The crunchiness of the sweetcorn & raw vegetables are a nice contrast to the softness of the pasta in this easy to prepare saladYesterday we had visitors to the farm for the day. A lovely family who moved to Tanzania a little over a year ago, and who have a son in my daughter’s class at school. They are originally from Germany and are doing volunteer work here. They really wanted to come to Africa to try and make a difference – they didn’t speak much English before they arrived, so they learnt as much as they could, and since they’ve been here are now also learning how to speak the local Kiswahili language.
I have great admiration for them because they have whole heartedly embraced the African lifestyle and really are trying to make a difference in the lives of the people here. They genuinely want to be here, it has been a life long dream of theirs to work here and having a young family has not stopped them. The fact that their children have had malaria countless times since they arrived has not stopped them. The fact that they can only return to their home country for a visit sometime next year, has not stopped them. They don’t complain, they just get on with it and it was nice to see Tanzania through their eyes, through the eyes of “newbies” so to speak. They are passionate about what they do, and what a difference they hope to make – and I admire them for that !
We had a lovely day and I served Chicken Broccoli Bake for lunch with baked potatoes, homemade bread and this Pasta and Vegetable Salad. Afterwards we went for a long walk on the farm, but I’ll post about that (and some photo’s) another time. Here, instead, is a recipe for the salad I made (sorry the photo isn’t that great) -:
Pasta & Vegetable Salad
½ packet (about 250 gm’s) Pasta, cooked
1 x tin Sweet corn, drained
2 x large Tomatoes, chopped into cubes
½ cup grated Courgettes (Zucchini)
½ cup grated Carrots
½ to ¾ cup Mayonnaise
Salt & Pepper to taste
Spring Onion tops (or chives), snipped – to garnish
Simply mix all the ingredients together and top with the spring onion or chives to garnish. Best served chilled.
I have great admiration for them because they have whole heartedly embraced the African lifestyle and really are trying to make a difference in the lives of the people here. They genuinely want to be here, it has been a life long dream of theirs to work here and having a young family has not stopped them. The fact that their children have had malaria countless times since they arrived has not stopped them. The fact that they can only return to their home country for a visit sometime next year, has not stopped them. They don’t complain, they just get on with it and it was nice to see Tanzania through their eyes, through the eyes of “newbies” so to speak. They are passionate about what they do, and what a difference they hope to make – and I admire them for that !
We had a lovely day and I served Chicken Broccoli Bake for lunch with baked potatoes, homemade bread and this Pasta and Vegetable Salad. Afterwards we went for a long walk on the farm, but I’ll post about that (and some photo’s) another time. Here, instead, is a recipe for the salad I made (sorry the photo isn’t that great) -:
Pasta & Vegetable Salad
½ packet (about 250 gm’s) Pasta, cooked
1 x tin Sweet corn, drained
2 x large Tomatoes, chopped into cubes
½ cup grated Courgettes (Zucchini)
½ cup grated Carrots
½ to ¾ cup Mayonnaise
Salt & Pepper to taste
Spring Onion tops (or chives), snipped – to garnish
Simply mix all the ingredients together and top with the spring onion or chives to garnish. Best served chilled.
