Category: Easy
Irresistible Oven Roasted Cauliflower
When I create a dish I really like, I eat it everyday for a week...or two.…so when it finally comes up on my list of things to blog about, I'm usually at the point where I never want to eat...
Brownies–The Delicious Experiment.
"These brownies are not too fudgy, not too stick to your enamels chewy, not too cakey, but are moist, chocolaty, with just the right texture (pour moi)….and divine" December is a ridiculously busy month with year-end chaos at work, decluttering...
Trinidad Sweet Rice | Rice Pudding
Before moving on to the recipe of the day 'sweet rice', you should know that I intended to post many wonderful recipes for Diwali and Thanksgiving, but Hurricane 'Sandy' prevented me from doing so. Sandy the Super Storm We did...
Curried Channa and Aloo (Chickpeas with Potatoes)
Channa is also known as chickpeas, garbanzo beans, or ceci beans. Aloo, on the other hand, is what we Trinidadians refer to as potato. Hence the term curry channa and aloo. In this dish, channa and aloo are simmered in...
Jamaican Escovitch Fish Recipe
Last weekend my cousin Sam spent the day with me in my kitchen. I promised to make her baked lamb and fried rice if she assisted with the production of the final prep for this and the next post....
Coconut Palette (Popsicles)
A coconut “palette” (pronounced pah-lit in Trinidad) reminds me of childhood days in Trinidad. I grew up enjoying this home made coconut treat which was usually wrapped in a very thin parchment-paper-like wrapper. Strangely, I could vividly remember the scent...
Ria’s Trinidad Lime Pepper Sauce
Each Caribbean island boasts of its own unique blend of “devilish” hot sauces also known as pickled peppers. They vary from simple combinations of hot pepper (pronounced peppah) and lime juice or vinegar to more complicated concoctions of fruits(papaya), vegetables...
Ria’s Avocado-Tomato Salad with Cilantro
The Canadians visited last weekend for my sister's baby shower. They brought me some of the juiciest, sweetest cherry tomatoes I ever tasted. They were as sweet as a fruit, quite possibly sweeter....and then I reminded myself that tomatoes are fruits..duuuh... ...
Baigan Choka Recipe
Since I last posted I have traveled on business, arranged a beach “lime” with my wonderful cousins (with fried bake and shark, saltfish and tomatoes and fry bodi for breakfast and curried duck, dhal and rice for lunch), partied and...
Ria’s Healthy Grilled Chicken Legs
Several weeks ago my train wasn’t working so my husband volunteered to drop me downtown Brooklyn to another train station. As a result, I had the opportunity to chat with his coworker, Cyrus, whom he usually picks up on his way to work. I knew...
Scallion-Cilantro-Habanero Fried Rice
I've been avoiding the kitchen like the plague. Recipe testing and emotional eating have taken a toll on my "physique"...it also doesn't help that I usually prepare six 5 star meals on the weekend for my beloved family...that "insanity" has...
Trinidad Stewed Chicken Recipe
Today I am sharing a delightful Trinidad Stewed Chicken Recipe. Before I do, here is an update. Summer is officially here, rainstorms and all. What does summer mean to me? It means..... feeling alive again (when it's nice and sunny...
Ria’s Easy Raw Mango Chutney
In this simple recipe, a raw half ripe mango is pureed with garlic, bandania (culantro) and hot pepper(s) to create an exotic blend of flavors. Mango chutney is traditionally enjoyed with pholourie or saheena (deep fried fritters made with chickpea flour and/or regular...
Peanut Butter and Banana Smoothie
Peanut butter and bananas are a match made in food heaven - whether you enjoy it on a sandwich or in a smoothie! I prepare this smoothie for my kids for a snack or a breakfast drink and it’s definitely a savior when...
Trinidad Sardine Choka
Too busy even for a 30-minute meal? Here is a heart-healthy Trini sardine choka recipe that will be ready in less than 15 minutes, provided you have decent chopping skills or one of those handy chopping gadgets (helpful but certainly...
What is Trinidad Chow and how to make it?
Chow, in Trinidad and Tobaho, is a simple, refreshing combination of fresh fruits, garlic, and culantro-also known as bandhania or shado beni. Consider it a "spiced up" fruit salad. [Culantro, also known as bandania or shado beni] The...
Paula Dean’s Peach Cobbler
I have been making Paula Dean’s peach cobbler for years. One day I decided that it required a makeover with less butter and sugar. I know it’s an abomination, but occasionally I want to experience, “le plaisir sans la culpabilité!”...
Trinidadian “Fry Bodi” (Stir-Fry Long Green Beans | Bora Recipe )
Long green beans are also known as bora, long padded cow peas, asparagus bean, snake bean or Chinese long bean, but in Trinidad we proudly call it bodi (pronounced bo-dee). This recipe for “Fry Bodi” is actually long green beans...
Garlic Bread
I apologize for my absence, I haven't been in a creative frame of mind. I have been busy reading. Reading about the hidden science behind the 2012 predictions, trying to understand quantum physics and learning about the secrets of the Pyramids. Also reading...