Steakhouse Salmon

Cooks in minutes but tastes like you invested much longer, Steakhouse Salmon will remain on your menu rotation for life.

Shrimp Tempura Pasta Salad

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…

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…

10 Minute Mahi Mahi

Nicole Hannah Jones writes “America wasn’t a democracy until Black Americans made it one.” Her Pulitzer Prize winning The 1619 Project explores the history of the first Africans arriving in 1619 to what is present day Virginia. As a history buff, I have never seen Twitter so lit with rebuttals to Ms. Jones’ commentary, including…

Pan Fried Mahi Mahi

Apparently, August is National Catfish Month. I grew up on the delicacy caught by my Uncles in the Reservoir (people from Mississippi understand) or by the kind of Black men who you knew would always be there if you ever needed them to be. Eschewed by some even in the Black community, shout out to…

Broccoli Cheese Quinoa Casserole

Senator Kamala Harris was selected to be the Vice-Presidential running mate of Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden today. I had a feeling Vice President Biden would choose Senator Harris however I am not confident he chose an ally that will aid him in defeating Donald Trump. I am proud of Senator Harris potentially making history…