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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.
Oven Baked Jollof Rice
A discussion ensued on Instagram a couple months back about how oven baked jollof rice tastes better than regular cooked jollof rice. Personally I think Jollof rice cooked on firewood tastes better but in a world where firewood is not present and the fumes of the firewood are harmful to our health, oven jollof rice
Bread Rolls
Making these bread rolls were by far the most amazing experience in a while. To knead something and have it turn into edible bread after months of trying. I certainly feel confident going forward to experiment more with this base recipe. Yes I made bread rolls and I feel the need to write an epistle concerning it
Chicken in White Sauce and Rice
First of all to those celebrating, Happy Easter from Afrolems. Let’s keep in mind the message behind the holiday. For a lot of people, you may have given up chicken during the Lent period and possibly even this weekend, you may have just been restricted to Fish. Here is a yummy chicken in white sauce
Coconut Nests with M&M’s
Growing up, my mum and aunty were very funky in the way handled holidays. Although in other houses, people worried about not eating meat on Good Friday, my mum and aunty hid easter chocolate eggs around the house for us to find. It turned a somewhat sad day to a happy one. Although the reason
Soft Chin Chin Recipe
Did you know that our favourite West African snack is present in other cultures in the world? They may do it slightly differently but nonetheless the core of the recipe is the same as ours. Chin chin is also known as Merveilles means wonder in french. I do not blame the french for thinking these
Potato and Egg Stew Recipe
When I was in primary school, my grandma used to come occasionally to help out when my mum went on business trips. I really enjoyed this time because breakfast and dinner were always amazing. I didn’t enjoy lunch so much because she insisted on Eba and soups I did not like growing up so I
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
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
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