The Soul's of Black Folks.

Happy Black History Month! Some sixth sense must have kicked in this weekend because I started cooking a bunch of black folks food. See below. By the by, there are a bunch of shots of collards because I think they're gorgeous. And shit it's my month, I can do what I want, hahaha.

I rolled about 4-6 leaves into cigars then cut them into thin strips. 

This is about a pound and a half. 

There goes Mr. Steamy. I put a few shrimp in the mix.

Meanwhile, on another burner. Black Eyed Peas from scratch simmering w red onion & green pepper.

I added the steamed collards to a butter, garlic, kosher salt, chopped peanut sauce. It's the best!

Look who's back in black {eyed peas}.

Coconut Sweet Potato Custard Pie. Nuff said!

Collards & Black Beans 2.0

Hey now! So the first post was probably my second or third time ever cooking collards {I know, I'm surprised my black card wasn't revoked earlier.} and I cooked canned black beans. Last Friday I made collards again {they came out brilliantly}, black beans from scratch {also brilliant}, and I sauteed some shrimp in butter and tumeric {so f'n good!}. I've been eating this meal everyday for about a week now and I still love every bite of it. 

Collards & Black Beans over Basmati Rice

Yeah you're going to be seeing these ingredients a lot over the next few weeks. I'm on a mission to make wicked collards & dry beans instead of canned. I've already made some progress, but wish me luck!