Sea Glass Jello

Eat your vegetables.

They are good for you.

Jello and condensed milk?

Most likely not a best nutritional choice but it will make you feel like a kid again AND it has restorative powers.

Yesiree

Why just this past weekend this sea glass jello was the remedy for a skinned knee.

It helped stop a bout of crying over a lost toy and alleluia if it didn't chase away a serious case of Monday blahs

Saga Boy Mojitos

Free up yourself!


Let your hair down forget about work  for two days.


It's okay  the boss won't mind. 

If you have the good fortune to live in a country that places high value on the festival known as Carnival then you no doubt already know that this is the last hurrah before the austere and solemn occasion of Lenten prayer and fasting.

The debauchery though questionable is entirely

Chili Corn Pie

Dear Saturday,

Don’t take it personally but you kind of suck as a day. On Friday we are all like TGIF euphoric at the anticipation of escaping from work for two whole days. Whoot!

My day off is finally here and I find is that there is an alarming pile of dishes in the kitchen sink, 3 baskets of laundry, 2 hungry man cubs clamouring for food, a living room full of un-put away toys and to do

Love is a Loaf of Bread

Looking for love?

Bread is totally where it’s at.

Hear me out.

Chocolate, candy and flowers are all very romantic expressions if you're a gal.

However believe me when I tell you that men love these things, not so much.

My advice. A loaf of home-baked bread is where it’s at.



I defy you to find me a man who can resist a just out of the oven slice of warm, buttered bread.

He might want to

From Architect to Chocolatier

Chocolate connoisseurs may well be aware of the superior quality of chocolate from the Caribbean yet it is the Swiss, the Belgians, the French and the Italians who are credited with refining it into fine flavoured chocolate bars and bonbons. That is because most of the chocolate produced in the region is shipped abroad to be crafted into luxury chocolates - until now. Meet Trinidadian Isabel

Nifty Nutmeg Chicken-From Grenada with love

Most people think of the seed when they think of nutmeg but did you know that lots can be done with the yellow, fleshy, outer fruit that covers the 'nut' of the nutmeg?



Image used with with kind permission of Jon Clarke

De La Granade Industries is a company in Grenada that uses the fruit of this famous seed to make Morne Délice syrup, jams, jellies and even a liqueur. In 2009, guess which

An aside and lots of dots

Over the last two months this blog has been on a mini hiatus of sorts. Do not worry, I've been busy in the kitchen as always but life at times spills over and overwhelms. Something had to give and that something was this blog.
So here it is already the 3rd week of the new year. It's a bit late to be dusting off the cobwebs, looking back and reflecting on the past year. Still I can't help it. I