• Author Archives: afrolems

    Honey Corn CupCake

    Corn season is upon us and some interesting recipes would be coming out of my kitchen like this honey corn cupcake one. I have completely missed fresh corn and I would be looking forward to creating savory and sweet dishes using this one ingredient. In this recipe however, I did not use fresh corn, I

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    Plantain Flat Bread Pizza

    There is a strong semblance in recipes from my previous post on plantain chin chin to this one. I know, I know, I cheated a little and used the dough with a little extra flour and more kneading for this Plantain Flat Bread Pizza. If you stumbled on my blog because of this recipe, ignore

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    Plantain Chicken Pies

    Plantain Chicken Pies are the yummiest snacks you would make this week, I can assure you of that. How do I know? Well let’s just say I have none left and I made them a few hours ago. I have been binge watching a new show called “Jane the Virgin” and her mum (who by

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    Plantain Chin Chin

    Which one is plantain chin chin again? Yes Afrolems has come again. I started playing around with this recipe at some point last year and even posted it on my snapchat. Alas a few months later, I decided to come back to this recipe. I had some plantain that was about to go bad in

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    Cinnamon French Toast Sticks

    I woke up very early with a very strong craving for cinnamon french toast sticks. Yes, very specific I know but one has to give into cravings every once in a while. By the way I am also craving amala and ewedu properly done from an authentic buka. Who wants to bring me some? I

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    Crispy Baked Scent Leaf and Lemon Tilapia

    Thanks to cooking school, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and work with whole fish…something I’m not very fond of doing. However to my surprise, this crispy baked scent leaf and lemon tilapia dish came out better than I expected.I enjoyed it so much that I made it again and it was

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    Sweet Potato Pottage

    Last week, my sister messaged me that she just came up with a recipe that has never been thought off. I asked what it was and she said Sweet Potato Pottage. I laughed so much at the cuteness of her naivety. I quickly schooled her on how this was no surprise to the food ecosystem

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    Kanyan Recipe – Liberian Snack

    I was scrolling through Instagram this week and i came across an account I was following called MyPepperPot. She was sorting through roasted peanuts and said she was about to make kanyan that was a Liberian snack. I got curious and asked for the kanyan recipe and before she could even reply, I had googled

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