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Simple Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken Recipe.
Simple Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken Recipe.
10
Apr 2019

Simple Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken Recipe.

Chicken

There’s something so comforting when you enter a home/kitchen and there’s a chicken roasting in the oven. A scent that immediately captivates yours taste-buds and then the eager anticipation of dinner kicks in. This here Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken will truly impress your family and friends, but be warned as the neighbors may just show up at your door if there’s a widow open or you have the fan/vent on in the kitchen, as you prepare this one.

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Simple Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken Recipe.

Chicken

There’s something so comforting when you enter a home/kitchen and there’s a chicken roasting in the oven. A scent that immediately captivates yours taste-buds and then the eager anticipation of dinner kicks in. This here Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken will truly impress your family and friends, but be warned as the neighbors may just show up at your door if there’s a widow open or you have the fan/vent on in the kitchen, as you prepare this one.

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Ultimate SlowCooker (CrockPot) Curry Goat Recipe.
Ultimate SlowCooker (CrockPot) Curry Goat Recipe.
07
Apr 2019

Ultimate SlowCooker (CrockPot) Curry Goat Recipe.

Bits and Bites

With such a busy lifestyle we tend to live today, it’s always nice to have a comforting home-cooked meal waiting for us when we get home. With that in mind I decided to start exploring ways to tailor some of our classic Caribbean dishes for being prepared in a slow cooker (or crock pot). With this slow cooker Curry Goat, you’ll get that lovely Caribbean ‘curry’ with fall-of-the-bones tenderness mommy raised us on. I highly encourage you to give this method of cooking curry goat a try.

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Ultimate SlowCooker (CrockPot) Curry Goat Recipe.

Bits and Bites

With such a busy lifestyle we tend to live today, it’s always nice to have a comforting home-cooked meal waiting for us when we get home. With that in mind I decided to start exploring ways to tailor some of our classic Caribbean dishes for being prepared in a slow cooker (or crock pot). With this slow cooker Curry Goat, you’ll get that lovely Caribbean ‘curry’ with fall-of-the-bones tenderness mommy raised us on. I highly encourage you to give this method of cooking curry goat a try.

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Ginger Chive Roasted Snapper Recipe.
06
Apr 2019
Ginger Chive Roasted Snapper Recipe.
06
Apr 2019

Ginger Chive Roasted Snapper Recipe.

Fish

We’ve discussed how as a child on the islands, I (and my siblings) gave mom ‘hell’ when she tried to get us to eat fish. Now I’m thousands of kms away from the ocean (I only like ocean fish) and it’s now that I crave fish and seafood on my plate. Poor woman tried her best back then, but we were just stubborn kids I guess. I’ll give mommy a big hug and apologize when I visit her next week… hopefully she won’t mind making her famous Curry King Fish for me.

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Strawberry Chow (Spicy pickle / salad) Recipe.
01
Apr 2019

Strawberry Chow (Spicy pickle / salad) Recipe.

Bits and Bites

If you grew up in the Caribbean, especially the Southern Caribbean, “Chow” would have been a key part of your childhood experience. A spicy pickle loaded with Garlic and Citrus juice, along with Scotch Bonnet Peppers. Usually half-ripe mango is the key ingredient, but we use just about any fruit we can find and when all fails, we even use cucumber. With a good batch of fresh strawberries from my garden (watch the video) and since they were a bit tart, I thought I’d rock a quick chow.

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Strawberry Chow (Spicy pickle / salad) Recipe.
01
Apr 2019
Caribbean Ratatouille (ital vegetable stew).
31
Mar 2019

Caribbean Ratatouille (ital vegetable stew).

Gluten Free

Last fall I did one of my favorite ways to put vegetables from my garden (and fridge) to use, in what I like to refer to as being a Caribbean take on Ratatouille… and I documented it to share with you. Very much like the outstanding Ital food I remember eating as kid at the Ital restaurant in San Fernando Trinidad (Pleasantville / Mon Repos area). While I’m very much a carnivore, this vegan dish is absolutely delicious and something I look forward to making/eating.

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Caribbean Ratatouille (ital vegetable stew).
31
Mar 2019
Fry Ochro (okra) with Salted Cod.
25
Mar 2019

Fry Ochro (okra) with Salted Cod.

Fish

Here’s a redo of a classic Caribbean way of cooking Okra, which I originally share when this blog first started back in 2009. If you recall, back then I mentioned how much I disliked okra (say ochro in the Caribbean) as a young fella growing up on the islands. Funny how your taste-buds change as you get older, especially when you move to a different country where you can get the stuff you had in abundance. Basically when you don’t have something, you realize how much you wish you did or at least gave it a try during those abundant younger years.

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Fry Ochro (okra) with Salted Cod.
25
Mar 2019