Perfect Roast Chicken | Happy 35th Birthday Zimbabwe!

On Zimbabwe's Independence day, I had been planning to go all out, making one of my favourite Zim "traditional" meals - Rice with peanut butter, chicken stew and any fried leafy greens. This meal honestly makes my heart skip a beat..yup, thats my relationship with food in general :D

After all that planning, I felt too tired after being at school all day so I did this crispy, juicy roast chicken instead- my love for chicken clearly runs deep haha!

 

I used half a chicken here to make sure I would be able to finish it over the next few days (uni life)..:/

I seasoned it using a mixture of :

1 tablespoon cajun spice

60 ml soy sauce

Salt and pepper.

I mixed this all together and then rubbed it into the chicken.

Healthy meal idea | Red Cabbage and Chicken Stir-fry

Hi everyone!

I've always been facinated by the idea of red cabbage as opposed to the normal (boring) yellow one, so everytime I need to buy cabbage, I definitely get the red one :)

So this is a stir fry that I've been having mainly for quick lunches because, to be honest, I don't think any one wants to fuss over cooking complicated meals for lunch so here's how I do it..

shredded red cabbage
chicken breast
spring onions
diced red pepper
diced garlic cloves
stir fry sauce (I used a Garlic and Spice Stir Fry sauce but im sure any other will be great)
sliced button mushroom
salt and freshly ground black pepper
olive oil

Baked Lemon and Garlic Chicken

Hi everyone,

I've been feeling like experimenting a lot in the kitchen lately so thats what I did with my Easter break. This is a baked chicken recipe thats perfect for cooking in large quantities - parties, dinners etc when you're short of hands to help you to prepare everything.

Ingredients
1 kg chicken drumstick or thighs

Marinade
1 onion
1/2 Teaspoon garlic powder
5 cloves garlic
1 Teaspoon Basil
1Teaspoon cajun spice
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup water
salt (use a small amount as soy sauce can be salty as well)
Juice of 1 lemon

Meatless Meal- Simple mushroom meal!

I'm a veteran lover of meat, but since the beginning of the year, I've forced myself to have some meatless days. To my surprise, I quite enjoy them because they are so stress free... I don't think anyone can ever go disastrously wrong with veges right...?

Birthday Reflections - Hiding in Him

So I turned 23 last Wednesday!!

God is good, I am so grateful for another year to honour Him!

I have learnt a number of lessons in the last few months but one that i felt so strongly about was learning to hide myself in the Lord. Life is busy and distractions of all sorts are in our paths and its easy to drift away from God and before you know it, you're doing, saying and thinking things you would have never dreamt of before. In all this, I have learnt that there is great victory in simply running back to God because honestly, without him, we are nothing.

This whole lesson forced me to introspect with regards to issues such as pride that stop us being able to trust and rely on God. He is our all in all, and He's ever willing to draw us back to Himself and teach us to walk with Him.

Jeremiah 31 verse 3: "Long ago the Lord said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself""

Here's to many more years of walking with God and learning, every day, to be more like Him!

Tomato and Roasted Garlic Pork stir fry

That name is a serious mouthful!.. and it may make the meal sound complicated but if I made it, then you all know its a dead simple and quick meal. You can have this meal with anything from rice to pasta or mashed potatoes.