Stewed black beans and rice. One of my simple go to meals. Having freezer packs of precooked beans is definitely a plus. Especially if you appreciate a steaming bowl like this on your dinner table in under thirty minutes.
THE BEANS
You can definitely use canned beans for this but in my opinion, cooking your own dehydrated beans beats any canned beans out there. Organic or not. In a time
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THE KITCHEN PROJECT
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR PANTRY /SPICE SITUATION UNDER CONTROLFROM MY DEAR HUSBAND...
The kitchen project is one of the best decisions I ever made when it comes to kitchen organization. These are the words from my dear husband. After relocating almost a year ago from Wisconsin as apartment dwellers to Tennessee as homeowners, we finally have more kitchen cabinet space. Its funny how I did not
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Cameroonian Lamb Stew
Cameroonian Lamb Stew
Growing up, special holidays always involved some form of rice and stew. It could be beef, mutton, lamb or fish stew. It is one celebratory meal that always made it to the dinner table. Today, this simple New Zealand grass-fed lamb stew brings back some of those favorite childhood memories. The beef, chicken or lamb, grazing in the back yard or your neighbor's farm a few
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Game day oven baked chicken wings and plantains
Game day oven baked chicken wings and plantains! Sometimes you just want to gather with your favorite pals, turn on the TV and be loud. Be it game day or lifetime movies ( I can't remember the last time I watched a lifetime movie). You just want great company, people you love being around and forget you have something going on the next day.
Nothing brings people together better than food.
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FRIED RIPE PLANTAINS AND BAKED SWEET POTATOES
Herb baked sweet potatoes and sweet fried ripe plantains.
DINNER INVITATION
Getting invited over for dinner gets me super excited....I call dips on apps! Yes , not just the bounty from the host but also what we get to take along. Our wonderful neighbors, bless their hearts invited us for and we couldn't wait to join them. We always have an amazing time with them.
See this bounty? That's from
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