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Easy African Recipes

These easy African recipes are great recipes you need to add to your weeknight meal plan! Full of amazing flavor and tons of color, your family will love these meals!

Check out my guide on A Kids Guide to African Food for more tips and tricks on helping your family add these new recipes to your meal plan!graphic image with images of foodie family passport kits and the words

white dish with Jamaican rice and beans with green onion garnish

Jamaican Rice and Peas

closeup of bowl with fresh mango salsa and spoon

Fresh Mango Salsa

white platter with roasted chicken thighs in red chermoula sauce with sliced lemons

Chermoula Chicken

overhead view of white bowl filled with yellow couscous with dried fruit and chopped mint

Moroccan Couscous

overhead view of moroccan carrot salad on white platter with serving spoon

Moroccan Carrot Salad

grilled skewers of chicken, onion and dried apricots on white platter with small glass bowl of glaze beside

Chicken Sosaties

slices of mealie bread fanned out on cutting board beside loaf

Mealie Bread

A Kids Guide to African Food

A Kids Guide to African Food

overhead view of milk tart on serving platter with one piece being removed with silver server

Milk Tart

three glasses of mango lemonade on wooden serving board with pitcher behind

Mango Lemonade

two bowls of peanut stew with chicken and rice topped with parsley

Slow Cooker African Peanut Stew

silver spoon on dark blue background filled with spice blend

Kid Friendly Berbere Spice Mix

three glasses of pineapple ginger juice with glass pitcher in background

Pineapple Ginger Juice

white bowl filled with fried plantain slices

Fried Plantains

lentil and chickpea soup in bowl next to pot and spoon

Moroccan Lentil Soup with Chickpeas

decorative glass filled with moroccan mint tea

Moroccan Mint Green Tea

serving dish of bobotie next to two plates with servings. Tipped with cashews, apricot jam, cucumbers, and cashews. Small bowls of toppings and forks surround plates.

Bobotie

ceramic bowl filled with south african yellow rice. Serving spoon and two crossed cinnamon sticks are on the top of the rice. Bowl is sitting on wooden cutting board

South African Yellow Rice

spiced roasted carrots on white platter

Moroccan Spiced Roasted Carrots

beef pilau on plate

Beef Pilau Recipe

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