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Friday Night Fish Fry: Black Maternal Health Week

The month of April is recognized in the United States as National Minority Health Month – a month-long initiative to advance health equity across the country on behalf of all racial and ethnic minorities. Black Maternal Health Week takes place every year during the week of April 11-17. This week is intended to bring forth…
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Friday Night Fish Fry: Good Friday Edition
Hey yall! It’s Good Friday! Jesus is on his way to the cross right about now and I’m in here down to da sofa feeling not so great with these allergies kicking my butt! So you know what I do when I’m not feeling 100%? I make soup. The same soup I always make really.…
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Friday Night Fish Fry, Passover Edition: Who Made the Potato Salad?

This Saturday evening begins the 8 day celebration of Passover. Passover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Exodus of the Jews from slavery. The Exodus story is a familiar story; you know Moses, Rameses, the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and let my people go! The holiday is a celebration of…
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Wednesday Wellness: What Does It Mean to Be Mindful?
When I decided to take the leap and start to publish on this blog again, I knew it had to be different; I wasn’t the same person that I was 10 years ago when I first started Cookin’ N Heels. That girl was so young, so carefree (lol!). Well not really, but I have lived…
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Friday Night Fish Fry: ‘Challah at Me’
I know, I know when we introduced the Friday Night Fish Fry we exclusively said that the traditional sides included hushpuppies (last week’s post) or cornbread. But there’s a twist; what about challah? You may ask what does challah have to do with a fish fry? But challah actually brought my community together during a…
