Dirty Banana Cocktail

Daylight savings time is here — that means cool weather, cozy blankets, firepits, and... dirty banana cocktails! Don’t hibernate in a drawer like these lazy bananas. Enjoy some tropical banana deliciousness and brighten your mood (and possibly remind you to clean your drawers).

For many years, Francois and I would spend our holidays in Jamaica. In the beginning, we would stay a week. The next trip was 10 days. Ten years later, our trips became three weeks at a time twice a year.

On the beach in Negril, we would enjoy the sun and the gorgeous beach that stretched for 7 miles. Each day we feasted on local Jamaican cuisines such as ackee callaloo patties (ackee is a tropical fruit from the same family as the lychee, and callaloo is a local leaf-based veggie dish), banana bread, strawberry papayas, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Oh, and these dirty banana cocktails! Irie. Everything will be fine.