Freeze your Fresh herbs in silicone ice cube trays. As soon as you pick them or buy them from the market, use your food processor to lightly mince them in a bit of flavorless oil. spoon out portions into silicone ice trays, freeze them and store in a ziplock bag in the freezer. Frozen freshContinue reading “Tasty Tip Tuesday”
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Tastey Tip Tuesday!
Do you have extra instant Ramen noodle seasoning packets? Sometimes you only want to use the noodles for a stirfry recipe that doesn’t call for the Ramen seasoning packet. Don’t throw them away. I keep the Chicken flovored seasoning packet to season the water I boil my potatoes in, when making mash potatoes. Run yourContinue reading “Tastey Tip Tuesday!”
Mortar & Pestle
These tools were used throughout my childhood in the Caribbean, to make pounded root vegetables like yam and dasheen or pounded breadfruit. Similar to West African fufu. The M&P were usually made out of wood, and larger in size than the mortar and pestle you would have seen used on a cooking show. I’m notContinue reading “Mortar & Pestle”
Jerk Chicken Wings
Remember my jerk seasoning I made, used it to prepare these soon to be oven made barbecue jerk chicken wings. 24 hours to marinate…stay tuned. Here’s the finished product
Jerk Seasoning
A popular Caribbean seasoning for marinating chicken and fish to barbecue. You can by a bottle of jerk seasoning, or you can avoid additives and make your own to your taste. I’m not fond of the jerk Seasonings available in Australia, so I make my own. Here’s my favorite combination of spices for jerk seasoning,Continue reading “Jerk Seasoning”
Sazon
Sazon is a used in daily Caribbean cooking. Milk, sugar, eggs, flour, bread, sazon Moving away to the southern hemisphere, I’ve not seen 1 box of sazon on sale at any grocery store or specialty store. I decided to do some research and see what exactly was sazon made of, and it was all thingsContinue reading “Sazon”
Adobo Seasoning
Along with Sazon, Adobo seasoning is a staple for seasoning meat or chicken and fish in Caribbean cooking. We always put a dash in for flavor. When I found out how easy it was to make your own with ingredients we already have in the pantry, I thought I’d give it a try. Home madeContinue reading “Adobo Seasoning”
Seasoning your Meat – Video
From Blog Post https://grandemangeur.com/2021/02/02/seasoning-your-meat/
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