My mother is no joke. She is a force to reckon with any day. But if you really want to lose a showdown, pick a fight with her in the kitchen. She will show you how bread is buttered and then some. Guaranteed. When she came to visit us in the UAE, she bravely took…
How to cook a wicked Jamaican Plantain Porridge
This recipe teaches you how to cook Jamaican Plantain Porridge with a printable recipe card. It is a viral post because of the fool proof technique detailed in making vegan plantain porridge the way a Jamaican grandmother would. In fact, it was made by mother for me to help me produce ample breast milk whilst…
Juicing for your health and a recipe for Beet Carrot and Apple Juice
This article was first published in Kari’s When Hunger Strikes food column in the Khaleej Times in July 2011. If you’ve been packing lunches and making your own meals, you might have found that it is sometimes hard to get in optimal amounts of vegetables daily, or that you may have a tendency to not consume…


