My family loves cornmeal porridge! Growing up in Guyana this was a staple in our home. On cooler mornings and evenings you were sure to have a cup of cornmeal…
Callaloo Cauliflower Cook-Up Rice
Callaloo Cook-up Rice is one of my family’s favorite quick cook-up rice dishes. So it made sense that it was one of the first cook-up rice dishes I attempted to…
Aunty Rita’s Guyanese Garlic Pork (With Chicken and Beef Options)
Garlic Pork is a Guyanese Christmas tradition. It is not one that I grew up with. I grew up in a Seventh Day Adventist home. We were not pork eaters….
Guyanese Style Garlic Mushrooms (Vegan)
Guyanese Garlic Mushroom is a vegan alternative to Guyanese Garlic Pork. If you are a purist this recipe is not for you, enjoy your garlic pork. But if you are…
Guyanese Sweet Rice
Sweet Rice, also called Kheer and Rice Pap or Porridge is a thick creamy rice base dessert or breakfast food. Although Kheer and Rice Porridge both use the same ingredients…
Cow Heel Soup
Cow Heel Soup is comfort in a bowl! Cow heel, ground provision and split peas boiled together in a deliciously satisfying broth. Growing up in Guyana, my dad always made…
Gulgula with Gluten Free & Dairy Free Options
Gulgula or gulagula as it is called in Guyana is a fritter made during Hindu Holidays. It is made with flour, sugar, milk, spices, raisins and bananas. It’s very much…
Grain Free / Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
As a mom of three I have made and bought my share of chocolate chip cookies. This is not a particularly Guyanese or even Caribbean recipe. However, it is probably…
Chota (Guyanese Pancakes/Dosa) with Gluten Free Option
Chota or dosa (sometimes called dosay) is a sweet Guyanese pancake. Unlike American pancakes it is not light and fluffy but it is some what dense, almost like a roti…
