In the kitchen with Elise

    Hi everyone, here is a video to keep you all updated on what I have been up to. It is informative as well as entertaining. Take a look. I did it in english and then right after that in portuguese. Oi a todos, aqui está um vídeo para te manter todos atualizados sobre o que eu tenho a feito. É informativo, bem como divertido. Dê uma olhada. Eu fiz isso em Inglês e, em seguida, logo depois em português. Here are a few foods that I have enjoyed as well as the top 5 restaurants that I would recommend. If you are ever in Brazil. Absolutely amazing. Doce de coco / Coconut treat Bobo de camarao/ Shrimp dish Feijao Tropeiro / Bean Mineira style Creme de Papaya /Papaya Cream Top 5 Restaurants Porcao - It is a buffet style restaurant  Rodizio de Pizza- Pizza buffet where you can have all types of sweet and savory styled pizza from Tapioca and chocolate pizza to garlic or provolone, even fish pizza. Mineira - Restaurant with foods fro...

As I had mentioned before in another blog post.  I am visiting Brazil with my husband Damien. Speaking a lot to the Youth of Brazil. It has been a true eye opener to me and an extremely humbling yet amazing experience. By the way have you met my husband Damien? Author of the book 'Shoulda Been Dead' Access his website and blog below to know more about him http://www.shouldabeendead.com/ http://shouldabeendead.blogspot.com.br/ By the way, have you read the book yet? It is available in English, French, Portuguese and almost done in Spanish. If you haven't, Get your copy here: http://www.amazon.com/Shoulda-Been-Dead-Damien-Jackson/dp/B0073XHA64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345562808&sr=8-1&keywords=shoulda+been+dead I love to see how in each State or Country that we go to we are well received by everyone alike as well as to see these youth and people in general be so receptive of his story and life change, many of them can completely relat...

Just to let you know... This blog gives access for you to view, read and understand. If you speak another language better than you do English, know someone who would benefit from this blog but does not speak english or if you  just prefer to read in another language. Just click your flag on the top right hand side of this screen and have it translated quickly... God Bless, Elise

Egg, cheese and ham pizza As I am here in Brazil and getting to know the culture even more. I was extremely fascinated with their pizza flavors that I had to share this with you. I had the privilege of being shown  to this pizza restaurant here in Brazil   (which  apparently they have a lot of.) There are so many pizza flavors to choose from. One thing that was very different for me is the amount of flavors , that you can choose from ; and the flavors range from both sweet and Savory My pizza experience here  :  ) opened my mind to come out of the box with my regular choice of  pepperoni or cheese pizza's but to next time invent and create more flavors . (To be bolder and try more) Next time I will make a homemade pizza with my own unique toppings. You might not be in Brazil to try this but be creative and do the same at home. Lets see what kind of pizza  your creative mind can make. Strawberry and Chocolate pizza Between my ...

Brazil, Brazil here I come... As I mentioned before my husbands has a book that came out about his life called 'Shoulda Been dead' you can find it on amazon. From time to time he has book signing tours. So this time it will be in Brazil. In Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro. So extremely exciting.... Isn't it? So as I am preparing for that. I decided to share a little info about the Brazilian cuisine. Brazilian food is so amazingly delicious. In the world it is a style of food that is not so recognized as is Italian food for instance but it is definitely delicious, creative, and by all means different.  In my eyes the Brazilian food is one of; if not the most interestingly delicious food in existence. If you have not had a chance to try Brazilian food yet. You are surely missing out. Big Time... They have loads of styles, varieties, tastes, mixtures. Their food is so well prepared and they even have the talent of always presenting their meal well. They always ...

There is nothing like a nice warm peach Cobbler in the summer  time; topped with fresh whipped or ice cream.  Try it for yourself Ingredients 8 Peaches 1 cup Blueberries 1 cup sugar 4 tbsp flour 5 tbsp butter Preheat your oven to 350F or  180C.  Wash your fruit then cut up your peaches into chunks. In a big bowl put your peaches and blueberries, sugar and flour, mix it all together with your hands until well absorbed.Spoon in a few chunks of butter scattered on top. (For caramelization) Place it all into a pyrex.  Then on the side make your bread biscuit  crust. Biscuit Recipe 2 cups flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp butter 3/4 cup milk In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and then the butter (but mix in butter with hand,  until dough looks kind of like sand) then add in your milk a little at a time until the dough comes together. Place this biscuit  recipe mixture...