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Açorda à Alentejana (Portuguese Bread and Garlic Soup with Cilantro)

If you just want the recipe, scroll down. Otherwise, take a journey with me to Lisbon as I recollect the first time I met this soup. What’s a secret dinner? Our city team leader, Gonçalo was an amateaur cook. He really was an artist and photographer. His quiet, disheveled demeanor is intriguing in an artist. I decided to sign up for his dinner. He had … Continue reading Açorda à Alentejana (Portuguese Bread and Garlic Soup with Cilantro)

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Caldo Verde: Portuguese kale soup

Caldo Verde Pao com choriço Literally meaning, “green soup,” this famous homestyle soup is made with potatoes, sausage, and strung with kale like confetti. Because I found the particular Portuguese sausage “linguica” hard to find, I substituted choriço instead. (Choriço is not the same as Mexican chorizo. Portuguese choriço is dried and fully cooked like dried salami, Mexican chorizo is sold raw and needs to … Continue reading Caldo Verde: Portuguese kale soup

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Embracing discomfort: confessions of a 30-something year old

Embrace change Much, if not all of our fear and suffering stems around resisting change. Loosing the approval of my parents, and loosing my supportive grandmother taught me that. I didn’t know choosing my lifestyle would be so frowned upon by my parents. And I didn’t know that in traveling the world I would lose the chance to say goodbye to my grandma. Yet, I … Continue reading Embracing discomfort: confessions of a 30-something year old

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What is VIPKID? Is it legit?

VIPKID mascot, Dino li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px ‘Helvetica Neue’; color: #454545} ul.ul1 {list-style-type: circle} You can read all about VIPKID online and find that it was Forbes #1 “Work-from-home” job. But, what is it really about?  Here is a really condensed version of the pros and cons of VIPKID. I have been a teacher with them for almost a year now, … Continue reading What is VIPKID? Is it legit?

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Curried Cauliflower Salad: Jason's South Africa

Jason’s Bakery Cape Town, South Africa http://www.jasonbakery.co.za/food-drink/ Cape Town was a weird place like California in a way. There were total health foods like avocado toast, and then there were some of the most fattening carb-loading foods like hot cross buns. Unfortunately its a matter of economic divide. If you walked into some grocery stores, aisles would be crowded with gallons of water and half … Continue reading Curried Cauliflower Salad: Jason's South Africa

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Top 5 ways to be a great VIPKid teacher while traveling

Getting a job with VIPKid 2 weeks before traveling the world for 7 months was exciting but a little daunting. It’s already nerve-racking to get a new job. But, imagine you get a new job with the uncertainty of travel, too.  Well, it worked out in the end.  I read a few blogs, watched Youtube and found a way to make my job with VIPKid … Continue reading Top 5 ways to be a great VIPKid teacher while traveling

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