Caribbean Recipes

Avocado and pineapple salad is simple but perfectly highlights the subtle creaminess of the avocados and the more assertive pineapple – says my fiancée. I particularly find pineapple and avocado to be strange mixture for a salad - don’t get me wrong I enjoy both pineapple and avocado by themselves or in other recipes, but just not together. Well what I can say my fiancée likes it, maybe you will like it too. Try it!

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Ingredients:

• 8 cups iceberg or other crisp lettuce
• 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
• 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 medium avocados, sliced
• Fresh lime wedges

Here is some trivia for you. Did you know that in Costa Rica Gallo Pinto or Bean and Rice is served for breakfast? I didn’t…I guess you can learn something new everyday. Beans and Rice recipes are usually considered main course dishes in most parts of the world. Go ahead, try your hand at this classic recipe.

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup chopped yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup uncooked long-grain parboiled rice
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup chopped sweet onion
• 3/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
• Tangy Tamarind Sauce
• Bottled Pickapeppa sauce

There are literally hundred of Paella recipes and every cook has their own favorite – where they change up some of the ingredients giving it their own special flavor. Below is just one of the many ways Paella is cooked in the Caribbean. Enjoy!

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Ingredients:

• 1 small roasting chicken (cut up)
• 4 ozs. Bacon
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tomato peeled and cut in four
• 1 teaspoon saffron
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 8 ozs peas
• 8 ozs. French beans
• 12. Ozs. Rice
• 8 prawns
• 12 scampi
• ¼ teaspoon pepper