Banana Pancakes with Chocolate Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream Easy pancakes with fried bananas, delicious served with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Strawberry & Vanilla Sponge Cake with Nutella Easy to make, traditional vanilla sponge cake with layers of chocolate spread and whipped cream and topped with fresh strawberries.
Seared Scallops with Sweet Red Pepper, Honey Mango and Coriander [recipe adapted from Bren’s FlaNboyant Eats]
Sweet Tomato, Lettuce and Basil Salad à la Grandma Ala INGREDIENTS 500g tomatoes of your choice – (cubed or quartered if cherry tomatoes used) 1 plain round lettuce or iceberg lettuce (washed, drained and teared) 4 tbs olive oil 1 tbs fine white sugar or even better golden caster sugar ¼ tsp sea salt ½lemon juice generous handful of fresh basil leaves (chopped) ½ tsp […]
Tabac Zombie / Ghost Tobacco Tabac Zombie (Pluchea carolinensis) also known as Ghost Tobacco, Bitter Tobacco, Indian Tobacco, Mal Mouton, Tabac Diable, Devil’s Tobacco, Wild Tobacco, Tobacco Cimarron, Tabac à Jacot, False Tobacco, Riverside Tobacco or Tabac Marron. It grows in the Caribbean and southern Florida, pictured here leaves came from island of Dominica. Teas and compresses prepared from it’s […]
Physalis / Cape Gooseberry / Ground Cherry / Mexican Tomato A bit info about Physalis and it’s varieties.
Cuban Bean, Lemon and Cilantro Soup [adapted from Tofu for Two] INGREDIENTS 2 medium onions (cubed) 1 whole medium garlic (crushed with a side of the knife and peeled) 2 tbs grape seed oil about 2½ litres of hot water 500g dry black turtle beans or red kidney beans (soaked overnight) 2 tbs balsamic vinegar 2 medium sweet red bell peppers […]
Tamarind The Tamarind (Tamarindus indica), from the Arabic: tamar hindi = Indian date, is a tropical tree, native to tropical Africa, including parts of the Madagascar, the tree grows wild throughout the Sudan and was so long ago introduced into and adopted in India that it has often been reported as indigenous there also, and it […]
Hibiscus Tea or Sorrel Drink? Sorrel drink, hibiscus tea and other drinks made from the same Hibiscus sabdariffa plant.
Sernik z Polewą Czekoladową – Polish Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Traditional Polish baked cheesecake recipe using real curd cheese rather than cream cheese.
Caribbean and Latin American Seasoning Mix – Adobo A bit about Adobo – all purpose seasoning popular in the Caribbean.