Dodo and Egg is one of the traditional breakfast options in a Nigerian household. If you are not Nigerian, you are wondering if I am talking about a dodo egg, No 🙂 Dodo is also known as Fried Plantain in Nigeria. Not sure why we came up with that name but hey, it’s here to
Are Plantain Fritatas a part of your breakfast menu in Nigeria? No? You have to make it a thing. Its so easy to make and you can always modify the recipe to fit your taste. Sometimes I add sausages, chicken or even shrimp to my plantain fritatas to give me a wholesome meal. If you
Plantain salad is not a new dish on the food scene but it certainly was new in my kitchen this evening when I played around with it. For lovers of plantain, I bet you have added plantain to any possible dish you can. I know I have as seen with some of my recipes. I
At this point, it is safe to say I am slightly addicted to plantains. I mean I have an e-book dedicated to plantain recipes which I should probably update with this plantain gnocchi recipe. I was watching a documentary on Netflix about a chef’s journey through some parts of Asia and they were making gnocchi
I have had a few people request to add a print option to my recipes. I add them to select recipes because I do not want to make it so easy for people to just take advantage of it and become profitable at my expense. I still think if they wanted they would but It’s
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
Plantain and beef pie? Yes plantain and beef pie is an actual thing. The love of plantain is the beginning of a food blogger’s wisdom. Quite a number of countries share the love of plantain as well be it green, yellow or black(over-ripe plantain). Countries like Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Ghana, Puerto-Rico and the list
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
