Chef Teddy Chocolate Bread Pudding by Teddy Hedrington

Cuban mojito by Easy Cook - Laka kuharica

The classic Cuban Mojito has a minty, slightly tart tang with a little punch from the rum.

Indo Jamaican Patties by Enda Love

A spicy blend of mushrooms and beef are packed inside a flaky pastry, making these appetizers hard to resist. The recipe is by Carol Nelson Brown of theyumyumfactor.blogspot.ca.

Grilled Cuban Chicken by RecipeKing

Grilled Cuban Chicken is an easy (1) hour total time recipe for a delicious entree for your summer grilling options. Marinated chicken breasts are grilled for only 15 minutes and served with a spicy salsa fresca. This is also a healthy, low calories, low fat, low sodium, low carbohydrates, Weight Watchers (7) PointsPlus recipe.

Spicy Cuban Ropa Vieja by John Spottiswood

I wanted to serve a slightly more flavorful version of Ropa Vieja, the classic cuban beef dish, over black beans and rice for a friends' pre-christmas dinner. I paired it with a pork stew and both were hugely popular. I used tri-tip and it shredded wonderfully. This can be made with a cheaper, tougher piece of meat, but when Tri-tip…

No-Bake Mango Pie by RecipeKing

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 lime juice and rum extract. A delicious, creamy pie with vibrant flavor. A possible Cinco De Mayo dessert option. It is also a healthy, low calories, low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium,…

Fruity Salsa Picante by wyochef

This recipe has a nice balance of sweet fruit, smoke and heat. A great compliment to roasted or grilled chicken and also goes well with seafood.

Mango and Red Pepper Salsa by Hina Gujral

The natural sweetness and tanginess of a mango is bliss, no added flavors are required if mango is used in any curry or salad. Mango and Red Pepper Salsa is the medley of colors and flavors, in this hot weather it is an eye and palate soother. The bursting colors of this salsa is very much like the current colorful diagram shown in…

Bahamas Lobster Salad by Shandiola colebrooke

Fresh healthy seafood salad

Simple Cuban Black Beans & Rice in a Rice Cooker by John Spottiswood

I've loved cuban black beans and rice ever since I lived in Weehawken, New Jersey and ate at the Unica Cafe. This recipe takes some short cuts and uses a rice cooker, but I still think the results are delicious. Try this under any caribbean grilled meat, fish or stew and you won't be disappointed!

Grilled Pork Chops with Caribbean Wet Rub by John Spottiswood

We served these pork chops over black beans and rice. It was a great combination. We took the wet rub from a recipe for pork tenderloin in Cooks Illustrated. I'm not sure it's powerful enough for a tenderloin unless it's butterflied, but it was wonderful on the pork chops. Normally we brine our pork chops before putting on the rub.…

Fry fish & plantien, by Shandiola colebrooke

Fried snapper,grouper,trout,mackerel ,halibut,salmon

Coconut Rum Cake by Hilda Fonseca de Gill

Cuban-style Steaks in Garlic-Lime Marinade by John Spottiswood

These steaks are a treat and a great way to make an inexpensive cut of meat memorable. You can use bottom round (best), top round, or a thin cut sirloin for this dish. The steaks should be cut about a 1/2 thick. Mine were a little thicker, so I pounded them with a mallet to thin them. In Cuban restaurants, this recipe is called…

CEVICHE! ~ Costa Rican Style by Amos Miller

My buddy, Ed, of Puerto Rican descent, spent his time in the Air Force in Central and South America. Ed's favorite dish: ceviche! He tells endless tales of trying ceviche, which is seafoods 'cooked' in nothing but citrus juice. Ed always said that the ceviche he would eat by the gallon, if he could get it, was that he had in Costa…