Sweet Potato Plantain Bites

prep time: 60 minutes (but so worth it)
cooking time: 15 minutes
serving size: makes 15 bite sized treats (to be divided up the way you’d like)
1 1lb. sweet potato
1 large ripe plantain
1 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground cumin
3 cloves of garlic, grated
1 handful fresh cilantro, finely chopped
juice of half a lime
1/2 c. whole wheat pastry flour
olive [...]

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Chocolate Yogurt Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

This is a cake that was inspired by another lovely blogger at http://belachan2.blogspot.com/2008/10/dark-chocolate-yogurt-cake.html and is one of my favorite cake recipes as of yet.  Many of you may have noticed that I don’t like overly sweet things and over the years I have cut out a lot of sugar from my diet.  At this point I [...]

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Strawberry Banana Coconut Milk Smoothie

This is ridiculously easy and is a popular breakfast and often dessert choice for me when I am either on the run or want something sweet to end the night.  It’s also not overly sweet.  It would be equally good with some rum blended in, just not for breakfast.
prep time: 5 minutes
cooking time: 1-2 minutes [...]

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Slow Roasted Salmon and Broccoli Rabe

This is a popular weekly dinner for me.  I sometimes make this up to three times and week and just vary my seasoning of the salmon and maybe switch up the vegetable.  It’s ridiculously easy and perfect for when I am eating without my husband or just want a quick meal.  I buy my wild [...]

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Cinco de Mayo Pasta Bean Bowl

So it’s Cinco de Mayo and I really want to make (or go out for) fish tacos but that’s not happening.  Instead I whipped this up with what I had around.  Luckily, I had bought a plantain, limes, and avocado, or else calling it a Cinco de Mayo meal would’ve been difficult  I had also made [...]

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