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These are my favorite recipes. I reach for these meals over and over. They feed my family, bring me joy, and taste like home every single time. If I crave it, love it, or swear by it, you’ll find it here. Grab your apron and get ready to cook my personal go-to comfort food.

Whole homemade flan with caramel glaze, missing one slice, served on a glass platter under sunlight.
Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Desserts

Easy Homemade Flan: This Quietly Iconic Dessert is Unforgettable

Smooth, cool, and impossibly silky—this homemade flan recipe reminds us that the best desserts don’t need to shout to be unforgettable. Flan: A Dessert You Only Need to Try Once to Understand I didn’t grow up with flan. I grew up with egg custard—a creamy, sweet staple my grandmother made […]

A pot of snow crab soup boil with corn, potatoes, sausage, and crab legs simmering in seasoned Caribbean-style broth.
Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Jamaican Food, Main Courses, Soups & Sauces

Easy and Comforting Snow Crab Clusters Soup That Will Hit

This isn’t your average seafood boil. It’s a Caribbean-inspired, broth-based snow crab clusters soup that’s bold, satisfying, and soul-warming—no butter bath required. The Kind of Crab Soup You Sip, Dip, and Devour If you love snow crab, but you’re tired of greasy seafood bags or butter-heavy boils, this Caribbean-style crab […]

Tomatoes, eggplant, and squash, arranged in a circle
Camilles Favorites, Comforting Recipes, Dinner, Main Courses, Side Dishes

Try this Epic Ratatouille Confit Byaldi Style Recipe – Best Ratatouille

This Ratatouille Recipe All Started With a Rat… and an Xbox No, really! I first made this Ratatouille recipe because I was playing Disney Dreamlight Valley on my Xbox, a peaceful, slow-living game I stumbled on through Game Pass—and then immediately fell in love with. I ended up buying every […]

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 […]