If you are connected to my social media channels, you would have seen that I shared a CNN article highlighting the emergence of the creative african chefs. I was so excited because it made me realize the very thing Afrolems stands for in promoting african food to the world is coming to past in my
Kwaziwai. Makadii Zvenyu? Do not be alarmed I have been told this means greetings, how are you in Shona from the people of Zimbabwe. I met an Uber driver in San francisco a few weeks ago that was educating me on the Zimbabwean culture and I definitely became more interested in the culture after my
This recipe has been on my mind since last year but the perfect time to execute never came. Today I finally felt ready. It is very simple but the creative direction needed to make sense to me. I needed to evaluate if it would be well received and all that jazz. I can’t say for
I have to say that the Afrolems community of fans and followers are super amazing when it comes to support. If you are following us on social media, you would have seen during the week I posted my Poulet DG recipe on all the networks. My post invited this new recipe of Cameroonian Pilé Pilé into
After all the Easter celebrations, it is time to return to a low carb Nigerian diet. I have seen a few searches come through the blog for low carb nigerian meal suggestions and I have been seriously considering doing a series on it. If there is a higher demand for it, I just might. This
Happy Independence day Ghana. I apologize for not celebrating properly with you all by supplying tons of Ghanian recipes on time. What did my Ghanian followers end up doing? For those that know me, they know Garri is a must in my house. I may not eat it in three months but I like to have
What is a christmas menu when you don’t experiment with something and it turns out well? In this case my over-ripe plantain and shrimp canapes. Well let’s just say I was licking my plate after i photographed this one. It’s nothing super out of the blue but I had left over over-ripe plantain and wanted
Growing up, my grandma always made unripe plantain pottage and I wasn’t so sure it was my favourite thing to eat. Then came my mum with semi-ripe plantain mixed with unripe plantain in the pottage and it was always fun to find out which plantain was slightly ripe when eating it. Well today, I decided
In this post, I have no interesting story as to why I decided to make Dambu Nama. I just had a craving for it and went into my kitchen and whipped this up. Did not take as much time as I thought it would which was good but I lacked a somewhat important tool in
