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    Poulet DG – Chicken Director General

    This Cameroonian dish Poulet DG reminds me a lot of Dodo Gizzard except gizzard is used in the latter. The methods are similar but Poulet DG somehow just feels healthier. It may seem that way because of all the vegetables you can incorporate into the dish. I mean you can still do same with dodo gizzard

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Ukana Sauce / Ugba Sauce

    When I was a lot younger, this was a dish I slightly dreaded eating because it smelled so much. I was also terrified of eating it the night before because the waste produced may have been deadly the next day in school. However, as I grew up, my taste buds acclimatized to the taste and

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    Shrimp Tomato Peppersoup

    Valentines day is fast approaching, have you drawn up your menu? Do you need any last minute recipes that we haven’t featured on the blog? We may be able to help you if you let us know early. Another recipe you could try is our shrimp tomato pepper-soup. You can use any protein, but just

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    Pink Spaghetti, Meat Balls and Creamy Sauce

    I have been trying to figure out what dishes to make for valentines day as I have started getting requests and I have to say it hasn’t been easy as most things have been done. When I thought of this dish, I remembered a story I read as a child called The lady and the

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    Abacha African Salad

    My very first encounter with Abacha African Salad dish was back in Queens College with one of my Igbo lesson teachers. She always sent one of the students to get it before she got down to business. She was nice enough to ask us if we wanted some and for the people that knew what it

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    Banga Rice

    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

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