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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 basic recipe was printed in Saveur magazine. It works well for any brown rice - short, medium or long-grain brown rice. Disregard the directions on your package. Most likely it will come out mushy. In this recipe, the boiling (uncovered) cooks it thoroughly, and the steaming at the end make it light and fluffy."

Ingredients: kosher salt, water, brown rice...

"This is the sauce from my Reggae Wraps recipe. After several people asked me to post it separately I gave in. This sauce is great on just about anything but shoe leather! WONDERFUL on ASIAN cuisine, INDIAN dishes, just about anything that is grilled or spicy! Try this on tacos, burritos, grilled meats, seafood or veggies. Hope you enjoy it."

Ingredients: cilantro, green onions...

"It's a tasty, refreshing, nutritious, easy to make drink."

Ingredients: ice cubes, milk, sugar...

"Lovely instant healthy dessert for a cold treat.
I found this in my first Food Processor Cookbook."

Ingredients: cream, berries...

"It is a delicious carmel spread from Brazil. I got this from a friend who was an exchange student there, it is the most addicting thing ever, watch out, this is NOT low in fat...quite the contrary :)but soooo worth it."

Ingredients: sweetened condensed milk...

"I found this recipe on-line for Brazilian recipes. This is posted for ZWT South/ Central America."

Ingredients: ice cubes, limes, sugar...

"I found this on the web a few months ago when I was looking for low-fat meals and I LOVED it!! Amazingly good and very easy!!"

Ingredients: salsa, sour cream...

"Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence. This is a lovely dessert or sweet accompaniment to Arroz Con Pollo or another savory latin dish! I love to eat it with Lechon Asado and Black beans and rice; I think it offsets the garlic well."

Ingredients: unsalted butter, vanilla extract...

"A friend of mine got this recipe from her Brazilian friend who says that this shake is very popular during the summer in Brazil. It sounds kind of gross because you might associate avocados with non-sweet foods but I promise it tastes like candy. It's so good!"

Ingredients: ice, milk, sugar...

"A traditional candy from Brazil that is typically served at parties. It tastes like chocolate-caramel and is very easy to make!"

Ingredients: chocolate sprinkles, cocoa...

"I wanted tortillas to go with tonight's dinner but was out of them. So I went searching for a recipe that did not contain any fat. I found this one, and tweaked it a bit, in one of my favorite cookbooks "500 Fat Free Recipes." My husband could not get enough of them. We dipped them into soup and made bean burritos out of them."

Ingredients: water, whole wheat pastry flour...

"This is from Paraguay and is from Flavors of Paraguay by Lynn Van Houten."

Ingredients: fresh pineapple, ice cubes...

"I have cousins in Argentina who bring this as a gift every time they visit, but one cousin now lives in NJ and she showed me how to make it myself."

Ingredients: condensed milk, aluminum foil...