Penne Rigate with Roasted Butternut Squash Cheese Sauce and Garlic Tempura Shrimp

D’Angelo wakes up, walks into the kitchen, notices the mac and cheese on the stove top and declares, “Yes, I love this. I should wake up every morning and the food should be ready.” I give him  the  ‘slavery has been abolished a long time ago’ stare. He grabs a fork in hand and taste…

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July 29, 2014

Black Rice with Herbed Garlic Shrimp

My quest towards achieving a healthier lifestyle led me to black rice. I’m not quite sure how I found out about it, but it was about two years ago that I stumbled upon this ancient rice that was served to emperors and royalties centuries ago.  It somehow vanish off the face of the earth….well not…

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July 3, 2014

Mango Soursop Smoothie

  OK, for all you Jamaicans looking bewildered, flipping your neck backwards and asking yourself: ‘smoothie?” Yes I said it, soursop SMOOTHIE, not soursop JUICE. First of all, if you wanna get technical: I didn’t juice the soursop, I blended it. If you wanna call it juice, hey, I ain’t at ya and I still…

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July 3, 2014

Herb Roasted Tri Color Potatoes with Chicken

Root vegetables are my go to starch when I’m not in the mood for rice or pasta. I buy a variety of potato simply because I love variety and it makes the meal all the more delectable. On any given day, my fruit basket will be loaded with sweet yams, sweet potato (boniato), purple potatoes,…

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July 3, 2014

Sour Cream Banana Pancakes

Yes I made these pancakes from scratch. I don’t do the boxed pancake thingy. No. Once upon a time…..a long long time ago… when I didn’t know any better, I used to use the pancake from the box and I thought it was banging……..UNTIL …..I learned how to make it myself. It’s so damn easy….I…

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July 2, 2014