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Easy Thanksgiving Belgian Waffle Stuffing (The Ultimate Holiday Dressing)

Canadian Thanksgiving comes in early October, while the US version takes place toward the end of November. Having lived in Canada for the past 30 or so years, I’m accustomed to calling it stuffing, even though it isn’t actually stuffed inside the turkey. My American friends, however, call it dressing. Regardless of what you call…

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Caribbean Classics | Comfort Food | Global Favorites | Rice & One-Pot | Vegan | Vegetarian | Weeknight Dinners

Crazy Delicious Pak Choy Fried Rice (Quick Caribbean Vegan & Ital Style!)

Pak Choy Fried Rice is one of those wonderfully convenient meals that proves you don’t need a long list of ingredients or hours in the kitchen to put something delicious on the table. Whether you’re looking for a quick lunch or it’s one of those busy weeknights when all you want to do is kick…

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Foolproof Herb Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey

Roasted turkey has never been a dish I particularly looked forward to, especially growing up with my Caribbean food traditions. I often found that turkey was dry and, quite honestly, lacking in flavour. But with this Foolproof Herb Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey, I set out to change that. This recipe gives you a beautifully roasted, flavourful…

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Curry Channa, Pigeon Peas & Aloo | Ultimate Comfort Food

Further exploring the plant-based and vegan side of Caribbean cooking, today I’m bringing together two cherished recipes, Curry Channa (chickpeas) and Curry Pigeon Peas, with the addition of aloo (potatoes) to create an incredibly comforting Caribbean-style curry. This Curry Channa, Pigeon Peas & Aloo combines three humble ingredients in a fragrant, spice-infused sauce that develops…

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How to Make Eddoes Choka

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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Authentic Caribbean Kitchri Recipe (One-Pot Comfort Food)

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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Incredible Honey Jerk Salmon (Easy Oven Method)

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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Chicken Rasta Pasta Recipe

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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Easy Comforting Roasted Butternut and Carrot Soup

Roasted Butternut and Carrot Soup is a comforting bowl of roasted vegetables, herbs, garlic, peppers, and warm Caribbean-inspired seasoning. Unlike the soups we grew up eating in the Caribbean and those in my cookbook, Soup Season: Caribbean Comfort Food in a Bowl, this roasted butternut soup isn’t as heavy with carbohydrates from ground provisions as…

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Caribbean Stewed Chicken With Butter Beans

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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Easy Crab Apple Anchar (Achar)

As I continue exploring ingredients that are local to me in my In Season series, I thought it would be fun to document a recipe that has been on rotation in my home in late summer over the years. This Easy Crab Apple Anchar (Achar) is inspired by the same creative thinking behind the Caribbean…

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The Easiest Corn and Sweet Potato Hash Recipe

This Corn and Sweet Potato Hash is one of those recipes that came together at exactly the right time of year. While we typically use corn on the cob to make Seasoned Corn in the Caribbean, as part of my In Season series on the website, I thought it would be fun to make a…

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