Warm Couscous Salad

Every time I flew in 2023, the plane was filled with an inordinate number of immigrants. The day before I traveled the first time, I noticed a small group of seemingly African men perched underneath a palm tree, as I nonchalantly showed up three minutes late to my Global Entry appointment at the Customs and…

Organic Mixed Berry Cobbler

Just about every ingredient I cook with is organic, which is inherent in the African American Heritage Diet approach. So, because I use the term “organic” herein the title, it has a purpose. The Organic Mixed Berry Cobbler needs to be exactly that because berries are number one on the Dirty Dozen list. The Dirty…

Vegan Jollof Quinoa

With so much happening in the news, the frustration is that some reports are not changing. I have been flitting about working on some things I will be excited to share soon. I made this Vegan Jollof Quinoa ages ago meaning two weeks prior, but doesn’t that seem like last year? The palpable tension of…

12 Minute Vegetables

I usually make 12 Minute Vegetables on Sundays so that I can heat them up on days I don’t feel up to cooking, days like today and yesterday, probably tomorrow too. I would not be creating this post but for the fact I promised my friend Les I would over a month ago. I am…

Curried Lentil Soup

While it may come as a surprise, no indigenous people in the world are vegan. Perhaps you may be thinking about the Jain Hindu people as you’re furiously Googling, hoping to prove me wrong, but they are traditionally lacto vegetarians. I have no personal vendetta against veganism. If you don’t want to eat animals fine;…

Light Creamy Coleslaw

While I was enjoying the last of the Light Creamy Coleslaw I made last week I noticed former Vice-President Joe Biden proposed a Build Back Better Plan. If he is elected President of the United States in November Biden says he would initiate multiple measures to stimulate the economy. In the plan he proposes tuition…

Soul Seasoned Fries

The Mayor and Tucson City Council last night decided not to step into the 21st Century but double down on a $2 million dollar increase to the Tucson Police Department, an entity that has proven itself more lethal, i.e. racist, than the prevailing crime rate necessitates. I am done with Tucson and politicians that do…