Chicken Tabouleh Salad

• 1 c cooked bulgar wheat
• 1 c chopped, cooked chicken
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1/4 c snipped parsley
• 1/4 c chopped cucumber
• 2 T chopped green onions
• 1/4 c oil
• 1/4 c lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper

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I don't have bulgar, so I used 1 c couscous instead and doubled the recipe. If you want to use couscous with a single recipe, use 1/2 c couscous and mix with 3/4 c boiling water to cook. Then add everything else. I just discovered this recipe, and my family loves it, even my one-year-old grandson. A nice light main dish salad for a hot day!

Tanzanian Meat-Banana Stew

Saute until golden:

• 2 chopped onions
• 2 T oil

Brown well:

• 12 oz beef, in 1" cubes

Add:

• 1 c fresh-grated coconut
• 1-1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1 t curry powder
• 1 t grated fresh ginger (or 1/2 t powdered)

Cook 1 minute. Add:

• 2 c fresh shopped tomatoes
• 1/4 c water
• 1 lg ripe plantain or 2 greenish bananas, cut.

Cook till meat is tender. Serve with chutney over rice.

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This recipe, requested by Lauren, is from the book commonly known as The Crocodile Cookbook, published here in Nigeria by expatriate women. Its full name is From the Crocodiles: Recipes from the International Women's Club, Kaduna, Nigeria. It's out of print, and my copy is falling apart. Sadly, it's old enough that it was never input onto a computer before it was published and thus would have to be reconstructed by either entering all the recipes afresh onto a computer file or scanning the existing pages. Neither option is appealing!