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Vegetable empanadas or how to turn a meat lover into a vegetarian

May 23, 2011 by Tropical Foodies

Name: Vegetable empanadas                                                                                            
Eaten in: Cuba, Latin America                                                                                      
Foodie: Linda

What to make for vegetarian friends when you are having a tropical themed dinner? Vegetarian empanadas! They are easy to make and yield a breathtaking result well worth the effort.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Cheese, Cuba, Spinach, vegetarian, Vegetarian

A delicious goat meat recipe to add to your repertoire

May 15, 2011 by Tropical Foodies

Name: Taso (Fried goat)

Eaten in: Haiti

Foodie: Gen

What would you think about treating yourself with an unusual meat, goat, for a special occasion? Taso might just be your best pick! Taso is not a basic dish in Haiti as goat meat can be expensive. Some people replace goat meat with beef but having tasted the two options,… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cabri, Goat, Goat meat, Haiti, taso

Aranitas- spiders?

May 1, 2011 by Tropical Foodies

Name: Aranitas
Eaten in: South America
Foodie: Elodie

Aranitas means spiders in Spanish. Do not worry, you will not need to go chase some tropical spider to realize this dish, all you need are plantains and garlic. Garlic is in my opinion what really gives this dish its taste. I had never had, nor made aranitas before, but they were pretty easy to prepare. … 

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Filed Under: Plantain Tagged With: Garlic, Onions, Plantain

Moros y Cristianos, Cultural mix and history lesson

April 24, 2011 by Tropical Foodies

Name: Moros y Cristianos
Eaten in: Cuba/Mexico
Foodie: Linda

It is not often that a dish stirs up so much debate based on its name only… Moros y Cristianos or Moors and Christians is a mix of black beans and white rice. Black beans represent the dark-skinned Moors and the white rice represent the lighter-skinned Christians.

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Filed Under: Beans, Rice Tagged With: Beans, Cuba, Rice

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