cooking up a storm at the Backyard Guyanese family lifestyle

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, while evaporated milk is more affordable.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: banana pepper

Jalapeño offers heat with fewer calories, and banana pepper is more accessible.

fresh fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative, while canned tuna is budget-friendly.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: pork

Turkey is leaner, and pork can be more economical.

Stop at a plant shop to buy seasoning peppers and plants.

Come home and plant the purchased plants.

Light a fire to fry plantain chips and sausage.

Heat oil in a pan until hot for frying.

Fry plantain chips in the hot oil.

Prepare sausage for frying.

Fry the sausage until cooked.

Season the sausage with green seasoning.

Fry fish after seasoning it with fish seasoning.

Fry an egg in the pan after the fish.

Prepare a mixture of milk and sugar in a tin can.

Add cocoa powder to the milk and sugar mixture for flavor.

Stir the mixture until it thickens.

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