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Here’s a really simple recipe for grilled cheese that I learned as a teenager and still cook now! I like to serve it with a salad of baby salad leaves, olives and tomatoes, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Yum!

Ingredients:

• Wholegrain bread (I like mine with nuts and seeds)
• Mozzarella cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Oregano
• Garlic powder
• Basil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive Oil

Preparation:

1. Put spices on the bread
2. Put cheese on the bread
3. Heat a frying pan on medium low heat
4. Add olive oil to the frying pan
5. Cook the sandwich on medium heat until the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted

When I think of veggies I love, seaweed is definitely one of them. It’s dark green, tastes similar to spinach, looks like grass, and is a little chewy. You can find dehydrated spinach at your local health food store — it’s usually called arame or wakame. It might sound foriegn and difficult to cook with seaweed, but here is an example of a really simple salad you can make with seaweed and cubumber.

Ingredients

• 1 small cucumber
• 1 cup wakame seaweed (softened)
• 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt

Preparation:

1. Cut softened wakame seaweed into about 2inch-long pieces.
2. Slice cucumber into thin rounds.
3. Put salt over cucumber slices and set aside for 20 minutes.
4. Squeeze cucumber slices to remove the liquid.
5. Mix vinegar and sugar in a bowl.
6. Add wakame seaweed and cucumber slices in the bowl and mix well.

Love you!
Naimah

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This week’s post isn’t about me, it’s about another cool black chef — Coolio! I’ve included a hillarious video below where he shows us how to make a simple, healthy and delicious Caprese Salad– with attitude!

Love,
Naimah