• All Gone!

    Can I just put it out there that kuli kuli and kankuwa originated from Nupe land? thank you! My great Aunt is the king, yes king of kulikuli and dankuwa in Lafiagi. I once took some to work and everyone was going crazy over them. I am sure there is some secret ingredients she adds… Continue Reading

  • How Do You Like It?

    Life is funny sha! Funny how we take things for granted. Masa is one of those Nigerian foods I was never crazy about. I like it, I am or was never crazy about it.  I grew up around it so it was always available. In the eighteen months I spent in Nigeria I don’t remember… Continue Reading

  • An Orgasmic Experience!

    For a change of scenery AF took us to the Villagio mall. City Centre mall was our go to place. By the time we got there we were so famished and ready to consume a whole horse! Our hungry step led us to a French restaurant called le Notre which felt more like a posh… Continue Reading

  • The Last Year at a Glance

    Since I last posted, my blog became severely infected with spam, virus and bugs. I spent a long time trying to fix it and eventually gave up. I never gave up cooking though. Since I last posted, I won third place in the Knorr Taste Quest. I was surprisingly called back after I had left… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest – Episodes 6-10 Recap

    Episode 6 – The Cooking Class   I really appreciated this episode. I have a feeling it was Dr Roberts that insisted we took this class. I imagined Dr Roberts having nightmares about the way we hold our knives and butchered our meat. LOL! It was a great learning day. Chef Fregs was a good… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest – Episodes 1-5 Recap

    I hope you have all been watching the Knorr Taste Quest (KTQ). It’s been mad fun I tell you. I am having such a good time. I am learning loads, pushing myself really hard and I get to share this experience with some amazing people, real foodies. I am having an awesome time I tell you.… Continue Reading

  • Morocco on My Mind

    Ingredients: 500g of goat ribs (beef or lamb can be used) 1 cup of couscous 3 medium sized prunes, chopped 3 medium onions, chopped 4 cloves of garlic 100g of butter half a cup of chopped carrots 4 dried chili, crushed 2 tablespoon of flour 1 teaspoon of thyme 3 cardamoms, crushed 1 teaspoon curry… Continue Reading

  • L’Epicerie – my very own Waitrose!

    I really should be ashamed of myself. First of all I haven’t updated this blog in such a long time. I do have valid reasons though but lets not go into them, secondly I only just discovered L’Epicerie! I had heard so much about it and always wanted to visit but for some reason I never went.… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest

    Have you heard of the new reality show that is sponsored by Unilever Nigeria? The Knorr Taste Quest? Well your very own Sasa auditioned and got selected for it! YIPEEE!!! The show is a quest to find Nigeria’s ultimate chef. The contestants would be subjected to various tasks to test their culinary skills in the hope of winning amazing prizes which include a… Continue Reading

  • Baked Eggs with Herbs

     Ingredients: 5 medium tomatoes, chopped 3 sprigs of parsley, chopped 3 scotch bonnet, chopped ½ medium onions, chopped 1 knorr cubes 2 eggs Directions: Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius. Mix all the vegetables in a bowl and crumble the knorrcube in the mix. Mix thoroughly. Butter 2 ramekins. In one ramekin, add ¼… Continue Reading