• Yearly Archives: 2014

    Banana Oat Cookies

    I happen to be one of those people that buys groceries and uses only a pinch of it for most of the year. Given that I move houses ever so often, I end up giving a lot of these groceries when I’m moving to enable an easier transition. When I moved to San Francisco, i

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    Shredded Beef Sauce

    We put out a post asking our fans what posts they would like to see on the blog. We figured this would be the best way to satisfy our fans needs as opposed to just posting our experiments and food musings. I absolutely loved preparing this shredded beef sauce dish as it came very close

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    Doughnuts Recipe

    I am getting way better at this pastry business. I should really consider exploring this part of cooking more often. One of our afrolems fans on facebook requested a doughnut recipe but i immediately thought, i don’t have shortening how will i achieve a soft fluffy doughnut? Then I realized that not all doughnuts are

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    Afia Efere – Ofe Nsala Soup

    One of our fans on Facebook requested a recipe for Afia Efere and I searched my blog thoroughly and realized I did not have it. Shame on me. This is actually one of my favourite soups and my mum used to make it on some special sundays especially when we requested it. Sometimes she made it

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    Yoghurt Chicken and Garlic Potatoes

    Remember my Mango Salsa post? I hosted a few friends over after my exam and part of the menu was Yoghurt Chicken and Garlic potatoes. I posted the pictures on Instagram and I have been getting requests from people to post the recipe. My friends throughly enjoyed it when I made it and I assume you

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    Mango Salsa

    I had some friends over yesterday for dinner and before they got to my house, they warned me that they were watching their weight so they did not want anything super creamy or carb-heavy so I decided to make a few clean dishes. One of them was mango salsa. In Nigeria, Mango season usually starts

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    African Chicken Peanut Stew Recipe

    Peanut Stew is a very common recipe with many African countries especially West African countries. This dish originated in Mali and is sometimes called Maafe or peanut Butter sauce. The dish differs from country to country Based on the additions to the dish. For example, Ghanians add Boiled egg to their version, some others add okro to theirs.

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    Kitchen tips and Tricks

    Many of our fans said they initially followed us on social media because of the tips we provided. I have taken a hiatus on some of the tips because I am trying to discover new ones. For those that may have missed some of the tips we provided on social media, here you go. 1.

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    Plantain Pizza

    Last week, my brother sent me a message on whatsapp saying he had a dream about a dish I should try. See how awesome my family is? His original idea was plantain pizza with gizzard as toppings as a different way to serve dodo gizzard. Unfortunately, plantain will not hold well on its own so

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