Coconut is a food with a culinary diversity. You can use the flesh either fresh of dried. You can turn the flesh into flour, milk, cooking oil, and even use the water or juice as a beverage. The sap of the coconut palm can be used as sugar or a sweetener. The thin outer skin
Read more

End your meal on a tropical note with these Caribbean Banana Cupcakes. The Caribbean is known around the world for its exotic flavors that excite the palate. And this cupcake recipe is no exception. Though not a traditional dessert, but traditional flavors flow in this recipe. With rum, coconut and pineapple mixed with bananas –
Read more

If you love almonds, coconut and chocolate, you’re almost certainly an Almond Joy fan. The candy bar, Almond Joy first hit the chocolate bar seen in the 1940’s and was produced by Peter Paul. Who doesn’t remember the Peter Paul T.V. advertisement of 1970 with the jingle – “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes
Read more

Some have asked if a pumpkin is a fruit or vegetable? A pumpkin, according to The Botanical Society of America, is a fruit because it’s a product of the seed-bearing structure of flowering plants. Vegetables, on the other hand, are the edible portion of plants such as leaves, stems, roots, bullbs, flowers, and tubers. Simply
Read more

There of 3 colors of curry, which are red, yellow and green. The color of a curry dish is determined by the color of the chiles and other main ingredients or spices used. Traditional red curry sauce uses dried red hot peppers. Yellow curry gets it color from yellow curry, turmeric, fresh red peppers are
Read more

The Indian region of Goa is known for its tropical beaches and rich seafood curries. This region of India is known for their Goan simmer sauces. They can be medium spiced to very spicy. The flavors in this sauce include coconut, ginger, and tangy tamarind. Together they taste incredible when simmered with meat and vegetables.
Read more

Originally, cookies had one purpose in the kitchen as bakers used them to test the oven by baking small amounts of cake batter before baking an entire cake. Since then, these “small cakes” have evolved and now hundreds of recipes for cookies are available today – which includes the Sugar Cookie. The Sugar Cookie made
Read more

Our pudding is referred to as “Toasted Coconut,” because it has that appearance of being toasted as we used coconut sugar. Coconut sugar is like brown sugar in appearance, but doesn’t have the same effect on blood glucose in the blood stream. In other words, it does not spike your sugar levels. The Glycemic Index
Read more

Most curry dishes use a curry paste which is a pureed blend of beautiful smelling or aromatic spices, herbs, and vegetables. It is widely used as an ingredient in the cuisines of many cultures to make curries, stews, and other dishes. Most of the time though, Indian food comes to mind when you talk about curry. There
Read more

Sugar is a tasty ingredient that enhances everything by making it ‘sweet,’ and everyone now and then craves sweets. It goes without saying, however, that anything in moderation is better, including sugar, because when sugar is consumed to excess it can wreak havoc with the way your body processes it, which leads to a rise
Read more