Egusi cream pasta is a recipe I have toyed with in my mind for a while. To backtrack a little bit, I have always said that my recipes should be inspired by ingredients available to us. If it looks like a foreign inspiration, as long as the ingredients are available on Nigerian Soil in abundance
I had shared this simple Suya Pasta recipe on my instagram page almost three months ago and it was a hit! I think it was the simplicity of a lunch or dinner recipe that is ready in 20 minutes that made it a hit. It may also have been coming out of quarantine, we needed
This cashew cream pasta is what they call “necessity is the mother of invention.” I ran out of cooking cream and got inspired by my mum’s post and a video I saw from plant food federation on Youtube to make this dish. This Cashew cream pasta is a great option if you are trying to
You had to know this Ayamase pasta was going to feature if I had gone the stockfish route. There’s just so much depth in flavour with that bleached palm oil. I don’t care what anyone says. That flavour characterises Nigerian soul food. It really does hit different. I have played with a few Ayamase derivative
If you follow Afrolems on Instagram, you will remember I promised a slightly more traditional version of valentines day and I am keeping to that promise by starting with this Stockfish Flavoured Pasta recipe. What inspired this you ask? Well, my mum typically blends the discarded bits of stockfish into powder and we use it
On my list of decadent salads, pasta salad is high on top of that list. Potato salad comes really close depending on the content of the salad but for the purpose of this post, this pasta salad is it. Think of your pasta salad as a blank canvas and you can add any toppings you
Efirin, Scent Leaf, Local Basil, whatever you want to call it, I enjoyed this Efirin Pesto Pasta dish and licked my plate because yasssss! This recipe has been on my list to post for a few years. I think people around me have enjoyed it enough, its time to share with the world. This dish
I don’t know about you but deciding on work lunch for the week takes its toll on me most times that I end up not even going with anything. It seems I always have to rely on posts like these that I see on other food bloggers sites to plan for my week. I figured
Stir fried noodles with beef is my staple Friday evening meal. Instead of having regular noodles, I always try to make it a bit more interesting. If you went to boarding school, you can relate to the concept of special noodles. Obviously noodles was a contraband item in boarding school but the naughty little girls
