Main Dishes

I prepared this grilled chicken kebab for lunch a few Sundays ago and served it along with my cilantro lime rice, grilled lamb kebabs, a greek inspired salad with feta and some cilantro dressing to drizzle on both the meat and the salad. It’s a [continue reading]

Curry stew is just what the name infers, a combination of curry and stew. The best of both worlds. I figure one day a Trini realized they didn’t want to make curry nor stew, because they made it recently, and decided to combine both! Mummy [continue reading]

Many, many years ago during one of my visits to Trinidad, we (husband and I – no kids then) were invited to my niece’s in laws for a ‘lime'(Trini get together). There was card playing, laughter, rum, curry agouti (wild meat), french fries and these [continue reading]

We all have lazy days and lazy days don’t have to mean bland, boring or boxed food. Here’s my top 5 meals to make when I am not really feeling like spending hours in the kitchen. I would say you could get this on the [continue reading]

Mango Talkarie is a sweet side dish or condiment that accompanies vegetarian or meat dishes. It’s made with tart, green mangoes and amchar massala.   In this recipe, green mangoes are cut into pieces lengthwise, cleaned and then boiled with sugar to remove the inherent [continue reading]

A few weekends ago, we made curry beef and curry aloo (Trinidad style) for our Saturday lunch and enjoyed these dishes with delicious soft, paratha roti(buss up shot). It was a really good combination and I have been craving it ever since. How to Make [continue reading]

In this savory and satisfying Trinidad-style stewed fish recipe, a firm fish of your choice—such as carite, king fish, or red snapper—is first seasoned and marinated with a generous amount of freshly blended green seasoning, made with herbs, garlic, and traditional Caribbean aromatics. Once marinated [continue reading]

Yesterday for lunch, I used some leftover baked jerk chicken and sticky jasmine rice (overcooked to say the least) to make this delicious jerk chicken fried rice! I ate it for both lunch and dinner. It was satisfying, quick to make, and utterly delicious. I [continue reading]

Chicken soup is undoubtedly comfort food for everyone, everywhere. In the Caribbean, our chicken soup is hearty and healthy. It’s superb for rainy days, snowy days, sunny days, Saturdays and pandemic days! Today I am sharing my secret family recipe with you. This chicken soup [continue reading]

Jerk chicken is a popular favorite, not only in Jamaica but the rest of the world. It’s fiery(though heat is adjustable), highly seasoned and wickedly good. There are as many jerk seasonings and recipes as there are cooks and my recipe evokes that truth. I [continue reading]