The carrot is a vegetable that is very versatile. It can be used to do many things from cooking to baking to juicing. Today we give you a sumptuous Jamaican Carrot Bread recipe for this awesome vegetable. Check Jamaican Carrot Bread out below. Preparation time: 25m Cooking time: 1h Ingredients For 8 people 3 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda … Continue reading Jamaican Food: Jamaican Carrot Bread
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Jamaican Food: Sumptuous Jamaican Curry Feast with Rice and Peas
This sumptuous Jamaican food/meal and recipe was Posted by funnyloveblog Good Morning! I trust that you are having a lovely weekend. After the glory that was Shrimp with Curry Cream Sauce yesterday, I decided it’d be nice to have a whole dang island-style meal. This is great for a gang, and you can make tons of the dishes in advance! No … Continue reading Jamaican Food: Sumptuous Jamaican Curry Feast with Rice and Peas
Jamaican Food / Cuisine: Lick yuh lips and ten finga dem
Have you ever had a tasty bit of Jamaican cuisine like barbeque chicken in your mouth, flesh melting off the bone and your brain just swimming in feel good hormones, mouth and fingers covered in BBQ sauce? What do you do? Well, you start with the thumb and work your way to the little finger and then … Continue reading Jamaican Food / Cuisine: Lick yuh lips and ten finga dem
Jamaican Food/Recipe: Full yuh belly wid Jamaica’s National dish, Ackee and Saltfish
By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2017, Denise N. Fyffe Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica's national dish. This meal is tasty and provides great nourishment for many families. The ackee tree grows all over Jamaica and can be found in the back and front yards of hundreds of thousands of Jamaican homes; even by the road side and … Continue reading Jamaican Food/Recipe: Full yuh belly wid Jamaica’s National dish, Ackee and Saltfish
Healthy Foods: What are the benefits of the Jamaican Soursop?
Today, we are going to talk about my most favorite fruit, the Jamaican soursop. I love this delicious morsel, especially as a drink. It can be so nice and creamy. The soursop has various health benefits that are not popularly known. It has: calcium, protein, iron, fiber, phosphorus, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ash, carbohydrates, ascorbic acid, fat, amino acids, tryptophan, calcium, methiodine, and lysine; vitamins A, … Continue reading Healthy Foods: What are the benefits of the Jamaican Soursop?
Jamaican Recipe of the Day: Jamaican Cream of Ackee Soup
As we have stated before in previous articles, the ackee fruit is a part of Jamaica’s national dish (ackee and saltfish). Today we give you a recipe for a new way to twist this fruit by using it to make a soup. Check it out below.
Preparation time: 30m
Cooking time: 30mIngredients
For 4 people (
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- 1 tablespoon Margarine
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 stalk escallion, chopped
- 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 dozen ackees, boiled and drained
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup Anchor Heavy Cream
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 0 GARNISH:
- 1/4 cup cashew nuts
- 2 stalks escallion, julienne
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup Grace Vegetable Oil
Directions
Melt margarine in a sauce pot and use to saute chopped garlic, onion, thyme, escallion and whole scotch bonnet pepper. Add ackee and toss with the sauteed seasonings. Pour in the chicken stock and simmer for about 5-10 minutes. Remove from flame and blend for about one minute or until smooth. Return to sauce pot, and bring to a simmer. Add heavy cream, black pepper and salt to taste, and stir well.To Toast Cashew: Toast cashew nuts in a preheated oven 180°C (350°F) for about 5 minutes. Dust julienne escallion with flour and fry in heated vegetable oil for 30 seconds. Drain on absorbent paper. Garnish with four toasted cashew nuts and fried escallion.
Julienne: To cut into thin strips.Enjoy
As we have stated before in previous articles, the ackee fruit is a part of Jamaica’s national dish (ackee and saltfish). Today we give you a recipe for a new way to twist this fruit by using it to make a soup. Check it out below.
Preparation time: 30m
Cooking time: 30m
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon Grace Hello Margarine
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 stalk escallion, chopped
- 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 dozen ackees, boiled and drained
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup Anchor Heavy Cream
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 0 GARNISH:
- 1/4 cup cashew nuts
- 2 stalks escallion, julienne
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup Grace Vegetable Oil
Directions
- Melt margarine in a sauce pot and use to saute chopped garlic, onion, thyme, escallion and whole scotch bonnet pepper.
- Add ackee and toss with the sauteed seasonings. Pour in the chicken stock and simmer for about 5-10 minutes.
- Remove from flame and blend for about one minute or until smooth. Return to sauce pot, and bring to a simmer.
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Jamaican Food: One Pot Coq au Vin with Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
I found this recipe on a great blog called Half Baked Harvest a couple years ago and it has become one of our favorite wintery meals (we made this back at the beginning of March before the 80-degree weather started). The blog is very upfront about the fact that this is not your traditional coq … Continue reading Jamaican Food: One Pot Coq au Vin with Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Jamaican Health : Anti-cancer properties of Tumeric
Turmeric is a natural wonder in the healing world and has been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, and anti-depressant since ancient times. The main component in turmeric, curcumin, has phenomenal anti-cancer properties and has been known to help to inhibit prostate, skin, colon, mouth, esophageal, lung, stomach, pancreatic, liver, and breast cancer. Turmeric … Continue reading Jamaican Health : Anti-cancer properties of Tumeric
Jamaican Food: Jamaican Jerk Tofu
Jerk is the rockstar of Jamaican food, but it is mostly associated with Chicken and Pork. Today we give you a tasty recipe that will be perfect for your Vegetarian palate. The Jerk Tofu is just as spicy as Jerk Chicken/Pork and will definitely leave you going back for more. It is the perfect spicy substitute for any meat dish. Check it out below.
Jerk is the rockstar of Jamaican food, but it is mostly associated with Chicken and Pork. Today we give you a tasty recipe that will be perfect for your Vegetarian palate. The Jerk Tofu is just as spicy as Jerk Chicken/Pork and will definitely leave you going back for more. It is the perfect spicy substitute for any meat dish. Check it out below.
Ingredients
For 4 people
- 1 1/2 cup(s) vegetable stock
- 1/2 pound(s) onion, roughly chopped
- 5 stalk(s) scallion, roughly chopped
- 6 whole pimento berries
- 3 tablespoon(s) light soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon(s) ginger, grated
- 3 clove(s) garlic, minced
- 2 pound(s) firm tofu, sliced thinly
- To Make Sauce:
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 stalk(s) scallion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon(s) ginger, grated
- 2 clove(s) garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoon(s) Jerk Sauce
Jerk Tofu Directions
Blend together vegetable stock, onion, scallion, pimento berries, light soy sauce, ginger, garlic and jerk sauce to make…
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Jamaican Food: Jamaican Jerk Dressing
ReCaFo is the home of good tasting, authentic Jamaican Jerk. Nowhere else will you find a Jerk Chicken more succulent, flavorful and packed with spice. We have given you a few recipes before that involves using Jerk Sauce to help spice up the dish and today we take it to another level with the Jerk Dressing. Check it out below.
JamaFo is the home of good tasting, authentic Jamaican Jerk. Nowhere else will you find a Jerk Chicken more succulent, flavorful and packed with spice. We have given you a few recipes before that involves using Jerk Sauce to help spice up the dish and today we take it to another level with the Jerk Dressing. Check it out below.
Ingredients
For 6 people
- 1 tablespoon(s) Vegetable Oil
- 1/4 cup(s) White Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon(s) Jerk Seasoning (from your local grocer)
- 2 tablespoon(s) granulated sugar
Jerk Dressing Directions
Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
Whisk or shake mixture until thoroughly combined and sugar is dissolved.
Enjoy
What do you think about this recipe, have you ever tried it before? Hail us up in the comments below.
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