• Nigerian Masa

    Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of rice (soft fluffy rice like Jasmin, basmati or glutinous rice would do) 3/4 cup of boiled rice 1 tsp of instant yeast 1 tbs of caster sugar 1 cup of warm water 1/4 baking soda oil to fry Directions: Soak the rice for about 5 hours (I soaked mine over… Continue Reading

  • Apple Crumble with Almond Meal

    Last week as I was having breakfast, I started to read the list of ingredients on my almond milk carton. I was so shocked to find that in a whole litre of milk, there was only 2% of real almonds used. Two percent!!! In fact, shocked was an understatement. I felt like I had been… Continue Reading

  • Coconut Candy

    It is hard to ignore that halloween is round the corner. All the stores are stocking up on pumpkins of various sizes and colour and not to mention the hideous costumes being sold. I tried to find something cute for my toddler to wear but I just couldn’t bring myself to spend money on something I… Continue Reading

  • Millet Cereal with Yoghurt

    I was walking down the grains aisle and I spotted something very familiar. I stopped to check it out and lo and behold it was guinea corn but the Indian variety, of course. It is redder and much smaller than the variety I am used to. We use the milled millet in so many ways and forms… Continue Reading

  • Red Velvet Cake

    I love baking cakes especially with Kofo but my only issue is the presentation. I can guarantee that my cake will taste nice but I cannot guarantee that it will look very pretty. With layered cakes I find that as I butter the layers, the cake tends to lean to one side. And when it… Continue Reading

  • Tropically Sweet

    Does your favourite fruit say something about who you really are?Errr… I’ll leave that to the psychoanalyst to figure out. All I know is mine is the pineapple. It’s not exactly pretty and the prickly look seems like a total turn off. Unlike other fruits for example mangos and oranges, it’s very hard to tell when a pineapple is ripe.… Continue Reading

  • Bea, what have you started?

    I am really sorry! Truly and deeply sorry for not keeping in touch and sharing my experience with food with you. Life gets in the way doesn’t it? I know it’s no excuse. I promise to behave better in the future and I hope you encourage me to do so. Even though I have been… Continue Reading