FILLING
> 1 cup packed brown sugar
> 2 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
> 1/3 cup margarine, softened

ICING
> 8 tablespoons margarine
> 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
> 1/4 cup cream cheese
> 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
> 1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS
1) For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk in a large bowl.
2) Add sugar, margarine salt, eggs, and flour, mix well.
3) Knead the dough into a large ball, using your hands dusted lightly with flour.
4) Put in a bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
5) Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is approx 21 inches long by 16 inches wide.
6) It should be approx 1/4 thick.
7) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
To make filling, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
9) Spread the softened margarine over the surface of the dough, then sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon evenly over the surface.
10) Working carefully, from the long edge, roll the dough down to the bottom edge.

Allow to stew for a while, then add three cups of water to every cup of rice you intend to cook. (ie: 3 cups of rice needs 8/9 cups of water to cook)
Bring this to the boil. Then add the properly washed uncooked rice into the pot (some people parboil rice first). Allow to cook till tender, adding water from time to time if required.

Once cooked, let stand for five minutes before stirring with wooden spoon.
Serve with fried plantain, fried meat/fish etc.

Fried Chicken Waiting

Onions after about 30 minutes, onions after about two hours, Onions after about three hours

Heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces carefully. Cook until browned and juices run clear, about 15-20 minutes. Flip occasionally to keep from overcooking.
As chicken cooks, slice onions into thin “smiley faces”.
Once chicken is cooked, put it aside on a plate lined with paper towels.
Save 1/2 of the oil. Reduce heat to lowest setting. Add onions and sauté very slowly (2 hours absolute minimum) until caramelized and light yellow in color. Stir the onions every 15 minutes or so. If after 30 minutes they don’t look very different, you’ve probably got the heat on just right. At an hour they should just begin to be translucent. At two hours they should be floppy. Keep going! But don’t turn up the heat. The slower, the better. Really good Yassa needs at least six hours!

Once the onions are completely carmelized, add Dijon, lemon juice, bouillon, hot pepper, salt, and pepper. (This is where we add cooked, sliced carrots.) Turn up the heat to med-low. Let simmer for about an hour, stirring and tasting every 15 minutes until just how you want it.

Sauce Maggi and Dijon mustard
Here’s a tasting guide:
- If too bland, add bouillon and Dijon
- If not too lemony, add just a bit more
- If not quite spicy enough, slowly add more pepper and hot pepper sauce
- If you have sauce Maggi, use it!
- some people add a few Tbsp vinegar and/or soy sauce
Add chicken 15 minutes before serving, or sooner if you want the meat to fall off the bones.
Serve over white rice and top with freshly sliced veggies.

The boyfriend shorts:

The Colour Camel: Fashionistas can’t make up their mind to decide whether camel is the new black but one thing is sure, it is a colour that we will see everywhere this summer, so adopt it right away.

Ethnic Chica: Fashion went back to Africa to come back with the ethnic “chic tendance”;
from the necklaces, shirts to the shoes. Lanvin, Prada, Miu Miu,
Balmain and others are bringing us back to our roots.


The One shoulder : It could be a dress, top or jumpsuit. It is an occasion to rock the one shoulder because it is the glamour touch of this season. Sh’ym is rocking the one shoulder dress, a French singer originally from the West Indies. Ladies add some shimmer to the exposed shoulder and attract men like a bee to a flame.

Plastic is chick: Plastic is back, we don’t mind others to see what we are having on our way to the beach,
to work or to have fun with friends because we look so chic in Plastic, don’t we?  ! Ladies beware please pack necessities only otherwise the whole world will see the junk you carry on a daily basis.

The Panama: Girls look good with a hat and
now we have a good reason to have one,
it is fancy and it is a must have.

The lace dress and top: We love them because they make us
look so fresh and young.
The vintage side is a classic and is always in style.

Kaki: Tone that body and submerge
into a military chic,
you will draw a lot of “serious” looks.

Lunettes Mouches: We know you are so confuse between Carera, Ray Ban,
Ralph Lauren and others but if you wanna look special forget all the above
and rock it with Lunettes Mouches just like our girl Nicole Richie does it.

INGREDIENTS FOR SAUCE
1/2 an Onion chopped
2 cloves of crushed garlic
1 Can tomato sauce
1 package of frozen mixed vegetables
1 thinly diced habanero chilli

DIRECTIONS
1) Mix all meatball ingredients together in a bowl
2) Form into balls and gently fry in a heated saucepan with oil
3) Remove meatballs from pan and saute onions and garlic
4) Add tomato sauce, 1 cup water to saucepan and bring to boil
5) Add meatballs, mixed veggies,diced habanero and season to taste

Serve over steamed rice