Roasted rainbow veggies — a warm salad.
Looking for something with a good mix of colour that’s fun to serve and delicious? This is sure to brighten up your spread and delight your guests! Make a note to try it this weekend.
Category Archives: Salads
salad recipes
Simple sweetcorn salad (warm/cold)
Easy and quick to make, this simple salad that can de served warm or cold not only tastes good but also adds wonderful colour to your spread.
Mango and avocado salad
This is a do over of an old recipe that I took down earlier this year. I’ve made it way way better!
June wa Ranja: Thanks-to-Siba grilled corn salad with basil pesto dressing
Just a word of warming, if you make this, you will likely not have any leftovers…
Sweet purple cabbage salad
Just look at those colours! Have you ever had purple cabbage? I had it for the first time two years ago. It was a catered lunch at the office. One of the dishes was a simple coleslaw made with purple cabbage and a sprinkle of pine nuts. It was delish. I can’t say the purple cabbage tastes any different from the regular green one but it makes such a huge difference when food just looks good and appetising.
Potato salad with sweetcorn & peas
Sometimes making a meal is a bit like painting… or at least I think about it like I’m painting. When I think a recipe I imagine the colours served on a plate and are they working? Making this potato salad was very much like that.
Tilapia baked in basil and garlic, served with mango and cucumber salsa
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.
Pineapple kachumbari
Pineapple is a nice addition to many different dishes, tried it out in this kachumbari and it was awesome!
Marinated beef salad
Continuing with pesto dishes — pesto as marinade!
Potato kachumbari
Make lots of this and you can can cook up the leftovers for breakfast the next morning — delicious and versatile!
Fried matoke, garlic in kachumbari + more
What do you do with your matoke when you forget about it and it’s start ripening? Well, I fried and baked mine, see how it turned out…
Beetroot, carrot and pair salad with honey and lemon dressing
The rainy season has finally begun! I’m so happy! (^_^)
Chapos with minced beef stew and kachumbari
For when you’re craving something delicious that reminds you of good home cooking…
Baked chicken with potatoes and tomato salad
Ever wondered how to get the ‘yummy’ into your baked chicken without having to marinate overnight? Well here is one answer…
Tuesday dinner 3: Tomato and mozzarella salad
If you like cheese, you will love this! I have had this countless times in restaurants. It was about time I made it it at home…
Tuesday dinner 2: Potato salad and comfrey
Have you ever mixed in different roots for your potato salad? Try it, it’s very nice, especially with sweet poatatoes.
Pasta, potatoes and pesto!
I know, I know! In that photo it look like a hodgepodge of so many things, but I assure you it’s very tasty.
Almost Jamie Oliver’s “Purple Potato Salad”
When you find a recipe that looks good but not all the ingredients are available in your market there’s no need to write it off, look for creative ways to make it with what you can find…