• Yearly Archives: 2015

    Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie Recipe

    Short Bio   Uneku is passionate about food and is always seeking ways to inspire others to share love and express creativity through cooking and hospitality.. She enjoys sharing her meals with family and friends and shares her journey on her blog “Kauna Kitchen“   Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie Recipe INGREDIENTS 2 ripe bananas, cut into

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    HomeMade Mayonnaise

    Why would anyone make homemade mayonnaise when you can buy some at the store for really cheap you ask? Well you have never run out of mayonnaise so late at night when everywhere is closed before. That is the only reason you would ask that question. Ok so maybe I am being a little dramatic

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    Nigerian Vegetable Soup

    I am not sure I have met any nigerian that doesn’t like vegetable soup. Regardless of what vegetable they use, vegetable soup is a must in every Nigerian household alongside Jollof Rice of course. The method for this was very reminiscent of Edikang Ikong except in this, I did not use Ugwu leaves (Pumpkin leaves)

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    Egusi Pepper Soup

    Egusi pepper soup is otherwise known as Ovwovwo soup by the Urhobos in Nigeria. I must say this soup is a very delicious soup. I couldn’t stop licking my fingers. If you are new to the Nigerian Cuisine, one of the first soups you would have heard of is Egusi soup. This soup is however

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    Watermelon Lime Iced Tea

    This Watermelon Lime Iced Tea is definitely one of my favourite in the iced tea series. I have received some questions in this series about what kind of tea I use. I use either green tea or regular lipton black tea for my iced tea mixes. However you can use any type of tea available to

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    Pineapple Jollof Rice

    If you are connected to my social media channels, you would have seen that I shared a CNN article highlighting the emergence of the creative african chefs. I was so excited because it made me realize the very thing Afrolems stands for in promoting african food to the world is coming to past in my

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    Ugali and Sukuma Wiki

    Karibu Kenya! This meal ugali and Sukuma Wiki came as a result of me reminiscing about my time in Nairobi. I would really love to go back to visit at some point. I posted a bit about my trip in my earlier blog post, you can read all about it here. It indeed was a

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    Zobo Pineapple Iced Tea

    Still continuing my iced tea series, I bring to you my zobo pineapple iced tea mix. This has a slightly thicker texture just because I wanted to have a layered effect for the drink. Zobo also known as sorrel or hibiscus leaves is a great anti-oxidant and I find really helps cleanse my system after

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    Sadza and Peanut Soup

    Kwaziwai. Makadii Zvenyu? Do not be alarmed I have been told this means greetings, how are you in Shona from the people of Zimbabwe. I met an Uber driver in San francisco a few weeks ago that was educating me on the Zimbabwean culture and I definitely became more interested in the culture after my

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