I Love Seafood! One of my favorites is snapper or any other fish I can get my hands on. I remember when I was younger in Jamaica at my grandmother’s house, we would wake up on Saturdays super early and drive to the fish market. Walking through the side streets and smelling the fish…
Dinner
BLT Pizza
Pizza shows up regularly on our weekly menus. It’s versatile, fun to make, and we almost always have a ball of homemade pizza dough in the freezer. Clara loves helping us in the kitchen, and pizza is most definitely her favorite meal to make. Sure, we…
Pineapple Glazed Pork Chops
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoons browning sauce 1 cup of water (1/2 cup for the glaze, 1/4 cups for the browning mixture and the rest in case the sauce is very thick) 1 packet of sazon goya seasoning 2 teaspoons of adobo seasoning 3-5 pork chops 1 cup of dark brown sugar 1 large…
Brown Stew Chicken
Brown Stew chicken is one of my absolute favorite dishes to make, I’ve just about perfected it. Why do we call it brown stew chicken? Simple, in the beginning process of cooking the chicken it turns brown when it’s fried in hot oil. I would differently say that brown stew chicken (next to curry chicken)…
Stew Chicken Breast with Healthy Choice Tortellini
Stew Chicken Breast with Healthy Choice Tortellini I love eating anything by Healthy Choice. For this recipe I’m using the tortellini as the side and cooking stew chicken breast as the protein. Ingredients: 2 chickenbreast1 onion1 tomato 1 green bell pepper 2 tbsp. of olive oil 1 tsps. of browning 1/4 cup of water Seasoning…
Fresh-Roasted Tomato Pizza
Tomato Pizza Ingredients for roasted tomatoes: 6 to 10 tomatoes (any size or color) 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. fresh oregano, thyme, or parsley Pre-roasting the tomatoes for an hour or more in a slow oven (about 275) evaporates the water and concentrates the flavor. Ingredients for pizza: 2 Tbsp….
Bloody Mary with Jamaican rum
Ingredients: 2 shots light white Jamaican rum 6 large, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced 3 tablespoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 teaspoons hot sauce, optional 2 teaspoons minced fresh horseradish 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon fresh ground…
Fresh Green Soybean Salad
Soybean Salad Ingredients: 1 pound fresh soybeans 2 Tb salt 2 quarts water Directions: Put a big pot of salted water on the stove on high heat. If your soybeans are still on the stem, sit down while the water is coming to a boil, and strip the pods off the stems. When the water…
Bully Beef
Ingredients: 1 can of corned beef (also known as bully beef in Jamaica) 1 clove of garlic 1 Tablespoon of oil 1/2 Teaspoon of black pepper 1 onion 1 tomato 1/4 Scotch Bonnet 1/2 bell pepper 1 sprig of thyme ¼ cup of water Directions: 1. Chop the onion, tomato, bell pepper, Scotch…
Spinach Salad Lyonnaise
Lyonnaise means: Cooked with onions. Ingredients: 4 cups torn spinach, or a mixture of spinach, lettuce, escarole, and other greens 1 small chopped onion 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil About 1/4 pound (or less) good bacon or ham, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 2 to 4 tablespoons sherry or wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon…
Sesame Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 pound cucumbers ½ teaspoon salt 1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar ¼ teaspoon instant *Dashi granules (optional; available in many grocery stores) 1 teaspoon sesame oil, or to taste Instructions: In a dry heavy skillet, toast sesame seeds over moderate heat, shaking skillet, until golden. Let cool. Cut cucumbers…