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    Coconut Nests with M&M’s

    Growing up, my mum and aunty were very funky in the way handled holidays. Although in other houses, people worried about not eating meat on Good Friday, my mum and aunty hid easter chocolate eggs around the house for us to find. It turned a somewhat sad day to a happy one. Although the reason

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    Soft Chin Chin Recipe

    Did you know that our favourite West African snack is present in other cultures in the world? They may do it slightly differently but nonetheless the core of the recipe is the same as ours. Chin chin is also known as Merveilles means wonder in french. I do not blame the french for thinking these

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    Potato and Egg Stew Recipe

    When I was in primary school, my grandma used to come occasionally to help out when my mum went on business trips. I really enjoyed this time because breakfast and dinner were always amazing. I didn’t enjoy lunch so much because she insisted on Eba and soups I did not like growing up so I

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    Banana Oat Cookies

    I happen to be one of those people that buys groceries and uses only a pinch of it for most of the year. Given that I move houses ever so often, I end up giving a lot of these groceries when I’m moving to enable an easier transition. When I moved to San Francisco, i

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    Shredded Beef Sauce

    We put out a post asking our fans what posts they would like to see on the blog. We figured this would be the best way to satisfy our fans needs as opposed to just posting our experiments and food musings. I absolutely loved preparing this shredded beef sauce dish as it came very close

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    Doughnuts Recipe

    I am getting way better at this pastry business. I should really consider exploring this part of cooking more often. One of our afrolems fans on facebook requested a doughnut recipe but i immediately thought, i don’t have shortening how will i achieve a soft fluffy doughnut? Then I realized that not all doughnuts are

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    Afia Efere – Ofe Nsala Soup

    One of our fans on Facebook requested a recipe for Afia Efere and I searched my blog thoroughly and realized I did not have it. Shame on me. This is actually one of my favourite soups and my mum used to make it on some special sundays especially when we requested it. Sometimes she made it

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    Yoghurt Chicken and Garlic Potatoes

    Remember my Mango Salsa post? I hosted a few friends over after my exam and part of the menu was Yoghurt Chicken and Garlic potatoes. I posted the pictures on Instagram and I have been getting requests from people to post the recipe. My friends throughly enjoyed it when I made it and I assume you

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    Mango Salsa

    I had some friends over yesterday for dinner and before they got to my house, they warned me that they were watching their weight so they did not want anything super creamy or carb-heavy so I decided to make a few clean dishes. One of them was mango salsa. In Nigeria, Mango season usually starts

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