Smart and delicious modern Soul Food Recipes and Healthy Eating Tips
Sweet Potato and Black Rice Salad – A colorful side dish that is as delicious and good for you as it looks! The sweetness of the potatoes are balanced with the savory nutty flavor of the rice and the tartness from the pomegranate seeds and all work together for an incredible mouth experience. Often when I…
Japanese Cucumber Salad aka Sunomono is a perfect summer side dish. It’s healthy, super simple to make, hella refreshing, and works well with any main dish. A Japanese cucumber salad at it’s core is not much different from your traditional American one. It’s simply cucumber marinated in some form of vinegar based dressing. For this…
Perfectly Cooked Lentils Lentils are common in our house all year round. Mushy lentils are looked upon with disdain by all in the family. Luckily over the years through much trial and error as well as research I’ve cracked the code for perfectly cooked non-mushy, flavorful lentils. It’s actually not difficult, but like most things…
Braised Ham Hocks – Slow roasted pork ham hocks that are rendered super tender and flavorful aided by a deep, intense braising liquid. Ham hocks are typically one of those foods you use to season vegetables in those recipes calling for long slow cooking including collard greens, beans, and vegetable soups/stews. For this braised ham…
Grilled Vegetable Salad – select ripe summer vegetables blistered over hot flames and then tossed in simple yet complex tasting citrus herb vinaigrette! This delicious simple warm salad is ready in minutes. Summertime is the best! You can’t beat the wide selection of fruits and vegetables available for your pleasure. I made use of as…
Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho Like revenge, gazpacho is a dish, best served chilled. This delicious chilled tomato based soup provides the perfect refreshing break into a hot summer. Farmers market fresh cucumbers, peppers, and herbs add further vibrancy to this colorful dish. I get excited about making heirloom tomato gazpacho. With heirloom tomatoes you have a…
Pear and Fennel Salad With Collards A quick, healthy and easy summer salad featuring shaved ripe pears and fresh fennel with collards. The bitter greens and anise flavored fennel are balanced by a honey citrus dressing with pumpkin seeds added for additional texture. I think everyone needs more fennel in their life. Not only is…