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
Cooking is one of the things that both of my sons wanted to learn over the summer vacation, so I am holding a weekly cooking class for them. For our first official “class”, I decided to start with something super simple – an easy monkey bread recipe with biscuits. Monkey bread is something that Michael … Read More
How do you prepare steak? I want to share my “go-to” bacon-wrapped steak recipe today. Sometimes we have cook-offs in my home. This summer we had a ribeye steak challenge. -My husband Reggie grilled his steak on the Foreman grill. -My son Sean made his ribeye in a cast-iron skillet. -I sometimes cook my steak … Read More
I prefer turkey burgers but sometimes I make beef burgers for my husband and sons. At one of my son’s suggestions, I have started putting butter in burger patties. It was a great tip because doing so is the key to making our current favorite beef burger recipe. My son had heard celebrity chef Gordon … Read More
Are you a breakfast person? I must admit that I am not. I make sure to have something though because it is important. Smoothies are one of my favorite things to have in the morning. I have mine with a bit of leftover protein (i.e. chicken) for a great start to the day. This recipe … Read More
My oven had the audacity to stop working (for more than 30 minutes at a time) this past week. Since I won’t be making any non-essential service calls until next month, I’m simply using my slow cooker more. I learned how to make this slow cooker keto pork shoulder recipe from my husband, Reggie. Since … Read More
Growing up, few holiday family feasts were complete without a beautiful baked ham. That is why I want to show you how to bake a ham shank in the oven. As an adult though, I primarily cooked ham steaks up until last year. My family was at a gathering at the home of Aunt Beulah, … Read More
Have you noticed that you go through a lot more groceries when your kids are home for school breaks? We do! My sons don’t normally have specific breakfast requests but last week they asked for French toast so I made an easy French toast without milk. Since I already had a basic French toast recipe, … Read More
Cabbage is one of my current favorite seasonal vegetables, so it has been a part of our weekly vegetable rotation for the last couple of months. It’s a little smelly, but the taste more than makes up for it in my opinion. That is why I’m sharing this easy vegan cabbage recipe. Unfortunately, my husband … Read More
How did you spend your 4th of July? I was tempted to head into the city to view the fireworks, but I spent a low-key day at my in-laws’ house. It was definitely the better choice because we ended up seeing the fireworks outside of the kids’ bedroom window that night anyway. Surprisingly, a simple … Read More
