Niagra Falls is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Canada. I’ve been to the U.S side before but seeing it in Canada was even more beautiful. if you have been following my blog/Instagram you would realize that I am totally in love with the idea of dining with a fantastic view! That’s…
Year: 2017
‘CURRY’ EGG AND ‘ALOO’ (POTATO)
Curry is a favorite in Trinidad. Curry anything and Trinis will handle it! lol One unique dish is curry egg and aloo. Who came up with that? Not sure…but i’ll just say thanks much because I LOVE IT! 😀 Today’s menu included smoked herrings and tomatoes, egg and aloo with dhal and rice! Here’s my…
CORNED BEEF AND RICE
This blog post is especially for my Trini people! We LOVE ah good ‘corn beef’! Actually… corned beef was the first thing I ever cooked about 20 years ago! I have very fond memories of my pops cooking corned beef… it was a favorite for us! I remember the way he would say to cook…
HERBED BUTTER PASTA
It was a bit of a scramble today to prepare dinner for some reason although I was at home all day lol… so of course I had to come with something super simple! Immediately I thought about a butter…pasta… and herb… Here goes! SERVING: 2-3 INGREDIENTS: 180g linguine (or any pasta you have available) 2…
CHICKEN SINGAPORE NOODLES, CHINESE STYLE CHICKEN & STEAMED WANTONS (Young Ho Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, El Socorro, Trinidad)
Chinese take out anyone? 🙂 Sometimes after a long day, all I feel for is some good Chinese food and a movie at home….and after a longgggg month, well, Chinese take out and a movie sounded exactly like what I needed! Thankfully, these days things are just a phone call away. I called and placed…
CHICKEN BIRYANI (MILD)
I love Indian cuisine…. the spices… the intense flavors…. the aromas… are all just amazing. The techniques involved and the specific spices used are a bit different from the West Indian methods of cooking that I am accustomed to; so usually I would purchase the biryani spice pack and follow the instructions. Today however I…
MIDDLE EASTERN CHICKEN KEBABS
I decided to travel around the world in my very own kitchen today and experiment with some middle eastern kebabs…. lol. I actually was randomly googling various recipes to get an idea of what to cook and came across a middle eastern twist idea… so I gathered all the ingredients and decided to give it…
SHRIMP AND MUSHROOM ALFREDO
Who doesn’t love Alfredo??…especially shrimp Alfredo?!😋😋😋 Most pasta dishes are pretty simple to put together but here is my recipe for creamy Alfredo pasta! SERVINGS: 3 INGREDIENTS: 20 medium shrimp, deveined 7 oz linguine pasta 3 cloves garlic, grated 1 tin mushrooms (115g) 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp JGM PRODUCTS ground chilies 1 tsp JGM PRODUCTS…
CILANTRO SESAME CHICKEN RAMEN NOODLES
How many times have you been confused or uncertain as to what to cook? As much as I love to cook, I sometimes run out of ideas or at times just look for the easiest of recipes to try. Today I took both chicken and shrimp from the freezer to thaw out til I decided…
CURRIED SHRIMP AND POTATO aka ‘CURRY SHRIMP AND ALOO’
Dhal and rice would be one of my favorite things to eat…anytime… any day! A few days ago I actually had dhal and rice with kuchela amd some cucumbers…yups…not even kidding lol…no meat nothing… 😀 …But recently I’ve been craving some curry shrimp and potato with rice and dhal. Thankfully today the ‘fish van’ came…
JENNA G THE HIJABI TT 