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Continue reading →: Famous NYC Honey Roasted Peanuts Recipe
Just like the ones you smell roasting on the streets of New York City, these honey roasted peanuts are sweet, crunchy, and completely addictive. Ingredients Stovetop Directions
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Continue reading →: Is is still postpartum?
Some days I wonder… when does postpartum actually end?Or does it just stop being called postpartum and quietly become our “new normal”? I go in and out of that space more often than I like to admit. Trying to hold it together while questioning everything — my emotions, my choices, my…
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Continue reading →: Trying to Find Myself in the Chaos: My Life as a New Stay-At-Home Mom
If someone had told me years ago that I’d be a stay-at-home mom with two under two, a teenager, a pre-teen, and a house that feels like it resets itself only to get messy again in 10 minutes, I probably would’ve laughed. But here I am — showing up every day in…
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Continue reading →: Island-Twist Sweet Plantain Lasagna
Ingredients For the Meat Sauce For the Cheese Layer For the Plantains Other 🍳 Directions 1. Fry the Sweet Plantains 2. Make the Meat Sauce 3. Mix the Cheese Filling 4. Assemble the Lasagna Layer in a baking dish: 5. Bake
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Continue reading →: Trini Pelau
Ingredients For the Chicken For the Pelau Instructions 1. Season the Chicken In a bowl, mix chicken with green seasoning, *Your favprite seasoning*. Let it marinate while you prep the other ingredients — overnight is best, but even 20 minutes works. 2. Make the Browning Pelau starts with “browning.”Heat pot…
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Continue reading →: WE GOT TACO BELL AT HOME
BEEF SUPREME CHALUPAS Ingredients For the Beef: Store-Bought Chalupa Shells: Toppings: LET’S COOK Prepare Store-Bought Chalupa Shells Warm in a skillet for 1–2 minutes per side. lightly pan-fry in a tiny bit of oil until it bubbles and softens. Assemble
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Continue reading →: Easy Smothered Pork Chops Recipe
Hey y’all! Welcome to my first post on Cooking in Robes & Bonnets — where the robe stays on, the bonnet don’t move, and dinner still gets handled 👩🏽🍳✨ If you’ve been following me on TikTok or Instagram, you already know the vibes: real food, real life, and a mama…
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