Cheese roll recipe

This delicious and cheesy pastry was one of my favorite to get from my hometown bakery when I was growing up as a child back in Grenada. I would buy it sometimes on my way home from school or whenever I passed the bakery and it would be freshly baked, warm and delicious! The best way I could describe it is as a roll full of cheese. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

 2 cups sifted flour 

4 tsp baking powder 

2 tbsp salted butter, softened

 1 cup evaporated milk

3 cups grated white cheddar cheese

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees - In large bowl, sift flour and baking powder - add one cup of the cheddar cheese to the flour and give a stir - In another bowl cream the butter then add it to the flour mixture and mix together - add the milk in thirds and fold into the flour to make a soft dough - knead dough a little (approximately 2 mins) just to get a smooth soft dough (do not knead too long as we don't want the dough to be too tight) - using a rolling pin flatten dough to about 1cm thick - sprinkle the remaining cheese all over the dough. - roll up the dough from the longest side then cut into about 1inch thick rolls - place them on a greased baking sheet and bake for 30 mins or until golden brown. Serve warm and enjoy! **I also have a video showing you how to make this recipe. You can check it out here: http://youtu.be/Ee3vt4Z6_HU

Do good for ppl but don't expect them to be good to you?

I've always heard "it's not a good quality to expect something in return when you do something for someone", but honestly I don't believe in that completely. This is what I mean. If I did a good deed for someone when they were down, why shouldn't I expect them to be there for me when I fall? Or why shouldn't I expect that they treat me like a human being and not disrespect or hurt me? Is it okay for people to go around treating the ones who helped them bad? I don't think so! Generosity is something we all should carry. Be good to people and expect it in return. That's what I believe! Saying its bad to expect in return anything from someone you've loved and respected is basically giving them the okay and satisfaction they want to think its okay to use people or hurt them and keep it moving! That's why when they hurt you and you say but I've been so kind to you they say see now you want to bring up what you did for me! No I'm bringing up how I've treated you and cared for yo, and how you did for me the complete opposite!!!

Written: july, 2014

Homemade chicken burrito bowl

If you love going to chipotles you'll love creating this dish!

Chicken burrito bowl

Here is the recipe: there are four parts to putting together this dish. I was watching Melissa D'arabian on the foodnetwork channel and she was making burrito bowls. I decided to make it adding a few of my creation to it. Here it goes :-):

Pico de Gallo: 

1 onion diced

1 jalepeno pepper diced ( throw away the core & seeds unless you love the heat.) 

1 tomato diced (also throw away the core)

1/2 of an  avocado diced

1/2of a lime

Salt

1tsp sugar

 

In a bowl combine all ingredients together. Be sure to squeeze the lime. It preserves the color of the avocado. After squeezing the lime add the sugar and a pinch of salt. 

Cover and put in the refrigerator until time to serve. 

Next step. Rice: 

-cook one cup of white rice. According to package. Or your original way. 

- After its finished. Add 1 tsp orange zest, 1tsp finely chopped parsley and 1 tsp finely chopped basil to rice. Mix and set aside. (If you're using dried basil and parsley I'll suggest adding it while the rice is cooking). 

Next is the beans: 

- You will need one can black beans.  

 And about a teaspoon of each: basil, oregano, parsley, and thyme. 

- Add the entire contents of the canned beans to the pot. 

-Then add herbs. Add a little bit of water to the can. Shake it and add to pot. 

Let everything simmer 4-5 minutes 

Add a pinch of salt. 

Chicken time:

Chicken (or meat of your choice):

2 chicken breast sliced to make 4. 

- marinate chicken for at least 30 minutes with: 1/2 an onion chopped, oregano, basil, thyme, salt, black pepper, and any of your favorite herbs & spices. 

- in a frying pan over medium heat,  add 3 tbsp oil. (You can add more if needed). 

- add chicken to pot and let cook stir occasionally so it doesn't burn on one side. 

-  add one teaspoon of thyme to the pot. Taste to see if you need more salt. 

- after about ten minutes, (if there is any excess liquid in the pot throw some away before continuing) squeeze one orange over chicken. 

- stir and let cook for about 10-15 more minutes. Until chicken starts getting a little  golden brown on one side. 

Now it's time to create your bowl or your burrito. 

* if you would rather a burrito you can buy flour tortilla from the grocery store. Then add all ingredients on top of tortilla, roll and wrap to make a burrito. 

To make your bowl:

You will need: pico de gallo

Shredded white cheddar/mozzarella cheese

Cooked Chicken mixture

Corn mixture 

Black beans

Lettuce

Rice

 simply start of by adding your desired amount of rice to a bowl then pico de gallo, black beans, corn, chicken, some shredded cheddar cheese, and shredded lettuce on top. Mix a little and enjoy!

Orange shrimp and vegetable curried rice

So I made this for dinner the other night and it turned out great! It was sooo tasteful and delicious. Sautéed shrimp in a buttery orange sauce with vegetable curry rice bathe rice itself is so delicious  I ate some of it the next day with some sauce from the shrimp. Recipe will be posted tomorrow. :-)

Fried curry chicken with white rice, red beans and a simple salad.

Bacalao - saltfish, fig and dumplings

This dish is a favorite in my home country Grenada. It's very delicious and comforting. 

1&1/2 cups shredded (chopped) cabbage

 1/2 a red bell pepper

1/2 of a yellow bell pepper

1/2 of a green bell pepper 

1/2 a cup oil (coconut preferabally)

1 whole  onion cut into rings

2 sprigs scallions

1 tomato (squeeze out the excess juice)       And thinly sliced. 

2 packs bacalao/ saltfish

1)Boil the saltfish (baccalao)in a pot of water for about 4 mins

2) throw out the water from the pot with the saltfish and add fresh new water, then put back to boil again. ( doing this lessens the saltiness of the fish. 

3) after three mins of boiling throw away the water. 

4) in a frying pan add the oil , over medium-high heat. (Using coconut oil gives this dish an even greater flavor but other oil works perfectly fine). 

5) next add the onion, scallion, cabbage, and the red, green and yellow pepper to the pot with oil. Stir then Let cook for abt 3-4 mins. At this point lower the heat to medium. 

6) add the tomato and saltfish (bacalao) to the pot. use your pot spoon to break up the saltfish into small pieces. 

7)Stir mix ing everything together then cover let simmer over low heat 

For abt 5-6 mins.

 

Then serve with some dumplings, and green bananas and yellow plantains. Some people serve it with rice but I prefer my dumplings.  Yummmmmm :-). 

Stay tuned :-) tomorrow I bring u a new dish :-)

Secure you !

As soon as you fall down, the people you were ALWAYS there for let you go. Drop you. Think the worst of you. Judge you! Think they're now  better than you. They cant support you the way you did them. They leave you in your pain! Hurt you. And throw dirt on you! So before you fall again create a life where youre always secure! Where you need NOBODY! and create a life that when you're down, no one but you can tell! Not everybody deserves someone like you in their life!  Some just dont know how good you are to them  until they have you no more!  That's Why 'death' is so painful! A kind-hearted person is rare in this world.  Some take for granted people and time. we need to celebrate them while theyre here! Most of the time u really can't find better out there! Everyone these days when you first meet them is wearing a mask! When they get comfy the mask comes off! 

    

Written: September, 2014