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Categories of all the recipes listed on the Afrolems blog. From breakfast to dinner recipes we have a variety of recipes to learn from.
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,
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
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
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)
Mashed Potato Cakes with Pepper Garlic Sauce
Mashed Potato Cakes with Pepper Garlic Sauce The theme of our 12 days of Christmas countdown this year is focused on foods you can serve at your Christmas parties that can be little additions to the staples on your dinner table and serve as appetizers, desserts, drinks and others. We all know Jollof rice, fried rice
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
Ghanian Fufu and Light Soup
At some point this year, my mum came to visit me when I lived in San Francisco and she told me to invite my friends over because she would be cooking up a storm. My german friend asked if he could come and I said sure of course. His next question was would she be
Nigerian Yam and Egg
I never understood the logic of feeding children yam and egg on a school morning. Yam makes me super sleepy and less productive. If i settle down to eat yam regardless of the time of the day, you can guarantee I won’t be doing anything useful the rest of the day. Somehow this was the
Yam and Palm Oil
Growing up I was told that the combination of Yam and palm oil was what poor people ate. Whatever the hell that meant. I used to feel guilty enjoying this simple dish because I always asked myself why Nigerians would label such a dish amongst others as a poor person’s food. I then realized the