Crunchy Mesquite Spiced Walnuts & Happy Xmas

I look forward to Christmas every year. It feels so magical and somehow, everyone is in a good mood! I love the Christmas lights, the sounds and the music. I tend to like the older Christmas songs, the more traditional ones from the 80s or earlier. Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, A Very Special Christmas albums […]

Watermelon and Aloe Cocktail & Who’s Zoomin’ Who

I have a love affair with watermelon that is hot and heavy all summer long and cold as ice the rest of the year. Watermelon just doesn’t deliver anytime except the summer months. I make myself wait until it is really summer to buy my first-of-the-season watermelon. Anyone else do this too? I knew I […]

Baked Beet Chips with Berbere & Villains

I’ve recently be pleasantly surprised by a few things in my life. The first is the book The Untethered Soul. It is full of deep thoughts and I know it is changing my life. I can go into it more, but reach out to me if you want to hear it. It isn’t for the […]

Braised Lentils with Mirepoix salad & Tough Love

Do you have an album that everytime you play it, your heart ebbs and flows with the music? Its almost life giving? In my mind, this isn’t really an energizing album but one that soothes, comforts and encourages without bringing you down. Jessie Ware’s second album Tough Love does this for me. Her voice is incredible and […]