Mashed potatoes are the ultimate side dish and they pair with almost anything! I especially love this cheesy version with Coq au Vin or Boeuf Bourguignon. Hello, you beautiful thing! 😍 Oh, you thought I was talking to you? Sorry, I was too busy admiring these incredibly creamy, velvety, buttery, cheesy mashed potatoes. Aren’t they gorgeous? I first had gouda mashed potatoes when we were at the Food and Wine Festival, at Disney World, back in September....

One thing you should know about me is that I LOVE Lebanese food. I’m going to tell you something and get this out of the way: Lebanese food comes before Italian food in my list of preferences. There, I said it! Now we can continue to be friends without this major secret hanging above us. LOL! Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore Italian food, but there’s something comforting and at the same time exotic about the Lebanese cuisine that made me fall completely in love with it....

While this soup can’t be called Mexican, it is definitely inspired by Mexican flavors that we all love and crave. If you are looking for more Mexican and Tex-Mex inspired meals, make sure to also get my recipes for Mexican Beef and Rice Casserole, Ground Beef Burritos and Chicken Taquitos. The grocery stores near me have been looking a little bare recently. This past week was even worse, because we got hit with a snow storm, so people panicked and bought pretty much all the food available!...

Are you a chili lover? Make sure to also check out my Double Chocolate Chili, my Pumpkin Chili and my Sweet Potato Chili. Healthy chili recipe Truth be told, this turkey chili was not purposely designed to be healthy. I tend to prefer my food indulgent and to associate healthy food with boring food. You can definitely notice my preferences by looking at my hips! Oops. I was just making my favorite chili when I realized it was pretty light and low fat....

If you’re not yet familiar with Brazilian cuisine, chances are you don’t associate it with comfort food. After all, aren’t Brazilians at the beach all the time, drinking caipirinhas? But despite our tropical weather, our cuisine is full of hearty soups and stews, succulent roast meats and chicken, breads and all types of decadent desserts. So if you’re feeling like you need some cozy noms, grab the closest Brazilian cookbook (or, well, maybe come to this blog?...

Happy #IceCreamWeek, everybody! Me and some of my blogger friends decided that we should take a whole week to celebrate frozen deliciouness, so I’m gonna post 3 ice cream recipes this week! Woohoo! ??? But before we get to that, I want to start this post by getting something out of the way: I absolutely suck at scooping perfect ice cream balls. I consequently suck even further at photographing it and it ends up melting everywhere and I end up snacking on all the meltyness and when I realize I have no ice cream left to try and fix the situation....

By now, you’ve probably noticed I adore passion fruit. This pie is at the top of the list of my favorite passion fruit recipes, along my Passion Fruit Mousse and Passion Fruit Curd! This passion fruit dessert will steal the show! I. Can’t. Stop. Eating. This. Pie! Please, send help. And by help I mean company, so I have an excuse to eat another slice! After all, I can’t have my guests eating alone....

Yes, this has been a very meaty week at the blog, first with the Skirt Steak Fajitas and now with this scrumptious Slow-Cooked Pulled Brisket that will rock your world! Seriously, who can resist this southern classic? It’s comfort food at its best, in the form of meat that melts in your mouth! I’m telling you, it can’t get any better than that. Especially because it is made in the slow cooker, so it’s extremely convenient and the only thing you will have to do is brown the meat and sauté the onions and garlic before adding them to your crockpot....

After a long baby forced hiatus, I’m back and ready to resume my food journey. When my mom went back to Brazil, I got to experience what motherhood truly is, without her help! And it is unbelievably raw and hard. It really does take a village to raise a child and my village moved to another country! But more on that on a separate post, because today is about delicious food and I do not want to steal these Stout Beer Braised Short Ribs’ thunder!...

Helloooo, strawberries! I’ve been waiting for you. Well, truth be told, we had strawberries all winter long, since they don’t really disappear. But summer is their true season and the shelves at the grocery store are overflowing with them! So I’m officially declaring strawberry season here at Olivia’s Cuisine. And I will make the very difficult sacrifice of testing and eating lots of strawberry desserts, so I can share them here with you!...

Everyone loves football food, but sometimes there just isn’t enough time to whip up a feast. Cue to easy or make-ahead recipes, like these Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Ranch, Slow-Cooked Pulled Brisket, Ham and Cheese Pinwheels and Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip. It took me a long time to surrender to the air fryer frenzy. Being Brazilian, I am not afraid of deep frying food! 😂 But a few years ago, Prime Day came and I just couldn’t pass on a good deal on a very nice air fryer....

If you’re in the mood for a hearty sandwich but don’t have the energy for anything too complicated, this Gouda and Ham Melt is the perfect sandwich for you! Holy yumminess, Batman! Melty cheese + crispy bread + slow roasted ham = happiness in my belly and comfort in my heart. ❤️ And the best part? You only need 5 ingredients to make this. Because this pregnant lady has been going through a lot and fast and furious meals that please mamma and baby are what’s on the menu pretty much everyday nowadays....

(This post is sponsored by Success® Rice. All opinions are my own!) Love Mexican and Tex-Mex flavors? Make sure to also check out my Mexican Beef and Rice Casserole, Carne Asada and Fully Loaded Nachos. What makes a good burrito? The answer will vary depending on who is answering it. To me, high quality ingredients are a must! I love to fill my burritos to the brim. That being said, there is a fine line between a full tortilla and a tortilla that rips, leaving you with a big mess that can only be eaten with a fork....

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. The opinions and text are all mine. Oh, the holiday season! Such a wonderful magical time… Hosting a party for family, one for close friends, another for neighbors, playdate mom group, coworkers, book club… and you see where I’m going with this, don’t you? Yes, the holidays can be stressful! We all put on our best jolly faces and pretend we are spreading the cheer 24/7, but the truth is that most of the time we are working so hard that we barely enjoy the parties....

Serve tostones as a side to beef picadillo or as an appetizer, with guacamole, whipped avocado dip, or a garlic dipping sauce (such as my roasted garlic aioli). If you’ve never tried tostones, oh boy, you are in for a treat! They are crunchy, they are savory, they are slightly tender (almost buttery) in the middle. They are my latest obsession! ♥️ I have to make a double batch when I cook them, because I know I’ll snack on them while I’m working in batches....

(This post is sponsored by Jennie-O.) Four to five weeks to go, you guys! Soon, our little family of three will become a family of four. Oh, we simply can’t wait to meet our little baby! I won’t lie: growing a baby is haaaaard! Put lightly, I can say that life has been a whirlwind, mostly due to this pregnancy. But it is officially summer and we are trying to enjoy ourselves while we can, before our lives change forever and sleep depravation comes knocking at our door....

This Pressure Cooker Pot Roast is great for those busy weeknights because it is done in about an hour. Yes, you heard it right!! No need to cook the roast for 4 hours. Also, there’s something about cooking the meat in the pressure cooker that makes it so incredibly tender. It literally falls apart when you touch it. You are probably sick of me talking about my pressure cooker. You will only understand my obsession the day you get one and start realizing how much time (and work) it saves!...

Love pie for dessert? You might also want to check out my American Flag Berry Pie, Passion Fruit Cream Pie, Key Lime Pie and Almond Apple Pie! 😋 Sure, ice cream is a must-have summer treat. But fruit pies really have a special place in my heart! ❤️ Can you think of a better way to end a BBQ or cookout than by presenting a freshly baked cherry pie topped with vanilla ice cream?...

Today’s post is dedicated to my dear friend Laural, one of my best taste testers for this blog. Laural and I work together and the other day she was complaining about beans. She said that she loves beans, but they make her feel bloated. I told her that I had the perfect recipe for her, and promised to send it to her as soon as possible. However, since these days my whole life revolves around this blog (even our weekly menu is based on the blog), I decided to make a post for those delicious Brazilian Style Beans so I can share it not only with Laural, but with all of you!...

It’s cookie time, folks! I’m sure you’re all baking a lot for the holidays, either to give your baked goods as gifts to your family and friends or to just eat them all by yourself while listening to Christmas carols. No judging here! It’s Christmas after all! This year I was very honored to participate in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, which “brings together food bloggers from around the world in celebration of all things scrumptious....