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Lunch recipes that take midday meals out of the box and into the realm of adventure. Find lunch recipes made with Real Food Ingredients that are both savoury and satisfying.

Plantain patties with cornflakes

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Savory plantain patties seasoned with cilantro, parsley, and leek, coated in cornflakes. They are so delicious that you’ll keep asking for more.

You know how, after watching many episodes of Chopped, you wonder about unconventional food combinations from your pantry that might work? This plantain patties with cornflakes recipe was inspired by that idea. I wondered about plantains but crunchies but seasoned that I can eat with a dressing on the side. There’s something truly delightful about plantains that I can’t resist!

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Winter salad with beets and carrots

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Delight in Deliciousness with this simple winter salad with beets and carrots.

When the temperature drops to freezing level, I find myself roasting more than usual. Roasting beets is my favorite way to eat them and they are so delicious in a salad. For this winter salad, beets and carrots are the keys ingredients. I wanted this salad to have different textures; sweet, savory but  light and creamy at the same time. I have incorporated different ingredients in order to accomplish this. Let’s dive into it. Shall we?

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Chicken with peanut butter sauce 

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Chicken with peanut butter sauce is comfort food at its best. Not to be mistaken with Poulet a la mwamba, which is chicken with palm oil butter, the taste is completely different and is well known in both Congo D.R. and The Republic of Congo. Some people add peanut butter to the palm oil, but that base is palm oil butter. Now that this is out of the way, let’s get back to our chicken with peanut butter sauce.

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Mbinzo with avocado and spinach sauce

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Fried mbinzo with avocado and spinach sauce is not a recipe for the faint at heart, but for the ones who choose to dare! I can still see my mom’s face as I am developing the recipe in my kitchen. She was looking at me like I had lost it. LOL. I told her my blog name is BLUE FUFU, after all, so we will push boundaries at times. It is so liberating! I had colors popping in my head every time I looked at mbinzo in my kitchen, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it yet. One day, as I was eating an avocado, I had a EUREKA moment! Mbinzo with avocado sauce!

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Dried anchovies with charred peppers sauce

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Dried anchovies with charred peppers sauce is for those who chose to dare in the kitchen. dried anchovies are common in Africa and have a long shelf life since they are dried. In Congo, dried anchovies also called Ndakala are usually eaten with fufu or chikwanga. They are full of proteins and light. 

Dried anchovies in a bowl next to tomatoes, onions, tomatoes, dry peppers on wooden table.
Dried anchovies in a bowl .
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Goat stew with African Basil

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If you were raised in Africa, you would have come across several types of protein and vegetable stews. In the region that I grew up in D.R. Congo, goat stew with African basil is one of the staple dishes for special occasions. I have so many fond memories of different stews that I got to eat at home or on vacation in my extended family.

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