Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 4 (as a side dish) Another soul food inspired dish coming right up! Candied yams are basically sweet potatoes baked in a sweet, sticky sauce. Not one for the diet conscious but definitely one for the taste conscious, these little babies are the perfect side dish to a delightful winter meal. Ingredients [...]
Tags: candied, candied yams, cinnamon, nutmeg, soul food, sweet potato, yams
Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 Each year on my brother’s birthday he requests a specifically themed meal for me to cook for him as part of his gift. This year he went for soul food, something I’ve little to no experience in cooking but to my delight was actually fun to do. Hoppin’ John is a [...]
Tags: beans, beans and rice, birthday, facon, filling, hoppin' john, side, soul food, texture, winter
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 6 Bringing my soul food series to a close is the delightfully comforting peach cobbler. Cobbler is one of those soul food desserts that just cannot be beat and I was surprised by not only the taste but the simplicity of putting it all together. Serve this one with a whipped or [...]
Tags: cobbler, dessert, peach, peach cobbler, peaches, soul food, Southern, winter
Difficulty: Easy Makes about 12 Corn bread is an essential part of any soul food meal, so I decided to make these hush puppies. Hush puppies are deep fried corn balls, which can be served as an accompaniment to any dish and perfectly soak up any flavours floating around on your plate. Ingredients Oil for [...]
Tags: corn bread, deep fried, hush puppies, side dish, soul food, Southern
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Makes 6 I tried the ol’ healthy Mexican thing with my Healthy Summer Nachos and to be honest I think they went down a real treat! I know sequels can be dangerous but I whipped up some deliciously tasty healthy burritos and it’s like one of those sequels that is as good or [...]
Tags: avocado, beans, burrito, cashew, cream, healthy, mexican, salsa, tofu, tortilla, wholesome