Easy pineapple lime Jam

Brunch knows best

Jams are so amazingly versatile, you might think they are only meant for crackers and bread. But they can really add a delicious element to so many dishes. I’ve put jam on a pizza (which I’ll post a recipe of later) I’ve used jams in BBQ sauces and its my go to ingredient for sweet and sour sauce. All around its something I use often, so it makes sense that I would have a scratch made pineapple jam recipe.

Cheesy Jack Fruit seed spread

M...eat...less

This is year four of my vegetarian/ vegan month so a girl has ‘gats’ to get creative. It all started with me doing research for another recipe I will be doing later on this month using the flesh of the jack fruit. Come to find out the seed is also edible. People boil it, roast it, all kinds of stuff. This is my first ever time cooking or eating jack fruit seeds. And I decided the easiest thing to make as a beginner in the game was to make a dip/spread

Oreo vanilla Mint

Call me the Dairy Queen 

It’s Friday and FINALLY, the end of ice-cream month. This has been the longest month of my life and if I never see a box of heavy cream for the next 6 months I’ll be just fine. Today we have a super delicious creamy, perfect scoop of mint, cream and cookies. Its cookie and cream 2.0

Banana Rum Ice-cream

Call me the Dairy Queen 

A banana ice-cream generally wouldn’t be high up on my list. Any time we have over ripe bananas we opt for delicious and moist banana bread. However this ice-cream has made me realize that we might have to start making an exception to that rule. I’m not a huge fan of bananas but I loved this ice-cream. If you love bananas this may be the ice-cream you need to try. Its rich and creamy bursting with banana flavor with hints of rum undertones.

Jackfruit Grapenut Ice-cream

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This very large tropical fruit is now a delicious creamy ice-cream bursting with jackfruit flavor and filled with crunchy grape-nuts for added texture. Just opening the quart container, the smell of the jackfruit hits you as if you were eating the raw fruit. The fruit has been perfectly captured in this ice-cream.

Toasted Hazelnut Coffee and Nutella ice cream

Call me the Dairy Queen

Today’s dessert is nutty, creamy sweet and delicious. It’s almost impossible to go into an ice-cream shop and not see a coffee flavored ice-cream. So I decided that us home cooks should have one in our arsenal as well. And this recipe is even better than the ones in the parlor because its jam packed with toasted hazelnuts and Nutella. As if coffee ice-cream needed to get any more awesome than it already is!

Honey roasted pistachio matcha ice-cream

Call me the Dairy Queen

Honey Roasted Pistachios, crunchy and delicious in some sweet creamy smooth matcha green tea ice-cream. This ice-cream brings back childhood memories of summers spent in NY and several trips made the Ice-cream Factory to fill my face with pistachio grape-nut ice-cream; Creamy sweet crunchy perfection.

Maple Bacon Ice-cream

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Maple syrup, milk, bacon, cream cheese; this ingredient list would make anyone think your cooking up breakfast. But you’re all the way at the other end of the spectrum making a deliciously sweet and salty dessert.

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice-cream

Call me the Dairy Queen

This ice-cream will be the hit will all the cheesecake lovers out there. Unfortunately I am not one of them. I could never wrap my head around eating a large chunk of cheese and butter. I generally peel off the crust and eat that with a little strawberry topping. However as a cheesecake hater I will say this ice-cream is quite good.  The consensus from everyone who has tasted it is that it tastes exactly like cheesecake. I think it taste better.

Cotton candy ice cream with ginger snap cookie

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I have several favorite ice-cream flavors and cotton candy is among the top three. This ice-cream takes you back to your childhood. One of the most nostalgic ice-cream flavors comes to your kitchen with a little new addition of the crunchy ginger snap cookies.

Butter popcorn ice-cream with caramel and cracker-jack

Call me the Dairy Queen

This month is National Ice-cream Month in the US and it’s still “summa summa summa timeeee”, so I decided a month of delicious, unique and extravagant ice-creams are in order. Today I present to you the most delicious ice-cream I have ever made to date. (I still have 8 more to go for the month so that may change) It’s so creamy and buttery, taste exactly like butter popcorn with the addition of cracker jacks and caramel makes it even more perfect!

Parmesan Garlic Fries

Summa Summa Summa time!

How many times have you had parmesan garlic fries at a restaurant and thought “I wish I could make them at home”. Well my fellow foodies I have cracked the parmesan garlic fries code ‘fa realz!’ And they taste EXACTLY like the ones we know and love at all these fabulous restaurants. The secret is in the parmesan, keep reading!

Blooming Onions Fried not baked!

Summa Summa Summa time!

The seemingly unattainable suddenly is. How many times have you seen this on the internet or at a restaurant and thought “how cool would it be if I could make that” Well today the wondering stops. It may look complicated but its absolutely not. And with this home-made version you have the control of your ingredients to create a delicious appetizer, snack or supper side dish. Ditch the onion rings!

Sweet Beet Chips

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There are many ways to enjoy root vegetables. It would seem that slicing and frying them is the common favorite.  Just about everything can be a chip, so why not beets? Beetroot is a stable in most Jamaican households. However while some persons may cook and eat it is primarily used for juicing. This is my first time exploring the versatility of the beet and the results are delicious.

Nutty chocolate chip crunch bars

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

So I called this a nutty chocolate chip crunch bar, in all fairness. it’s really a rice krispies treat with extras. But the extras make it so yummy. Extras like, dried cranberries, milk chocolate chips, oatmeal and salted pistachios, YUM! The marshmallow glue holds it all together and when it cools its instant gratification.

Veggie fruit pops

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This is my Spring time three for one special, because you are getting three recipes in this one post. I wanted to make something easy and healthy. So what better way to get your daily dose of vitamins and minerals by sucking on some yummy pops. Now you guys know, I show you what works and what does not, I don’t hide things. Two of these pops were truly a WIN however one was an epic FAIL. Well not a total fail, but I’ll tell you more as you read further.

Korean Sweet Pancakes 'Hoddeok'

 

Pancake Month!

pan·cake/ˈpanˌkāk/

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


MY PEOPLE MY PEOPLE!!! I just experienced a Korean sweet pancake! To say its just delicious is doing this glorious pancake a grave disservice. When I decided to do September as pancake month, I tried to find unique pancake recipes from around the world. I stumbled upon this korean street food from a Maangchi video, and was immediately intrigued. For Korean cuisine I always watch Maangchi, so i knew that pancake had to be on my list, after all she taught me how to make Korean fried chicken, and its boss!

JJ’s Grilled bun n cheese

Independence Month!

In Jamaica, all year round but especially in Easter time, a delicious snack consumed is bun and cheese.  Now that I think about it, we Jamaicans like to slap cheese on everything, bun, bulla, bread, crackers, even in patties. And the cheese I’m referring to is the thick, salty, cheddar ‘tastee’ Jamaican cheese. When you think of Jamaica and you think of cheese, this comes to mind.

Salt and not so Vinegar chips

Cookout and BBQ Season!

The Potato chip is one of the classic summer BBQ side dishes. Second only to fries, it goes with every summer sandwich. Hot dogs and burgers would not be the same without a hand full of potato chips to munch on.

'Crack' Mix

 How rare is it to purchase a ready-made trail mix, with nothing to pick out? It’s hard I know. I love having trail mix as a snack or just something “fi ketch up mi blood suga” So instead of picking through a mix of wants and want not’s I just decided to mix a batch.