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Delicious Home-cooked Caribbean Meals

Most of what I eat is home-cooked by me. And pretty much most of those dishes are native to my beautiful homeland Barbados and the wider Caribbean region. Be it breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert, I almost always have a taste of my beloved Caribbean spicing up whatever I cook. Over the past few years, I’ve produced vlogs and photo stories sharing recipes of many of these dishes with my growing circle of American and international friends. I’m happy to share some of those creations now in this photo gallery.

From Bajan salt bread, jam puffs and our national dish “Coucou and Flying Fish,” to Trinidad-style dhalpuri roti and chicken pelau, Jamaican jerk cuisine and dumplings, to and Vincy-style coconut drops, hot cross buns and peanut brittle, I present an array of my delectable homemade Caribbean dishes. My diet is predominantly fish/seafood and I occasionally eat chicken, so the photos will reflect this. All photos were taken with my trusty iPhone camera.

Should you require a recipe for anything you see, please don’t hesitate to ask, I’ll be happy to share.  So, please tell me, what is your favorite Caribbean dish? Comment below!

~ I Keep it Irie ~

My homemade birthday breakfast of baked French Toast & Peaches with Scrambled eggs whites and veggies (mushroom, peppers, onion).

My homemade birthday breakfast of baked French Toast & Peaches with Scrambled eggs whites and veggies (mushroom, peppers, onion).

My fresh homemade fruit kebabs

My homemade spinach/grape tomato omelet w/turkey bacaon, fresh homemade fruit kebabs and Chai green tea.

My homemade spinach/grape tomato omelet w/turkey bacaon, fresh homemade fruit kebabs and Chai green tea.

My homemade Valentine’s Day breakfast: Veggie omelet, a side of sweet plantains grapes with blueberries and kiwi, Chai green tea.

My homemade thin-crust breakfast pizza one half codfish veggies, other half turkey bacon and veggies

Making Caribbean coconut drops.

Making Bajan Salt Bread

My freshly baked homemade Bajan salt bread and Caribbean coconut drops.

Some more of my homemade Vincy-style coconut drops.

Bajan cheese cutter on freshly baked homemade Bajan salt bread with Anchor New Zealand Cheddar Cheese.

My homemade ground turkey burgers in the making.

My homemade ground turkey burgers on my freshly baked homemade Bajan saltbread, with homemade sweet potato fries and a side salad.

I’m not a fan of bananas or anything with bananas, but I can tolerate banana fritters made with my mom’s recipe. I recently made these here.

My homemade veggie pizza and fish sticks.

My home-cooked Bajan soup.

My home-cooked Bajan soup.

My homemade Trini-style dhalpuri roti with curry chicken, potato and channa.

My home-cooked: The national dish of my beloved beautiful Barbados “Coucou and Flying Fish” with a side of pickled cucumber and steamed sweet potato.

Trinidad-style chicken pelau, with a a side of sweet plantains, potato salad and pickled cucumber.

My home-cooked couscous with baked red snapper, with zucchini and squash.

My home-cooked glazed salmon with jasmine rice, sautéed shrimp and veggies, sweet potato.

My home-cooked Jamaican jerk sautéed salmon with brown rice & lentils, steamed sweet potato, ginger/garlic infused sautéed veggies, avocado.

My home-cooked curry chicked with Jasmine rice and sweet steamed plantains.

My home-cooked Jasmine rice with pan seared tilapia, sa

My home-cooked salt fish/cod fish cook up with brown rice & black eye peas, steamed sweet plantain, steamed sweet potato, spinach, avocado, cucumber.

My homemade saltfish/cod fish cook up with Jamaican dumplings, green bananas, sweet plantains and avocado.

My homemade baked tilapia with baked garlic & herb new red potatoes and veggies.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie (mac & cheese) in the making.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie (mac & cheese) ready for the oven.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie fresh out the oven.

My home-cooked shrimp brown rice pasta in a marinara sauce.

My home-cooked Rasta Pasta.

My home-cooked shrimp Alfredo pasta with spinach and grape tomatoes.

My homemade broiled tilapia salad in salsa sauce with pinapple and strawberries.

My homemade broiled tilapia salad in salsa sauce with pinapple and strawberries.

My homemade post workout berries and protein smoothie.

My homemade Bajan jam puffs in the making.

My homemade Bajan jam puff fresh out the oven.

My homemade Bajan jam puffs just out of the oven.

My homemade Caribbean cross buns in the making.

My homemade cross buns fresh out of the oven.

My homemade Vincy-style nut cakes aka peanut brittle.

Some more of my Vincy-style homemade nut cake aka peanut brittle.

Homemade Bajan cassava pone.

Homemade Bajan cassava pone.

Homemade Bajan cassava pone.