Blé (Wheat)

Ingredients: 1/2 cup of red beans 1 cup of Bulgar Wheat 1/4 of onion 1/4 of tomato one leek crushed with a mortar and pestle salt,black pepper, thyme and parsley garlic 1 tbsp of oil I’ve taken the liberty of adding a hint of honey ( I just can’t get enough of it) Directions: Fill

Chiktay Aran So (Smoked Herring Chiquetaille)

I was never really allowed to go out until the age of 17 when I attended a dear friend’s prom night. My parents have practically kept my sister and me prisoner inside our humble home lol. Ok…ok. It wasn’t as bad as I make it sound actually because they would go out to their friends’

Konparèt

Konparet is known as the bread of  Jeremie, Grande-Anse, Haiti It’s a specialty of the region. And every time I would eat it, I’d always think to myself : ” This tastes like cake but it feels like bread “. This bread-cake would be the size of a burger bun and quite frankly I have yet

Salade Russe (Russian Salad)

Sunday afternoons in Haiti when each person was responsible to prepare a special dish for dinner. Unlike here, dinner is held between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM. I mostly remember it  being around 1:00 PM which I still thought was a little too early because if I planned on preparing a dish, I’d have to

Absolut Vodka Orange

Here’s a drink recipe by Mikaa Wee that I found here. It’s super easy to do and quite frankly I think it could be done with any other liquor. I also think you could replace the orange with any other tropical fruit of your choice.  Especially passion-fruit, papaya or pomegranate which go pretty well with

TomTom ak Kalalou (Breadfruit with Okra)

Tom tom ak Kalalou Gombo In English : Breadruit with Okra. I used to laugh hysterically at this name “Lam veritab” . It sounded purposely senseless. “The true soul” ? That’s its literal meaning. That’s a weird name for a tree. I can’t quite find the precise words to describe how this word sounded to

Oreo truffles

Today I’m not posting about any traditional recipes. I know Valentine’s day is tomorrow and I’ve never really made a big deal out of that day . But here’s a good idea for your loved ones. I thought that it would be a good idea to post a ” make it yourself ” recipe. Wouldn’t

Banana beignets

It’s carnival time in Haiti and I don’t know if I should be ashamed to say that I have yet to attend any carnival events over there. My parents were never a big fan of it. So, the most that I would see would be from standing on my grandmother’s balcony watching the ” rara ”

Spaghetti à l’haïtienne (Haitian spaghetti)

Ok! So I never really understood what people in America love about the way they make spaghetti. I mean, I’ve tried it…ok it’s edible but people! You gotta try something different. Something other than red sauce and cheese. I’ve received several request asking me to share a post on how to make Haitian spaghetti. And

Zanmann – Tropical Almond

I remember spending endless hours sitting in the backyard, after collecting several ZANMANNs (Tropical Almonds) that I would shamelessly enjoy,  from the tree that my father had planted there. The tree’s latin name is actually Terminalia catappa whose origin is of India. No matter how hard I would try to describe the fruit to some of my