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Pandemic Projects – I Learned How to Make Pasta from Scratch

December 23, 2020 by afrobella 2 Comments

Pandemic Projects – I Learned How to Make Pasta from Scratch

This is the beginning of a series of pandemic projects I’m going to share with you, my adventures in trying new things and how they turned out. First up, making pasta from scratch, with the new tools I got from Abt Electronics!

Filed Under: Food, Health and Wellness, Issues, Reviews Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, cooking, Home Cooking Couple

7 of My Favorite, Must Own, Would Recommend Cookbooks (That Are ALL Written By Women)!

June 19, 2018 by afrobella 13 Comments

7 of My Favorite, Must Own, Would Recommend Cookbooks (That Are ALL Written By Women)!

Generally speaking as my weekends go, Saturday is for play and Sunday is for prep. Sunday is the day to settle down and gear up for Monday. I use my Sundays to recharge, to reconnect, and to plan out the details of my week to come from blog posts to meetings to what I’m cooking…

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Filed Under: Food, Issues, Life Tagged With: books, cookbooks, cooking, food, gift ideas

Black Girl Baking – Jerrelle Guy’s New Cookbook is Inspiring Me! Try These Recipes

April 6, 2018 by afrobella 4 Comments

Black Girl Baking – Jerrelle Guy’s New Cookbook is Inspiring Me! Try These Recipes

I love cooking and I’ve become quite proficient at making food in general, but baking remains a daunting task for me. There are so many reasons I’ve never quite given it a go – the precision and time required, the potential for failure, years of flirting with various low-carb diets has held me back from…

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Filed Under: Food, Reviews Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, baking, cookbooks, cooking, food, Food and Drink, Jerrelle Guy

Must-Have Kitchen Tools – The Essential Gear That’s Improving My Home Cooking

March 10, 2017 by afrobella 5 Comments

Must-Have Kitchen Tools – The Essential Gear That’s Improving My Home Cooking

For us, 2017 is a year of cutting back and mastering new skills. The goal is to save money, stack paper, and find joy in doing for ourselves. There have been so many times that my husband and I have gone to a restaurant and parted with our hard-earned money only to realize that we…

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Filed Under: Food, Life Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, Black and Decker, cast iron cookware, cooking, crock pot, food, Foodsaver, Home Cooking Couple, HomeCookingCouple, housewares, Instant Pot, kitchen, knives, Life, lifestyle, Lodge, slow cooker

5 Gifts That Will Upgrade Your Kitchen

December 7, 2016 by afrobella 5 Comments

5 Gifts That Will Upgrade Your Kitchen

This year my husband and I made some deliberate decisions to stop going out as often, and to start cooking for ourselves more. It’s a way to save money, a way to make sure you’re eating healthy, a way to enhance your life, your skills, your relationship. At one time in my life, I saw…

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Filed Under: Food, Reviews Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, Anova, christmas gift guide, cooking, Dreamfarm, Fiesta, food, gift guide, gifts, holiday gift guide, JosephJoseph, kitchen, Lodge, Reviews, sous vide

The Other Pumpkin Spice: 9 Spicy Caribbean Pumpkin Recipes to Try

October 10, 2016 by afrobella 1 Comment

The Other Pumpkin Spice: 9 Spicy Caribbean Pumpkin Recipes to Try

I didn’t know pumpkin spice was ~a thing~ until maybe 5 years ago. Now I realize it’s a full on phenomenon that people anticipate for months. Also, this pumpkin spice is super polarizing. Some people love it and crave all pumpkin everything. Others HATE it and curse the ubiquity of the orange vegetable. Me? I’ve always…

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Filed Under: Ask Afrobella, Food Tagged With: Caribbean, Caribbean culture, cooking, food, island, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, recipes

You Deserve – the Grandbaby Cakes Recipe Book

October 19, 2015 by afrobella 13 Comments

You Deserve – the Grandbaby Cakes Recipe Book

In retrospect, I realize my personal, hands-on history with cake making is limited and somewhat problematic. All of my memories entail crowded kitchens and being aware of my lack of skills. Every Christmas in Trinidad, we would gather in the kitchen to make the traditional Trinidadian black cake. The cake is rich and dark with…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, Reviews Tagged With: baking, Blog Sister Love, books, cookbooks, cooking, food, Grandbaby Cakes, Jocelyn Delk-Adams, Reviews, You Deserve

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