Plantains are a common fruit on our island. Plantains are also known as plátanos or bakbanaan and are closely related to fruit/dessert bananas. In general in the kitchen they are treated as vegetables much like fellow tropical produces such as potatoes, taro, breadfruit, yam and sweet potatoes. Plantains have been one of the staple … [Read more...]
Fruity water
At the moment it is very hot and humid on the island. That means that we need to drink a lot of water. But a lot of people and especially children, find drinking water boring so I want to give you some ideas to pimp your water. The tapwater on the island is Reverse Osmosis RO) water. Since most mineral particles (including sodium, calcium, magnesium and iron) are larger … [Read more...]