This salad barely needs any dressing. Fresh, ripe ingredients provide all the wonderful flavor you need. Ingredients: 1 ripe mango 1 ripe avocado 2 ripe plum tomatoes 1/2 red onion diced 1/2 red bell pepper chopped 1/2 to 1 cup chopped cilantro 1/2 to 1 hot chili diced very small 1 clove garlic (optional) 3-4 […]
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So you HAD been doing great with your diet and healthy lifestyle but NOW you have gone back to some of your old ways. You don’t feel as good and you KNOW you should get back on track. But somehow you just can’t or don’t do it. Sound familiar? You are not alone. I think
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Avocados are filling and delicious and make a great container to stuff with pates and other fillings. This version uses tasty summer tomatoes to create a bruschetta like filling for a lighter and refreshing side dish. The avocados we had in Tanzania were HUGE and could easily make a meal. Ingredients 2 avocados 2 tomatoes
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This edition of our showcase of Black Vegetarians brings us Charlotte O’Neal. A long time vegetarian, she lives in Arusha, Tanzania in East Afrika. She is cofounder, along with her husband Pete, of the United African Alliance Community Center. We interviewed Charlotte during our stay there during our visit to Arusha in April 2014. Ama:
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In Ghana a popular black eyed pea stew recipe is Red Red. I first had it while visiting friends in Accra. I liked it so much I ordered it again while we were at One Africa in Elmina. Red Red is often served with fried plantains which may be used to scoop up mouthfuls of
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Nana Kwaku and I stayed at a number of wonderful places on our recent trip to Ghana and Tanzania. Three in particular stand out as highlight of our trip. Each are owned by US born Afrikans. Each is more than just a place to sleep, they are destinations in and of themselves and create a
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One of the best things we tried on our trip to Afrika was Bungo Juice in Zanzibar. Bungo fruit is a that grows on the rubber vine plant in Zanzibar, Madagascar and a few other islands in the Indian Ocean. I don’t think it is well known. We were lucky to be at a beach
We’re back! Nana Kwaku and I spent three wonderful weeks in the Motherland. We spent 8 days in West Afrika in Ghana and 14 days in East Afrika in Tanzania. We visited cities, villages, and spent time on the beach. We traveled by plane, bus, boat and taxi. Through it all we met many wonderful
