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    Kenyan Pilau Recipe

    This Kenyan Pilau dish is very common amongst different cultures and they also have different names for this same dish. The most common ones are pilaf, pulao, pilav, palaw but the Kenyans call it pilau. This is a very interesting rice dish in terms of flavours, it almost wants to remind you of jollof rice

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    Nyama Choma with Kachumbari

    In my post about my trip to Kenya, I did not discuss the food at all. I have to say I was surprised about the flavours I found. Kenyan food looks like it is a mix of so many other cultural influences, They have chapati which is indian and also Pilau as a major staple.

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    Karibu Kenya

    Hello hello everyoneeeee!!!! I missed you all and blogging and the whole shenanigans. I apologize for being so MIA. Let me jist you what happened. So as part of my masters program here in San francisco, we get to do something called an action project instead of writing a boring old 100 page thesis, we

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    Orange Chicken Stir Fry

    Hi Guys, I hope you had a fabulous weekend! Today’s recipe is going to be Homemade Orange Chicken stir fry, very easy and simple recipe and it’s delicious. I tried this recipe for the first time on Sunday, decided to treat my girls to something yummy; I hope you love it as well. Recipe for

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    Churros

    Who loves pastry?!?!! I know i do, I’m always craving anything that is baked or fried. So one day I decided to do my research and make myself some Churros. Fairly simple recipe and absolutely delicious. They are so soft and if you have any Nutella laying around they would taste even better if you

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    Creamy coconut rice and fiery wrapped prawns – Nkem Odewunmi

    Congratulations to the winner of the Spring Chef Experience, Nkem Odewunmi. I first saw Nkem’s work in this wonderful Facebook group I am part of and was blown away. Her presentation of dishes is out of this world. I mean she could take even kuli kuli and present it like the most foreign snack. For

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    Strawberry Blueberry Breakfast Crepes

    O Canada!Our home and native land!True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,The True North strong and free!From far and wide,O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Happy

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    Pinecherry Drink

    For those that follow @afrolems on Instagram, you would have seen that I posted a recipe yesterday for this very refreshing delicious drink. This drink however was inspired by the Toke Makinwa vlog post this week. Now as I said on Instagram, Afrolems does not endorse the views expressed in the video, however, for those

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    Stir Fried Quinoa, Brown Rice and Chicken Breast

    Some people may have heard of quinoa or not at all. Quinoa is a grain crop and the edible seeds are what many of us consume regularly. Texture-wise, it is very similar to couscous. I first of all heard about quinoa 2 years ago and it was the rave amongst food bloggers especially healthy food

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