These meatballs were delicious. If my memory serves me well, I once saw a mixture of meats being done on one of the cooking shows on TV. I didn’t quite remember how it went so I thought I’d give it a go with my own variation and the results were […]
Tag: Vegetables
How to make Beetroot salad
Making this beetroot salad took me back to my childhood days. My mum used to make this for us often and it was delicious, we all enjoyed it. I made a few consultations with my older sister to make sure I was doing it just like momma used to! My […]
Creamy Chunky Mushroom Sauce
Mushrooms are a great, quick cooking vegetable. I especially love this sauce. It’s absolutely delicious. You can have it as an accompaniment with almost any dish. It goes down really well topped on steak and maybe serve with some fries or mashed potato or even roast potatoes. You’ll be enjoying […]
Sugar Beans with a hint of sweetness
I personally love sugar beans. This is probably because my mum used to prepare them in a delicious way and also because I was never a boarder! A lot of us Zimbabweans have memories of sugar beans from boarding school or University. None of them, for the most part, are […]
Fresh crispy Lettuce salad
Salads are one of the easiest things to prepare. The key, however, is to have fresh ingredients. Remove that and you’ll be highly compromising the outcome. This here salad is one of my favourite. Pretty simple and tasty! It’s so easy to do you can quickly whip it up on […]
How to make Creamed Spinach
I remember this one time as a child when my grandmother came to visit us. She made this delicious creamed spinach for us. Before her visit I used to despise spinach but after eating it I was sold over and up until now I’m still sold! This is my effort […]
Vegetable and Lamb Casserole
So as I was preparing this dish, I had no full idea of what on earth I was doing or how it was going to come out!! I however knew how I wanted it to taste- delicious of course :D. My girls and I enjoyed it for days! Well actually, […]
Simple Stewed Potatoes
These here potatoes are one of our common breakfast Zimbabwean dishes. Most of us have had this as a child and have in turn gone on to prepare it for our own families and it goes on like that! It’s such a simple meal where you can attend to other […]
Fried Brown Rice (ready in 15min)
I love brown rice. It’s healthy, easy to make and very versatile. You can do pretty much anything with it…. just let your creative juices flow! What I’ve done here to make this fried brown rice is just a variation of how you can make it. You’re free to play […]
Nyevhe Recipe (Spider Flower Leaves)
Nyevhe (Spider flower leaves), also known as Ulude in one of our official languages here in Zimbabwe is a dried leafy green vegetable, communally known as mufushwa. It was/is usually dried in a season where there are available in high yield so that when they are no longer in season, […]
How to cook muriwo uneDovi (greens in peanut butter)
How to cook muriwo unedovi is one of our traditional recipes here in Zimbabwe. The taste of the finished product is just absolutely delicious. My kids, include my 1 year old daughter wiped their plates clean and were ready for a second helping each! I served this with Sadza and […]
Potato salad with Mbambaira (sweet potato) and bacon
I personally enjoyed eating this potato salad! Combining the ordinary potatoes with sweet potatoes (mbambaira) had an interesting mix to it. The bacon just tied everything together resulting in a wonderful dish! It’s pretty simple and straight forward. If you want to carry this salad to work, you can do […]