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Tasty Trinidad Recipes

Take your appetite on the journey of a lifetime...


Half of a creamy coconutOur list of Trinidad Recipes will bring Trinidad and Tobago, and the sunny Caribbean, right into your home.

Taste and smell are the most powerful ways to arouse memory. So, why not stimulate your senses fully when you travel to Trinidad? Bring back more than a few family photos... bring back recipes, bring back music, bring back complete memories. That's what we do. Total immersion. Perhaps that's why we enjoy our vacations so much.

A delicious Trinidad roti Unique Food Culture 

Trinidad and Tobago recipes are a tantalizing blend of mainly African and East Indian culinary traditions that overlay older Carib ones.

Trinidad and Tobago's culinary traditions are further infused with the flavors and cooking styles of Europe, China, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Trinidadians were eating fusion foods, long before it became the fashion in international cuisine. Is it any wonder then, that...

Trinidad recipes are the most exciting and diverse in the Caribbean.

Eating Shark and Bake at Maracas Beach in Trinidad Tasting Your Vacation 

To set the mood, try a Trinidad recipe or two before you travel. Then try the real thing during your trip, the flavors will enhance your holiday. Then...

Cook a few recipes when you return, to re-live those special Trinidad vacation memories. In this way, you'll extend your vacation experience way beyond the physical time you spent in Trinidad and Tobago.

Glass of ice cold Trinidad Rum Punch Mouthwatering Trinidad Recipes 

While the list of Trinidad recipes you'll find below are relatively simple, home-cooked, Sunday-lunch eating for Trinidadians. Once you've tried them, we think you'll find that these Caribbean recipes make exciting eating for everyone else...

Trinidad's diverse and exciting food culture provides ample inspiration for chefs to create excellent, mouth-watering, and often easy to make recipes. There's no need to do the tourist thing and buy useless trinkets, instead take a Trinidad cookbook home as a souvenir. They're full of great recipes you'll want to try.

On the airplane traveling to Trinidad and Tobago Back to the Islands 

Exploring Trinidad food is a journey in its own right, a gastronomical adventure special enough for its very own Trinidad and Tobago vacation.

As much as there is to see and do in Trinidad, why not forget about blue seas and sandy beaches, forget about exciting fetes and great tours... Take your appetite and your taste-buds on the adventure of a lifetime; visit Trinidad and Tobago just for the food.

The Trinidad recipes below, are those we think you might enjoy making at home. They are all dishes we love and enjoy regularly. As my husbands Great Grandmother would say, "Veni Mangé!" Lets eat...


Try These Tasty Trinidad Recipes

Tropical Drinks:
        Trinidad Rum Punch - Sunshine in a glass
        Blanchisseuse Rum Punch - Our improved Trinidad Rum Punch
        Tobago Bentley - The "Shirley Temple" of Rum Punches


Sunday Lunch:
        Trinidad Macaroni Pie - Everyone's favorite
        Trinidad Stew Chicken - A tasty Trinidad staple
        Trinidad Callaloo - A Trinidad Tradition
        Trinidad Coo-Coo - Memories of mother Africa


Traditional Caribbean Foods:
        Caribbean Pepperpot - Authentic Amerindian stew
        West Indian Jerk - The original barbecue sauce


Traditional Recipes:
        Trinidad Curry Crab and Dumplings - A national favorite
        Trinidad Fish Broth - May I have another bowl?
        Maracas Shark and Bake - Beach food at it's best
        Trinidad Pelau - Home-cooked beach food at it's best


Trinidad Carnival Recipes:
        Trinidad Corn Soup - Carnival food at it's best
        Granny's Beignets Recipe - Fat Tuesday family tradition


Basic Trinidad Recipes:
        Trinidad Green Seasoning - Where it all begins
        Trinidad Pepper Sauce - A must for every meal


Delightful East Indian Recipes:
        Trinidad Roti - One of Trinidad's national foods
        Gera Pork - Fete and river lime food
        Trinidad Doubles - A Trinidad breakfast staple
        Cucumber Chutney - The perfect doubles sauce

        Palorie - A winning party treat
        Mango Chutney - A quick spicy palorie sauce
        Tamarind Chutney - An alternative palorie sauce


Trinidad Christmas Recipes:
        Mama's Sorrel - The seasons fruity splendor
        Myra's Ginger Beer - To warm the heart
        Teresa's Garlic Pork - A Portuguese delight
        Ebba's "Town" Pastelles - Historic family recipe


Sweets and Sweetie Recipes:
        Manzanilla Coconut Blancmange - Creamy-smooth paradise
        Granny's Lime Sherbet - Memories of childhood
        Trinidad Toolum - The original Caribbean candy
        Aunty Judy's Coconut Fudge - Bites of heaven
        Aunty Pat's Sweet Bread - Good enough for guests

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