I never understood the logic of feeding children yam and egg on a school morning. Yam makes me super sleepy and less productive. If i settle down to eat yam regardless of the time of the day, you can guarantee I won’t be doing anything useful the rest of the day. Somehow this was the
Growing up I am not sure which one I preferred. Nigerian Buns or Puff Puff? I think at the time, I just kind of went with whatever was given to me. It was a treat so hey I was not complaining. If you have followed my blog for a while, you know pastries are not
Every-time i ask our Facebook fans for recipes they would like to see on the blog, Banga rice keeps coming up. I finally decided to make it and it was absolutely delicious. I had a friend over today and she tried it and loved it. To be honest it reminds me of two recipes I
My craving amala and ewedu started back in August but in the middle of all my moving i just couldn’t bring myself to make it. So many things kept coming up but yesterday I put my foot down and decided finally that i needed to reward myself with this amazing meal. The first time i
Rice and beans is a winning combination any day. So I joined this amazing group this year on Facebook called “So you think you can cook” and there is a challenge this week to create a beans recipe. I started thinking a little too deeply about what to create, I started thinking along the lines of
After a very long hiatus which I apologize for, I am back. Yayy!!!! So I just recently moved to the States and so far the African stores have been far away from me. I shall find it I promise and bring you some interesting Nigerian recipes. Whilst, I was opening my bank account here, I
If you lived or live in Nigeria, Jollof pasta is one of those dishes you learn how to cook first. Well this and concoction rice. I would have to give credit to our house-help at the time as she taught me how to make this. It has somehow stuck with me till now and I
One of our dearest fans sent in this recipe called Obe – Ere. In some other cultures, it is called Afiame soup but it definitely looks delicious and easy. A little tip however would be to blend a lot of beans powder in advance and put in the fridge so you can always go back
Everyone loves fried rice, I mean who doesn’t. Some of our followers on instagram asked us to put up a recipe for Nigerian fried rice. Fried rice doesn’t really take that long to prepare if you know how to manage your time. The only thing I don’t like is cutting the carrots, I try to blackmail
