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Categories of all the recipes listed on the Afrolems blog. From breakfast to dinner recipes we have a variety of recipes to learn from.
Ghanian Fufu and Light Soup
At some point this year, my mum came to visit me when I lived in San Francisco and she told me to invite my friends over because she would be cooking up a storm. My german friend asked if he could come and I said sure of course. His next question was would she be
Nigerian Yam and Egg
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
Yam and Palm Oil
Growing up I was told that the combination of Yam and palm oil was what poor people ate. Whatever the hell that meant. I used to feel guilty enjoying this simple dish because I always asked myself why Nigerians would label such a dish amongst others as a poor person’s food. I then realized the
Asun Flavoured Indomie
Boarding house in Queens College Yaba Lagos was the hub of all kinds of illegal food experimentations. Some came out just fine while others well let’s just say our stomach would frown at us for indulging in such atrocities lol. A very popular combination however was Indomie and suya and that granted me the inspiration
Oil less Efo riro
Fit fam Kwenu hayy!!! For those that do not know, Kwenu is a salutation mostly used By the people in the eastern part of Nigeria. I say mostly because I just borrowed it for my post lol. At some point last year, I made a post about oil less efo riro and got a lot
Rice and Peas with Coconut Curry Mackerel
The internet has been buzzing recently about Jamie Olivers version of Jollof rice and all I can say is as long as recipes are available, they are left to individual interpretation. My dish today is an interpretation of the popular Jamaican rice and peas dish. I have gone to several Jerk chicken spots and their
Coconut Cake
I have been holding back on baking this coconut cake because I did not have anyone to share it with. I had a sleepover at my friends place this weekend and it was the perfect time to bake so I could share 🙂 It was pretty easy to make and you do not need a
Otong Soup
Otong soup and ayan ekpang is my dad’s favourite dish. Till tomorrow I will never understand why. If you want to get anything from him, just make this dish or beans and he would be willing to do almost anything. Ok i may be exaggerating a bit but he really does like it. For those
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Hi Guys, its been a while…….a while, but I have something that I think you would love. So we were watching the new episode of Scandal and Millie was eating fried chicken and my friend goes “I would love some fried chicken” and being the person that I am I offered my services. So I