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"1 pot, 1 hour = simple, incredibly tasty vegetarian meal. Truly a delightful change from ordinary lentil stew or soup. Make sure you have a hunk of great bread to sop up the stew juices or you'll end up using your fingers! Add a salad for a complete meal."

Ingredients: coconut milk, ground cumin...

"Has lots of spices and a little bit of heat from the scotch bonnet. Very Caribbean. Served either hot or cold, easily prepares in advance for when you need it."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, Spanish onions...

"This dish is often eaten with roti ( a local flatbread) but it will make a great vegetable side dish to any meal. What West Indians call pumpkin is actually calabaza squash."

Ingredients: cumin seeds, calabaza squash...

"From the April 2006 issue of Cooking Light. They suggest using vegetable broth to make this a meatless meal. I like that it is made up of ingredients that I usually have on hand."

Ingredients: ground cumin, cooking spray...

"My wife and I went to the Grand Lido Braco resort in Jamaica and as soon as we arrived to the property, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat some Jamaican food. They brought out some Jamaican Pumpkin Soup and it was great. Then, it was onto the Jerk Chicken w/ Rice & Peas. But that's for another time...Here's the soup."

Ingredients: scotch bonnet peppers, fresh thyme...

"Ajiaco is a Cuban stew consisting of different indiginous root vegetables. It is incredibly tasty and nutritious. A native dish that symbolizes who Cubans are as a people and how diverse their ethnic backgrounds came to be formed. According to famed Cuban scholar Fernando Ortiz, the Amerindians gave us the maiz (corn), papa(potato), malanga (arum),..."

Ingredients: fresh pumpkin, fresh coarse ground black pepper...

"Traditional thick, hardy French Caribbean soup made of pumpkin, beef, and rice. The dish was created in 1804 and represents Haitian defiance of the French colonial powers, who had declared that slaves could not eat soup."

Ingredients: pepper, milk, nutmeg...

"From Eating Cuban: 120 Authentic Recipes from the Streets of Havana to American Shores. This is a sweet bread that can be served for breakfast, tea, or as a dessert bread."

Ingredients: ground allspice, eggs...

"I've been making this for over 10 yrs & it's one of my favorite recipes. Even people not crazy about pumpkin, curry or ethnic foods swoon over this. Great as a main dish over rice or as a side. I do not eat meat so I omit bacon. In that case, don't worry about using unsalted butter. If vegan you can use all oil. If you live in a Latino..."

Ingredients: pepper, curry powder...

"Chef Douglas Rodriguez of DeLaCosta restaurant in Chicago was born in America, but this recipe is inspired by his mother's black bean soup, which offered robust flavor for people who didn't have money to spend on meat for stock. Here we use both fresh and dried oregano because each imparts a different flavor to the final dish. The ham is listed..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, cooked ham...

"Very spicy and hot soup."

Ingredients: coconut milk, pepper...

"Authentic Puerto Rican Style Tripe stew. Nice change of pace meal with a Latino tropical flair!"

Ingredients: fresh cilantro leaves, tripe...

"Adapted from a cooking class given by Moosewood Collective members. This recipe is from "Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites Cookbook". Kale, turnip greens, or spinach may be substituted if callaloo is unavailable."

Ingredients: winter squash, ground allspice...

"Yum!! Yesterday was January 1st and as in all the years before (don't know how many), I had the soup for lunch and it was awesome! This is the real traditional recipe. One very distinctive feature of the soup is that the beef it calls for is rubbed with the juice of limes or sour oranges before being added to the pot. This lends to the soup a slightly..."

Ingredients: fresh pumpkin, chuck, pepper...