Smart and delicious modern Soul Food Recipes and Healthy Eating Tips
Pan Roasted Jerk Chicken Thighs – with enough sophistication for family Sunday dinners, yet simple and easy enough for a quick weeknight dish, they are the perfect main dish chicken entree. So what’s the scenario? I want fried chicken, but don’t really want fried chicken. These pan roasted jerk chicken thighs are the solution. You…
Crispy Duck Fat Smashed Sweet Potatoes – crispy, rich outside with sweet soft, and moist tender center a perfect way to enjoy one of my favorite vegetables. Duck fat and sweet potatoes are a perfect pairing. I buy duck fat from my local farmers’ market from time to time, and then promptly invent recipes and…
I’m not an egg snob, but I do strive for the perfect fried eggs every time I cook them. I emphasize the word “strive” as absolute perfection has been quite elusive for me. Maybe you guys are experts but I’d say I’m more of a work in progress. For me the fun is in the…
Mexican Strawberries and Cream (Fresas con Crema) – super quick traditional Mexican dessert featuring fresh strawberries and Mexican Crema or sour cream. My kids find the fact that I have multiple alias names related to my culinary interests and style. There is the Lorenzo Wang as I’m known at the Asian market I frequent, Denzel…
Watermelon Radish Toast – a flavorful and healthy take on breakfast toasts that requires little time and cooking so you can get your day started quickly. The combination of fresh peaches, fluffy cream cheese, and peppery crunchy watermelon radishes makes for a wonderful eating experience. I get asked frequently by friends and followers, “when are…
Pan-Fried Black-eyed Peas – “healthy” fried and convenient black-eyed pea recipe substitute for traditional long-simmered pot of soul-food version. I love old traditional ways of cooking especially my grandmother’s soul food recipes, which require high involvement, and are slow and long. However, given the pace of our lives I’m always looking for effective and efficient…
Smoked trout with simple dry rub – one of the easiest most delicious things you’ll ever cook. Smoked salmon gets a lot of love, and I get it, but smoked trout is sooooo much better in my very humble opinion. Trout is readily available, similar in appearance and texture, and just as easy to cook…