Did you know that the history of red velvet desserts is really about the colour more than anything. I read this blog post and was shocked. Which means I can pretty much add any colour to a dessert recipe and make it really cool. Either way, I started thinking of what was somewhat easy to
“Rice is good. Rice is life. If you want to get a life, just eat rice!” How is that for rhymes? I saw that quote somewhere and thought it was funny. Anywhoo, on this 2nd day of the valentine month, I bring to you familiar dishes on a nigerian menu. Showing your significant other you love
If someone asked me what my most romantic scene was, I’m not certain I could pick just one. Anything from the upside down rain kiss in spiderman to Beauty and the Beast (yes the entire movie counts as one big romantic scene.) In my top three however, I would definitely say waking up to breakfast
For some reason ever since i got back from Nigeria, I have had a weird craving for coconut so most of my recent dishes have been inspired by that craving. I mean this was intended to be a banana muffin but somehow coconut found its way in here. I loved the crunchiness of the outer
So ever since I started Afrolems, everything related to food somehow gets sent to me. People send me jokes about food and articles about cooking and other interesting things. Today, my uncle sent this to me and I thought this was interesting. If you have anything to add to the list please feel free. I
Earlier this year, I was craving Mango like no man’s business. I remembered this dessert I had once that was coconut sticky rice and Mango. So I decided to play around a little with some sushi rice and some other fruits that were not originally in the dessert. Hope you enjoy the result. Ingredients
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.
Bonjour Afrolems lovers. Ca va? Ok ok i’d stop now as my french isn’t that great. I was up really early this wonderful saturday morning and I decided to watch Dexter’s Laboratory on YouTube and for those that watch cartoons a lot like me, you would know the episode on Dexter’s lab that all he
Happy New Year to all my beloved Afrolems Fans. I bet you all had an amazing holiday filled with yummy dishes and recipes. I did as well. I was in Nigeria for the Holidays and threw down with my mum on a number of occasions. I also saw some interesting cooking scenarios and also met
