Recipes

Black Eyed Peas With Roasted Eggplant & Coconut

Black Eyed Peas With Roasted Eggplant & Coconut

  Tender black eyed peas  simmered in tomatoes with roasted eggplant and coconut! This dish tastes exotic, mildly spicy and very meaty.  You can eat it plain like a chunky soup, spoon it generously over some rice or eat it smothered with  bread. Packed with […]

Roasted Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Mango Salsa #WeekdaySupper

Roasted Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Mango Salsa #WeekdaySupper

Salmon lettuce wraps stuffed with mango salsa. Light, healthy and filling, this meal is perfect for the day before a feast or a holiday.  I am participating in weekday supper this week and since it’s the day before Christmas, I wanted to make some light […]

Ginger Orange Glazed Cornish Hens #SundaySupper

Ginger Orange Glazed Cornish Hens #SundaySupper

Orange glazed Cornish hens with a tinge of ginger and some fresh mint! I’ll admit I’ve never made Cornish hens before and my first time turned out pretty good! I made a zesty glaze with fresh orange juice, ginger and coconut sugar. I doused the […]

Crisp Coconut Kale With fresh Garlic

Crisp Coconut Kale With fresh Garlic

Crisp kale tossed with some spices and coconut makes an appetizing side! I love this veggie combo and Coconut Kale is one of my favorite dishes. Easy to make, this nifty dish is fancy enough to serve at an upscale dinner or simple enough for […]

Coconut Cream Chicken Makani (A Healthy Version)

Coconut Cream Chicken Makani (A Healthy Version)

Creamy chicken makani aka butter chicken in a rich sauce made of almonds and coconut cream!  Well, since this recipe has no butter in it I thought chicken makani was a better title for it.  This recipe is super creamy and loaded with fat! Healthy […]

Tuna Dill Patties With Lemon Rice #WeekdaySupper

Tuna Dill Patties With Lemon Rice #WeekdaySupper

  Tuna patties with fresh dill served with lemon cilantro rice. I am participating in Weekday Supper this week and I making a family favorite. Tuna patties that are super easy to make, and healthy!  You can use fresh fish, but I just use canned […]

Sweet N Spicy Roasted Chipotle Squash Fries #SundaySupper

Sweet N Spicy Roasted Chipotle Squash Fries #SundaySupper

Chipotle squash fries baked crisp with a touch of sweet n spicy! Move aside French Fries, squash is here!! Squash season is in and my Sunday Supper team is doing a squashing theme! I love butternut squash and have used it in soups and baked […]

Erase Stress with Chocolate Almond Black Tea

Erase Stress with Chocolate Almond Black Tea

Chocolate Tea! Calm and soothe your stress away with this decadent chocolate tea infused with the antioxidant power of black tea and almonds! I saw this recipe in a Women’s World magazine and I being a chocoholic and tea addict I fell in love with […]

Rustic Pepper Chicken with Caramelized Onion

Rustic Pepper Chicken with Caramelized Onion

Pepper chicken smothered with caramelized onion and green celery leaves! Yummy!! This is one of those recipes that get better every time I make it. I don’t usually add caramelized onion to my pepper chicken, but this time I did and it gave it that […]

Ginger Mint Turmeric Tea to Heal a Cold

Ginger Mint Turmeric Tea to Heal a Cold

All natural turmeric tea with fresh ginger, lemon and mint is a soothing concoction that I cook up when I feel stuffy and congested.  Fall is here and so are the sniffles and dry scratchy throats. Taking meds for fall allergies is not my favorite […]