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Try A Tropical Stay-cation For A Day
For a great family time together, enjoy a minivacation at home by bringing a bit of the warmth of the Caribbean into your house.
Here are five hints on how:
1. Get a taste of the
place with such popular
Caribbean foods as jerk
chicken or other meat
(smoked or grilled meat
marinated in a very spicy
rub), roast pork with rice
and beans, or callaloo:
leafy greens boiled into a
thick stew, with peppers,
coconut milk, okra and
all kinds of meats and seafood. Serve fruity drinks with paper umbrellas in them and perhaps a bit of
Treat yourself to a virtual vacation in the Caribbean with the food, music and more of the islands.
rum for the grown-ups. For dessert, try the recipe here for spiced, glazed pineapple.
2. Crank up the beat and wear your dancing clothes. Put up travel posters.
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Spiced, Glazed Pineapple
1 lime
2 Tbsp honey
2 pinches ground cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
2 tsp confectioners’ sugar
3⁄4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
2 tsp butter
1 fresh pineapple, cut into 8 long wedges,
skin and core removed
Zest and juice the lime. Mix the lime juice and half the lime zest with 1 Tbsp honey, a pinch of the cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg. Set aside. Stir the confectioners’ sugar and a pinch of cinnamon into the yogurt. Heat the butter and remaining honey in a non-stick frying pan until melted. Add the pineapple and cook over a high heat for 8 minutes, turning regularly until caramelized. Pour in the spiced lime sauce and bubble for a few seconds, tossing the pineapple to glaze in the sauce. Serve immediately, sprinkled with the remaining lime zest and accompanied by a dollop of the cinnamon yogurt.
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