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It’s National Pie Day! Make Justice of the Pies Raspberry Hazelnut Pie Recipe!

January 23, 2016 by afrobella 2 Comments

It’s National Pie Day! Make Justice of the Pies Raspberry Hazelnut Pie Recipe!

It just so happens to be National Pie Day (according to the American Pie Council, yes this is a thing), and bellas, we’re in luck! My friend Maya-Camille Broussard, AKA The MCB Project, AKA creator of Justice of the Pies, blessed me with this incredible-sounding Raspberry Hazelnut Pie recipe.  I told her that I love…

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Filed Under: Featured, Food, Randomness Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, Featured, food, Justice of the Pies, pie, pies, Raspberry Hazelnut Pie, recipe, recipes

All About Dinner Salads – Ingredients, Recipes, and Inspiration!

January 22, 2016 by afrobella 2 Comments

All About Dinner Salads – Ingredients, Recipes, and Inspiration!

I must confess, I didn’t grow up eating a lot of salad. My dad has a traditional salad he likes to make with dinner — tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, maybe an onion sliced up with salt, pepper and a little vinaigrette. It’s a good addition to every meal, but time and repetition led me to take…

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Filed Under: Featured, Life, Randomness Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, Featured, recipes, salad, salads

Trinidad Corn Soup, American Ingredients – The Trini Corn Soup Remix

January 9, 2014 by afrobella 5 Comments

Trinidad Corn Soup, American Ingredients – The Trini Corn Soup Remix

  Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few days, huge swaths of America have been affected by the Polar Vortex. It’s been miserably cold here in Chicago, and for a few days we were completely snowed in and hibernating while the wind chill dipped to minus 40 and below. Being hunkered down…

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Filed Under: Featured, Randomness Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, cooking, Corn soup, recipe, recipes, Trini food, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad corn soup

A Valentine’s Day Recipe from Chef Julius

February 14, 2011 by afrobella 22 Comments

A Valentine’s Day Recipe from Chef Julius

Whether you’re single or romantically involved, today should be about love and happiness and things that make for a fuller and more delicious life. I wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m back home from New York Fashion Week madness, and looking forward to continuing the Valentine’s Day celebration with my husband. In the…

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Filed Under: Issues, Randomness Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, cooking, recipes, valentine's day

Memorial Day, the Marcus Samuelsson Way

May 28, 2010 by afrobella 15 Comments

Memorial Day, the Marcus Samuelsson Way

You say Memorial Day, and I say BARBECUE! This long weekend marks the beginning of summer and the scent of grilled meat shall waft through the streets of Everywhere, USA. If you’re tired of the same ol’ burgers and brats, I’ve got a great recipe for you courtesy of one of the world’s most famous…

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Happy Birthday, Aunty Opal!

March 18, 2010 by afrobella 20 Comments

Happy Birthday, Aunty Opal!

Most families have at least one person like her — the warm one, the one with all the culinary skills, the one who is most likely to watch cartoons with the kids, or play games. The one who’s motherly without necessarily being your mom. In my family, her name is Opal. And she’s always been…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, aunt, auntie, Beautifully Aging Bellas, Becoming AfroBella, chelsea buns, family, love

A Valentine’s Menu for You!

February 10, 2010 by afrobella 13 Comments

A Valentine’s Menu for You!

Valentine’s Day is almost here! A celebration of love, flowers, chocolates, and everything decorated in pink and red. And all of that celebration costs money. I don’t know about y’all, but the recession is still taking place at my house. And tax season is here…woo, Lord put a hand. Valentine’s Day can still be romantic…

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