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"MMMM! I love plantains, especially sweet ones. This is a lower fat method of making "maduros" without the use of oil and frying in a pan."

Ingredients: cooking spray, plantains...

"This is a nice "tropical" flavored banana bread. Instead of walnuts, substitute chopped macadamias for a more tropical flavor."

Ingredients: eggs, sweetened flaked coconut...

"This is more a technique than a recipe per se. However, if you love the taste of fried sweet plantains but don't want all the fat, this is the way to go. For those less familiar with plantains, they would best be described as a cooking banana. These pair well with almost and Caribbean entree. For the best results, make sure you have a really..."

Ingredients: cooking spray, water...

"This recipe is posted for the ZWT and is adapted from the book “Quick and Healthy “Recipes and Ideas”.
ZWT REGION: Caribbean."

Ingredients: ice cubes, skim milk, sugar...

"From my Jenn-Aire cookbook. Refrigerate pineapple and banana overnight for an extra-cold breakfast shake."

Ingredients: coconut extract, honey...

"A simple sorbet, reminicent of the Carribean. From Sundays at Moosewood."

Ingredients: unsweetened dried shredded coconut, pineapple juice...

"This is a quick and easy weekday dinner. Mild curry with refreshing topical flavors. Great served over basmati rice."

Ingredients: pepper, coriander leaves...

"From Favorite Brand Name Recipes Cookbook. Just reading this is making me hungry! Nice to serve on top of a bed of rice or shredded lettuce."

Ingredients: chutney, coconut milk...

"My mom clipped this out of some magazine eons ago and it was one of the first things I ever learned to bake as a girl. It is still a trusted stand-by for unexpected guests or when I just want something easy and sweet. No mixer and no frosting needed! Great when you first bake it, even better the next day. I usually use 2 bananas, but sometimes use 3..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, crushed pineapple...

"This is a rich ending to a perfect meal. If you want a non-alcoholic version, use apple juice for the dark rum."

Ingredients: dark raisins, dark rum...

"Here is a little trivia: allspice comes from the pea-size berry of the evergreen pimento tree, native to Jamaica. It can be purchased whole or ground. The spice is so named because it tastes like a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves."

Ingredients: ground allspice, lemon juice...

"This is one of my favorite pancake recipes. The butter rum sauce provides a grown-up, Carribean flavor to this childhood favorite. You can leave out the rum or use rum extract, however, the dark rum provides a nice flavor."

Ingredients: dark rum, eggs...

"The Spanish carried bananas with them to the New World in the 1500s, planting the root corms in Central America and the Caribbean islands, where they flourished. With its proximity to Cuba, the Florida Keys encountered the fruit long before the mainland did. Bananas weren't formally introduced to Americans until the 1878 Philadelphia Centennial..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, nutmeg, orange juice...

"Posted for ZWT. Adapted from The New York Times cookbook."

Ingredients: cinnamon, light rum, nutmeg...