Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 2

Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 1

Poet "Truth Be Told" (2nd Annual Naturals In The City Hair&Wellness Expo)

Open Conversations: 1:2 Necessary Fear

 Fear is defined as something that causes feelings of dread or apprehension, something a person is afraid of. Everyone has a fear whether it be a physical or an emotional restraint. Yet, every fear is of the psychological paradox that exist according to each separate individual and sometimes can be applied to certain ethnic or social groups. In my 25 years of life I can say fear was necessary. As a child I experienced a lot of pain in which would manifest it's self into this huge intity of fear that followed me into my teen years and my ealier 20's. My fear was necessary for the personal development that has helped me become the young woman I am. I never knew I would become as strong, wise, or loving as I am now. As a little girl I grew up watching my parents divorce and the aftermath that followed. I lived in poverty and watched countless sense of violence in my community. I experienced some personal woes i.e. abuse, depression, social anxiety, self inflictions, insecurities etc. These things use to break me down into so many pieces . As a teen my soul was so tortured, my heart was completely empty and I would try my best to hide it all inside. I didn't want anyone to know. It made me so angry and depressed. I shed so many tears but these same things that made me cry I am proud to say I have experienced and over came. I still struggle with depression but I take it one day at a time and have gotten better over time dealing with it. Looking back at my life I let fear hold me back from so many things. Love, friends, college, dreams and goal etc. Some good and some bad but the thing is I never got to get the experience and the lesson that was waitng in those lost moments. Fear puts a hold on you and you become a prisoner to those fears. It becomes the master and you become enslaved to them. I lost so much time and years that I can't get back. It was all necessary every tear cried heart break broken and scary moment. A few years ago I decided I was tired and couldn't take any more pain and I had to make some changes. I conquered those fears and put them behind me. It took everything in me, every drop of faith in me but I look at all the people I have helped because of everything I went through. The wisdom learned I get to pass along. I'm in such a better place in my life. Rebuilding myself into a great woman allowing greatness into my life. One day I will be able to sit my children and neice down and tell them my story and give them the encouragement that will help them not be afraid to conquer their fears they will face in their life time. One thing about fear it doesn't stay dead . You have to keep fighting and pushing yourself to over come any thing fear has to throw at you. Fear is what makes us human, it's what make being human worth living for. It helps to give us a choice a sense of direction to the path we want to take. To conquer, over come, and become triumphant in this journey of life. Learning, growing and ever changing into hopefully better humans than when we first started............TBC..........> 

The Art of Orange Salad

A simple dessert recipe for any day of the year. I've been making this recipes for a few years now and I always make it for hoildays and birthday or summer parties. I got this recipe from my great-grandmother who got it from my great-aunt who found from (you get my point). Im so glad she found this from where ever or who ever I'm simply in love with it it. My brothers, sisters, my 1 year old neice and guy friends ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS RECIPE. I don't know if it's the fruit,cool whip and marshmallow combination but men LOVE THIS STUFF. It's very simple to make I'll try to make a video of this later. Follow the recipe posted I've tried this with diffrent brands of products some are better with this dish than others so through trial and error I've found this recipe to work the best to make a great ORANGE SALAD. ENJOY!!! :)

ORANGE SALAD
1 LARGE BOX OF JELLO brand orange jello
2 Cool Whip brand whipped topping
2 Sour Cream (brand of your choosing)
1 Bag of miniture Marshmallows (Kraft,Jet puff or nice quality brand)
1 Large or 2 Small cans of DOLE PINAPPLE (chunks or crush)
2 Small or 1 Large can of MANDARIAN ORANGES (Nice Quality)

In a large bowl add Cool Whip and Sour Cream
next drain the Pinapples and Mandarin Oranges then place in bowl
now pour in the Miniture Marshmallow
Finally add the large box of Orange Jello brand gelatin
fold mixture until it is a even orange color
Let refrigerate over night then serve
Makes one large organge salad dish
(You can also cut large marshmallow in half)


NOTE: You don't have to only use pinapples and oranges you can mix and match diffrent combinations of "summer fruit" well as JELLO mixes to make a simple sweet treat to call your own.You can always make more or make less by simply using or not using 1 smaller sizes of each main items
Told you it was easy : ) ENJOY!!!