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Happy New Year! How was the holidays? So let's start off 2018 with some modifications to some basic recipes... Today, we would be making a modified recipe of Jollof Spaghetti... and trust me, you'd love this recipe. Ingredients: Spaghetti (1 pack) Tomato paste (1 tbspn) Tomatoes (4) Scotch Bonnet Pepper (5) Red Bell Pepper (2) Onions (1 bulb) Onions-chopped (1/2 bulb) Garlic-crushed (5 fingers) Butter Vegetable Oil Oregano (2 tspns) Curry Thyme Salt and seasoning Suya Spice Directions: Blend your Tomatoes, Scotch Bonnet, Red Bell Pepper and onion coarsely. Cook your spaghetti and set aside. In a pan, add butter, vegetable oil, and some chopped onions with crushed garlic. Stir fry till the onions and garlic are golden brown. Add the tomato paste and the blended pepper. Cook for about 2 -3mins. Add oregano, curry, thyme, salt and seasoning and suya spice and allow to cook for about another 2 mins. Pour in your spaghetti and stir it in. Allow it to s...

Hello lovely people! So let's do some baking today... I've always loved to try out new recipes and remodeling old recipes. But this time around I'm not only teaching a new recipe, I'm combining a new recipe with old basic one and I'm sure you'd love it. So let's start, shall we? For Apple Crumbs Ingredients: 8 Apples 1/2 Cup Balsamic Vinegar 1 Cup of Brown Sugar 1 Cup of Flour 1 Cup of Oats 25g Butter Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 2. Peel and core the apples, then quarter and cut in to chunks. 3. Put the apples into a pan with 1/2 cup of sugar and balsamic vinegar, then cook over a low heat for 5 minutes to soften slightly, stirring occasionally, then tip into a small ovenproof baking dish. 4. Place the flour and oats in a bowl and mix well. Chop the butter into small cubes and add this to the oats and flour. Mix and rub in with your fingertips until it resembles an even crumb texture. 5. Add the r...

Yaay! The Holidays are upon us and the most common protein consumed during this season is Chicken... So we decided to look at 5 creative ways to prepare chicken and we do hope you'd try out one of these recipes and give us a feedback... 1. Cajun BBQ Chicken Ingredients 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 lb. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 2 tsp. Cajun seasoning, divided 1 tsp. dried oregano kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp. butter 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 c. barbecue sauce 1/4 c. beer 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce Juice of 1 lime pinch of crushed red pepper flakes Dash of hot sauce 1/4 c. Sliced green onions Directions In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Season both sides of chicken breasts with 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning, oregano, salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and cook until both sides are golden, 6 to 8 minutes per side. Remove chicken from heat. To the same skillet, melt b...

Hey Good people! So we are here again today with this lovely recipe. It's Pineapple Fried Rice! Yeah! You heard right! Pineapple!!! It's a simple recipe and something you should try out this holidays... Coming up with 5 creative ways to prepare your Christmas chicken... Stay woke and yeah got some airtime giveaways on Christmas...   Ingredients: 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, diced 2 carrots, peeled and grated 1/2 cup frozen corn 1/2 cup frozen peas 3 cups cooked brown rice 2 cups diced pineapple, canned or fresh 1/2 cup diced ham 2 green onions, sliced Directions: In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger powder and white pepper; set aside. Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add garlic and onion to the skillet, and cook, stirring often, until onions have becom...

Hey lovely people! Lets learn something simple and full of fun today! Let's make some Zobo syrup... You want to make that purpleish sweet drizzling syrup you churn on your ice cream, cake, whipped cream, pancakes and lots more? Then this is the recipe for you. Ingredients: Dried Hibiscus leaves (1 cup) Water (4 cups) Ginger (3 pieces) Sugar (2 cups) Directions: Boil the dried hibiscus leaves and ginger (peeled) for about 20mins. Let it cool a bit. Drain out the colored extract and pour into another pot. Add the sugar to the colored extract, stir well and boil till the solution forms a semi thick paste. Pour into a container and let it cool off. You can refigerate it and turn into a piping tube whenever you want to use it. So there you have it... Zobo paste!

So lets cook Mixed Okro in an unusual way today! Trust me you should try out this recipe before the year runs out! Ingredients: Palm Oil Ponmo Chilli powder Offals Dried Fish Crayfish Prawns Shrimps Locust beans Chicken wings Mushrooms Salt Seasoning Pumpkin leaves (Ugwu) Ogbono And of course, Okro! Directions: Soak your dried fish in hot water and salt for about 4 hours. Cook your chicken wings and set aside the broth. Heat your palm oil in a pan (the trick is to add a cup of water to the palm oil before it gets hot and allow it to boil, this would allow the palm oil to cook and also get rid of smokes that comes with bleaching). add chilli powder to the oil and water mixture, add the offals, dried fish, crayfish, prawns, shrimps, locust beans and the chicken broth enough to accomodate everything. Cover, and allow to cook for about 2 mins. Add the chicken wings, shredded pumpkin leaves and mushroom with salt and seasoning to taste (be careful to taste first ...