Quick and easy Caribbean recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Chef Teddy Banana upside down Cake

Fresh Pineapple Mango Tropical Salsa with Rum

Fresh Pineapple Mango Tropical Salsa with Rum is perfect for summer. Fresh fruit with a splash of rum, combine…

No-Bake Mango Pie

No-Bake Mango Pie is an easy recipe for a takeoff on the popular Cuban Mojito drink. It combines the flavors of lime and rum, using fresh squeezed…

Dutch West Indies Chicken Kebabs - Boka Dushi

This dish offers an amazing collage of flavors blending Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish and West African…

Cuban Style Curried Turkey

I got this from a Crockpot Cookbook, its low fat and easy to prepare. Serve over rice, couscous or noodles. Leftovers are good mixed with scrambled…

Caribbean Citrus Pork Roast

Take a vacation from the ordinary marinated pork loin. This exciting blend of island flavors makes an extraordinary roast. This recipe used a…

Cuban Picadillo

This is a savoury...and sweet twist on your usual beef mince.

Mojo Chicken Breast

This is a quick and tasty grilled chicken dish. The use of Cuban Mojo sauce perks up a boneless skinless chick breast. Use whatever spices you…

Banana Glazed Butterflied Pork Tenderloin

This is a recipe adapted from Cheryl & Bill Jamison's book "Born To Grill." The original used pork chops but I…

Creamy Curried Sweet Potato Soup

This delicious and easy recipe comes from The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser. A good…

Mango Lassi

I was puttering around the kitchen thinking about breakfast and the lovely mango eyeballing me from the counter when I decided the lassi recipe I…

Cayman Johnnycake

An old staple recipe in Cayman is the johnnycake. Oh man, they're good. They're also mix-and-matchable. You can go savory or sweet by serving it…

Grouper Escovitch

Steamed grouper with escovitch veggies and scotch bonnet vinegar

Papaya Pie

I've mentioned before that Clark Kent and I volunteer with Cayman Wildlife Rescue. Every few weeks, we drive out to Savannah to clean the cages,…

Cayman Style Fish

Traditional Caymanian style fried fish