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Eddoes Choka is a simple, flavour-packed Caribbean dish made with boiled eddoes, fresh garlic, hot pepper, onion, and a little oil to bring everything together. Much like Aloo Choka, which is made with potatoes, this traditional-style dish is easy to prepare and delivers wonderful flavour with just a handful of ingredients. If you enjoy the…
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Kitchri is more than just a simple, comforting vegan one-pot dish. In its historical past in Trinidad and Tobago, it was considered a “poor people’s” dish, as you would typically use whatever ingredients you had on hand. At its heart, kitchri is a humble, satisfying meal that makes the most of simple ingredients, bringing them…
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With winter quickly approaching, this Incredible Honey Jerk Salmon (Easy Oven Method) will be on continuous rotation in my household over the next few months. With a few simple ingredients and straightforward preparation, it’s a no-brainer, especially when I want a comforting meal after a long, cold, tiring day. There’s something special about having a…
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Rasta Pasta was created in 1985 by Chef Lorraine Washington at her Paradise Yard restaurant in Negril, Jamaica, when she whipped up a quick meal of homemade fettuccine, red sauce, and ackee for a group of hungry construction workers who noticed the long noodles looked like dreadlocks and the vibrant ingredients mirrored the Rastafarian flag….
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Caribbean Stewed Chicken With Butter Beans is a sort of hybrid of Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken and traditional Caribbean Stew Chicken, except we are adding butter beans (lima beans) to the mix to change up the overall texture of the dish. It also does what Caribbean cooking has typically been very good at doing: stretching…
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Some dishes take me straight back to childhood, and this Caribbean Chinese Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables Stir Fry is one of them. Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, Chinese food was much more than something you picked up for takeout. The Chinese influence on our food culture became part of everyday island cooking, with…
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As summer winds down, I wanted to make a simple one-pan oven roasted chicken, similar to a few recipes I have shared before. With this version, my goal was to keep things just as straightforward while relying heavily on fresh herbs from my garden and turning the chicken into a complete meal with potatoes, carrots,…
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While I do have a recipe called Ultimate Boiled Corn that I shared about 11 years ago, which continues to rank high with fans, I am sure this Seasoned Corn on the Cob recipe will easily capture the hearts and taste buds of corn on the cob connoisseurs. This recipe takes me back to my…
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Pepper Chicken is one of those recipes that delivers big flavor, serious heat, and plenty of texture in every bite. While Pepper Shrimp is one of the top recipes on my website, I am confident this Incredible Pepper Chicken will quickly become a favorite as well. Both are equally tantalizing, and after sharing a sneak…
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This Comforting Breadfruit Oil Down recipe shares a few similarities with a dish known as Run Down, enjoyed throughout parts of the Caribbean and along the Caribbean coast of Central America. However, it should never be confused with Grenadian Oil Down, the national dish of Grenada. Their version is traditionally thicker and drier, packed with…
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Plantain Casserole is one of those comforting dishes I eagerly look forward to whenever I can find good, ripe plantains on sale at our local grocery stores. There was a time when the plantains would have come straight from the kitchen garden behind our home in rural Trinidad, in the small village of Guaracara, where…
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Nothing beats a cold glass of Caribbean Banana Punch when the weather is blazing hot. Known by different names throughout the Caribbean, and with each island putting its own spin on the ingredients, this creamy, satisfying drink has remained a favorite for generations. This is the Banana Punch recipe my mom made for us growing…
