Low and slow is the tempo for these smoked pork belly burnt ends. I made homemade bacon and had leftover pork belly, so decided to use pork belly instead of traditional beef brisket to make the burnt ends. Fair warning - these bad boys are addictive and melt like butter in your mouth. Enjoy
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Summertime is fun time. Grilling all things including watermelon is a favorite past time of mine. It's hard to describe grilled watermelon, but trust me it's simple and delicious. Give this one and try and impress family and friends
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A big green salad just in time for Thanksgiving side dish plans. It's a unique salad featuring an unlikely mix of ingredients that work magic together. Collard greens, baby lima beans, smashed cucumbers, and lemongrass-coconut pickled celery make for soul food meets Asian cuisine mash-up. Requires little cooking to free you up to focus on other things. The recipe is powered by a soulful hip hop track "Greeny Green" from Atlanta's finest Goodie Mob featuring Ceelo Green.
A vibrant, and refreshing main dish option that can be added to your 30 minute meals arsenal. Quinoa is easy to cook and requires little effort to impart flavor. Given this, it's a staple in our house as a busy weeknight go-to. Plus it offers so many other beneficial qualities that I recommend you get …
Super tender, flavor that's fire, and visually stunning this whole roasted cauliflower is perfect as a rut breaking main dish or a show-stopping appetizer at a dinner party. Cauliflower recipes don't have to be boring and basic. I like a nice mashed cauliflower, but cauliflower is destined for so much more. Roast it and enjoy …
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This creamy Israeli couscous salad with mushrooms and kale dish is the perfect comfort food. It's a delicious and filling weeknight gourmet dinner option that requires so little effort but nets big returns. Regular granular couscous is more often used as a side. However its more pasta like cousin Israeli has enough heft to …
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Alright flavor seekers, lean in—'cause these Mexican candied sweet potatoes, aka Camote enmielado, bring that slow-cooked, deep-soul sweetness that hits like a righteous bassline. Simmered low and steady in piloncillo syrup with cinnamon and clove for about an hour, these tender gems soak up every drop of bold, spiced flavor—no shortcuts, no tricks, just real …
Brussels sprouts with balsamic vinegar - Without a doubt one of the best roasted Brussels sprouts recipes you'll make; a simple, highly flavorful way to enjoy them! The sprouts are both savory and sweet, highly aromatic, and provides a unique mouth experience for the holidays or easy weeknight side. I never had brussels sprouts as …
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Delicious and simple Napa Cabbage Salad with Asian-Caribbean fusion dressing that takes all of about 5 minutes to have a sophisticated and brag-worthy dish on the table. This is a recipe that I adapted from a recipe from Marcus Samuelson's book exploring cuisine from across Africa. The dressing combines Scotch bonnet chilis with peanuts, ginger, …
This cucumber sambal recipe will be a great condiment for your holiday celebration whether it's Christmas, Thanksgiving or Kwanzaa. It pairs well with your favorite grilled fish or chicken. I love the refreshing element the cucumber base provides to this relish as well as the mild heat from the serrano chiles. The recipe was taken …
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Miso Glazed Sunchokes Recipe - Simple, quick and tasty! Add pan-roasted Jerusalem artichokes a.k.a. Sunchokes to your root vegetable rotation. The miso sauce adds another level of flavor complexity and simply elevates the dish beyond the mundane and basic. "Glazed with miso sauce" just screams "special occasion" but it's a great weeknight monotony breaker as …
This recipe for simple roasted leeks has an intensely deep flavor that makes this weeknight side feel gourmet. I'm a huge fan of roasting vegetables due to their simplicity and the intense flavor that roasting brings out. Roasted leeks are true to this form and are perfectly scented with fresh herbs in this recipe. MOOD …
My daughter teases that a root vegetable salad is "old peoples' salad! But she never passes on fixing a large plate of this simple and delicious salad that brings together farm-fresh ingredients. When you grow-up with your grandparents and spend a fair amount of time with your grandmother and her crew of girlfriends and sisters, …
Stewed Okra and Tomatoes - fresh summer ingredients slowly simmered with a flavorful sofrito sauce for a balanced yet Southern classic stew-like side dish. It's prepared the Southern way, but with a Caribbean twist. The best part about cooking stewed okra is the aroma that is produced via the slow cooking of the ingredients which …
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