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Let's face it. Not every one likes prepare large meals for breakfast. Some recipes do take a lot of time to prepare, and it gets worse when you're crunched for time. Basically, a simple meal is what we want at times like that. A simple meal shou (read full article)
"Yuh want ah mango? Dance de shango......" As a child growing up in a more rural part of Trinidad, school days were really happy days. The opening sentence was part of a few nonsense call and answer rhymes we used while playing ... some of them I c (read full article)
This recipe for orange chicken took me by surprise. And boy! It had me going back for seconds. The orange chicken had a wonderfully tangy taste that utterly tickled my taste buds. So what inspired me to post this dish? Here's the story.We had some (read full article)
Do you have any left-over slices of bread and you're tired of eating them in the normal way? If you are like me, I always find it a good change when these simple slices of bread are converted into a delicious Bread Pudding.Bread pudding is another p (read full article)
Fruit salads are a marvelous way to get your regular serving of fruits for the day in a delectable way. Also, kids tend to eat more a variety of fruits when it is served this way. You can make a fruit salad out of a variety of your favorite fruits (read full article)
Lately we have been experimenting with gluten free recipes from a Trini cooking perspective and thus far we have had some success converting some of our local recipes. I must say that in some of them you can't really tell the difference because of ho (read full article)
Fever Grass is another popular herbal tea grass in Trinidad and Tobago. Fever Grass is also known as Lemon grass (scientific name of "cymbopogon citratus"). It grows in thick clumps that could span from 4 feet in width and grow as tall as 6 feet. T (read full article)
Zebapique is a popular herb used in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean, for a number of aliments, most commonly the flu. It is also called "Jackass Bitters" (or by its scientific name "Neurolaena lobata"). Zebapique belongs to the Asteraceae f (read full article)
This beef soup recipe was long in the planning and was based on a request I got from Tamica, a facebook fan of mine. As you all may have remembered I always talk about memory attached to foods be it one of happiness or of someone or even an event. (read full article)
According to our last post on losing weight, soups keeps you fuller for longer. So today, based on this simple weight loss rule, we are on the soup trail. Homemade soups are also a good alternative to the regular meals eaten every day. I like an e (read full article)
I absolutely love pancakes. You know that feeling you get seeing a nice stack of pancakes with maple syrup drizzled all over. *In a low tone* Uuuuhhhhhh! Delicious! hahaha lol! Well since I did pancakes a long while ago I thought it would be great t (read full article)
Ok so the Trini GFCF recipe train is up and running again. This time we're taking a famous trini appetizer saltfish accra and converting it to a gluten free version that people who are allergic to wheat flour could enjoy. And, for those of you who ju (read full article)
After doing the first stew fish recipe, one person reminded of the second method of stewing fish here in Trinidad and Tobago. This stew fish recipe requires you to fry the fish first before immersing it in the sauce: a method I know most trinis are a (read full article)
When it comes to Trini cuisine this is one of the recipes that are high on the list of popular dishes next to roti and curry channa and aloo. They are like triplets: a good roti just wouldn't be complete with ones of these missing. They are like the (read full article)
Today turned out to be a good day to make channa puri. Why not? It turned out to be a good meal to have after the events of Wednesday. So today, my frame of mind is a lot different from yesterday: thanks to the good Lord for a little sense of humo (read full article)
This dish I would consider as one that goes well with alcohol since this is what some people buy to eat while they are drinking at the bar. And, it really suits that type of function because it is very spicy which is said to "cut" the alcohol and del (read full article)
This recipe is rated HHHH for extremely, super hot ( one H for each pepper lol ). Lava, I thought, could have been used to compare this degree of heat but instead I'll have to compare this mother-in-law to a mini nuclear reaction in your mouth hahah (read full article)
The night was cool and the darkest night for the year was alight with deyas. Deyas were everywhere, but what I liked most were the formations made with split bamboo. Some of the designs were intricate while others were simple.I was young and Divali w (read full article)
As a child I loved jub jub. This is what I knew as a snack long time and not the artificially flavoured stuff we call now-a-days as snacks. We enjoyed red mango, toolum, preserved fruit candies, sugar cake... they were all sweet and delicious. The (read full article)
I thought it would be great to post one of my favorite type of desserts. It is simple, quick, and I can't think of anyone who doesn't like it. To us Trinidadians we know it as jello (coming to think of it, I think that brand name ( jello) is very g (read full article)
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