Oven Baked

 

Cornmeal Pudding with Coconut and Cranberries

Would it be suffice to say that listening to the sounds, while enunciating each syllable in the words “cornmeal pudding” creates such nostalgia, that would prompt you to immediately reach for your phone, and reserve an airline ticket for a exclusive trip to the islands? Isn’t cornmeal pudding reminiscent of your childhood? Isn’t this one…

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November 28, 2012

I kicked endometriosis’ butt on Thanksgiving Day

This morning I was awakened by the sun, as it gracefully waltzed through an opening of the draperies in my bedroom and kissed me smack dab in the middle of my forehead: “Muah!”  It feels so good! A whole new day? All for me? Another 24 hours to be thankful for….Thank you Lord! As I…

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November 23, 2012

Pasta-rific Shells and Cheese with Crabmeat

I’m in a pasta-rific mood and what better way to silence that craving than with some pasta.  For the last two weeks or so, my body hasn’t been craving the hard core meat, you know….like steak and stuff. But I still do need to eat. Last week all I wanted were vegetables, then I had…

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October 16, 2012

I’m Craving Turkey – Jerk Turkey

  We’re only in the month of September and I am already having turkey anxiety. I have been craving turkey as if it’s a rare commodity. No I am not pregnant, so I must have a turkey deficiency….LOL. You know the saying: when your body craves something, it’s because you have a deficiency.  Well if…

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September 22, 2012

Oven Roasted Potatoes, Acorn Squash and Ripe Plantains

I don’t really know what has gotten into me lately, but I have been grilling and roasting all week long. I had some acorn squash longing to be loved and screaming for attention. Did I ever tell you that my food speaks to me? Well they do…in my imaginary world…I’m the only one that can…

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September 15, 2012