Naomi's Recepies

For all of you who want to take a little taste of Belize home with you:

Naomi's Recipe for Fry Cakes

Ingredients:
- 2 lbs flour (a rare treat in Belize)
- about ½ cup of older baking powder
- ½-3/4 cup lard, plus more for frying
- ¼ cup of salt
- lots of water

Mix ingredients and then use hands to work together with lard. Add water little by little into the mix until it resembles dough. Let rise for 15 minutes. Form into ping pong sized balls. Fry balls in remaining lard. --Alecia Berman-Dry

Naomi’s Refried Beans
Ingredients:
- red beans
- freshly chopped cilantro
- little bit of diced onion
- little bit of diced green pepper
- freshly chopped parsley

Cook bean down in a crock pot. Sauté the onions, peppers, cilantro and parsley. Add the beans to the sauté pan. Add pepper and salt to taste. Mash all together. Serve with cheese and fry bread.--Jeanette Becker