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"Carrots coated with a yummy butter, brown sugar and ginger sauce. I grew up eating these in Texas but the added the added ginger they could fit into many categories for ZWT. Easy, quick and yummy!-- GREAT way to get kids to enjoy this veggie! If you like a lot of sauce double the sauce ingredients. I posted this less 'saucy' to keep the fat..."

Ingredients: margarine, ground ginger...

"Easy and healthier way to get crispy tasty fish. I have used mostly mild whitefish like tilapia with great results. Don't be scared by the number of ingredients—it is mostly spices and herbs. Please adjust the spices, especially salt, to your taste. I have tried to post a balanced blend here but feel free to adjust mild, spicy, lower sodium etc......"

Ingredients: pepper, cornmeal...

"They serve these at a local restaurant here in TX. This is NOT a casserole! These guys are dressed for dinner in their best jackets! The WHOLE potato, baked and split like a white baked potato. You just gotta try these to believe how simple and delish they really are! Enjoy!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, salt, sweet potatoes...

"This is a very simple and yummy way to get even the fussiest eater to enjoy the sweet potato."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, sweet potatoes...

"These potatoes are not quite as crispy like fries but they're better for you because they're baked. The serving size says 4, but I eat all of them at one sitting! Adapted from Ina Garten's book,"Back to Basics"(Barefoot Contessa). Ina likes to cut them into fairly large wedges, but I like them smaller(like french fries) because..."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, kosher salt...

"Sweet potatoes add Vitamin C! The Russets give a nice, fluffy texture. Adapted from Martha Stewart Living magazine. A Southern and Caribbean recipe."

Ingredients: coarse salt, extra virgin olive oil...

"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...

"This is for all those Garlic Lovers out there like myself, easy to make, a awesome meal."

Ingredients: brie cheese, fresh rosemary...

"I first had plantains when I moved to the UK and to an area that has a large Caribbean and Nigerian population. They are yummy and sort of like a banana but not exactly as they need to be cooked. This is a really easy way of trying out plantains without being afraid of what to do with them. You don't really need the cooking spray but it wouldn't..."

Ingredients: cooking spray, plantains...

"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...

"The meat on an oxtail is prized for the amount of flavor it contains. This is one of dh's favorite dishes!"

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, small red potatoes...

"Victor's Cafe 52 is a reknowned Cuban restaurant that has been in Manhattan since 1963. I found this recipe in the newspaper about 20 years ago, when Cuban cuisine was quite novel to me. It was a great introduction!"

Ingredients: green peppers, olive oil...

"From my Jenn-Aire cookbook and posted for ZWT3."

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried oregano...

"The title sounds strange, but the mixture of red beetroot (beets) and chocolate gives a wonderfully "earthy" flavour, not to sweet and for those who don;t like beetroot you really cannot taste the beetroot taste. From Delicious Magazine July 2004"

Ingredients: cocoa powder, corn, eggs...