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Foodie Friday

Destination-Themed Dishes You Could Prepare At Home

January 21, 2020 By Nickida

Destination Themed Dishes

The best part about going on vacation, apart from a change in scenery, would have to be the food. Imagine destination-themed dishes you could prepare at home to help you escape. Every now and then, everyone needs a vacation, which, depending on your schedule and budget, is easier said than done. If you’re a person…

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Filed Under: Foodie Friday, Travel Tagged With: Destination Dishes, England, Germany, Ireland, Travel

Four Things I Learned Sampling Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil

May 25, 2018 By Nickida

Four Things I Learned Sampling Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not always conscious when it comes to feeding my family. I grew up in Trinidad, in a small country town with lots of dirt roads. My father had a huge garden with an endless supply of fruits and…

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Filed Under: Foodie Friday, Health, Moms Meet Tagged With: Malaysian Palm Oil, Palm Oil

Scratch That!

April 26, 2017 By Nickida

Scratch That! Making food from scratch can be complicated and time-consuming. Which is tough for us that have busy lives and big families. But some scratch foods are so delicious that they are definitely worth the effort. So read on to find out which ones they are and get a quick and easy guide on…

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Filed Under: #Spon, Foodie Friday

Take a Break from Figuring Our Dinner with Home Chef #RealHomeChef

November 18, 2016 By Nickida

Take a Break from Figuring Our Dinner with Home Chef I love being a stay at home wife and mother.  It has afforded me the opportunity to stay home with my kids and experience all the memories I didn’t want to miss.  As much and I love my family, being a homemaker can be challenging….

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Filed Under: 2016 Holiday Gift Guide, Foodie Friday, Gift Ideas, New Dishes Tagged With: #HookedOnHomeChef, #NRMHolidayGiftGuide, #RealHomeChef, Home Chef, Meal Delivery Service

Trinidad Coconut Roll Recipe

January 8, 2016 By Nickida

Baking my mom’s Trinidad Coconut Roll always reminds me of growing up on the beautiful Caribbean island. Growing up in Trinidad we didn’t buy much candies.  It just wasn’t in our family’s budget to get expensive candies. One thing I remember growing up there is the number of sweets my mom used to bake for…

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Filed Under: Baking, Foodie Friday Tagged With: Coconut Roll, Trinidad, Trinidad Coconut Roll

Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies

November 27, 2015 By Nickida

Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies Giant Foods sent me a package of their limited edition peppermint flavored items.  Included in my mailer was a package of  double filled peppermint sandwich cream cookies, a box of peppermint whoppie pie mix and a pack of peppermint bark.  I was so excited about the box of peppermint goodies I…

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Filed Under: Baking, Foodie Friday, Reviews Tagged With: chocolate, Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies, Giant Foot, Peppermint bark

Get Ready for Tailgating With Rubbermaid Products

September 11, 2015 By Nickida

Get Ready for Tailgating With Rubbermaid Products Football season is already upon on us.  I know this not because I’m a huge football fan but because my husband lives for this time of year.  He’s a fan of both college and professional football so anytime the season is coming up he warns us that he’ll…

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Filed Under: Foodie Friday, House Warming Gift Guide, Reviews, Tips Tagged With: Pubbermaid Party Tray, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids Containers

The Mission to Please: My Mission BBQ Experience

September 4, 2015 By Steve Stephens II

The Mission to Please: My Mission BBQ Experience As a southerner the word barbeque is a phrase that can be associated with other words like air, water, and survival. Born in and raised in Oklahoma and having Alabama, Georgia, and Florida roots BBQ’s are a daily occurrence at home. Some much so that I did…

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Filed Under: Baltimore Living, Foodie Friday, Travel Tagged With: Baltimore, BBQ in Baltimore, Mission BBQ

Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Sliders

July 26, 2015 By Nickida

Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Sliders Summer is not summer without some grilling.  Apartment living can make that challenging at times but we try to get out to the park to grill as much as we can.  For the days when we can’t make it outdoors we end up using my T-Fal OptiGrill for all our…

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Filed Under: Foodie Friday, New Dishes Tagged With: Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Slider, Safeway

Summer Berries Fruit Salad

July 12, 2015 By Nickida

Summer Berries Fruit Salad One of my favorites things about summer is the good prices on all the berries.  During the summer months you get the best sale prices on Strawberries, Blueberries and other summer season berries.  When our family when to the beach for Memorial day and to celebrate two of our son’s birthday’s…

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Filed Under: Couponing/Shopping Deals, Family Life, Foodie Friday, New Dishes, Reviews Tagged With: Blueberries, Fresh Fruit Salad, Fruit Salad, Safeway, Strawberries, Summer Berries Fruit Salad

Giant Foods Introduces Limoncello Line of Products

May 28, 2015 By Nickida

Giant Foods Introduces Limoncello Line of Products Summer always makes me think of lemons and other citrus fruits.  It’s usually the time of year I bake up lemon bars, lemon blondies, key-lime pie and tons of other citrus inspired baked goods.  This summer Giant Foods has introduced their Limoncello line of products, available for a…

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Filed Under: Baltimore Living, Couponing/Shopping Deals, Foodie Friday Tagged With: food, Giant Food, Limoncello

Pizza Night Is A Breeze with Rustic Crust

May 22, 2015 By Nickida

Old World Pizza Crust

Pizza Night Is A Breeze with Rustic Crust My six year old son has developed an obsession with pizza thanks to his newly found love of all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  He feels like pizza is the only food that should be on the menu at all times.  We of course don’t give him…

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Filed Under: Family Life, Foodie Friday, Reviews Tagged With: DIY Pizza, Pizza, Pizza Night, Rustic Crust

Safeway Upgrades to USDA Choice Beef

April 3, 2015 By Nickida

Grilled Steak

Safeway Upgrades to USDA Choice Beef If you’ve been in a Safeway store in the Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia area you may have noticed that all their Eastern Division stores have upgrades from Rancher’s Reserve to USDA Choice Beef.  “The USDA grading system communicates to the consumer a level of confidence in…

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Filed Under: Baltimore Living, Foodie Friday, Reviews, Travel Tagged With: Safeway, Steak, USDA Choice Steak

Stage a Nugget-vention with KFC Popcorn Nuggets

March 25, 2015 By Nickida

Stage a Nugget-vention with KFC Popcorn Nuggets There are days I love cooking a huge meal for my family and then there are days when I don’t even want to get in the kitchen. Even when I am not making the meal myself for my family I want to make sure what they eat is…

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Filed Under: #Spon, Foodie Friday, Reviews Tagged With: KFC, KFC Popcorn Nuggets, Nugget-vention, Popsugar Select

Trinidad Coconut Milk Fudge

March 10, 2015 By Nickida

Trinidad Coconut Milk Fudge

Growing up I took a lot for granted. Now as an adult I cherish my memories and making treats like Trinidad Coconut Milk Fudge. When I was a little girl M& M’s and Snickers were rare treats, the only way to get them was when my grandmother would visit the United States – the States…

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Filed Under: Family Life, Foodie Friday Tagged With: Fudge, Trinidad, Trinidad Milk Fudge

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About Nickida

Nickida is a first-generation Trinidadian American wife and mother of four. She enjoys sharing recipes from her childhood growing up in Trinidad with her readers. Nickida has a son with Autism and shares posts around traveling with a child with special needs to help other families like her own. She loves television, movies and is a true 80's baby.

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