Month: April 2025

Main Courses

Quick and Easy Oven Roasted Snapper Fillet with a Lime Butter Crust

This oven-baked snapper fillet is bright, bold, and buttery with a herby crunch It was one of those busy nights. I had leftover rice and peas already in the fridge, but no protein planned. I had just three small snapper fillets staring back at me. And I’ll admit—I was this […]

Comforting Recipes, Cooking Chronicles, Dinner, Main Courses, Quick & Easy Meals

The Ultimate DIY Taco Night (No Packets Needed): 6 Recipes to Bring the Fiesta Home

When life feels like a race between laundry, work emails, and a toddler asking for snacks every ten minutes, there’s one dinner that never lets me down: DIY Taco Night. But not just any DIY taco night, a DIY Taco Bar Night. I’m talking about a full-blown, flavor-loaded, choose-your-own-topping adventure […]

Tender and Juicy Sliced Jerk Pork
Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Dinner, Jamaican Food, Main Courses

This Jamaican Jerk Pork Will Make You Sweat in Your Love for Bold Flavor

There’s nothing like the smoky, spicy aroma of jerk pork sizzling on the grill. It instantly transports me to Jamaica—to memories of roadside vendors cooking over drum pan grills, wrapping fresh pork in waxy paper, and handing it over like gold. That’s the kind of food that raised me. But […]

Breakfast, Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Kid Friendly, Main Courses

The Best Fluffy Sour Cream Pancakes: Better Than Buttermilk

Some mornings start off quiet, but end up tasting like a celebration. That’s exactly what happened the morning I made these homemade sour cream pancakes. No big expectations—just me refining a swap I’ve used plenty of times. But this time, I warmed the butter, adjusted the sour cream-to-milk ratio, let […]

Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Jamaican Food, Kid Friendly, Side Dishes

This Jamaican Rice and Peas with Red Kidney Beans is Your Next Favorite

This stovetop Jamaican red beans and rice with coconut milk is creamy, flavorful, and rooted in tradition—made with red kidney beans, coconut milk, and fresh thyme. A Pot of Rice That Tastes Like Home Growing up in a Jamaican household, rice and peas wasn’t just a side dish—it was a […]