tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27455092019330254802024-11-01T05:43:58.994-05:00Mama Caruso Cooks - Creating connections by bringing food and travel into your life...from my table to yours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745509201933025480.post-78049546942148299932015-10-20T03:08:00.001-05:002015-10-20T03:08:48.854-05:00

Autumn is a great time to enjoy the harvest Have you ever wondered what to do with all of those pumpkin seeds when you and your family carve pumpkins? Here is a salty smoky version of Roasted Pumpkin Seeds guaranteed to please. Follow this link for tips and the step by step instructions. Click on this link for the recipe and tips: Sultry Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Add some sweet treats

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Kosher dill pickles rolled with cream cheese and dried beefA fun family favorite The kids love to make these and the guests love to eat them. Easy fun and entertaining - all of the component that make for a great appetizer...enjoy...to learn about how you can make these delicious delights and find out about alternatives, elevating the dish and great ideas for substitutes...click on the link (

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Take the train and relax on your way to the Rocky Mountains This is one of my favorite ways to travel and the way I first traveled to Colorado. There is something so magical and mesmerizing about being on a train and when you can truly enjoy the views and not have to worry about traffic, or getting tired or weather - I am in! So when I was asked to put together some information for a group

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Thinking of traveling to Cambodia? Angkor Wat is a must. For more information about how to have an enjoyable visit to Angkor Wat click here: 5 Tips for an Enjoyable Visit to Angkor Wat

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Traveling vicariously today... Tips for Bartering Fearlessly

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A RAGBRAI host family home in Orange City, Iowa 3 Tips that will impact your RAGBRAI experience By Kathy Stutzman aka Mama Caruso Now that the 4th of July is over it’s time to get really serious about RAGBRAI which is in less than 2 weeks and I wanted to share some pointers that I have found to really enhance my RAGBRAI experience. For those of you who do not know what RAGBRAI is it

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At 11:00 Central time I am going to be making my Bloody Mary Gazpacho for a 4th of July Celebration. Here's what I found at the store yesterday to add some flavor. Join me at #MamaCarusoCooks for pointers

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Love love love thesenew marshmallows I am sitting in the kitchen waiting for the final test bake of my super delicious Chicken Artichoke Enchilada Casserole and can't wait for it to be done so I can post the recipe. Every time I have cooked the casserole is was been really great and all of my taste testers (a nice picky group) have unanimously loved it...yippiee! I can't wait to share it with

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Ingredients ready to go I cook to relax, I know, I know, for so many people cooking can be a stressful activity - but nothing (well except for vacuming) calms me more than creating some crazy dishes to serve. The wilder the ingredients, the more extravagant the cooking techniques, the crazier the combination of flavors the better. I can read a recipe or look at a set of ingredients and know

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Can't wait to transform this plantain I belong to a book group whose theme is "we read to eat". Each month we read a book and then cook a meal that corresponds to the book - it is loads of fun and creates great opportunities for gathering, eating and laughing. Over the past 9 years we have traveled all over the world through books and this month we are reading "The Witch Doctor's Wife" by

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So simple! And yummy! Sweet and spicy, with the crunch of a fresh raw apple - cut your apples into 12 slices, skin on or off - your preference;  using an adjustable grinder to spice the apples to taste (I like a thicker grind as you can see from the pictures) grind rock sugar and chopped cinnamon stick onto your apple slices; and let sit for a few minutes to let the sugar and cinnamon do

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Today’s Throwdown - Bring something you have always wanted to make and haven’t dared… The winter weather here in Minnesota has certainly made national news this year and instead of getting overwhelmed with the weather – Mama Caruso invited foodie friends to warm it up and have some fun. There’s nothing better to warm a spirit than friends, food and fun. Today’s post features a Throwdown!

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Some of the local spices I brought backfrom my recent trip to Ghana  One of the things I love about traveling is not only sampling the local cuisine but bringing samplings of the local cuisine back home...where do I begin? Do I make the spicy and sassy Kelewele Or a staple - jollof rice, or fire up the food with red red or peppe chicken? Yummm can't wait to get cooking! For more

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Tim, Alisa and Kathy on the set at On Q Latitudes On Q Latitudes airs on Friday nights in January at 8:00 pm Central time. Join me, your host as we explore and celebrate cultures, traditions and stories from people who are from other countries and are now living in our communities. Learn about their hope and dreams, their struggles and opportunities, and what brought their families to the

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Yesenia, Laura and Kathy on the set of On Q Latitudes  On Q Latitudes airs on Friday nights in January at 8:00 pm Central time. Join me, your host as we explore and celebrate cultures, traditions and stories from people who are from other countries and are now living in our communities. Learn about their hope and dreams, their struggles and opportunities, and what brought their

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Yesenia, Vandana and Kathy on the set On Q Latitudes, KSMQ TV  On Q Latitudes airs on Friday nights in January at 8:00 pm Central time. Join me, your host as we explore and celebrate cultures, traditions and stories from people who are from other countries and are now living in our communities. Learn about their hope and dreams, their struggles and opportunities, and what brought their

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Join me, Kathy Stutzman your host for On Q Latitudes as we celebrate traditions and people from other countries living in our communities On Q Latitudes airs on Friday nights in January at 8:00 pm Central time. Join me, your host as we explore and celebrate cultures, traditions and stories from people who are from other countries and are now living in our communities. Learn about their hope

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Bringing food and travel....from my table to yours...   Hey Everybody! I am writing today to tell you about my upcoming public television series On Q Latitudes airing on Fridays in January at 8:00 pm Central time. Join me, your host as we explore and celebrate cultures, traditions and stories from people who are from other countries and are now living in our communities. Learn about their

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My team selected these lettersfor ingredients....hmmm...N? What happens when a fun-loving, cooking, crazy group of friends and family come together to celebrate birthdays, reunions and just plain and simple time together? Well in our friends and family group it looks a little like a mash up between a Bobby Flay's Throwdown,  Next Food Network Star (Family edition), Chopped, Iron Chef and

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Savoring the Shore is now available through www.savoringtheshore.com and through Amazon, and Mama Caruso has a story on page 73! All proceeds benefit Hurricane Sandy relief. From my table to yours... This thank you is from the fantastic two women who coordinated this monumental effort - Cheryl and Kate, "Thank you again so much for participating." Thank YOU Cheryl and Kate for putting this

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Could this be the end of  a wonderful dinner party? Sage advice says to post happy and pretty pictures on a food and travel blog, but my blog is about making food and travel accessible to all and sometimes that means fessing up to mistakes and sharing recovery strategies. Things happen in real life and I write for real people who need real life solutions. Dinner a few nights ago offered

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It is that time again...hope you are all enjoying those last days of summer... As summertime leaves quietly, it is time to review some of the highlights of living and playing in Minnesota... Our form of whale watching...loon watching Loon spotting Where did those loons go? Wait...what's that in the background? Family vacation pictures serve as a wonderful reminder of times that our

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My book club reads to eat. For the past eight years we have met monthly rotating between each other’s homes and December is my month because it is lobster fest. Every December. In my selfish attempt to create a fond memory of the shore, now that I live in the Mid-west, I suggested the book “ Lobster Chronicles” several years ago so that we could eat lobster. We read to eat, and select food

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Which is the most important item in this picture? This photo taken from the seat of my bicycle represents security to me. When I am out on a ride and will be out for four or five hours, I want to be prepared, and on the day that I took this photo (the 3rd day of a 7 day bike ride 420 miles across the state of Iowa #RAGBRAI) I was ready for anything. During the ride that day I helped 6 people

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Every year I seek out the craziest food while riding my bike across Iowa, it gives me an excuse to stop and eat at the most fun and out of the way places. I especially love it when I can bring a recipe home for something unusual and test it until I can publish the recipe. I have certainly found a few good ones from this trip too, but so far the most fun and tastiest has been the candied bacon on

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