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Trinidad Fried Bake (Fry Bakes) | Floats
Trini Fried Bake is a beloved staple in Trinidadian cuisine, known for its fluffy inside and golden, crispy exterior. Despite the name, fried bake is a soft, slightly chewy flatbread that's fried to perfection. It’s incredibly versatile, often served as...
Trinidad Tomatoes and Saltfish
This dish of tomatoes and saltfish or 'saltfish and tomatoes', garlic, fresh thyme, scallions, and onions is so addicting, that there will be no leftovers for the next day! Easy Like A Sunday Morning Served with Trinidadian Fried Bake, it's comfort food...
Trinidad Vacation – 2011
In my absence I visited my home-country, the beautiful island of Trinidad. ...and experienced a beautiful sunset at Maracas Beach, one of the most popular beaches on the island. After, I feasted on the world famous Trinidad fried bake and...
Super Sunday French Toast
It's called Super Sunday French Toast because if you decide to vegetate or procrastinate and accomplish nothing else for the rest of the day(except religiously check "friends" statuses or look at pics after pics of total strangers on FB), it's still...
My name is Jan and they named January after me
As I mentioned on my Facebook page, I am working on several recipes but wanted to share this story with you in the meantime. This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Jan. Driving back home (around 9 am) from the fish market,...
Cilantro and/or Parsley Shrimp with Pasta
I made this garlic herb shrimp pasta on Saturday for a quick lunch. Aside from the photography and measuring(which I am trying to get used to), this Garlic Herb Shrimp Pasta is usually pretty simple, quick to prepare, and light--no heavy...
Farmhouse Apple Cake
I found this delicious Apple Cake recipe in a local newspaper a few weeks ago. Erica Marcus of Newsday couldn't be more precise in her description that "this thin, elegant dessert [adapted from four seasons of Italian Cooking by A.J. Battafarano] is between a cake and a...
Roasted Asparagus
Hello friends. Here is the recipe for the roasted asparagus I served with the meatloaf in my earlier post. This is a family favorite and disappears in seconds! It was quick, simple, healthy and delicious and makes for a great side...
Meatloaf With Veggies
Most of the recipes I reviewed for meatloaf used packaged onion mix and other "Wooster sauces" which contain preservatives and MSG, which I just could not bring myself to use even if they claimed would make it delicious. I used Ground Bison...
Finally getting started! Meatloaf with Asparagus and Mashed Potatoes
Today I spent several hours in the kitchen, cooking, measuring, taking lots of pics and then measuring some more---much to the dismay of my oldest daughter who was starving only two hours after eating breakfast. She just couldn't wait. She...