Salad Recipes

I live with a Salad Freak! Seriously, my DH likes LOVES salads, anytime, all the time-breakfast or dinner. Well, these are the two meals I often prepare.

Even before I came into the picture (as lady-of-the-house), he used to buy a pack of salads at those food section at Mega or Shoprite and have that with yoghurt. Seriously! You now know I have a BIG job to do in trying to organize formal meals in our lives.

So, here are my three favorite salads to make. The nicest thing about this meal is that it takes less than fifteen minutes to prepare a mouth watering salad. And they are healthy, so, why not indulge...?

1) Potato-Egg and Mayo Salad 

I first saw this one at a supermarket and was intrigued by it. It does taste nice.

Ingredients

Boiled Irish potatoes

3 hard boiled eggs
1 medium onion (sliced into very small pieces)
1/2-3/4 cup mayonnaise

Slice the potatoes into small cube size shape, then bring them to boil. Cut your already boiled eggs into similar small cube shape sizes. Mix the two into one bowl. Cut up very small pieces of onions and add them into the mayonnaise. Add the mayo into the bowl that has the eggs and potatoes. You may sprinkle some parsley if you have. Re-fridgerate and serve. 

2) Coleslaw Salad

Forget the fancy name…this is basically cabbage carrot salad.

Ingredients: Sliced cabbage, grated carrots, onions, one tablespoon vinegar, salt and sugar, plus a drop of oil. Dress the salad with mayonaise or salad cream.

  

3) Cacumbali (Tomato-Onion Salad)

1 cup cucumber pieces, cut into  small pieces

1 cup tomatoes, cut into eighths
3/4 cup onions, chopped

1 garlic, chopped

Small cut pieces of fresh coriander (what we call coat-meal here)

Black Pepper

Salt to taste

Put the cucumbers, garlic, onions and tomatoes into a medium sized bowl. Add the coat meal and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Mix and serve immediately for freshest taste.

Cooks Note: For a more adventurous cacumbali, very small pieces of pineapple may be added.

This can be served with any roasted or fried meat i.e. pork, chicken or even fried eggs!

What's your favorite salad? Plus, feel free to share any salad recipe you may have! 

Three Months Today!

Today marks 3 months on this tremendous journey of wifey-hood (Warning: Don’t look that up in the dictionary. It’s my concoction). I know it may not sound as a big deal, but I am grateful to God for the far He’s brought us(me). Aren’t we supposed to give thanks for both the BIG and small things? So, here’s my small BIG thing I would like to thank God for. Thank You Lord!

I asked my mentor in the Godly Marriage business, April about what exactly she recommends for a wife who wants to lead a submissive/respectful life to a husband. Well, if you’re frowning to that, let me just remind you that its God’s orders not mine.  You can read a lot more about that topic on April’s blog. One of my-all-time-fave blog The Peaceful Wife. 

So, some of the tips she suggested  a Christian wife has to do, here’s some of the list. Enjoy…and prayerfully think about this.

1. Stay as close to Christ as possible. Abide in Him. Be Spirit filled. You can’t be a godly wife without your power source!!!!!

2. Focus on God’s sovereignty. Trust God. Trust God to lead you through your husband. Realize that even if you don’t get your way, God is able to use your husband’s good and bad decisions to accomplish His will. This is the greatest test of faith most wives will ever experience.

3. Do not ever allow a little decision to become more important to you than your obedience to Christ or the unity of your marriage or your husband. There is no issue that is that important.

4. If your husband asks you to blatantly sin, then you will have to respectfully refuse to submit to him.

5. Watch your motives every day all day long. Pride and self-righteousness can easily creep in.

6. Watch your self-talk. What are you saying to yourself? Are you putting your husband down or criticizing him in your heart? Repent and turn to Christ right away!

7. Guard your heart and your marriage from other men. Set up healthy boundaries to protect yourself and do not seek to be close friends with other men.

8. Accept him, don’t try to change him. Appreciate and enjoy him as he is.

9. Share all of your emotions and feelings in a way that doesn’t blame him but be honest about your feelings. Don’t hide your heart from him. I like to share positive and negative emotions by simply labeling them. “I’m feeling so happy!” “I feel sad.” “I feel afraid.” “I am thankful!” “I love being your wife.”

And here's my home-made dinner to celebrate the beautiful 3 months!