African salad recipes

Couscous Salad

My favorite side dish to take to picnics or bbq's

Moroccan Beet Salad

This is a classic beet salad. If you like beets, you're going to really enjoy this. My personal preference is to boil the beets as little as…

Moroccan Preserved Lemons

Moroccan preserved lemons are an absolute necessity to complete dishes from salads to tagines (stews). Extremely easy to make, adding a unique…

Cous Cous Salad with Prunes and Pecans

This is a great Mediterranean dish, the recipe called for almonds, but I put in pecans instead. It is a quick…

Black eyed pea salad

Moroccan Tomato & Green Pepper Salad

Time to put those Preserved Lemons to work in the kitchen - they've been developing their totally unique and…

Orange & Black Olive Salad

A Moroccan favorite, as made by my friend, Chef Paula Wolfert, as found in one of my very favorite books 'Couscous and Other Good Food from…

pickled tomato

pickled tomato

Mustard seed cucumbers

This is a novel way of making pickled cucumbers. The recipe originates in Germany where it is called Senfgurken.

Palm hearts and green bean salad

A colourful and tasty salad

Amaranth and Roast Veggie Salad

Amaranth is a gluten free grain, which I stumbled upon quite by accident. I knew nothing about Amaranth - I had never even heard of it before. So, I…

Grilled Chicken and Raw Beetroot Salad

I don't know why I think these two go so well together - maybe it's the contrasting colours or the fact that…

COBB SALAD

COBB SALAD

CRISP CREAM SALAD

CRISP CREAM SALAD

smoked Herring salad

smoked Herring salad