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Garlic and Vinegar salad dressing

This salad dressing is guaranteed to give your salad a delicious touch to it. The great thing is that it can be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated for up to 4 days. You will need to keep it in a closed bottle in the fridge. There’s really nothing to […]

 

How to make Soya Mince Balls (Vegetarian)

Soya mince doesn’t have to be dull and boring. It’s important to understand that soya needs a lot of help when it comes to flavour. On it’s own it’s very blunt so it needs a boost. If you play around with it and enhance the flavour, you’ll enjoy it. This […]

 

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 Soya Mince with Carrots and Peppers (Vegan)

Soya mince, also commonly referred to as “machunks” by a lot of Zimbabweans are part of our cuisine. They sadly have been somewhat “stigmatized”; I think largely due to how they are prepared- being bland and all.  It’s important to understand how soy mince is in general. It is actually very […]

 

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, […]

 

Apples, peaches and more in a jar

I really enjoyed making these fruits in a jar. They will be perfect to carry along to work as your light, healthy lunch or snack. You can even pack this when you’re going on a long journey or a picnic or for the older kids (high school going) to take […]

 

Vegetarian mushroom pizza (with olives)

My family and I more than enjoyed for pizza. It was finger-licking good and everyone wanted a second helping 🙂 It was also enjoyable to make as my two daughters aged 6yrs and 5 yrs also helped in preparing it. This is probably my favourite of the pizzas I’ve made…. […]

 
Zimbabwe-cooked-tsunga

How to make creamed Tsunga (mustard greens)

This is a pretty quick and simple recipe but the results are just fantastic. This is just one of the many ways you can have your tsunga (mustard greens). We’ll get right into it. Quick Instructions Wash and cut your tsunga (1 bunch) and get your other ingredients ready which […]

 
Vegetarian noodle stir-fry

Vegetarian noodle stir-fry

I enjoy making stir-fries. You can add as much or as little as you want and still come up with a great dish. And the good thing about stir-fries also is that they don’t take much time to prepare so you can be eating in no time at all. On […]

 
Mean been balls

Mean Sugar Bean-balls (vegan)

On again with the experimenting 🙂 So I bought some sugar beans which I intended to make my lovely bean stew with. Then whilst I was doing the dishes before preparing the beans, a thought just hit me; “what if I could make bean balls (as in meatballs but made […]

 

3 root vegetable roast

  Quick Instructions Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit/ Gas Mark 5. Make sure the non-stick roasting tray is in the oven at this time. It needs to be nice & hot when you place potatoes in it.  Wash your root vegetables and cut them all to […]