Black Beans and Coconut Tarts – Frejon is a delicacy eaten on Good Friday by Catholics in Brazil, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. It’s also widely enjoyed by Peruvians, they call it Frejol Colado, and in China the filling is called Sweet azuki bean paste. In the Philippines, the black beans pudding is similar to the filling in hopia hapon. The […]

Decadent Sweet Potato Mashed, wondering why this is decadent well for one it’s definitively not your average sweet potato mashed that’s for sure. This little number is from East Africa made popular by Kenyans. It’s usually served with steak strips – Nyama Na Irio, a quintessential Kenya cuisine. I discovered Irio while in college, my […]

I mentioned on Monday on the weekly menu planning post, how excited I was to debut this recipe. I wish I had a better picture tough. Beans was a staple at my house when I was young. My mom always said if you want to be tall, you have to eat lots of beans and since […]