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"This is an easy tropical dish that is full of flavor! I like to serve it with chips, or as a side dish. It would be easy to try slightly different versions by adding lime juice, ginger, pineapple, or jalapenos, depending on your personal taste. If you have any other suggestions, I would love to hear them! Thanks!"

Ingredients: garlic salt, mangoes...

"This is a fab recipe I came across whilst looking for someone else! The recipe and text below are reprinted with permission from Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago by Ramin Ganeshram (2006 Hippocrene Books)."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground turmeric...

"My mom Jacky, who sometimes goes by her old nickname Chaqueta, makes this fruit salad in the summer that nobody can resist! I ate a giant bowl of it by myself when I was pregnant with my first son because it's just so good. This is a truly refreshing summertime treat with a tropical twist and a touch of sweet that any kid or adult can appreciate...."

Ingredients: Coco Lopez, honeydews...

"I am a a stickler for using fresh ingredients so when my boyfriend from 5 years ago made this up for the first time I cringed! Pardon me for saying so, but if I hadn't have been living with him I never would have eaten it! Hahahaha!!!! The boyfriend is long gone but this is the only salsa I'll eat! If you aren't used to cilantro it may..."

Ingredients: cilantro, Hunts tomato sauce...

"This is a popular treat for children in Cuba."

Ingredients: cracked ice, mango pulp...

"From Virgin Islands Cooking. A slightly unripe papaya, whose skin is greenish-yellow or greenish-orange is best for making papaya fritters"

Ingredients: eggs, milk, oil...

"This is a simple snack, common in Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean). Posted for ZWT5."

Ingredients: garlic powder, hot pepper sauce...

"We had leftover caramel apples from a Halloween party, so I turned them into this, using a Jamaican recipe for the pastry. It's not too sweet, so I like it."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cornstarch...

"Salt cod fritters are found throughout the Caribbean, with each island having its own variation. This recipe is the Jamaican version called Stamp & Go. Be sure to use the best quality salt cod you can buy and, if possible, the kind that is already skinned and boned...the boning process is extremely tedious. Prep time does not include soaking..."

Ingredients: dried oregano, dried thyme...

"I've had fried plantains many times, but recently I was at an ethnic restaurant where the plantain chips were thin and crunchy like potato chips. They were delicious-- I just had to run home and figure out how to make them! I serve mine up with mango salsa, for an extra kick of island flavor!"

Ingredients: cilantro, serrano chilies...

"This is the flat bread used to wrap up curries--very popular in Trinidad. The curry can be chicken, beef, lamb, prawn, potato or vegetable. Whatever you choose to use it's delicious."

Ingredients: dry yeast, milk, oil...

"Eat all you want of these creamy, delicious treats. If the kids don't beat you to them!"

Ingredients: non-fat strawberry yogurt, unsweetened strawberries...