Caribbean-style sweet potato stew Recipe
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It’s Caribbean Food Week this week! From 18th – 25th August, Grace Foods are celebrating all things Caribbean, ending with the Notting Hill Carnival in London – which I have allllways wanted to go to. Where else can you dance down the street dressed in nothing but a glittery bikini and a few feathers without receiving any funny looks? (not that the looks usually stop me)
To celebrate Caribbean Food Week, I had a go at making a Caribbean-style recipe. A lot of Caribbean food is meat-based (and sometimes quite unusual meats, at that), but there are vegetarian options too. Next on my list are vegetarian Jamaican patties, but this time I thought I’d keep it simple with this sweet potato stew with blackeye beans. It’s rich and…
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