Sharing my meals with you
Growing up, Saturday was laundry and cleaning day in my home (samdi jou bese leve); and since everyone was busy doing some chores, on that day an easy dish was required for the kids. One of the reoccurring recipes was spaghetti with herring (spaghetti ak aransò). I remember as a kid, I hated smoked herring.
This burger is probably one of my favorite things that I ever made. I cannot even describe to you how much I love it, so I’ll tell you a story. I had left 3 patties for my boyfriend and his mother to taste, along with my burger and black sesame buns. It was my day
Broccoli tend to have a bad reputation among people, specially young ones. They’re alright with me. I think they are a great vessel to carry flavor while being highly nutritious. If you don’t necessarily like broccoli, but want to incorporate it’s benefits into your diet, this recipe might just be it for you. With a
This pasta recipe is so easy to make. Not a lot of ingredients, and chances are you already have them on hand. Not an expensive recipe to make, so it suits most budget. It’s simplicity let each ingredients shine. Making this dish is pasta than you can say “Mr Petit, peux-tu me dire quelle heure
The day I made these shellfishes, I was looking for them all over Brooklyn, until I pulled a mussel! 🙂 The day I was making the mussels, I just couldn’t find them anywhere I looked. Finally, late in the afternoon I found a sea food shop in Cobble Hill that was selling them. I bought
Before we get into it, one thing I will say regarding goat cheese, is that it’s an acquired taste. It doesn’t please everybody’s palate. One either love it or hate it. And honestly, I didn’t like it. I have this rule when it comes to food “If it’s’ edible and not poisoned, I will eat
This recipe is one of the few dishes that I come back to, mostly because I love eggs and cheese. I find it easy to make. Apart from the cheese and jalapeño that I pick up at the market, I usually have all the other ingredients around. Plus I eat it for breakfast, lunch (if
I love shrimp fried rice very much. I usually buy it at the Chinese take-out, but it can get really greasy, and high in starch. As a Haitian, I really don’t have a problem with starch (rice), but I wanted to try something else with this dish. I thought of quinoa, but I settled for
I have been building up to this pasta dish with my 3 previous recipes (Cajun sausage, cheese sauce, butter), and it’s all vegan. I could have simply cook the pasta and dunk the cheese sauce in there, but I’ve never been into simple recipes like that. So I went on to add pumpkin and mushrooms.
Rice and red beans with griyo and some pikliz is our national dish. I have a recipe for the griyo. And the pikliz is for a later time. This diri kole is probably the most common food my people cook. Personally it’s not a favorite, but it is a go to recipe to just make
