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This simple black beans and plantain stew was so hearty and filling all I had for dinner after having it for lunch was a shake! Maybe I had a little too much of it but I couldn't help my self. .When a warm, guilt free healthy bowl like this finds its way to your lunch table you say "why the heck not!" Nothing surpasses a warm bowl of soup on a snowy day; and it feels even better when
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This simple grilled salmon salad with romaine lettuce and yellow beets is fresh, light  and super easy to make. When your local market is running a ridiculously amazing sockeye salmon deal you tell yourself its time for an upgrade! The deal was too good to pass on, hence the inspiration for a quick salad.   With the deal they had going my main goal was to stock up,  deals like
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  Cornchaff, where corn and beans become much more! Let me tell you we do love our starches in West African cooking and CORN is a popular one. If you visit during the right season , you will be pleasantly surprised with tasty treats like grilled fresh corn on the curb served with African plums or boiled fresh groundnuts. During harvest , we sometimes plucked  some that were not quite there
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This Grilled spicy tuna sandwich is super easy to make and packed with loads of flavor! Brunching at home is such a fun venture when simple ingredients become much more. There are some days when a soup and sandwich is all what you need. When you tell you tell yourself, "I'll pay $15 for that!", then you know its not your average tuna sandwich. You probably have everything you need for this
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Another ethnic dish from Cameroon. When people ask me about home I can't wait to jump right in with the story telling. You mean home as in where I grew up or home as in my village? Where my grandma resides? They are as different as day and night, and that's the beauty of home for me.     Well , home for this dish is my village, Lebialem Sub division, Bechati/ Folepi in
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