Jamaican cook-up saltfish

 Belly Full on a Budget

When was the last time you cooked a nice pot of cook up saltfish? If you think you can’t do it, it's time to try again. It does not get any simpler than this. Not to mention it's such a cheap eat and totally delicious. $256 Jamaican dollars per serving and that includes some boiled dumplings on the side.

Ackee and saltfish with fried dumplings

 

Breakfast is served

There is no way I could have done a month of breakfast recipes and not ventured into ackee and salt fish territory; After all its Jamaica’s national dish and for good reason. In our household it is prepared for breakfast once a week, either Friday or Saturday mornings. I have a cousin who is so in love with ackee she could eat it every day. However I feel like ackee and fried dumpling is a special breakfast, and having it every week makes it not as special. So in an attempt to not take this meal for granted, most times when it is prepared I don’t eat it, I have an omelet instead and wait about three weeks so when I do have it, its extra delicious.

'Stamp and go' is a Jamaican pancake

 Pancake Month!

pan·cake/ˈpanˌkāk/

Noun; A thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan.

If we believe everything Google says, then the Jamaican breakfast dish 'Stamp and go' is indeed a pancake. This is normally a meat filled pancake, salt fish (salted cod) is primarily the meat used. However sausages, callaloo, ackee, conch and so much more are also used. Its such a versatile dish, normally consumed for breakfast or as an appetizer with a sweet dipping sauce, but if you ask me you can have Stamp and Go any time of the day.