Stir fry calls for colorful vegetables and meat, playing around with different colored pepper gives it a good presentation. The vegetables i choose for my stir fry were red onions, green pepper and carrots. My secret to stir fry is mixing the soy sauce with honey and corn starch because it thickens the stew and tastes better. Once you throw in your vegetables...
I don't know why "they" named it banana bread because the recipe is similar to baking cake without milk. This is my go to recipe when i have more bananas than i can't eat coz they are too ripe and trying not to waste them. You pound the banana's in a mixing bowl, add melted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and baking powder. After...
This simple recipe is done by first boiling the carrots till tender. Once the water is drained add orange juice, butter and sugar and let simmer for a few minutes, the result is orange-caramelized carrots. This simple recipe is done by first boiling the carrots till tender. Once the water is drained add orange juice, butter and sugar and let simmer for a...
This recipe is inspired by my favorite Chinese restaurant in Nairobi, they usually serve cucumbers and carrots soaked in sugar water as appetizers and each time i always eat my share and most of everyone else. Soak the carrots and the cucumber in sugar water for a few hours; then drain and add green pepper, onions and croutons to the salad and toss....
Matoke (Green Bananas) is a staple food in Uganda and Rwanda. For my west African friends, it is a lot like plantain. I've seen it cooked in many ways, the bananas can be steamed whole, or mushed. Some Matoke recipe's call for cassava and Irish potatoes. This recipe contains green bananas and Irish potatoes. I use a 1:1 mixture because i love potatoes....
Its been said that avocado is good for curbing the appetite so this is a perfect dish to make for snaking. It is also a good dish to serve with tortilla chips as an appetizer when hosting friends. It is a must have for me when i make quesadilla's. You simple mix together avocado's, lemon juice, garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, tomatoes, cilantro and...
I love experimenting with pancakes, this one is pretty tasty. I use coconut shavings in equal proportion to the flour. There some recipe's call for coconut milk but i just use regular milk. I love experimenting with pancakes, this one is pretty tasty. I use coconut shavings in equal proportion to the flour. There some recipe's call for coconut milk but i just...
This is a recipe that's very easy to make and tastes really good. First you split a boneless skinless chicken breast into half and then pound it. You then dip it in a mixture of egg and water, followed by a mixture of bread crumbs, salt and grated Parmesan cheese, then fry under medium heat with a tablespoon of vegetable oil, cooking each...
This was my favorite meal growing up, i loved eggs so this was such a treat for me. This meal i've been told, is the common Kenyan bachelors meal. Ugali for all who are not familiar with it is a mixture of corn flour and water cooked under medium heat. Its a lot similar to the west African fufu. There are a lot...
Every once in a while i get a cinnamon craving, this recipe more than satisfies that craving. The original recipe is adapted from allrecipes.com. I recommend reducing the sugar by almost half because the end result with the current measurements is overwhelmingly sweet. I also added vanilla to the recipe. The cookies require lots of space to spread out so i would not...
Growing up the smell of pilau only meant one thing, visitors were coming. This meal is served in almost every Kenyan wedding and many other special occasion. For my West African friends, pilau is very similar to jollof rice. There many different ways to make pilau and over the years the ingredients in my pilau recipe have been influenced by different friends. For...
Given that it's a new year and I have to keep with the eating healthy resolution for a while, today i decided to try out what i call the Mango-Curry Beef Salad and Mango Madness non-dairy smoothie to go with it. I'm a recent salad convert, i never thought you can have a salad and call it a meal until i went on...
I love any meat and cheese recipe and this one is no exception. This recipe is adopted from several tortilla and quesadilla recipe's. All you need for this recipe is tortilla's, cooked beef, and cheese. If you have never made a tortilla before it is basically a simplified chapati. I always like to make extra tortilla's and refrigerate for those occasions when i...
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