Yellow Yam Pizza
The use of mashed yellow yam as the base for pizza toppings is a great idea, and so much healthier than regular pizza dough. Sliced frankfurters and salami provide the perfect topping ingredients. Ingredients: 2 cups yellow yam, crushed 1 table spoon margarine 1/2 ketchup 2 scallions, chopped 1 sprig fresh thyme Pinch of salt […]
Breadfruit Fish Cakes Recipe
An excellent method for preparing fish, it brings together some of the healthiest ingredients of the Jamaican kitchen. The nutritional benefits of fish are well-known, and breadfruit provides extra protein, carbs, and fiber along with important minerals like calcium and potassium. Ingredients: 2 cups fish, cooked and flaked (salted fish may be used) 2 cups […]
Jamaican Sweet Potato Fritters Recipe
Sweet Potato fritters are an easy recipe to make. It is a delicious way to use up your mashed sweet potatoes. They are a fabulous as an accompaniment to Jerk Chicken and a salad. Alone the sweet potato mixture provides a surprisingly tasty snacking experience. Check out our Sweet Potato Fritters recipe Ingredients: 2 cups […]
Plain Roti Recipe
Roti is a type of bread popular in South Asia as well as the Caribbean. Similar in appearance to a Mexican tortilla, it is made with wheat flour and no leavening. In Jamaica roti is often eaten with a filling of curry goat or curry chicken. Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 T […]
Jamaican Carrot Salt Fish Fritters Recipe – Stamp and Go
Try a new “spin” on one of the best traditional Jamaican appetizers. Carrot Salt Fish Fritters can also be eaten as part of an island breakfast. The original Jamaican “fast food,” getting its name “stamp and go” from people stamping their feet to indicate their hurry and then taking it to eat on the run. […]
Soursop Cheesecake
Nothing says Caribbean cuisine like the spiky and creamy soursop fruit, and this no-bake cheesecake is as easy to make as it is delicious to eat. Ingredients: 3 oz. butter, melted 6 oz. sweet biscuit crumbs 8 oz. cream cheese 1 small can condensed milk 1/3 cup lemon juice 1 cup soursop pulp 3 tsp […]
The titles office said my Jamaica land costs more and refused to give me a title.. HELP!!
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I like your articles. Can you help me please? I paid somebody monies last month to apply for a title for my land which was surveyed at 63 acres in the upper Red Hills area. It is being cut from a bigger portion of land. My representative whom I gave power-of-attorney […]
Green Plantain Cookies
Jamaicans love plantains. In the Caribbean plantains are mainly boiled or fried but are versatile enough to be used in cookies. Our green plantain cookies are a tropical treat topped with cherries for a colorful accent. Ingredients: 1 cup margarine 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp orange rind, grated 3 cups […]
Jamaican Dasheen Pudding Recipe
The dasheen, also known as coco, is most often used in Jamaica and Caribbean soups. The nutty flavor of the dasheen is perfectly blended with coconut and fruit for a tasty pudding dessert. Dasheen is often called coco, even though coco is a slightly smaller relative of the dasheen. This ancient tuber is actually called […]
Jamaican Cassava Toto Recipe
Cassava Toto is similar to Coconut Toto and includes many of the same ingredients. Toto (pronounced toeto) is a Jamaican traditional desert that is served at most family gatherings. It is a favorite of Jamaican at home and abroad. Toto is one of the easiest Jamaican dishes to cook. Toto has it’s origins in slavery. […]
