Ground Provision Balls Recipe

Another versatile recipe. Eating ground provisions the same way every day does not appeal to me. My hubby came up with this ingenious way of preparing them. I just gotta love him! Woooosh!

Ground Provision Balls Recipe

2 tanias

1 dasheen

1 yam

1 onion

3 cloves garlic

Sea salt

Coconut oil/Olive oil

Method

Peel the ground provisions(tania, dasheen, yam) and place in a pot of salted water to boil.  While provisions are cooking, grate onion and garlic and set aside. When provisions are done(soft when pricked with a fork), mash them with a fork or run them through the food processor.  Add grated onion, garlic and a bit of coconut or olive oil.  Mix thoroughly and taste. Add sea salt if necessary.  Form into balls. Serve and enjoy!

P.S. The provisions in this recipe can be changed to suit what you have in your kitchen. You can use green bananas or sweet potatoes as well.

From my kitchen to yours,
Jenn
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Ground Provision Spaghetti Recipe

This one was my husband's idea and his project so that's his hand in the picture(if you ever wondered what my hubby's hand looked like) ROFL - I crack myself up.  Anyway let's get back to the recipe at hand. It went down pretty well. It requires a meat grinder or some other type of grinder like machine like the one in the picture. I don't know all the correct terms for it so feel free to educate me in the comments. Thanks in advance. And please excuse the dark nature of the picture. It was taken with a blackberry with no flash in the days when I was waiting for the Lord to provide a camera. Love y'all.

Ground Provision Spaghetti

Ground Provision Spaghetti

1 medium sized dasheen

2 tanias

4 green bananas

1 medium sized white yam or yellow yam

2 sweet potatoes

Method

Place a pot of water on the stove with sea salt to boil.  Peel the provisions, rinse them, cut them into chunks and place in the pot of water.  Cover and let cook. When the provisions are done drain the water(you may reserve the water to be used in a soup or broth for another meal, if you want to. I do that sometimes). Cut them into smaller pieces if necessary and run through the grinder, alternating the provision you put in so that you have a good mix in your spaghetti. Serve with your favorite gravy and enjoy!

P.S. Feel free to change the combination of provisions to your liking. I imagine cassava would be a good addition and eddoes as well.

From my kitchen to yours. Bon appetit!
Jenn
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Raw Plantain & Cooked Provision Salad

I cooked this dish as part of lunch yesterday using leftover cooked ground provisions I had on hand. The boys and my hubby all enjoyed it. I particularly liked the mix of sweet, sour and slight sting(from the garlic). I will most likely do this one again.

Raw Plantain & Cooked Provision Salad

Raw Plantain & Cooked Provision Salad

2 very ripe plantains

2 pcs steamed dasheen

2 pcs steamed white yam

2 pcs steamed sweet potatoes

2 small steamed tanias

1/2 cup frozen peas & carrots

2 tbsp grated garlic

1 small onion

Mayonnaise

Sea salt

Method

Put frozen peas & carrots in a little warm water to help it come to room temperature.  In the meantime, dice plantains, dasheen, white yam, sweet potatoes and tanias. Set aside in a bowl.  Grate garlic and add to bowl.  Peel and coarsely chop onion and add to bowl as well.  Drain peas & carrots and add to bowl.  Add mayonnaise and a dash or two of sea salt. Mix all together and enjoy!

Note: I added the sea salt because the provisions were steamed. If the provisions are boiled with salt there should be no need to add extra salt. Too much salt is not good.

Note too: You can use any provisions you have on hand. This is one of those very versatile recipes that will not suffer because you substituted or omitted a ground provision. However if you omit the plantains you won't have the same taste.

Let me know if you tried it and how it turned out.

 

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