the joys and woes of placing a meal on the table
Some evening two weeks ago as we alighted the bus on our way home it hit me that I had nothing to prepare. I was in the search of some broccoli but our local grocer only had cauliflower. I have never prepared cauliflower but I guessed it just the same as cooking broccoli, after all they are […]
Quick and flavourful dish to serve over some rice or with ugali. Fry some chopped onions, garlic and ginger Once golden and sizzling add in the liver. Once the liver is almost cooked, add the tomatoes. Let the tomatoes cook down, then serve 🙂 We had ours with some turmeric rice.
Days when I don’t feel like eating plain-looking rice, I just add some turmeric and some herbs and voila some sumptuous bowl of steamed rice 🙂 Ingredients: 1 cup of rice – the non clinging type, we aren’t making ugali 2 cups water salt to taste 1 teaspoon of turmeric 2 teaspoons of dried parsley Remove any […]
Did you know? Eggplants are actually fruits and are classified in the berry family. At times when I don’t feel like making something fancy to go with leftovers, I rush to this recipe. My friend Dee will love this. It’s simple and you can pretty much add any other vegetable you have on hand for […]
I’ll be speaking for most people in saying that we normally love these offers. This mainly applies to fast food, especially pizzas and burgers. Anyway on Tuesday, I had a brilliant idea of making pizza for dinner. The last time I made pizza I was still leaving with my parents and I have to say for […]
When you are a working wife, you really need to come up with recipes that can be whipped up in under 30 minutes :-). So I normally stock my fridge with veggies that can be cooked really fast and don’t need a lot of preparation. So what I usually do is, if I have french […]
I love herbs and I normally buy almost all the types that I can find in the supermarket. Some of the herbs that I use on almost a daily basis are sage, parsley, thyme and rosemary. For the longest time, ( well 3 months) I have had mint on my spice rack but I had […]
Yet another meal made from leftover rice. I like working with leftover rice since there are a variety of dishes that one can whip up in under 30 minutes. I had bought a whole broiler chicken some time back, I decided to fillet the breast and keep them for later. With the rice leftover, I […]
For those who missed part one you can find it here Ingredients: For the sauce 1 medium red onion chopped 6 cloves of garlic finely chopped 2 teaspoons of finely chopped ginger 3 medium sized tomatoes peeled and crushed 1 hoho diced 2 eggplants diced Salt Black pepper 1/2 teaspoon of tumeric Oil for frying […]
The same night I prepared the baked potatoes I decided to prepare some meat balls sauce. Ingredients: For the meat balls 1/4 kg minced meat Breadcrumbs (left over from the fish fingers) 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves A handful of dhania chopped Flour for coating Oil for frying In […]