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    Nutty Creme Rice

    Hope you have all been enjoying our christmas dessert offerings. Our final dessert recipe is courtesy my mum 1Q Food Platter. Hope you all have a merry Christmas and an amazing new year. Recipe( serves 4) Ingredients 6 table spoons boiled Rice ( the type used for tuwon) or jasmine rice 4 teaspoons coarsely crushed Cashew

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    Candy Crush Ornament Cookies

    Candy Crush Ornament Cookies recipe as submitted by Greedy girl Cooks Ingredients: Makes 24-30 cookies 3 sticks unsalted butter (room temp) 1 cup white sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup molasses 1 tsp. vanilla 3.5 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt 3 tsp.  ginger powder ½ tsp. cinnamon ¼  tsp. nutmeg 6 crushed candies per cookie

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    Beignets – French Doughnuts

    As the holiday season approaches, we tend to spend most of our time with family and friends. To make this season a memorable one, thought it would be a great idea to make something unforgettable for them, rather than going out to get something already made. This could also be fun for parents and kids

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    Nutella Crepes and Ice Cream

    I love crepes, and I love ice cream; and together they make the perfect dessert. A crepe station is always a nice fancy idea, each dessert can be custom made, you can use Nutella, Jam, or honey filling and any flavour of ice cream you prefer. This dessert can also be made in advance, all

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    Plantain Pancakes with Summer Berries

    Madeleines & Macaroons are to France as Speculoos & Praline Cookies are to Belgium Chocolate & Apfelküchlein are to Switzerland as Amaretti & Tiramisu, Gelato are to Italy Spotted dick & Bread and butter pudding are to England as ____________are to Nigeria Do Nigerians do desserts??? Of course we do, it might not be customary but we do

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    Strawberry Kiwi Granita

    I’m so excited about the theme we chose for this years 12 Days of Christmas…..DESSERTS. Everyone loves dessert, something sweet we can indulge in no matter how stuffed we may be from eating. This summer, I was watching CHOPPED on The Food Network and they had to work with kiwi’s and this chef made a

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    Garri Chocolate Bar

    When I say I love Chef Dudu’s work, I mean it. He is so innovative with his recipes and is very open to experimentation. I did not hesitate to contact him to get involved in our christmas recipe countdown. His message to me was “This is absolutely an unorthodox one I must say. I pulled

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    Akara Mboro

    Akara Mboro We are beginning our first Christmas recipe with this interesting dessert. In the original context, it wasn’t designed to be a dessert but alas with the right amount of sugar any dish can be a dessert. Mboro in the efik language means banana and for those that don’t know what akara is, it’s

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    Abacha African Salad

    My very first encounter with Abacha African Salad dish was back in Queens College with one of my Igbo lesson teachers. She always sent one of the students to get it before she got down to business. She was nice enough to ask us if we wanted some and for the people that knew what it

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