After weeks of research, I’ve made my first attempt at making pierogi. These are meat free, and everyone loves them. These potato dumplins are boiled and then fried in butter, like a pot sticker dumplin. They are most times served with bacon, sauted onions and sour cream on top. These took me 3 hours toContinue reading “The Polish pierogi”
Category Archives: Snacks
Working with a Tiny Kitchen
For five years this was the only counter I had. This tiny kitchen was built in 1960 and remained untouched till we re-homed the old house to build new. With a kitchen like that you’d think we’d have a lot of take out, but a lot of my favorite meals came together right here. HowContinue reading “Working with a Tiny Kitchen”
Pie Crust
In the Caribbean we are mostly partial to tarts over pies. Guava tarts, coconut tarts, prune tarts are my favorite. My hubby loves apple and custard tarts. The years spent in the United States introduced me to the concept of the big tart, pie. Apple pie is an all American favorite, pumpkin pie is anotherContinue reading “Pie Crust”
Currant Rolls
My favorite pastry growing up. I used to get them at the bakery across the street from where mom’s work place. You can choose to make your pastry or you can buy store bought. This video is a version with store bought puff pastry.
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
Coconut Rough cake
A childhood favorite, now a winter time treat I make for friends and family here in Australia. Growing up on a tropical island full of coconut trees, why not make tastey treats with an item that’s basically free and easily found, coconuts. The rough part is the texture when you add grated coconut to aContinue reading “Coconut Rough cake”
Sweet Potato Pudding (Pone)
This is a Murasaki sweet potato most comonly know as a sweet potato in the Caribbean. This has a white fleshed and a purple skined groud tuber vegetavle, and is drier than it’s orange counterpart. When we say sweet potato in the Caribbean, this is what we mean. Bigger islands refer to this recipe asContinue reading “Sweet Potato Pudding (Pone)”
Bread
Nothing more special than baking bread at home for your family. The smell that fills your home when the bread is in the oven is like no other smell. Nothing like fresh bread, and butter. Take some time to bake a loaf for your family over the weekend. Here’s my favorite recipe for a plainContinue reading “Bread”
Deviled Eggs 🥚
I’ve made 100s of these with my mom for Weddings when she did a catering side- hustle. They’re a great low carbohydrate snack/meal and a good way to use eggs that aren’t fresh enough to poach. These are common finger food for receptions and parties. If I’m on a low carb diet and I seeContinue reading “Deviled Eggs 🥚”
Carrot Cake 🥕
This cake has been adopted by me since moving to Australia. I’ve never had a carrot cake made by a family member in the Caribbean, but I’ve added this cake to my baking repertoire. I make it very simple, not too much decoration, because it’s all about the taste. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup caster sugarContinue reading “Carrot Cake 🥕”
Grande Mangeur 