In the summertime I desire cool, light meals of delights I call Salad Samplers. The Shrimp Tempura Pasta Salad is one I prepared for a birthday party of ten guests. Casual enough for a barbecue but fussy enough for fancy friends, this salad is always dressed to impress. African-American cuisine or soul food is often…
Tag: Lunch
Beef Spring Rolls
With respect to the African American Heritage Diet, plant based does not mean meat free. Because much of what was consumed by our ancestors came from their own farms and gardens, adding small amounts of meat to almost every vegetable dish imaginable was a way to fortify protein intake. With that being said, I did…
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Green Sauce Salmon
I am a committed seafood lover. My love persists despite the notion I was a vegetarian for 20 years. Even maligned frog legs appeal greatly to me, surely they qualify as seafood, and really, they do taste like chicken. The Green Sauce Salmon occurred quite by accident one Friday evening. Reminiscent of the best fish…
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Everything Bagel & Lox Salad
The basis of the African American Heritage diet pyramid are greens like collards, turnip and mustard. The basis of the Everything Bagel & Lox Salad are organic greens but don’t use collard, turnip nor mustard greens. We cook those particular greens for hours for a reason – to make them tender and, sometimes, less bitter….
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Vegan Ranch Style Beans
Made in a Crock Pot, or plain, old stove top pot, Vegan Ranch Style Beans will become a family staple.
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Shrimp Po’ Boy Salad
A Shrimp Po’ Boy Salad with buttery, gluten-free croutons and buttermilk-based Remoulade Dressing is the healthy dinner your 2021 needs.
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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…
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Chicken & Herb Dumplings Soup
The epitome of comfort food, Chicken & Herb Dumplings Soup is an upgraded bone broth that you will delight in this Autumn.
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Southern Squash Gratin
Fannie Lou Hammer said you can’t have civil rights if you don’t have economic independence – a fact that is still true today.
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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…
