Chickpea Salad
This is a great side for a BBQ. It is hearty and pairs well with most meats. You can change it up a bit by adding feta or goat cheese, but I tend to make it without cheese. This is usually a favorite! I also …
Healthy Meals for Busy Lives!
Lunch
Trinidad Curry Chickpeas (Channa) & Potato (Aloo)
This is a favorite Indian dish in Trinidad. Not surprising as it’s delicious. You can also substitute chickpeas in this recipe for green pigeon peas, or other vegetables like string beans, but you will have to adjust the cook time. Anytime I want a taste …
Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast
I tried this recipe using my new instant air fryer lid and was blown away. Delicious, simple and did I say delicious? The chicken was super moist and once it was in, no real monitoring! I used that time to type up this recipe! Flip …
Pan Seared Red Snapper with Cherry Tomatoes
Red Snapper is a delicious fish that doesn’t need too many spices or herbs to be great! This simple pan seared snapper is amazing and the cherry tomatoes just takes the flavors to another level. Ingredients: 3/4 lbs red snapper filet (about 2 generous filets) …
Baked Mac & Cheese
Every time I make this for a get together someone asks for the recipe. I have had it typed and ready to send for years. This is a go to for our summer backyard parties and it’s always a hit with the kids and the …
Pasta Alla Norma
I love this pasta with eggplant dish. Over the years I have grown to love eggplant and this is one dish that I absolutely enjoy! Pasta, sauce and eggplant…how can you go wrong? Using my Tomato Sauce recipe as the base, the only other ingredients …
Tomato Sauce
This sauce is my base for a lot of my recipes. I use this for bolognese, chili, pasta alla norma just to name a few. It is quite simple and you can just add to some pasta, top with some Parmigiano-Reggiano or Ricotta Salata and …
Grilled Chicken Kebabs
This recipe is very flavorful, delicious and my go to recipe for my summer BBQs with friends and family. I marinate the chicken the night before the BBQ, skewer them with red peppers and red onions the morning of, and then thrown them on the …
Perfect Fluffy Mashed Potatoes
These potatoes are delicious and my go to quick recipe. I make these a bit differently when I am making them ahead of time (i.e. typically for Thanksgiving I make mashed potatoes the day before – I will share that recipe at some point). For …
Black Beans!
I make these black beans using canned beans but you can also make them with the dried beans. Just soak overnight and boil until soft, then follow the instructions here. I love to make beans from scratch but for some reason I never plan ahead …