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Black bean soup can be easily and quickly prepared using either dried black beans (soak overnight and then discard water) or using canned black beans. Dominicans will prepare this soup simply while other variations can be made by using ham/bacon bits for extra flavour during the cooking process.

Ingredients Required

• 2 Cans of black beans, rinsed and then drained (15 oz size each)
• 1 Medium chopped white onion
• 1 Chopped green bell pepper
• 7 Cups of water
• 1 Teaspoonful of olive oil
• A pinch of ground cumin
• Salt to taste
• Course ground black pepper

How To Make Your Black Bean Soup

• In a large pan saute the onion, garlic and green pepper until soft
• Add the drained beans, 7 cups of water and salt, black pepper and cumin
• Mix well and then simmer over a low light for about 25 minutes. (It’s at this point that if you like you can add some bacon or chunks of ham)
• Let the soup cool off and then start to puree in a blender. (Some people prefer to puree all the beans, while other people like to puree only half the mixture to give the soup a rougher consistency)
• Once you have your desired consistency return all the soup back to the pan and heat gently until hot enough to serve

This soup is great just served on it’s own, or with a dollop of sour cream and some finely chopped onions on top.

Red beans are an integral part of daily Dominican Life. Served at lunchtime they provide a nutritious and tasty accompaniment to many meals.n Typically served with rice and a side salad with a piece of chicken, pork or beef.

Ingredients Required

• 1lb dried red beans
• 1 large red onion cut in small pieces
• 4 diced garlic cloves
• 1 diced green bell pepper
• Half a cup of chopped celery
• Half a cup of fresh cilantro (corriander) note: leaves only no stem parts
• 1 tablespoon of fresh oregano (if you cannot find fresh dried will do but use only a pinch of dried)
• Half a cup of fresh parsely note: leaves only no stem parts
• 2 oz of cooking oil (olive oil is best if you have it)
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon of white vinegar

How To Make Your Fabulous Stewed Red Beans or Habichuelas Rojos Guisadas

• Wash the beans well and then cover with cold water and allow to soak overnight
• Drain, and place beans in a pot along with the 2 quarts of water and 2 chicken stock cubes, bring to the boil and then lower the heat to allow beans to simmer and cook (when cooked beans will be soft to the touch)
• When cooked, turn off the heat, set the pot aside and let the beans sit in their liquid
• In a frying pan heat up the oil and saute or in Spanish sofrito the red onion, bell pepper, garlic, celery, cilantro and oregano
• When the vegetables are soft, add this to the pot of beans and return to the stove and heat up again gently

Your stewed beans are now ready to serve with or on the top of some fresh steamy white rice

I couldn’t resist slipping in this spicy little salsa, Mango’s are available seasonally in the Dominican Republic, and are delicious just eaten on their own bought by the roadside, served and sliced with ice cream or just left to chill in the fridge and then peeled. Try the salsa to spice things up a little...

Ingredients Required

• 4 fresh mango’s, peeled and then diced
• 1 hot red pepper, jalapeno if you can get it, seeded and chopped (if you prefer a super hot salsa then keep the seeds)
• Quarter of a cup of olive oil
• Quarter of a cup of fresh chopped cilantro/coriander leaves (no stem)
• 2 minced cloves of garlic
• 2 tablespoons of lime juice
• Salt and Pepper to taste

 How To Make Your MangoMama’s Mango Salsa

• Grab a large bowl
• Simply put all the ingredients together and mix really well
• Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator overnight
• In the morning uncover the bowl and you are ready to serve the salsa

 This salsa is great used as an accompaniment to grilled or BBQ chicken and meats.Try oven roasted vegetables with this or just simply dip in some corn chips and enjoy yourself with a cold Presidente beer!

This is an adapted recipe using one of the Dominican Republics finest ingredients and that is RUM! Chicken is a widely used meat so why not liven up your dinner plate and try this recipe out at home! A taste of the tropics that’ll remind you of your fabulous holiday here....

Ingredients Required

• 4 large chicken breasts with or without the bone(your preference)
• 1 can of pineapple chunks (20 oz size) drained
• 1 cup of rum (not 151 rum please use a light brown rum)
• 1 jar of sweet and sour sauce (10 oz size)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

How To Make Your Cheeky Chicken With Rum

• Preheat your oven to around 375 degrees
• Lightly grease a baking tray or casserole dish and place the chicken pieces on the bottom
• Cover the tray/dish and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. (If you are using boned pieces cook chicken with the bone part facing towards you)
• Meanwhile make yourself a cuba libra (rum and coke) while you are waiting for the chicken to bake
• Remove from the oven and turn over the chicken pieces
• Place the pineapple chunks around the chicken (save a little for garnishing later)
• Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the chicken pieces
• Here’s the best part - pour the rum over the chicken
• Add salt and pepper to taste, re-cover and then bake for a further 15 minutes

Just simply now garnish with remaining pineapple chunks and your cheeky chicken is ready to serve, great with rice or a simple green salad.

Sea Bass is widely available in the Dominican Republic.  While it is normally an expensive fish in other parts of the world it is fished and caught locally all around the island.

Known as “merro” here, it is a delicious fish and can be served in many inventive and enticing ways.
Ingredients Required

• Dash of olive oil
• 1.5 lb of potatoes (peeled, very thinly sliced)
• 1.5 lb of sea bass cut into 4 steaks of about 1.5 inches of thickness
• 2 fresh tomatoes cut in halves
• 2 scallions (if you can’t find them a small white onion will be ok)
• 4 minced cloves of garlic
• 2 good sprigs of parsley minced
• 1 sprig of fresh rosemary minced
• 1 sprig of fresh thyme of if you can't get fresh use quarter of a teaspoon of dried thyme instead
• Juice of one lemon (or if you live in the Dom Rep then a large juicy lime will do just as well)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

How To Make Your Sexy Baked Sea Bass

• Blanche the thinly sliced potatoes
• Drain them and pat dry
• Preheat your oven to around 400 degrees
• Brush or coat the bottom of a casserole or baking tray with the olive oil and then place the potatoe slices along the bottom, make sure you cover the tray completely, overlapping is allowed in the corners
• Place the sea bass steaks on top of the potatoes and arrange the tomato halves alongside the fish
• Brush over the fish and tomatoes lightly with olive oil
• Mix together the garlic, parsley, scallion or onion, rosemary and thyme
• Sprinkle your garlic herb mixture all over the sea bass
• With the juice of the lemon or lime drizzle it over the top of the garlic mixture and add salt and pepper to taste
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until both the fish and potatoes are cooked

 Your sexy sea bass bake is ready to serve!

Environmental issues are no longer just a trend. The importance of everyone’s continued efforts cannot be stressed enough. From buying “environmentally friendly” products, to active recycling programs. No matter where we are in the world, no matter how far or remote we journey, we can all do our bit.

Today, we are all responsible for our communal residence, our home: Planet Earth.

Going on holiday is a wonderful experience and a time to enjoy yourself. However, we would ask you to consider a few simple tips to help care for the environment whilst you are in the Dominican Republic.

Often people may forget that local goods or products may not always confirm to Western standards. We are all ambassadors whilst abroad, and should take care to select products such as aerosols and chemical products that do not contain harmful CFC’s or other potentially harmful products.

Going shopping on holiday is of course great fun, but please try to avoid products derived from ivory, reptile skin, tortoise, turtle shell, exotic feathers or coral. Trade in endangered species is prohibited under international law. It is better to leave animals and plants to thrive in their natural habitat. Please do not upset the balance of nature by removing them.

Respect your host country. Dispose of your litter carefully. Discarded rubbish such as bottles, plastic bags and wrappers not only look unpleasant, but can attract vermin and can be potentially dangerous to wildlife and people.

Energy for lights and heating water is usually produced by burning fossil fuels which in turn release gases into the atmosphere that can contribute to the global warming process, acid rain and the greenhouse effect. Please do your bit, by turning off lights, electric items and water taps when not in use.

Everyone has different reasons for going on holiday. For some it may be to “live it up”, party all night and sleep by day. For others, it may be a long deserved rest with early nights being number one priority. Please then, try and keep noise levels down at night so that other guests (particularly young children) can enjoy their holiday too.

Normally, in countries with hot climates (like the Dom Rep) water is a precious commodity, due to very little rainfall or lack of the infrastructure to collect and preserve water supplies. In addition, a great deal of water is used for swimming pools. Please help by using water sparingly, turn off dripping taps and use a basin of water with a plug, rather than running a tap. If you don’t feel your towels need washing, then tell the maid or cleaner. Every little bit helps.

Please remember that in the Dominican Republic the sewer systems are not Westernized and toilets, WC’s, bathrooms, loo’s cannot take paper or other manmade articles flushed down them. Put all waste in the bins provided next to them.

Finally and perhaps most importantly, never believe that your contribution cannot help. Every little bit you do, will help to preserve the environment in which we all live.

Thank you for taking time to think about the environment during and after your stay in the Dominican Republic.

Punta Cana - British Airways has now been flying its twice weekly service to the Dominican Republic for a couple of weeks now, and representatives from both the airline, local authorities and tourist industry are satisfied with the new route.

BA´s Gatwick-Punta Cana route is the only airline with a direct service to any Hispanic country in the Caribbean from London .

At long last, the residents of Sosua and Cabarete can breathe a sigh of relief...Prompted the recent visit by President Leonel Fernandez and the Minister of Tourism to Puerto Plata, Sosua and Cabarete are to get their roads re-asphalted.

Vladimir Céspedes, Sosua´s Town Mayor, is supervising the re-paving of the sidewalks, flattening of the roads and re-asphalting of said roads. The state of many of Sosua and Cabarete´s thoroghfares have been in a bad state for a few years now with in places some very deep pot-holes.

Leonel Fernandez has allocated RD$55million for Sosua and RD$50million for Cabarete to which Céspedes has immediately put his good intentions into action.

Work is already underway in Los Charamicos, El Batey and also on the main thoroghfare in Cabarete.

Cofresi, Puerto Plata - In an un-announced move for its shareholders, the Sun Village Resort in Cofresi was auctioned off last Wednesday for just US$4.3million. The Spanish company, Globalia - a company that operates the Oasis Marien in Marapica, Puerto Plata and the Oasis Marien Resort in Boca Chica, snapped up the deal after Fred and Derek Elliott (The original Canadian owners) lost control of the hotel after a court battle with investors. The only offer, made by Globalia, was enough to please executives of Banco Leon, who have been administering the property since its closure.

Jesus Hidalgo who is the owner of Globalia, and is also reported to be the majority shareholder in Air Europa, who operate Madrid - Santo Domingo / Punta Cana / Puerto Plata routes on a weekly basis, purchased the resort for less than 1-1/10th of what it is expected to be valued at.

It seems as though security at the resort has been so lax in recent weeks, parties have been entering the resort posing as bailiffs and carrying off items such as tv´s and furniture. Even one party is reported to have removed from the resort a Cummings generator, valued at over US$1million, which was spotted being taken away from the property on a low-loader which in turn collapsed substantially damaging said generator.