So I can’t drive legally in Doha. Not yet anyway. I have been taking driving lessons for the past month. Did I mention that I can drive? I tried telling that to the traffic department but that just fell on deaf ears. Unfortunately for me, the Nigerian licence I have isn’t valid here. If I had… Continue Reading
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There is nothing better than looking back and learning from your mistakes and making the best of the second chance that you have been blessed with. This post is an improvement of one of my first posts here: Fried Rice Ingredients: 1½ cups of brown basmati rice 1 cup of Mexican mixed veg 1 cup… Continue Reading
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Ma Kaduna is gone, may her soul rest in peace. Before Bey, there was Ma Kaduna, the first true independent woman. A true definition of a feminist that taught me to demand what was rightfully mine. She taught me what it means to be a hustler. A very bold and audacious lady who rode her… Continue Reading
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Welcome to the first of my kitchen hacks. In this section I will share tips on the little things that make my life easier in the kitchen. Today’s kitchen hack is about bulk chopping food produce like garlic and ginger, ingredients I use almost every day, and preserving it in oil in the fridge for… Continue Reading
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Educating ones self is a continuous process. Today’s recipe is a modification of the recipe in the first Plantain Chronicles. The difference is using panko crumbs to coat the plantain balls. Panko crumbs is something I always felt was posh and never found in my local grocer here in Doha. Today I decided it was… Continue Reading
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Ingredients: 500g of beef, cut into cubes ½ red bell pepper ½ green bell pepper ½ medium onion, thinly slice half of this 1 Knorr cube 1 tsp of thyme ½ tsp of curry powder ½ tsp of coriander powder 1 tbs of crushed chili 3 tbs of oil salt to taste Method: Preheat the… Continue Reading
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I have always loved plantains but the current love I have for them has taken me by surprise. The past few days, I have found myself in the kitchen in the middle of the night creating recipes using plantains as the main ingredients. I blame 9jafoodie! I have been trying recreate her plantain chips recipe… Continue Reading
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What is it they say about hungry people again? A meal in my home is never a simple thing. Simple rice and stew could take longer than usual because once I enter the kitchen my brain starts to wonder what else I could do to make this simple dish extraordinary. This afternoon though was the… Continue Reading
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I bought some beans from my usual grocer the other day. I was excited because I had been dreaming of moin-moin and beans porridge and dodo (fried plantain). I soaked the beans for a whole day and cooked for another 6 hours but still inedible. I had to check the packet again to make sure… Continue Reading
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Have you guys seen the movie Between Us? It is a really good insightful movie (don’t mind the critics). You should watch it, there are many lessons to be learnt from the movie. After watching the movie last night, AF and I started to discuss aspects of the movie and called on our past experiences… Continue Reading
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