While fried chicken wings are delicious; Braised chicken wings are totally slept on. This is a take on a dish my grandmother makes but instead of a soybean-based sauced, I opted for Japanese curry roux blocks which make for an easy, delicious braising liquid turned sauce.

A new take on the black-eyed pea tradition for New Year’s Day. This vegan black-eyed pea gumbo is an excellent substitution for plain ole boiled ones. Plus, who wouldn’t want a nice, healing bowl of gumbo on a cold December evening?