• When Life Gives You Lemons

    I don’t know who decided everything tasted better with a squeeze of lemon. You know, like in Coke or on seafood. I mean why? I never understood it and I have definitely not acquired the taste. Whenever I share food with AF at a restaurant and there is a wedge of lemon or lime, I… Continue Reading

  • Saving Time

    The last time I made rice masa, it took so long that it actually put me off making some afterwards.  I have been craving masa for some weeks now and I thought I would try to reduce the cooking time by a day! LOL. Here is my new and improved recipe. Rice Masa Ingredients: 1 cup… Continue Reading

  • Masa Masa Masa

    I bought a pack Quinoa ages ago, it had been sitting in my cupboard and just recently overcame the fear of cooking it. I made a jollof out of it (which was actually amazing, yes I didn’t have high hopes!) with half of the pack so we have some more to experiment with. Yay! While researching… Continue Reading

  • Clean Out!

    When I clean out my fridge, I find that I come up with new meals as I am desperate not to waste food. I don’t even know what to call this… All I know is that I needed to use the ingredients asap! Ingredients: 500g of chicken gizzard, cleaned 4 small new potatoes, cut in half… Continue Reading

  • Falling in Love With Spinach

    I used to think spinach was only used in Nigerian soup dishes. As I grow and learn about new dishes, I am no longer afraid to experiment and re-invent. It goes with everything! Well I think so… Noodles, eggs, meatballs… the list goes on. I am adding it to rice right now. Here is how:… Continue Reading

  • The Substitute

    There are always abundant new year’s resolutions flying about with the arrival on the new year. The one that I always tend to follow for about a week is the healthy fad! With that in mind many cooks and chef of Instagram have many ideas of how one can eat and live healthy. One such… Continue Reading

  • Spice of Life

    Ingredients: 6 chicken legs, skin removed 3 Tbs suya spice 3 tbs butter ½ red onion, sliced 3 medium tomatoes, deseeded and quartered Salt to taste Method: Preheat the oven to 360 oF. Toast the suya spice for about 2 minutes in a frying pan on medium heat. Mix the toasted spice with the butter… Continue Reading

  • World Mental Health Day

    Mental illness is something we don’t discuss where I come from. It is something other people have, it is not an African illness. One isn’t allowed to feel sad or down talk less of displaying mental illness. “What do you have to be sad about when you have more than most people in the country?”… Continue Reading

  • Miyan Taushe (Pumpkin Soup)

    Originally posted on Sasa's Kitchen:
      There is only one thing that comes to mind when I think about pumpkins – Halloween. The thought of eating them never actually crossed my mind because I only see them or maybe notice them during Halloween while I lived in the UK. For me they are vegetables…

  • Random Recipe No. 43

    I am taking part in Belleau Kitchen random recipe challenge. I think its a great idea and i plan to take part every month. Below are the rules set by Dominic of Belleau Kitchen: 1. take all your cook books off the shelf and shuffle them ( a friendly giant will help) 2. close your… Continue Reading