Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

This is a superb salad packed with so much flavour and it is really simple to prepare. Beetroot and goats cheese is a wedding meant to last!

My friend / neighbour here in Lagos is the queen of salad and she is so creative with simple ingredients. We had a wonderful dinner one weekend and she presented this unreal salad to us all nonchalantly. You know… “just something she came up with while looking at some ingredients she had in the house.” There was another salad, but more about that in the near future. All I can say is both salads shared first prize (and there were South African lamb chops on the menu, too).  

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

She only laughs when I tell her she should start writing down her recipes and steps and write her own book on healthy living and share all her great recipes with the rest of us. She says she can’t cook, but she does not give herself enough credit.  All the meals from her kitchen has been great!  Thanks, Willemien, I will never forget your crazy salad and side dishes combinations. 

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

If you decide to serve this as individual starters, reduce the amount of quinoa. If you are serving this as a side dish with a main meal you can keep the 2 cups quinoa. Also, if you are serving many side dishes with this, this salad will be enough for 6 – 8 people. 

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Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

 

Gluten-Free Plantain and Chia Flapjacks

Gluten-Free Plantain and Chia Flapjacks

Plantains – available all day, every day

Plantain is a staple in Nigeria. Technically plantains are a banana variety, but most people refer to the dessert (sweet) bananas as ‘bananas’ and the starchy bananas as ‘plantains’.  Bananas and plantains do not have seasons, like most other fruit, but are available all year round. As mentioned in my previous post, First Month in Lagos, Nigeria, plantains are more starchy than ordinary bananas and I am yet to see plantains served in desserts. They are normally served as a savoury snack. 

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Easy Red Lentil Curry with Sweet Potato Crisps

Easy Red Lentil Curry with Sweet Potato Crisps

My Mama’s food knowledge is endless!

My mother made something very similar when we were visiting them earlier this year (read about our trip to KZN here). That specific evening we hosted a big get-together for our friends we have not seen in ages. Needless to say, everyone enjoyed this dish, especially my vegetarian friend, Henelle. Watching my mother cook this dish, I noticed how simple it was to prepare. My mother gave me the recipe, but somewhere along the line, it got lost. I played around with this dish a few Meat-free Mondays and came up with my own version. CONTINUE READING