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    Oven Baked Sweet Plantains
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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.

    Oven Baked Sweet Plantains

    Recipe #80130

    Oven Baked Sweet Plantains

    By Ang11002 on January 5, 2004

    Recipe #80130

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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."

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    Ingredients: cooking spray, plantains...

    35 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 20 mins

    Rice Verde
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    Yummy side dish we make a lot in my home. Goes great with lots of different main dishes! Hope you enjoy it!

    Rice Verde

    Recipe #198418

    Rice Verde

    By Mama's Kitchen (Hope) on November 29, 2006

    Recipe #198418

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    "Yummy side dish we make a lot in my home. Goes great with lots of different main dishes! Hope you enjoy it!"

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    Ingredients: cilantro, green onions...

    18 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 25 mins

    Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Caribbean Salsa
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    Yeah Mon! This cool and refreshing fruit salsa is a perfect side accompaniment for tempering the heat of your favorite grilled jerk seasoned meat. Cooking...

    Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Caribbean Salsa

    Recipe #161366

    Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Caribbean Salsa

    By Pot Scrubber on March 24, 2006

    Recipe #161366

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    "Yeah Mon! This cool and refreshing fruit salsa is a perfect side accompaniment for tempering the heat of your favorite grilled jerk seasoned meat. Cooking time is the time to chill. Submitted for RSC #8."

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    Ingredients: cilantro, spiced rum...

    17 Reviews

    Prep Time:20 mins

    Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins

    Garlic Dill New Potatoes (Boston Market Copycat )
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    basic recipe but tastes great

    Garlic Dill New Potatoes (Boston Market Copycat )

    Recipe #109117

    Garlic Dill New Potatoes (Boston Market Copycat )

    By Dropbear on January 22, 2005

    Recipe #109117

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    "basic recipe but tastes great"

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    Ingredients: fresh dill, garlic...

    17 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 20 mins

    Zesty Chicken Sauté
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    In a recent Cookbook Swap, I received some STELLAR cookbooks from Chef #22015. This recipe is from one of them. "Cheap. Fast. Good!" by Beverly...

    Zesty Chicken Sauté

    Recipe #217948

    Zesty Chicken Sauté

    By Saturn on March 21, 2007

    Recipe #217948

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    "In a recent Cookbook Swap, I received some STELLAR cookbooks from Chef #22015. This recipe is from one of them. "Cheap. Fast. Good!" by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross. What a wonderful book! This recipe is now one of my favourites. The chicken is perfectly spiced, in my opinion. I love the ease of preparation! You may need to increase..."

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    Ingredients: ground cumin, ground allspice...

    15 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 15 mins

    Pita Bread
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    Note: This is one of the recipes I adopted in the Great 'Zaar Ophan Adoption of 2005. I hope you enjoy it.

    Pita Bread

    Recipe #10901

    Pita Bread

    By UnknownChef86 on August 12, 2001

    Recipe #10901

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    "Note: This is one of the recipes I adopted in the Great 'Zaar Ophan Adoption of 2005. I hope you enjoy it."

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    Ingredients: salt, shortening, water...

    14 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 46 mins

    Elena Ruz Sandwich (Cuban Turkey Sandwich)
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    This is a strange combination, but trust me, it is very good! The story goes that Elena Ruz, a society young socialite for which the sandwich is named,...

    Elena Ruz Sandwich (Cuban Turkey Sandwich)

    Recipe #141290

    Elena Ruz Sandwich (Cuban Turkey Sandwich)

    By Manami on October 13, 2005

    Recipe #141290

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    "This is a strange combination, but trust me, it is very good! The story goes that Elena Ruz, a society young socialite for which the sandwich is named, would stop at this little all-night restaurant, El Carmelo, in Vedado neighborhood in Havana Cuba, after leaving the dance with her group of friends. She asked the waiter if he could fix her this sandwich..."

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    Ingredients: jam, cream cheese...

    12 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 5 mins

    Jamaican Garden Salad
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    So simple, yet different. We just got back from Jamaica, and this was a salad we ate quite often. Most restaurants we went to served this as their "garden...

    Jamaican Garden Salad

    Recipe #83093

    Jamaican Garden Salad

    By Nat Da Brat on February 5, 2004

    Recipe #83093

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    "So simple, yet different. We just got back from Jamaica, and this was a salad we ate quite often. Most restaurants we went to served this as their "garden salad" and it was always served with thousand island dressing. We loved it so much, we made it as soon as we got back."

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    Ingredients: green peppers, tomatoes...

    12 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 5 mins

    Recipe #119023

    Jamaican (cornmeal) Porridge
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    one of my favorite dishes when in jamaica. and this from someone who doesn't normally like hot cereals.

    Jamaican (cornmeal) Porridge

    By kleigh83 on April 25, 2005

    Recipe #119023

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    "one of my favorite dishes when in jamaica. and this from someone who doesn't normally like hot cereals."

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    Ingredients: cinnamon, condensed milk, milk...

    11 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 45 mins

    Roasted Plantains
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    Choose ripe plaintains for this dish. If you have green ones, allow them to ripen until they look like overripe bananas with black marks.

    Roasted Plantains

    Recipe #60126

    Roasted Plantains

    By Sue Lau on April 18, 2003

    Recipe #60126

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    "Choose ripe plaintains for this dish. If you have green ones, allow them to ripen until they look like overripe bananas with black marks."

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    Ingredients: fresh orange juice, plantains...

    10 Reviews

    Prep Time:10 mins

    Total Time: 40 mins

    Broccoli Potato Cheese Soup - Weight Watchers
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    This is a low-fat recipe I got out of one of my moms weight watchers cookbook and I've been making it for years. The DH loves it and it's great...

    Broccoli Potato Cheese Soup - Weight Watchers

    Recipe #343765

    Broccoli Potato Cheese Soup - Weight Watchers

    By Mrs. Ambrosia on December 15, 2008

    Recipe #343765

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    "This is a low-fat recipe I got out of one of my moms weight watchers cookbook and I've been making it for years. The DH loves it and it's great to make on cold days and fine for big portions. SPECIAL NOTE: This soup can easily be modified. Add more ham and cheese if you’d like, or add cubed chicken or Turkey instead of ham. If you add more veggies..."

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    Ingredients: pepper, fresh parsley, ham...

    10 Reviews

    Prep Time:30 mins

    Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins

    Curried Channa
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    Chick peas are my favorite beans. If you like them too, you might want to try this fast and easy Caribbean recipe. Altered slightly to suit my BF's...

    Curried Channa

    Recipe #157384

    Curried Channa

    By Kumquat the Cat's friend on February 23, 2006

    Recipe #157384

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    "Chick peas are my favorite beans. If you like them too, you might want to try this fast and easy Caribbean recipe. Altered slightly to suit my BF's preferences. Update: Original recipe called for 2 tablespoons curry powder. I reduced that to 1 tablespoon but suggest that you add 1-3 teaspoons more, according to taste. Due to a reviewer's comment..."

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    Ingredients: curry powder, hot pepper sauce...

    9 Reviews

    Prep Time:5 mins

    Total Time: 30 mins

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