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…
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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…
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…
CILANTRO RICE WITH CORN AND JALAPEÑO
I am a rice lover…actually I LOVE LOVE LOVE plain hot white rice with anything peppery lol but I also like to experiment with different rice dishes. Today I grabbed some jalapeños from the refrigerator…as well as corn and cilantro from my pantry and decided why not try a cilantro rice with jalapeño and corn!?!?…
CURRIED TUNA
Curried tuna (from the tin)???? Yups you read correctly. Give me hot rice with anything and I would be a happy camper!…seriously! During Ramadan, Muslims like myself fast daily. Usually when I break my fast I like to have ‘saucy’ and/or peppery food…so yesterday I was feeling for something like salmon and rice after so…
SAWINE
Sawine is usually made for Eid. What exactly is sawine though? It’s a very rich sweet treat made with vermicelli, condensed milk, evaporated milk and flavored with spices. Like many food related items though, there are a few ways in which sawine can be made but I learnt my method from none other than my…
PEPPER CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS 1 lb chicken chunks 4 cloves grated garlic 1 chopped pimento 1 tsp chopped hot pepper 1 large onion chopped into chunks 1 bell pepper chopped into chunks 1 tsp Sriracha 1 tsp JGM Products cayenne pepper 1 cup water 2 tsp low sodium soy sauce 2 tsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp olive oil…
JENNA G THE HIJABI TT 