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Fresh Chicken Salad

 A healthy dish that never fails, salad  always comes to the rescue when people are like looking for a more healthier eating choice. Salad is always a good choice, that's why people are eating them, and now I am going teach you how to make a pretty good salad! Trust me, you are going to enjoy this recipe! A salad is a food that contains food depending on the type if salad it is. The typical ingredients are vegetables, meat, egg, fruits and a sauce. It is normally served at room temperature or chilled. There are many types of salad. Examples are garden salad, tuna salad, fruit salad, Greek salad and chicken salad plus others. Ingredients! 2 grilled chicken breast 2 boiled corns Lettuce (chopped) Tomatoes (chopped) Onions (chopped) Oil (preferably olive oil) or any oil with strong taste Vinegar (4 tablespoons) Salt Pepper seasoning How to make Fresh Chicken Salad 1) In a large bowl, combine the chopped lettuce, tomatoes and onions. 2) Remove the corn kernals from the corn itself...

Sweet n' Moist Banana Bread in a Quickie

A popular food that everyone is craving for, banana bread is one of the easiest and quickest breads to make. It's a sweet and tasty bread that everyone should try and have a taste! If you are a fan of bananas or if you have ripe bananas with nothing to do with them, then this recipe is just for you! Originated in the United States, banana bread is a type of sweet bread made mainly from mashed bananas. Most banana bread are sweet, moist and often seen as a cake. It is also one of the quickest breads to make. There are many variations of banana bread such as chocolate chip banana bread and banana nut bread. Ingredients! 3-4 very ripe bananas (well mashed) 2-3 eggs (well beaten) Melted butter (a stick) Sugar (preferably brown sugar) Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon) Baking soda (1 teaspoon) Baking powder (a pinch; 1/4 teaspoon) Flour (1 1/2 cups) How to make Sweet n' Moist Banana Bread in a Quickie 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2) Get a 10 by 5 loaf pan (or 9 by 5) by lining with parch...

Juicy Stovetop Burgers

 Yum! When you hear that sizzle of meat on the stove and find out that it's burgers in the stove, you can't help but drool in delight! There are basically two ways in making a good juicy burger, but I will teach you how to make a burger using a stovetop, since not everyone has a grill. Still being disputed about the origin between Germany and the United States, a burger is a type of sandwich that contains one ore more cooked patties of ground meat, placed inside a sliced bread roll or a bun. The ground meat can be pan fried, smoked, flame broiled or grilled. They can be served with condiments. Ingredients! Ground beef (a quarter pound per person) Oil (preferably olive oil) Garlic Powder Curry Powder Salt (Preferably sea salt) Pepper (any pepper seasoning would do) Sauce (get Worcestershire sauce if you can. Any other sauce with a special kick is good enough too) Condiments! The condiments are optional so go crazy on them! Here are some of the popular ingredients and condiments ...

Sweet Yogurt Parfait

 A sweet treat that would turn any frown upside down, parfait is one of those special dessert that has that sweet and nutty taste that brings out that amazing sweet flavor! From fruits to nuts, you can add a variety of toppings to your taste. Making a yogurt parfait is also fun to do, especially when the result at the end of it is going to be a real treat! I will teach you how to make parfait with everyday ingredients, so you can so you can make your own twist in making them! 'Parfait' meaning perfect in French is a dessert originated from France although there are two major forms of parfait. The France version of parfait is made by boiling cream, sugar, syrup and egg to create a form of custard - like puree. The American version has different layers of ingredients such as yogurt, nuts and so on, with fruits or whipped cream on top. I will teach you one of the American versions of parfait. Ingredients! Yogurt (preferably sweetened yogurt. If you do not have sweetened yogurt, yo...

Flavorful n' Sweet Fried Plantains

 There are a lot of simple dishes to make in record time and fried plantain is one of them! Fried plantains are a very tasty dish that would bring anyone to their knees lol. To put this in a simple way, fried plantains are a must as a side dish! Now I know what you want to say, "Frying plantain isn't a big deal. It's just plantain and oil, right?" Well yes, you are right about that, but there is a technique to make them flavourful and it packs a punch too! Allow me to show you that technique! Believed to be originated in Southeast Asia, plantain is a fruit filled with starch and is rarely eaten raw. It us a dish cooked mainly in East Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean countries, Central and South America and a good amount of those in Southeast Asia. Plantains can be eaten as a side dish or eaten alone. It can be cut in different ways. Ingredients! Oil ( like vegetable oil, sunflower oil etc.), Plantains (yellow and ripe), Salt, a few chopped onions,a few chopped peppe...

Jollof Rice - Nigerian Jollof Rice

 Let's be real. Rice is one of those foods that are pretty much universal for everyone to eat, especially in an African setting. How so? Well a typical African eats rice at least once in a week and Nigerians are no exception. Of all the rices in Africa, jollof rice is a popular choice and Nigerian jollof rice has it's own special kick in it that makes it so delicious you'd want to lick your plate! And I'm going to show you how to make it! Jollof rice is a special rice popular in the West and Sub-Saharan Africa. A typical jollof rice dish is made with rice, tomatoes, onions, other spices, some vegetables and meat in some dishes. They are all put together in one pot (also known as one pot dish). Ingredients! To make Nigerian jollof rice you will need oil (any oil will do, but vegetable is preferable), butter, tomatoes (either fresh or canned diced tomatoes), tomato paste, red onions, bell peppers, chicken stock (if desired) and most importantly, long grained parboiled ric...

Vanilla Ice Cream - Bag Method

Ice cream is probably the first cold and sweet treat you'll think about when someone asks you a question about it! There are so many varieties and so many styles of doing ice cream that anyone can learn how to do it if they really want to. Ice cream is a sweet but frozen food normally eaten as a snack.  Believed to be originated in Persia, ice cream is typically made from milk and is mixed with a sweetner (typically sugar)and a spice (in this case, vanilla extract) with random but typically sweet toppings (such as chocolate, cherries and wafers.  Ingredients! Ingredients In making this variation of vanilla ice cream, you must have ice (crushed), salt, sugar, milk and a vanilla extract. In this method of making vanilla ice cream, we are going to use the ice cream in a bag method. How to make vanilla ice cream in steps  1) Using a resealable bag (like Ziplock) add milk, sugar, vanilla extract and cream (if you have) inside the big bag and make sure to remove the air out ...

Homemade Pizza

 Pizza is undoubtedly one of the tastiest (and messiest) foods till date. Pizza is a savory food, originated from Italy which typically consist of a round flat based dough which are usually topped with peppers, tomatoes and cheese with other assortment of toppings such as meat, onions (pineapple is my favorite topping) among many others. The pizza would then be baked at a high temperature in an oven until cooked well.  Ingredients! There are four main ingredients used to making a modern pizza. They are: 1) The crust 2) The sauce 3) The cheese  4) The toppings  Crust!  If you want to make the crust by hand, all you have to do is have water, wheat and yeast and knead them within 10 minutes or until the mass of the crust becomes evenly mixed together.  Sauce!  Most sauces in pizzas are generally tomato based sauces with added spices and herbs. There are a variety of sauces, but it is advisable to have thicker sauces, as sauce that contains too much water ...