recipes with meats and fish as the main ingredient
The turkey chatter online is hard to ignore this time of the year when the US is in the throws of their thanksgiving holiday. Was at the butchery on Monday and found they had some turkey legs. Apparently they always have them, but for some reason I’ve never noticed them before. Anyway, I was inspired! Yaaaay!
Pilau is a signature celebration dish in our East Africa. It can be made with chicken, beef or lamb, but the most loved is made with goat. I’ve tried making it in the past and failed miserably, with a charcoal base in every pot and hardly any flavour. This time I got an expert to teach me. So, now you can make the best pilau at home too. Read on to learn how…
This is a long overdue post, I’m glad I finally have it up for y’all to enjoy. A classic flavour combination that is well loved, a must try if you haven’t already.
I’ve finally gotten around to getting another one of my burger recipes out. Check it out!
This is an old recipe that I dug up and refined for this special #onja post. Click on to learn more about #Onja and how to make this very delicious casserole.
Chicken wings!! I received a request for a chicken wing recipe a while back. It has been overdue for a while. Because they’re not something I do very often, this is a very easy recipe, you could go home and make it today! check it out…
How to make a delicious stew with free range chicken. Also a few notes on how to select one for the softest meat possible.
Fish, one of the categories that needs more posts, so here is a new one. A lovely creamy baked red snapper. Not complicated to prepare at all.
These were not easy to select, I was very picky about what I posted this year. I’ve been deliberate on making sure each post was worth your time and tastebuds! If you’ve been looking through the site and wondering what to make first, this post is for you, definitely start here.
I cooked it two different ways and they were both awesome!
Yes, a Kenyan burger! This is my take on what that might look like. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, just finally put it down, I hope you’ll like it. Check it out…
Pretty colours aren’t they? It’s nice simple little recipe too, as far as quick dinners go, I’d add this to your list. Minimal prep and cooking time.
If you are looking at that photo and thinking “if I could just stick my hand into the screen and pull out a couple of those meatballs…” — I don’t blame you. I thought the same thing as I was preparing this post. And yes, they are awesome, do try them out.
If you are looking for something that will wow your guests, this is definitely it! June shows us how to get it done with such ease so you can look like you know how to throw down!
How does it look? Would you say delicious? It is — and awesomely creamy! It took me several attempts to get it just right so I hope you enjoy it.
If you’re looking for quick and easy to do this is it! I remember as a kid my mother would give us tasks in the kitchen to help with preparation, most a specially when we were hosting. I can just imagine her instructing to prepare these — that’s how simple they are. But don’t let the simplicity fool you, they are very tasty.
This is not your average chicken recipe. This is an awesomely delicious juicy recipe. You know those times when everyone is silent at the dinner table cause they’re too busy eating and eyeing the last piece of chicken? Or those times at family meetings when you’re cousin gets up to get more chicken while taking a bite of his drumstick with one hand and the other has a plate is full of food? — It’s this Chicken! But your cousin is probably just greedy (^_^)
If you are tired of having chips and ketchup as the accompaniment to your fish, try this lovely sauce over a pan fried piece of fish fillet, with some rice and a side of fresh salad.
If you haven’t fired up your oven for a while, here are two very good reasons to!
This was very delicious. In fact, so delicious that I completely forgot to take the final shot! It’s very simple and quick to make, good for a weekday meal. Enjoy!
You can never go wrong with these time saving one pot dinners! Even better is experimenting with your kids ideas, especially when they turn out so great!
Delicious all in one recipe! Requires quite a bit of prep work in the beginning. Cutting, chopping etc. But once all that is done the rest is easy. Most of the cutting can be done ahead of time too.
Oxtail! I’ve discovered that not many people eat oxtail. When I was growing up it was a regular meal in our house, some of tastiest meat you eat when cooked right. It’s one of my favourite cuts, right up there with t-bone steaks and ossobuco.
All these flavours can together quite nicely! I was a little concerned about the basil in the fish but it was surprisingly good, and the salsa made a great coplement.
I think eggplant has one of the prettiest colours of any vegetable (known to me)! Sometimes I want that colour to still be there after it’s cooked…
Recreating some of the dishes we try at restaurants is something we all try, and I’m sure these ribs have been tried by many. Here is my go at it…
… and the truth about curry powder! It certainly is not what I thought it was.
Meat balls are a great item to cook and store for later use. When you make them, make more than you need then store the extra in the freezer, bagged in your preferred portions per meal. Had some extra ones stored away, here is how I used them…
I was going for a version of beef onion but…
For this meal I was going for something easy, aromatic and colourful. The easy and aromatic came through nicely, but the colour was a flop! It was still good to eat though (^_^)