy eating as one of our New Year resolutions.What I like the most of this dish is the homemade orange salad dressing that goes well with many salads. I hope you do try this soon because it's so good that all bottled dressings made with artificial ingredients in your home will be tossed away. I use homegrown organic bitter orange juice, but you could use the juice of a fresh sweet orange for a slightly sweet tang dressing.

I hope your New Year started with wonderful blessings for you and your family! Mine has been so far so good and I have faith it is going to be a blessed Year. There is a new addition to the family, her name is Snowflakes. I know if any of my family and close friends read this they are going to think I am crazy since I already have eight other dogs, but I had to keep this one, she is the dog I always wanted. I’ll be very busy training her, so wish me luck. You can see Snowflakes here.

I also would like to thank everyone who bought my eBook. You can find more information on, How to Cook Dominican Style, here. This mini project is my first step towards achieving my goal of one day making a tangible book with all my favorite traditional recipes. For those who like baking sweets I have two more pending eBooks. I could tell you upfront that one is about suspiro and that I have been working on it  for over a year. I hope to have it published soon.

Delicious Plum Upside Down Cake, Volteado de Ciruela

I never thought an upside-down plum cake will taste this good. For the upcoming celebrations this should be the dessert to prepare for your loved ones. A Easy, Elegant and Enticing cake. Enjoy!
Another three E cake I recommend is the Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.

I'm off  to roast some marshmallow, play board games with my family and dedicate this time to God, family, pets, farm and life. I'll be back sometime in January. I hope you do like this cake and that your able to bake it successfully this holiday for your family. Remember Christmas baking is all about enjoying family, friends and neighbors. It a opportunity to be grateful for all our blessings. Bake with love, and share the Christmas spirit. You can find favorite traditional Christmas recipes for previous recipes posted in this blog here: Dominican Traditional Holiday Favorites and More!

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