My mother was an excellent cook an taught my siblings and me everything she could so we would be self-sufficient. As she got older, she didn’t want material gifts, so one year my husband and I gifted her a day of cooking. We made batches of chicken soup, black beans as well as sofrito to season with all of which we froze in batches for her to enjoy. She loved being able to defrost whatever she wanted for dinner after a busy day of teaching.

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…