Main Dishes

A delicious traditional Trini Stewed Chicken with Potatoes for added flavor and a delightful sauce! Seasoned with traditional green seasoning and other aromatics to maximize the flavor. Stewed chicken is a Sunday lunch staple and one of the simplest chicken dishes in Trinidad. For Sunday [continue reading]

This curry seafood medley is the perfect quick meal for a weekday or weekend. The eggplant in this dish is totally optional but helps to stretch the meal if your family has a hearty appetite and you only have only one bag of seafood. I [continue reading]

Everyone loves a good, crispy wonton dipped in ketchup, soy sauce and a little hot sauce for a nice kick. In this recipe, I am using a savory shrimp filling perfectly seasoned with scallions, garlic, ginger and sesame oil. The pimento peppers are optional but [continue reading]

Back in the days my dad was a fisherman.  He always brought home the best catch of the day and the most colossal shrimp I’ve ever seen to date. Nowadays, it is difficult to source fresh fish where I live and crave the seafood of [continue reading]

‘Sazon Chicken’ is a family favorite and this recipe is my twist on a Caribbean Classic, pollo guisado. This recipe is inspired by my favorite Cuban restaurant on Fulton Street, Downtown Manhattan. What is Pollo Guisado–Sazon Chicken? Pollo Guisado(chicken stew), pronounced poh-yuh gee-sah-duh, popular in [continue reading]

Curry conch was a delicacy growing up. Nowadays it’s hard to source and very expensive which is why it’s a treat when we do get to enjoy it. Recently, we were able to source some conchs from Astoria Queens. Aunty Jang came over and did [continue reading]

In this amazing recipe, beef is browned using the traditional ‘burning of the sugar’ method.  The only difference from stewed chicken is the addition of chunks of carrots, celery and potatoes to make it a hearty stew with lots of gravy. Serve this stewed beef [continue reading]

These lamb kabobs are simply seasoned with fresh, all natural ingredients, skewered and grilled to perfection. Serve with cilantro coconut rice, cilantro chutney and an amazing salad for a perfect Sunday or anytime meal. Also seen in the pic above is grilled chicken kabobs–check out [continue reading]

In this recipe, lamb chops are simply seasoned with Caribbean green seasoning, garlic and lemon juice to allow the flavor of the lamb to shine. Now that the weather is getting nicer, we already have the grill out. Since I always have green seasoning on [continue reading]

  Shrimp & Veggie Fried Rice is perfect for a quick weeknight or weekend meal. After a full morning of chores and shopping, we needed something quick and satisfying. Since we did not have rice, we had to make a fresh batch, but day oil [continue reading]