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Southwest Quinoa Salad

This recipe is great for busy nights and can be done in less than 30 minutes. Ingredients: Quinoa salad: 1 ½ cups dried quinoa 1 cup fresh corn 1 cup black beans (drained and rinsed) 1 diced red bell pepper 1 cup diced red onion 1 jalapeno seeded and sliced Dressing: ¼ cup of olive

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Cinnamon Spice Pepitas

1 cup of fresh pepitas (pumpkin seeds) 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil; or olive oil; or grapeseed oil  2 teaspoons of honey 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 teaspoon salt A pinch of finely ground black pepper*** Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line parchment paper in a baking sheet. Combine coconut oil, honey, cinnamon,

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Akee and Saltfish

1 teaspoon black pepper 1 small green bell pepper, julienne 1 small red bell pepper, julienne 1 can of ackee, drained 1 teaspoon of a scotch bonnet pepper seeded and finely chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium tomato, chopped 2 tablespoon of Canola or Vegetable  Oil (I use olive oil) 2 stalks of scallion,

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Pepper Soup

4 TBSP of  Sichuan peppercorns 3 TBSP of coriander seeds(plus 1 TBS reserved) 3 TBSP of cumin seeds (plus 1 TBS reserved) 3 TBSP of fennel seeds(plus 1 TBS reserved) 2 TBSP whole black peppercorns  1 TBSP plus 2 teaspoons cloves 3 TBSP plus 1 teaspoon allspice 3 TBSP plus 1 teaspoon dried ginger 1

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Jollof Rice

2 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped (about 5 ounces each) ½ medium Scotch bonnet pepper (or use a habanero pepper), stem removed ½ medium onion, roughly chopped 3 small red bell peppers, roughly chopped (about 5 ounces each ½ cup of vegetable oil 1 ½ teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 ½ teaspoon hot ground chile pepper,

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Mai Tai

  1 ½ oz of white rum ½ oz of dark rum ½ oz of orgeat ¾ oz of orange curacao ¾ oz of lime juice Add White rum, curacao, lime juice, and orgeat into a shaker with crushed ice and shake lightly for 5-10 seconds. Pour into a glass and float the dark rum over

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Thai Mojito

1 ½ oz of spiced rum (I like Captain Morgan) 1 oz of elder flower liqueur 6 Basil leaves 1 oz of lime juice Sprite 1 tbs Simple syrup or 2 tsp of sugar Basil is muddled with sugar and lime juice. Add the rum and elderflower liqueur. Top with ice and add sprite. Give

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