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• Banana ‘Bread’ French Toast
  on Dec 7, 2016 in Recipes Banana bread French Toast recipes
  Not made with banana bread, made with a puree of ripe bananas!. I already have take 2 planned… Read all about how to make the best ever banana bread So one day, I had leftover bananas, a slight craving for banana bread but not the ene...
• Nigerian Chicken Curry
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Nigerian Cuisine Recipes Curry recipes Nigerian recipes
  My Aunt would make this when we visited them in Benin – potatoes, chicken, boiled eggs, curry powder, carrots and always green peppers. I’ve learnt well and make this often. My children LOVE it, as do I for a quick, easy and good-looking...
• Q & A on Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds
  on Dec 2, 2016 in Books & Reads Nigerian Cuisine Nigerian Cookbooks Recommended Reading
  This is about Yemisi Aribisala and her brilliant book – Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds which I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading. I’ve also had the great pleasure of asking Yemisi some questions – whic...
• How to: Passion Fruit Juice
  on Dec 2, 2016 in Drinks Techniques Travel & Exploration New Nigerian kitchen Nigerian drinks Nigerian fruits in season passion fruit recipes
  Travel. Broadens the mind. Teaches you so much that you might not have known. That’s the story of my learning to make good and proper passion fruit juice, all thanks to Nairobi. Read: Favourite Drinks in Nai I’ve been a passion fruit love...
• Peanutty Akara
  on Nov 29, 2016 in Nigerian Cuisine fritters New Nigerian kitchen recipes with beans
  And yes, all thanks to Saratu who suggested it. It is delicious. The Akara end up texturally different from those without the peanut butter – they had more of a crunch, more of a crunchy crust. It was yum! With my batch of okwu-oji not yet slai...
• Thirteen (13) ‘Other’ Great Ideas To Use Up Brandied Fruit Mix
  on Nov 26, 2016 in Baking Recipes Techniques Baked Fruitcake recipes
  It’s that time of year – we’re prepping for Christmas. Well, some started earlier – whatever *rolls eyes*. I finally got round to soaking my fruit in brandy and orange liqueur for the fruitcakes that must be. This is a world r...
• The Emperor’s New Jollof (Or White Rice & Stew is King)
  on Nov 24, 2016 in Nigerian Cuisine Jollof rice Musings
  ‘Being a Nigerian is very hard. The country is in a recession. Our government makes us tired. We are always angry. We are always in traffic (well, those of us for whom Lagos is Nigeria); Amanda‘ Oh my days – I had to ask Amanda, my...
• Red Amaranth Sauce
  on Nov 21, 2016 in Healthy Living Nigerian Cuisine Recipes New Nigerian kitchen Nigerian Leafy Vegetables Red
  It’s really my peanutty red amaranth saute blitzed. Read: Peanutty red amaranth saute No more, no less.  I saw a beetroot sauce on Masterchef Australia and essentially triggered this – this sauce that has the hue of beetroo...
• Yaji-Orange-Almond French Toast
  on Nov 19, 2016 in Recipes French Toast recipes Yaji
  One of the best French Toasts I ever had was made by Joel – Food lover, Photographer. He whipped up a delicious version with yaji and oranges that totally blew me away. Arguably, the best French Toast I’ve ever had! Thank you, Joel. He write...
• Part 3: Food Pairing in Nigerian Cuisine and The Rest of The World
  on Nov 18, 2016 in Nigerian Cuisine Ideas in Nigerian cuisine New Nigerian kitchen Understanding Nigerian Cuisine
  Food pairing – combining ingredients with others that are really similar (positive) or really different (negative).  Cuisines are defined by ingredients, shaped by influences – what grows around you, your climate, who has been in you...

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