Recipe: Summer Avocado Salad Summer Avocado Salad is an easy, healthy, filling, nutritious salad. With two summer fruits, avocado and juicy fresh tomatoes, I like to enjoy this salad as a light meal. Add some roasted nuts and seeds and in no time a delicious summery salad is ready. As a matter of fact, I love both avocado and tomatoes a lot so they tend to find their way into most of my salad recipes. I had first published this recipe on 28/08/2012. Republishing it with new photos and better write up. What Type Of Salad Dressing To Use? Well, any of your choice. Use ready made ones or make the dressing at home. It is very easy to make vinaigrette. For this summer avocado…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Quinoa Burrito Bowl Salad Quinoa Burrito Bowl Salad is a healthier way of enjoying burrito without all that extra rice and too many processed sauces. Quinoa replaces the rice, making this salad more protein rich and healthier without compromising on the overall flavour. Usually a burrito is served on a tortilla. Here I have not served any tortilla with the salad bowl. You can always serve it with tortilla chips, ready made or home baked ones. check out my Mexican Bhel recipe for home baked tortilla chips. Sharing This Recipe With FoodieMonday/Bloghop The 55th theme is Salads. I decided to make a Burrito Bowl Salad which I first had as a meal at one of the Tex Mex restaurants in Montreal. You take…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Pasta & Sweet Potato Salad Pasta & Sweet Potato Salad is a different, delicious and filling kind of salad. What I like about this salad is that it can be served warm or cold. Additionally, one can add any other ingredients to make it more appealing and filling. Add a dressing of your choice, a light one or a creamy one. Memories – Drought, A National Disaster 2016 did not bring enough rains to many parts of Kenya. Fast forward to 2017 and out of 47 counties 23 which are arid or semi arid parts of Kenya are facing drought. Rivers have dried up, animals and humans are dying without food. A National and International appeal has been sent out to help these…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Mango Strawberry Salad Mango Strawberry Salad is a refreshing, delicious, colourful summer time salad. Easy to make, it can be served as a side dish or as a light meal. We enjoy this salad as a light lunch option as I add mozzarella which makes it filling. As for the dressing, add any of your choice. Natural sweetness from the fruits, bite from the roasted almond, refreshing flavour from the mint and protein rich with those grassy slightly tangy mozzarella balls. I prefer to use a vinaigrette. I’m actually quite gullible when it comes to salads with fruits, can eat a huge bowlful of it. No wonder most of my salads feature some sort of fruit. Sharing This Recipe With Shhh Cooking Secretly Group…
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Continue ReadingApple Cucumber Salad Apple Cucumber Salad, the name in a way doesn’t include all the other ingredients. However, I had to shorten the title. But yes, the main ingredients for this salad are apple, cucumber and onion. The rest are what I add depending what is available in my fridge. Apple Cucumber Salad is so easy to put together. It is a healthy, filling and crunchy salad. Several times I’ve made big batches of this salad for pizza parties, potlucks, picnics, etc. The orange vinaigrette adds a deliciously sweetish fruity taste to the salad. Whenever I have to make a larger quantity, I chop the salad ingredients a day before except for the apple. As apple turns brown I prefer to chop it when required.…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Parsley Walnut Pesto Parsley Walnut Pesto is different from the traditional basil and pine nut pesto. With a bit of peppery and earthy taste from the parsley, slight tang from the walnuts, this pesto is a pleasant change especially during winter time. Basil tends to disappear or is too expensive during winter. Parsley makes a good substitute. And most of us have walnuts in our fridge or pantry. What Is Pesto? Pesto is a green sauce typically made from fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and hard cheese like parmesan. Originating from Genoa, traditionally it is crushed in a mortar using a pestle. However, modern times make use of food processors, blenders, choppers, etc. Some Pesto Recipes On My Blog Coriander Mint &…
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Continue ReadingApple Carrot Salad Apple Carrot Salad is a delicious, crunchy, tangy and refreshing salad that is perfect as a light lunch option or as a side dish. With homemade lemon vinaigrette, this is my go to salad for picnics and potlucks. An easy salad which does not require too many ingredients. While one can easily grate both the apple and carrot to make the whole process of preparing the salad faster, I find that if I am making it for picnics, potluck or cookouts, after a while the salad goes limp and too watery. If we are going to enjoy the salad straight away then I grate both. Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette adds a tangy, refreshing flavour to the salad. However, if you want to prepare…
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Continue ReadingTropical Pasta Salad Tropical Pasta Salad is a colourful, refreshing, filling and different. The stars of this delicious salad besides the pasta are ripe mango, avocado and fresh pineapple. Easy to put together, this tropical pasta salad is perfect as a summer time light meal, for potluck parties and for picnics. Tastes really good with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing. However, add any dressing you like. Sharing This Recipe With Sunday Funday Group I like how this group members come up with different themes every Sunday. For this Sunday, Sue suggested we make a salad using pasta or noodles. Perfect theme as for the past few days the temperatures have soared to 18°C -20°C. Ideal weather for picnics and light lunches. Let’s Check What Kind…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Baked Falafel Bowl Baked Falafel Bowl is delicious, filling and healthy meal. Instead of deep frying falafel, I bake them and serve it with salad ingredients, hummus, tzatziki and baked pita chips. Why Bake Them? The first time I baked them was when I wanted a meal that is healthy, filling and didn’t involve deep frying. Mombasa weather can be stifling hot and the last thing we feel like eating is curries, dals, rice and parathas. So bowl meals become the best option. To keep the bowl healthy, I opted to bake the falafel. The first time I baked the falafel my family loved them. So I always opt for baking over deep frying. If you want to deep fry them, go ahead.…
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Continue ReadingEvent: Sunday Funday Theme: Basil Recipe: Honeydew Caprese Salad Honeydew Caprese Salad is a different and fresh twist to the classic caprese. With crunch from the cucumber, sweetness from the honeydew melon, slight tang from the tomatoes and ohhh the taste of fresh mozzarella makes this salad a perfect summer indulgence. What Is Caprese? Simply put it is an Italian Salad with fresh summery ingredients, tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil and fresh mozzarella. Add a bit of salt and pepper, and you have a refreshing filling summery salad ready in a jiffy. Variations Of Caprese These days one can easily find variations of Caprese Salad. When possible I make a mixed melon caprese using watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe. It is the best way to…
