What to do when you promise your Grandfather you will bake him a cake, but he is on a strict no-sugar diet? You turn to super-plantains! Yes, plantains did save the day.
Tag: Plantain
Black-eyed peas and plantains
This recipe is really two dishes in one. Fried plantains on one hand and a flavorful shrimp and black-eyed peas stew on the other hand. As typically goes when I go on the hunt for new recipes, I wanted to use some of the ingredients I had at home, in this case: black-eyed peas, shrimps, tomato… Continue reading Black-eyed peas and plantains
Plantain loaf: Another plantain recipe done! Challenge is on!
This one only semi-successfully. I don’t know if it’s because I made apiti, steamed plantain cakes, the same night, but there was something off with my plantain loaf. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. It seemed like it would be a good base for a coulis or some kind of breakfast sauce.
Steamed plantain cakes and ssssh surprise!
I think I am going to do a plantain challenge this year, at least two new plantain dishes each month. Who is with me? Reply in the comments. This steamed plantain cakes recipe would definitely count. I did not like apiti growing up, but as often happens when music, foods, people become inaccessible, I developed… Continue reading Steamed plantain cakes and ssssh surprise!