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Soup Joumou

A pumpkin based beef soup native to Haiti. Haiti was colonized by the French in the 1600s, enslaved Africans were forced to cultivate squash that forms the base of the soup, the Joumou, which means pumpkin or squash in French. The natives and Africans were banned from eating this soup by the French, even afterContinue reading “Soup Joumou”

Quick dinner idea – Chow Mein

I used a packet seasoning for the sauce and an Asian salad mix from the store for the Vege. The Noodles were hoken, just soak in hot water, the fresh kind, not deep fried like ramen. Took the left overs for lunch, gave it to a colleague and bought sushi 😃👍 because I felt likeContinue reading “Quick dinner idea – Chow Mein”

Baked Chicken Wings

The most versetile part of the chicken, hard to ruin and easily accessed everywhere. Can be made healthy and hearty or greasy and fattening. This is a family favorite, baked Barbequed chicken wings. Watch: Baked Chicken Wings Preparation Video Ingredients Seasoning: Once your wings are preped and seasoned, place in heated oven for 55 minutesContinue reading “Baked Chicken Wings”

Sous Vide Time

Made my first sous vide steak 🥩 recently. Forgot to pat the steaks dry before seering in the cast iron pan, stewed a bit, but so tender. 1 inch thick porter house steak, 45 minutes @55°C – soft and tender medium; but could be better had I patted them dry before seering in butter. NextContinue reading “Sous Vide Time”

Filipino Adobo Pork

I was introduced to Filipino food in Australia, there’s so many similarities to Caribbean cooking, I always enjoy Filipino food. Here’s something I like making at home. Pork Adobo. Ingredients 500g pork scotch fillet steak diced 1 cup soy sauce ( or coconut aminos) 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar 4 Spring onions 2 bay leavesContinue reading “Filipino Adobo Pork”

Singapore Noodles

Lately everytime we have Thai take-out my hubby orders Singapore noodles. I guess he likes it so I did some research and made him Singapore noodles this way: Ingredients Rice vermicelli noodles 100g pack 5 Spring onions Fried eggs(3) 3 carrots (Julien slice) 1/4 Cabbage 3 Lup Chong Chinese sausage diced 3 tbsp Dark soyContinue reading “Singapore Noodles”

Chai tea ☕

I was introduced to chai tea in Michigan, while living in the United States. I was very sick with a cold in the middle of a long cold snowy winter and a dear friend bought me a soy chai latte from a coffee shop, when I lost my voice. My next taste of chai wouldContinue reading “Chai tea ☕”

Quick and easy pork ragu pasta

This is a quick and easy mid-week meal. Another meal that can be made with a mince. This one calls for mince pork. Ragu is usually cooked low and slow with cuts of meat and not mince, using mince means we can speed up the cook time. Otherwise we’d need all day to make ragu.Continue reading “Quick and easy pork ragu pasta”