• Category Archives: Appetizers

    Easter Special:Irish Potato Tots

    Recently, as I was reviewing the traffic on my blog and how people found it last week, I saw someone searched for appetizers with potatoes. I had a few recipes in mind immediately but I thought I’d start with the easiest and gradually progress. So for whoever searched my blog for potato appetizers, here it

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    Easter Special : Chicken and Mango Skewer

    I have been procrastinating on making this particular dish and I even tweeted about the usefulness of procrastination and people loved the tweet. “I am not a procrastinator. I wait the last second to do my work because I will be older and therefore wiser.” In this case, it is safe to say i was

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    Garden Egg and Peanut Butter

    St Patrick’s day was an interesting day for me. I sat in the kitchen with my mum from the time I woke up at noon till 9pm when I was ready to go to bed. We did everything in the kitchen that day. Cooked, listened to music, skyped with the rest of the family etc.

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    Salted or Unsalted Dodo? Which do you Prefer?

    The Nigerian love of plantains has always amazed me. If you ask the typical Nigerian how they like their plantains, many would say fried (dodo), boiled or roasted (bole). It was not until I stepped out of the Nigerian cuisine space that I found many other cultures also like plantain. i have noticed Jamaicans fry

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    Dodo Snails – Lent Inspired Recipe

    During Lent, a lot of people give up a whole lot of things as a fast during the period and the very popular  food item that people give up is beef. I have heard many people give up chicken as well. I started looking online for some lent inspired recipes and all I saw was

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    Quinoa Lettuce Wrap – 14th Shade of Valentines Cooking

    Happy Valentine’s day everyone. Hope your day has been filled with yummy treats and good food and chocolates. For people that do not have a significant other this valentine’s day, try to make the most of it with your friends. Remember it is about showing love 🙂 #doneranting Now we have a unique recipe from

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    Puff Puff – Nigerian Doughnut Snack

    Every Nigerian party has featured these adorable balls of puff puff. If you go to a Nigerian party and they do not serve you puff puff, it’s not legit. Take my word for it. Personally every time I think of puff puff, I can almost hear the owambe (party) music and smell that party rice.

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    Caramelized Coconut

    Candied Coconut – 9th Day of Christmas

    I don’t know about you but what comes to my mind during this festive period is the amount of candy, chocolate and food I can have. Growing up my mum always made this snack for my brothers and I and we loved it. It  brings back childhood memories and I believe this would make for a very

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    Avocado Boats with Shrimp Salad | 1st Day of Christmas from Afrolems

    My first day of Christmas recipe would have to be the Avocado boat with Shrimp Salad. I was recipe hunting a few weeks ago and came across this blog. It had the recipe for this avocado boats and shrimp salad and it is apparently a recipe inspired from people in Ivory Coast. On the first day

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