We simply love chicken! Growing up in Kenya, I learned from a tender age that chicken was cooked for special occasions or special, respected visitors. When we visited my grandparents, they would immediately send for one to be slaughtered. So in celebration of this bird, we will cook fried chicken doused in coconut cream!

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (pieced)

2 medium sized red onions

1 cm long piece of ginger

2 cloves of garlic

2 tomatoes

Tomato paste

Dark soy sauce

Coconut cream

Parsley

Turmeric

Let’s Cook!

Chop the onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Pour some vegetable oil into a saucepan and let it get hot before putting the onions in. Let the onions sauté or cook until they are soft. Do not wait for them to brown as they will continue cooking as you add the other ingredients. Pour in the garlic and let it cook for about 1 minute as you continue stirring, then add half a teaspoon of turmeric and then the ginger. Continue stirring for another 30-40 seconds or so before adding the chicken. Be careful will the ginger because it burns easily, leaving a bitter taste.

Stir the mixture well, cover the saucepan, lower the heat and let it simmer for about 1-2 minutes, depending on how lean or fat the chicken is. If the chicken fatty, you may allow for the longer simmer as its own fat will break down and ensure it doesn’t stick to the pan.

Now take the dark soy sauce and dribble 1-1.5 table spoons on the chicken and stir well. Add the tomatoes and salt to taste, stir again, cover the pan and leave to simmer for 10 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, ¾ cup of chicken stock or water and leave to simmer for 20 minutes.

As the chicken simmers, chop your parsley. Take 3 table spoons of coconut cream powder and mix with 5 table spoons of water. When the 20 minutes are up, pour in the coconut cream and let it cook for 2 minutes. Take the parsley and add it to the chicken, leaving it to cook for no more than 5 minutes.

Your delicious meal is now ready to serve. You may garnish with additional fresh parsley as required. The coconut cream will give the chicken a sweet taste so this would go very well with the contrasting woody flavor of rosemary fried rice or the fresh flavor of mint or thyme rice.

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In a hurry? Packing a snack for a road trip? Or perhaps just a light lunch, we all find ourselves in that situation where we are in a hurry and need something to go. There are also times when we get home and are so famished, we need to have a bite before getting into the grind of preparing dinner.

This is why, when you go shopping, you should always stock up on items that are ‘ready to eat’. Depending on your dietary preferences, or those of your family members, these could include sandwich ham and brawn (chicken, beef, pork or otherwise), sandwich cheese, lettuce, salami, cucumbers etc. So for this easy to put together snack, you only need:

·         Brown or White Bread

·         Lettuce

·         1 Tomatoe

·         Chicken Brawn

·         Mustard

Easy, right? So let’s stack!

Butter one slice of bread (low fat preferable) then place lettuce on it. Dribble mustard sauce on top of the lettuce as this will prevent the bread from getting soggy. Take one slice of chicken brawn over the lettuce and top up with slices of tomatoe. Place the other slice of bread over the sandwich and your good to go! How would you put together your preferable sandwich?

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Watermelon is more than just delicious…it’s a super healthy addition to your diet! Why? Well, while most people might regard the watermelon as a remotely bland fruit, it is actually a vegetable too! Watermelon is related to the cucumber and the pumpkin, is a seed producing plant and its rind is entirely edible.

While most people eat only the pink/red part of the water melon, the rind actually contains health promoting properties such as blood builders and amino acids which are important for maintaining your immune system. These amino acids also protect against muscle pain/soreness, so a tall glass of watermelon juice prior to your workout will reduce any fatigue that might be otherwise anticipated.
 
 Then there are the seeds which, like pumpkin seeds, are edible too. The preferred variety are the seeds from the black or dark watermelons. They contain iron, zinc, protein and fiber.

Ingredients.

1 Lemon

4 cups of watermelon chunks

2 tablespoons honey

Let’s Blend!

Place the watermelon chunks in the blender and blend. Have the chunks with a good portion of the rind as well. Include the seeds too. When you have the watermelon down to a slush, add the lemon juice, half a cup of water and honey and pulse a few more times. The reason we add some water is because we will need to strain and we don’t want it to be too heavy.

Pour the mixture over a strainer and strain the juice through. You now have a cool, refreshing healthy drink! As for the seeds left on the strainer, dry them out before eating. You may also roast them lightly, as you would groundnuts, and place them in a little bowl on your coffee table.

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