Caribbean Holiday/Event Recipes

"The perfect summer dessert. Not your ordinary strawberry shortcake!"

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Ingredients: cream cheese, fresh strawberries...

"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 and calories..."

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Ingredients: margarine, ground ginger...

"I like jerk chicken but often don't have all the exotic ingredients. This simplifies the mix by using dry italian dressing. Yummy on the Grill!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, oil, soy sauce...

"This is a typical dish served in Cuba or Puerto Rico, each country has their own method of preparation. You can flavor this dish with meat, but I left it out as I serve it as a side dish with my meats. It is an easy and healthy short cut and takes about 30 minutes to cook."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, sazon goya...

"Fruit and pudding salad"

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Ingredients: sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix, grapes...

"Romantic little recipe for two that wont leave you too full to flirt! Yummy garlic and wine sauce coat the shrimp and pasta. A salad and some crusty fresh bread would be very nice with this and a nice chablis or chardonnay wouldn't hurt either! I came up with this after totally revamping a recipe found on healthycookingrecipes.com. "PLEASE..."

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Ingredients: dried basil, shrimp...

"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!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, salt, sweet potatoes...

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

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

"I recommend that you try to avoid letting the wind blow the aroma of this chicken on your grill into the neighbour's yard, unless you are prepared to cook a second batch."

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Ingredients: dried thyme, jalapeno peppers...

"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."

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Ingredients: cilantro, green onions...

"This is my Mother's favorite black bean recipe. I think she got it from an old Cuban cookbook. Her note is: "flavorful!" Cooking time doesn't include soaking time."

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Ingredients: pepper, dried black beans...