• Category Archives: Appetizers

    Buttered Plantain Fries and Seasoned Avocado

    Plantain fries prepared in butter is the best thing you can try this week. Have you ever tried to make bole at home and smear butter over it? ohh la la. When the butter caramelizes on the plantain whoosh, It’s almost like toffee. It actually inspired a dessert I made a while ago called Plantain

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    Corned Beef Cakes

    Corned beef cakes are a Zambian favorite according to one of my friends. It could just be her household or perhaps it is common in other homes. Whatever the case is, these corned beef cakes are so delicious. I had a few of the cakes, went upstairs and by the time I came back the

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    Nigerian Peanut Butter

    Ose Oji or Okwu Oji are all names of Nigerian peanut butter. What makes this peanut butter Nigerian? The spices used in the paste. If you do not like spicy food, I suggest you stay away from the Nigerian version of peanut butter. However, if you are a spice lover like me, welcome to the

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    Designer Puff Puff

    Designer puff puff is what I am calling this snack because I don’t know what else to call it. I can go with the cliche method and name the puff puff based on the ingredients I used to top it off or I can just stay with a more generic term so you can be

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    Peppered Kpomo

    Fridays are meant for peppered kpomo consumption with toothpicks at least that is my opinion and i’m sticking to it. There was a time or maybe it still stands true that kpomo was going to be banned but I think the forces that love Kpomo made sure that this idea was quickly dusted under the

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    Plantain Flat Bread Pizza

    There is a strong semblance in recipes from my previous post on plantain chin chin to this one. I know, I know, I cheated a little and used the dough with a little extra flour and more kneading for this Plantain Flat Bread Pizza. If you stumbled on my blog because of this recipe, ignore

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    Plantain Chicken Pies

    Plantain Chicken Pies are the yummiest snacks you would make this week, I can assure you of that. How do I know? Well let’s just say I have none left and I made them a few hours ago. I have been binge watching a new show called “Jane the Virgin” and her mum (who by

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    Plantain Chin Chin

    Which one is plantain chin chin again? Yes Afrolems has come again. I started playing around with this recipe at some point last year and even posted it on my snapchat. Alas a few months later, I decided to come back to this recipe. I had some plantain that was about to go bad in

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    Avocado Egg Salad

    In this frenzy of valentine, I promise I have not forgotten my fit-fam folks. This avocado egg salad is the perfect starter for your night in. You can make a lot to last till the next breakfast or you can reduce the amount to last just for the evening. Either way, it is certainly a

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