• Category Archives: Appetizers

    Suya flavored Mashed Potato

    As an 8 year old, I was so excited when my sister was born. The house was always filled with many options of the same dish in puree or mashed form. Mashed potatoes were my sister’s favorite and my mum used to make it differently each time for her but my sister’s favorite was with

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    Mini Jelly Donuts

    Mini Jelly Donuts Delight I have to put out a quick disclaimer to say this is not the type of donut that has jelly in it. It just has jelly on top of it. I did successfully get the jelly in the donuts with a pastry bag and toothpick. It just did not make it

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    Cinnamon Chin Chin

    Cinnamon Chin Chin for the Win For the past month on my blog, I have noticed in a surge in the search of chin chin recipes. The focus has been on soft chin chin for some reason. Luckily, I had the recipe already uploaded. Now that i am in the middle of my #12daysofChristmas series,

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    Cucumber Cups and Spicy Peanut Butter

    Cucumber Cups and Spicy Peanut Butter For my Nigerian followers, this appetizer is very reminiscent of the green garden eggs and groundnuts version we have. I chose to switch things up a bit with it and add a few spices to my peanut butter to make it more interesting. I incorporated african nutmeg otherwise known

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    Mini Pancakes with fruits

    Mini Pancakes with Fruits I started photographing my 12 days of Christmas dishes quite early this year in comparison to my regular rushed behavior in previous years. Growth needs to always be celebrated haha. While there are benefits to starting early, there is also the possibility that someone has thought of a recipe first and has

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    Sweet And Sour Chicken Balls

    The second christmas offering we have is out sweet and sour chicken balls recipe. This is a relatively simple recipe to make. If you feel you have to practice before hand, you can do so now which is why i have decided to post some of my recipes earlier. My friend Nefy (CEO of Luxurykaftans)

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    Corn Bread

    American thanksgiving is around the corner and I am so bummed I don’t get to spend it with my girls this year. Although on the upside, I won’t be the one slaving in the kitchen whilst they sip wine and chit chat haha love you ladies. Americans in the south are known to consume a

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    Cocoyam Chips and Peppered Garlic Shrimp

    A few weeks ago, I posted this simple and quick recipe on our Facebook and Instagram account. I figured that other people not following us on those accounts may have missed out on this quick snack. I had excess cocoyam from making Ekpangnkukwo and decided to fry the cocoyam instead. It was very tasty. Cocoyam

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    Blueberry Muffins

    I can never really distinguish between muffins and cupcakes when it comes down to it. I mean the way they are both mixed are different and I guess muffins are a little rough in texture. Well compared to what I achieved, It was closer to a cupcake than a muffin even if the latter is

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