Dinner

leek and potato soup

Leek and Potato Soup

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Leek and potato soup is one of my go-to quick and easy, one-pot meals; this dish has pretty much gotten me through graduate school. On weeks that I’m really busy and don’t have a lot of time to cook, I make a big batch of it, freeze it in portions […]

Jamaican rice and peas

Jamaican Rice and Peas

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Rice and peas is the quintessential Jamaican food. It’s a side dish that accompanies most meals in Jamaican cuisine. Some of the Jamaicans that I know say that rice and peas is considered a must have on Sundays. That’s definitely a tradition that I can get on board with. My […]

yele kakro

Yele Kakro (Ghanaian Yam Balls)

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I was talking to my mother not so long ago and she said that she had some Ghanaian yams (also called white yams) that she was saving for me. I of course rushed over to her house because I’d literally been searching African grocery stores looking for these yams and […]

pot roast

Pot Roast

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Pot roast is a dish that I usually like to make in the fall and winter when it’s cold and I want a hot, hearty meal to eat. I tend to not make this dish in the summer when it’s hot outside and the last thing I want is to […]