Food Minia

So now that I have discovered the goodness of Red Spinach.....I went to work on how best to put it to use and to start getting all the goodness it offers. Read more about Red Spinach here Red spinach is loosely called that, but really it is red amaranths, and thus can be used, cooked and eaten in similar ways. The first red spinach recipe am sharing with you is the Red Spinach Seafood Pepper Soup I could literally feel my age drop as I ate this soup, each table spoon added days to my year......really, really hehehe. This is because it is so intense in its colour, taste and flavour. And because I know that the brilliant colour of the soup is an indication of the richness and goodness of the soup....its packed full of minerals and vitamins vital to good health and for fighting signs of aging..! Whereas people tend to discard the some-worth dark coloured water created by cooking green amaranth, on the other hand, the deep coloured water created by cooking red amaranth is priceless in its ...

In Nigeria, we are all aware of the amaranth greens, locally called tete . Green tete is the most common one, found/sold  in every vegetable market and loosely referred to as greens or spinach. Read more about Amaranth Greens here . The other day, I went to get some fresh seafood at the Under-bridge Fish Market, just off Ozumba Mbadiwe road in Victoria Island Lagos, and I was delighted to see red spinach on display. But before actually seeing and cooking with them, I had read a lot about them online in the past. I discovered that they are one of the super foods coming out of Africa! So finally, I was able to purchase some and experiment with them. I blanched them and cooked them just like the more familiar green variety and I was really pleased with eating them. They tasted just the same, that you could not tell the different in taste and flavour, other than, the red variety was a tad more earthy. So why Red Spinach.....? My first response is why not...? They are available and they...

So now I have quite a lot of meatballs in my freezer, after having made some previously ( check post here ). I particularly made them so that my daughter can readily have some whenever she wants....cause she loves meatballs. The idea of eating meat off the bone does not wash with her, and she wants little effort possible to chew her meat...! Meatballs are great with pasta, and also with rice. And as a new discovery for me, they are excellent in traditional Nigerian soups. So my daughter was the one who suggested that I should add some meatballs to my traditional vegetable soup, so I did, and the result is fantastic. The meat balls cooked so quickly and they soaked up so much flavour from the soup base. It is delicious, very simple to make, with very little effort. What you need Home made meat balls (check recipe here) Base sauce to make the soup Stock Some palm oil (or other vegetable oil of choice) Amaranth greens (blanched and shredded) Locust beans Whole smoked prawns (remove the he...