How to make cod (morue) the Haitian way

For women who are nursing, eating cod is a great way to increase your milk supply. In my culture, it is customary to eat cod on Good Friday. We don't eat meat in that day, so red snapper or cod are the only meat we eat. I love eating cod, I love the texture, but if you eat from someone who doesn't know how to prepare it, it can gross you out.

To prepare it in sauce, you have to wash it at least 10x to remove all the salt--- which was used for keeping the meat fresh. As you would do with cleaning any fish, remove the scales. Then, boil the fish for about 30 minutes. Drain the water. What I like to do is to boil plain twin, yanm, and sweet potato with the cod, that way I don't have to add additional salt to them.

Some people would remove the skin and bones, but I love sucking on the bone because its a little salty and delicious. Add some oil to the pot, and place the fish with tomato, onions, green bell pepper,  scallions, hot pepper. DO NOT ADD SALT!!! It's not acceptable to cook this fish salty! Add some Thyme, butter, and water. Lt it cook for about 45 min to 60 min.

Are you sick of being tired?

Are you sick of being tired? 

My daughter will be 9 months old in a few days, and yes I am still exclusively breast feeding her. My goal was at least six months, but she loves it so much I am shooting for 12 months. Honestly, I enjoy the bonding as well. It is kind of a stress relief to me. If she still wants it it pass 12 months, I'll be happy to keep breastfeeding her.

I am truly amazed by the benefits of breast feeding. Every children that I have known always get sick when they are teething. My daughter did not get sick from teething. When my husband went back to work after the holidays, he brought a cold home. My daughter had a cold for two days, and she did not look like she was sick. The breast milk protected her and strengthen her immune system. I also did some real Haitian castor oil massage for her. For hubby, I did the castor oil massage, and a secret flu weapon that I will post on YouTube. Cold was gone completely the following day. He had a high fever and was shivering, all of that was gone in the morning. He woke up well energized to get back to work.

Also with breast feeding comes tiredness. I opened a second location of Believe day spa & boutique in South Florida. I need all the energy I can get to run the business smoothly. Corn meal, black beans, bouillon, cows feet are among the things I eat to strengthen myself. I will share the recipes with you as always :)

How to make Poisson Gros Sel The Haitian way (Recipe)

Poisson "Gros Sel" is a succulent Haitian dish, and easy to make. I like to use red snapper, although other people might use catfish, tilapia. The first thing in "cooking the Haitian way" is to clean your fish well. In Haiti, we take great pride in cooking, so we make sure the end result is perfect. If you were to cook, and forgot to remove the genitals part of the fish, nobody will eat the fish. Basically, cleaning the fish is top priority. I am going to show you on the video How to clean Fish The Haitian Way. Then, I am going to show you how to marinate it. Last, but not least how to cook it.

After cleaning the fish, and removing the gills, pour some lime juice on it to remove the fishy smell. Let it sit on the side for about five to ten minutes while you are preparing the ingredients. Then rinse the fish, and remove the acidity we used to clean the fish. If you get my Grandma's Marinating Sauce, then you could use that extra five to ten minutes for something else. It's the perfect seasoning for this recipe. Feel free to use your regular fish seasoning, just make sure it's not overpowering. I like to add some texture on my cooking, so on the video, I added some parsley, thyme, butter, garlic, lime juice, and salt. The Grandma's sauce has all those natural ingredients, and it also has onions that you would need to make the sauce. The Grandma's sauce makes cooking easy for anyone even if you are not a great cook. Simply because you won't need to be thinking about the ingredients that you would need to spice up your food.

When you are cooking the fish, pour some oil in the pan and place the fish in there. Put aside the marinating sauce that you used to season the fish. This step will help seal all the marinating juice from the fish. After five minutes, add the marinating sauce with the other ingredients (parsley, thyme, butter, garlic). Just let it boil for 25 minutes, then taste it, and add a cup of water. If you want more sauce make sure everything is balanced out as far as salt and acidity. If you add more water, then you would need to add a little bit more salt and a little bit more lime juice.

The best part of cooking is to do it with love!

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