• Category Archives: Salad Recipes

    Cucumber Apple Salad

    I love making salads with different combinations and I particularly enjoy the fruit and vegetable combination. Recently I combined an apple with some vegetables in my fridge and thus came about this easy but amazing salad recipe that I’m sharing with you today. My husband who avoids vegetables on his plate like a plague actually

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    HomeMade Mayonnaise

    Why would anyone make homemade mayonnaise when you can buy some at the store for really cheap you ask? Well you have never run out of mayonnaise so late at night when everywhere is closed before. That is the only reason you would ask that question. Ok so maybe I am being a little dramatic

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    Black Eyed Peas Salad

    A low carbohydrate diet with Nigerian food has to be the hardest thing ever. However, it is not an impossible one. Speaking of low carb diets, it’s time to get on one as summer is fast approaching and no more hiding under jackets and coats. If you would like a low carb nigerian timetable, comment

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    Quinoa Salad

    On the menu today is Quinoa Salad. The holidays cannot go by without a recipe for the fitfam team. I mean what kind of food blogger would I be? The first time I had quinoa salad, it was at starbucks and it was very mexican inspired with the black beans and spicy dressing it was

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    Nyama Choma with Kachumbari

    In my post about my trip to Kenya, I did not discuss the food at all. I have to say I was surprised about the flavours I found. Kenyan food looks like it is a mix of so many other cultural influences, They have chapati which is indian and also Pilau as a major staple.

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    Mango Salsa

    I had some friends over yesterday for dinner and before they got to my house, they warned me that they were watching their weight so they did not want anything super creamy or carb-heavy so I decided to make a few clean dishes. One of them was mango salsa. In Nigeria, Mango season usually starts

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    Abacha African Salad

    My very first encounter with Abacha African Salad dish was back in Queens College with one of my Igbo lesson teachers. She always sent one of the students to get it before she got down to business. She was nice enough to ask us if we wanted some and for the people that knew what it

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