I have been sharing daily soul food recipes on my Twitter and Facebook pages for Black History Month. That is how I realized I was missing a fried fish recipe on my site. To remedy that, I’m sharing my recipe for crispy pan fried fish without eggs. Fried fish is a typical soul food dinner … Read More
I grew up snapping green beans on my Big Mama’s porch along with my sisters. That period of my life holds so many sweet, simple memories. That is why I’m sharing how to cook southern green beans without meat. I’m all grown up with a family of my own now. Although green beans are not … Read More
My youngest son Sean loves chicken salad sandwiches so I want to share the easy southern chicken salad recipe that we use. I (now) call this sandwich “Melinda’s chicken salad” because she is one of my dear friends who commented, “Now, THAT is a chicken salad sandwich!” after I posted an image of a chicken … Read More
Last July, my family celebrated “National Chicken Wing Day” a day early with hot honey chicken wings. After making them again earlier this week, I realized that I hadn’t shared my simple hot honey recipe with you. I’m remedying that today. First, I’ll share my hot honey recipe. This sauce is three of my favorite … Read More
I mentioned that several family friends dropped off meals when we moved last month. All that I can say is that it’s wonderful to have friends from a variety of cultures. One of my Latina friends brought us a delicious chicken stew. She taught me how to make it so I’m sharing the pollo guisado … Read More
As I’m going through my blog archives, I am realizing that there are several recipes that I have not shared with you yet. Today, I want to give you another healthy recipe – a hearty minestrone soup with meat. It is an easy, budget-friendly dish that is perfect to make during the winter months. … Read More
During my family’s move last month, several friends volunteered to bring us meals so that we wouldn’t have to think about cooking. I’m glad that I resisted my initial urge to decline their offers because we ended up with some great meals. I also learned a couple of new recipes in the process – including … Read More
Normally, I buy frozen roasting sweet potatoes but I forgot to order them last week. Fortunately, I had a bag of fresh sweet potatoes so I made some air fryer sweet potato cubes to go with a rib and broccoli meal this week. The side was simple to make and the cubes came out nice … Read More
A while ago, a publicist reached out to me about the RealEats meal delivery service. To my knowledge, it’s the first sous-vide meal delivery service so I wanted to share my honest RealEats review. RealEats vacuum-seals the food in plastic pouches and then you place the pouches in boiling water to get restaurant-quality results at home. … Read More
This month, I have been sharing 31 days of healthy recipes on my Twitter and my Facebook accounts. As I have been looking through my Mom in the City archives for the best recipes to share, I found a shrimp and gnocchi recipe from over a decade ago. At an Aquagrill lunch that was sponsored … Read More
