For the first time I tried a recipe from Pinterest, Pan seared Chicken with Balsamic Cream sauce with mushrooms and carmelized onions.  For months I’ve been liking and repinning recipes on Pinterest and finally I actually tried one out!  It was fabulous and very easy to make!  The recipe comes from peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com. Here is  the recipe. Try […]

Good Morning everyone! I would like to introduce you to a new column on theafter5lifestyle.com, called Breakfast with J. Charlise. In this column, twice a month, I will introduce to you new recipes and reinvent traditional ones that the whole family would enjoy for breakfast! Today I made my easy and lower calorie version of […]

Hello everyone! Today I want to share with you an extremely easy and yummy recipe!  If you’re not into pork chops, you can try this with turkey or chicken chops (yes they make chicken chops…lol).  In lieu of the lovely summer season,  today we are gonna get out the good ole’ charcoal grill.  Preparation is […]

On Sunday me and Jimmy  had our usual Sunday dinner. This weekend I made ribs per Jimmy’s request and they were yummy. Of course I had to add my own little twist.  My two secret ingredients being brown sugar and Cola (guess they aren’t a secret anymore lol).  These ribs were juicy and not tough […]

Hello Everybody!  About two weeks ago me and the Jimmy (aka the boo) made Sunday dinner for his mom and granny.  And the star of that meal, was my pot roast and gravy! lol I prepared a small bottom round roast ( a little over two pounds) and it was juicy, tasty, yummy and delicious! […]

So tonight (8/24/11) I attempted to make Coconut Shrimp for the first time and it turned out great! I found the recipe on Foodnetwork.com, apparently the originator is Bobbi Deen on the Paula Deen show.  Well, Bobbi Deen, Thank you! Because those shrimp tasted wonderful.  Not to mention the recipe was fairly simple.  And the […]