Soul Food Sunday with GrandMa Z II Panama #cookingathome

collard greens

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: cabbage

Kale offers similar nutrients, while cabbage is more affordable.

fried chicken

🥗Healthier: baked chicken

💰Cheaper: roasted chicken

Baked chicken reduces fat, while roasted is often less expensive.

macaroni and cheese

🥗Healthier: cauliflower mac

💰Cheaper: pasta with cheese

Cauliflower lowers carbs, while basic pasta is budget-friendly.

catfish

🥗Healthier: tilapia

💰Cheaper: pollock

Tilapia is leaner, and pollock is often cheaper.

Start by cutting up all the vegetables for the meal.

Season the black eyed peas with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Taste the coconut milk to check if it is seasoned enough, then add black eyed peas and about a cup of water.

Cook the black eyed peas for about an hour until soft, then add a cup of rice and let it cook until absorbed.

For macaroni and cheese, add a lot of salt to the boiling water before cooking the macaroni.

Once the macaroni is cooked, drain it and return it to the pot with butter to coat it.

Mix in the Mexican style cheese blend in layers with the macaroni to ensure even distribution.

Beat four eggs and mix with two cans of evaporated milk, then pour this mixture over the macaroni and cheese.

Prepare sweet potatoes by mixing them with cinnamon, brown sugar, and white sugar, then layer with butter.

For barbecue chicken, season the chicken and cook it in an air fryer at 200 degrees Celsius, checking and flipping it during cooking, then add barbecue sauce and cook a bit longer.

Cut chicken wings at the joints, coat with a seasoning packet, and fry until cooked.

Cut fish fillets into smaller pieces, coat with the same seasoning, and fry until done.

For yeast dinner rolls, mix flour and yeast with milk, butter, sugar, and beaten eggs, gradually adding more flour to reach the needed amount.

Prepare a dump cake with canned peaches seasoned with sugar and cinnamon, placing them in the bottom of the pan.

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