It will be called Jamaica Day!!!
The first Saturday that we were home after our honeymoon just happened to be Valentine's Day. We were both so down that we were back home and we were missing our honeymoon locale.
So we decided to start our very first FAMILY TRADITION!!!
We made some 'fake' jerk chicken. There was a jerk chicken hut on the beach at our hotel that would open every day for lunch. We ate lunch there every day of the week except for the last day, I think. It was soooo good!
We made a chicken in the crockpot at home and bought some Jerk Sauce.
We got the Jamaican-Style Jerk Marinade and Cooking Sauce from Culinary Circle at Jewel. It was pretty good - a little spicy, but it brought back the memories...ha!
It was oh-so-good!
In the past, I've made chicken breasts and whatnot in the crockpot - NEVER had I tried a whole chicken. It was awesome - skin just falling off the bone, so moist, just so good! It cooked on high for about 4 hours and was completely done - I recommend it!
At our buffet in Jamaica, two nights while we were there they made these awesome sliced apples. They dipped them in a batter of some sort, fried them up and then rolled them around in cinnamon and sugar. Oh my gawsh...I looked for them EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! The last night they even did pineapple and other fruits in there. I was hesitant at first, but the pineapple was very good!
I attempted to remake these at home, you know, to make it feel like we were in Jamaica...come on now...!
They would have been better if I let them cook a bit longer... The batter towards the inside on some of them wasn't cooked and the apples weren't as tender as they could have been. I guess practice makes perfect! :-)
And we couldn't have called it Jamaica Day without some Pina Coladas...
We even got to use our our new blender from the Bridal Shower!!!
Mmmmm....
Ryan and I were talking and I said we can include our kids in on our new family tradition. He seems to think that they will think we're crazy. I say that they should cherish it. We'll explain to them that we came home from the wonderful memories of our honeymoon, starting our new life out together as husband and wife. That we missed our honeymoon and Valentine's Day was the next "holiday" and we decided to make it our own.
p.s. My husband may or may not have put his swimming shorts on during our Jamaica Day...
3 comments:
hhmmmm...what is that p.s. supposed to mean?
What a cute idea...sounds like fun...and chicken in the crock pot is great..and an easy, healthy meal!
That's such a cute idea.
... And my comment about never being in Michael's was sarcastic ... but it's hard to convey sarcasm in print. I shoulda put a wink in there to make it more obvious.
The first time I was in Michael's was probably a little over a year ago.
I'm sad when vacations are over, so I can only imagine how I'll feel after the honeymoon is over.
Even though your honeymoon is over, you'll have other vacations with your hubby! Just think - maybe one day you'll take your kids on vacation somewhere!
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