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Spicy Green Plantain Crisps
Green plantain is a very underrated fruit, in my opinion. We often tend to only use sweet overripe plantains which are delicious when fried or in sancoche. Green plantains are starchier and not sweet at all. They are perfect for crispy plantain chips,...
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Fried Chicken Dinner
Last Friday, I decided to make something a little different for dinner. I was craving a milkshake, so I built my dinner menu around that:) I didn't really want to buy fast food, so I decided to try making my very own fried chicken. I was reading a gorgeous...
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Breadfruit Oil Down
If you aren't familiar with the remarkable breadfruit you're probably wondering what it is- The breadfruit was introduced to the Caribbean by Captain Bligh in the 1700's. There are three varieties of breadfruit- the yellow, the white, and the prickly...
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Cardamom-Cinammon Pumpkin Cupcakes- Sunday Sweets
I was thinking this morning about transformation and cooking. Such a humble, commonplace term for such a magical process! Okay, maybe not so much magick as much as alchemy- the changing of base materials into gold. I am fascinated by the way that many...
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Bitter Melon (Caraille) and Sada Roti
Day two- I've decided to go straight from sweet to bitter..vegetable, that is. Bitter melon, bitter gourd, caraille, karella. If you've never seen it raw, it is a long, oblong, narrow pale green fruit with distinctively bumpy skin. It is normally cooked...
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Easy Spicy Indian Chicken Tenders
Ah yes. The song says it all..first day of school with all the hustling it requires. It's actually depressing to deal with so much traffic after a long, lazy vacation. It makes me feel a little sad- the end of one stage of my daughter's life and the beginning...
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Spaghetti With Invisible Pumpkin Puree and Green Peas
My daughter loves pasta. Any kind- spaghetti, linguine, penne. I came up with this recipe which gave her the pasta fix she was craving and gave me the satisfaction of having two veggies in there. The garden peas gave the pasta colour and a sweet freshness,...
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Coconut Bake- A Guilty Pleasure
A deviation from the path of healthy eating, this recipe is one that I've always wanted to try simply because a coconut bake is so delicious when properly done. What is a "bake" you ask? Well here in TnT, "bake' is a term for any unleavened bread with...
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Pablo's Easy Roasted Garlic Sauce
Last Friday, Mr SugarRush's cousin Pablo came over to hang for a while. I was busy posting my chocolate chip cookie recipe and he very generously offered me his top-secret roasted garlic sauce recipe to share...thanks Pablo:) This garlic sauce is good...
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Are We Even Human Anymore? A Random Thought
I got some disturbing news yesterday. My 11 year old neighbor was injured in a hit and run accident. He was riding his bike around the neighborhood at lunchtime(broad daylight!) when a guy driving a black pickup knocked him down and DID NOT STOP!!!! Imagine...
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All Things Sweet
Today is dedicated to all things sweet, I hope you enjoy!!!!! My ghoulish girl... Cute cupcakes... A cookie bouquet....