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• Fresh Cucumber and Tomato Salad
  on May 17, 2013 in Cucumber Recipes Salad Tomatoes Vegetables Vegetarian
  Here’s a quick summer side dish using fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and oregano. We usually don’t peel our cucumbers, because we like the color and that extra crunch. The fresh oregano [...]The post Fresh Cucumber and Tomato Salad appeared f...
• Minnie’s Banana Pudding
  on May 11, 2013 in Banana Country Cooking Desserts & Sweets Recipes
  My grandmother made banana pudding every Sunday when my mom was growing up. Vanilla wafers came in plastic bags back then, and my grandfather would pick up a bunch of [...]The post Minnie’s Banana Pudding appeared first on olives-n-okra.
• Creamed Beef
  on May 9, 2013 in Beef Historic Recipe Recipes
  Here’s another recipe we picked up when my dad was in the Army. Creamed Beef (good old SOS) was introduced post World War I, but it has roots in the Army’s [...]The post Creamed Beef appeared first on olives-n-okra.
• Saigon Flavors
  on May 4, 2013 in Florida Oviedo Restaurants Reviews Vietnamese
  It’s about time the Vietnamese cuisine of downtown Orlando came to the east side of town. Saigon Flavors is owned by Charlie Tang, previous owner of Viet Garden in downtown Orlando. Saigon Flavors is [...]...
• Rhode Island Pizza Strips
  on Apr 25, 2013 in Breads Italian-American Recipes Rhode Island Favorites
  When my grandmother made pizza, she made enough for at least 20 people. Her pizza was extra thick, and she covered it with a layer of tomatoes that she crushed over [...]...
• Egg People
  on Apr 21, 2013 in Breads Easter Eggs Italian Recipes
  Every Easter, my grandmother made Italian Easter bread minus the colored eggs (she used white eggs). She didn’t like the bleeding of the colored eggs on the bread. She always [...]...
• Poinsettia
  on Apr 15, 2013 in Cocktails Recipes
  Most people have those Spring or Summer-like drinks about this time of year, but on Easter Sunday, we made Poinsettias. Yes, the drink suggests all things Christmas, but only until you [...]...
• Lily’s Rice Pie
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Desserts & Sweets Easter Italian-American Recipes Rice
  My grandmother, Letizia, or Lily, made several rice pies every Easter—two or three with citron and at least one without (some of my dad’s brothers and sisters didn’t like citron so they picked [...]...
• Pastiera Napoletana
  on Apr 6, 2013 in Desserts & Sweets Easter Italian Recipes
  Pastiera Napolentana is a traditional Easter pie that originated in Naples. The filling is made with ricotta, orange flower water, candied citron, and softened hulled wheat berries—the pie’s trademark ingredient. The [...]...
• Cornbread Dressing
  on Apr 3, 2013 in American Breads Country Cooking Recipes Sides
  This classic recipe is a must have around the holidays. I like to make my cornbread a day before so that it’s a little dry. You can serve it as a side [...]...

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