This past week I challenged myself to try to blog everyday and I had a ton of recipes I had made, photographed and were just sitting on my memory card. It was time to do something about that, hence the extra activity you see on my blog. This post was inspired quite randomly to be
O Canada!Our home and native land!True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,The True North strong and free!From far and wide,O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Happy
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
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
When I posted a collage of the dishes that didn’t make it to the blog last year, the first requested recipe was the coconut cookies one. To be honest, I was a little surprised as that was the last one i thought people would ask for. Not sure why i thought that. I really did
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
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
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
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
