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Recipe of the week:

Fried Goat Cheese Balls

1 hr 50 mins | 13 balls

Crispy on the outside, creamy and tangy on the inside, these are great appetizers and finger food for get togethers.

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Drinks

Limoncello Tequila Cocktail

Carrot ginger soup featured

Soup

Carrot Ginger Soup

Ginger Drinks: Great Recipes with Fresh Ginger, Ginger Ale, and Ginger Beer

Drinks

Ginger Drinks Roundup

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Sides

Sauteed Swiss Chard

About Trini Food

Influenced by the cuisine of the Taíno and First Peoples, Europeans, Africans, Indians, Chinese, and Syrians, Trinidad and Tobago food is like no other and continues to evolve with more fusion, adaptation and experimentation.

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Featured Trini Recipes

Coconut bake

1 hr 30 mins | 16 servings

Comfort food meets bread! Coconut bake is a delicious, soft bread made with mature coconuts and a touch of nutmeg.

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Hops bread

baked trini style cheese puffs with cheese filling inside

cheese puffs

trinidad macaroni pie piece on a white plate

macaroni pie

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sponge cake

trinidad black cake or fruit cake garnished with cherries and mint leaves with a cake cutter and bottle of cherries in the background and a red striped tea towel in the foreground

black cake

coconut sweet bread fresh out of the oven

sweet bread

national dish debate

There is some misinformation online about the national dish of Trinidad and Tobago. We have no officially declared national dish but we certainly have lots of options to choose from.

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butternut squash soup

vegetarian recipes

fried red snapper

trini hops bread

lemon ginger tea

recipes for may

pholourie in white bowl with pink cloth on the side

Pholourie

three aloo pies on a white plate with a small bowl of tamarind sauce on the left side

Aloo pie

doubles channa spread out

doubles channa

trinidad curry channa and aloo or curried chickpeas and potatoes side dish

Curry channa

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Barfi

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Indian arrival

Keep Cool

Smoothies, juices, cocktails and more, enjoy these drinks with the weather is warm outside.

pineapple margarita cocktail in a margarita glass with pineapple and cocktail umbrella as garnish with a small bowl of pineapple wedges on the side

cocktails

Pineapple margarita

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smoothie

Strawberry mango

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juice

Watermelon lime

DIY recipes

homemade cashew milk

homemade turmeric powder

homemade rose water

Meet the author

Welcome! I’m Ros!

I’m a Trinidad-born and based food blogger exploring Trini cuisine and beyond.

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chia pudding

Enjoy healthy chia pudding recipes for breakfast that taste soo good!

Chocolate peanut butter chia pudding: vegan chia recipe

Chocolate peanut butter chia pudding

blueberry chia seed pudding in glasses with bronze spoons and blueberries on the side

Blueberry chia pudding

banana chia seed pudding recipe

Banana chia pudding

Ingredient Feature: Ginger

Ginger immunity shots

7 recipes

From pineapple ginger shots to turmeric and lemon ones, use these recipes to boost your morning wellness routine.

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