My name is Ola, I’m a chef and corn is one of my favorite food items, I use it a lot in the kitchen. Yes, I eat corn boiled, roasted, but I enjoy corn in a many other ways. I’m going to share with you some easy fix corn ideas and recipes.


Corn shrimp boil for 4

2 ears of corn (1/4 cuts and Boiled in salted water)
1lb deveined and cleaned shrimp (uncooked)
2tbs butter
½chopped garlic
1/2lb potato (Boiled)
½Italian seasoning
1tbs chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
Add 1 tsp chipotle powder if you like it spicy

Heat up your butter in a skillet or frying pan @ medium heat
Add shrimp, chopped garlic, onion, Italian seasoning and let cook for 1 minute
Add boiled corn, potato and gently toss around
Adjust seasoning with salt and black pepper

This easy to make dish is friends friendly

Another easy fix corn recipe is Boiled corn with Chipotle butter paste

4 ears of corn
4 tbs butter (unsalted)
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1 tbs
Chipotle pepper
1 tbs chopped green onions or cilantro
1 tsp lemon juice

Gently mix everything together
Taste and adjust seasoning as needed
Generously spread te chipotle butter past all over warm boiled
corn and indulge yourself

Lastly, Crawfish boil

Crawfish is a summer pastime in the south southern states of the United States and there is no crawfish boil without corn.

Crawfish boil for 4
8 lbs of crawfish
2 lbs small potatoes
¼ cup of cayenne pepper
¼ cup of Olive Oil
4 Bay leaves
2 cut lemons
2 cut onions
Salt to taste
6 cloves of garlic


Set all your ingredients in a large pot
Fill pot with water to content level
Adjust seasoning and spices and boil for 15-20 minutes at high to medium heat.
Turn off heat and let set for 5 minutes before rolling up your sleeves to dig in

There's also the option of a simple Corn salad that can be eaten with a variety of proteins for a healthy waistline conscious meal

Check out his blog, he always has mouth watering dishes up and always obliges when asked for a recipe.

I had some Soursop this morning as part of my breakfast. It’s been a long while since I had some last, almost 5 yrs.  All the times I’ve come home in the last couple years, this fruit has never been in season. Dunno what Soursop is? One of my friends calls it shawashawa , Spanish speaking people refer to it as guanabana and its called graviola in portugese. Here’s a pic.

Looks scary, but don’t judge a fruit by its cover.  You'll know it's ripe when it's soft to the touch and becomes a light green color. On the inside, it has a smooth and creamy texture.Slightly fibrous with seeds, the taste of the juice is a little hard to describe.  Its sweet but with a citrusy tang like really ripe strawberries or pineapples yet its creaminess is like that of a banana. I’ve only ever eaten them fresh but I started to wonder, what else could I make with Soursop? Would be nice in Cake, Smoothies, Ice-cream, candy etc? Hmmm…Google to the rescue!!

Well looky here, I found a couple recipes for soursop that look interesting! Thanks Google!  I know that I will be trying that punch recipe very soon, seems so simple to make. I saw 3 recipes for cake, but I think only one that really qualifies as a cake (at least the way I had in mind) is the sponge cake with Soursop filling. The other is a flan and the 3rd is biscuit layered interchangeably with soursop cream then frozen (Is there a name for that?). I also found a recipe for soursop sorbet and soursop Ice cream. You don’t need to have an ice cream machine.



Soursop Sorbet from Simply Trini Cooking

Soursop Icecream from Tastes Like Home

Soursop Punch also from Simply Trini Cooking

Soursop Cake from this baking recipe site and this other site unfortunately there are no nice pics to put up :(

If any of you guys get around to trying any of these recipes, do let me know how it went.