How are you guys doing. I'm sure we are all looking forward to a new year. May Almighty God turn all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements. Happy new year in advance. My ankara collection for this year (2013). I love African prints ^_^.

My ankara collection for 2013




                 





Total time:
 1
hr35mins                     Yield:  4 servings         Level: Easy
            prep: 30mins
            inactive: 30mins           
            cook: 35mins
                 

I wanted to make something with golden morn so I decided to make muffins with it and it turned out well. My recipe ^_^. Golden morn is popular in North Africa and it's made from whole corn flour, sucrose and soya bean flour. 
Toppings: Strawberry jam and honey



Recipe of the day: Golden morn muffins (with strawberry jam & honey)




Total time: 25mins               Yield: 6 servings            Level: Easy
          prep: 10mins
         cook: 15mins  


Recipe of the day: Fried chicken with pancake mix




               




Total time:
 
1hr8mins                Yield: 4 servings       Level: Easy
            prep: 8mins
            cook: 1hr




Jollof rice is a popular dish in many parts of West Africa. Jollof rice can be prepared in different ways. As far as I'm concerned, the party version is the best because of the extra flavor which is smoke ^_^. 

Recipe of the day: Jollof rice (Nigerian party version) with jerk chicken & plantain






Total time: 2hrs10mins                Yield: 5 servings         Level: Intermediate 
            prep: 10mins
            cook: 2hrs



The first person I made this soup for was my dad. He was happy and he loved it. It was a special day indeed ^_^. This soup is one of my favorite' it's a yoruba soup (Western Nigeria) made from brown beans.

Recipe of the day: Nigerian bean soup (Gbegiri) with semovita



                            




Total time:
 
1hr20mins            Yield: 7 servings              Level: Intermediate
            prep: 30mins
            cook: 50mins



Red velvet cake is one of my favorite' so today, I'll show you how to make red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting from scratch.  


Recipe of the day: Red velvet cake and Cream cheese frosting








Total time: 1hr8mins               Yield: 4 servings         Level: Easy
            prep: 8mins
            cook: 1hr



The first time I made it was when I had a guest and it turned out to be really good. This delicious chicken is easy to prepare. I am using chicken legs but you could use any part of the chicken you want. 

Recipe of the day: Caramelized chicken


              





Total time:
 
1hr18mins                Yield: 15 servings       Level: Intermediate
            prep: 8mins
            cook: 1hr10mins


I love snails! The taste is just different in a good way. I like to make them crunchy and hot. To achieve that I use more scotch bonnet. 

Recipe of the day: Crunchy peppered Nigerian snails






  
Total time: 30mins                Yield: 20 pancakes       Level: Easy
            prep: 10mins
            cook: 20mins
    

Are you tired of seeing the regular pancake? Give rainbow pancakes a try. And mothers/aunts, you could make these rainbow pancakes for your kids/nieces/nephews, it will make them eat more and you could use their favorite color only.

Recipe of the day: Rainbow pancakes

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I hope your week is going just as planned. Today, I'll be talking about anger and I hope someone learns from this. 


Anger


        
Someone commented on one of my posts and asked me to write about what I think about relationships. Before I proceed I am not a relationship expert but I'll tell you what I think and I'll try to make it short and elucidated. 

Musing with Raheenah: Questions to ask yourself before going into a relationship







Total time: 1hr55mins              Yield: 4 cups           Level: Easy
            prep: 1hr 
            cook: 55mins



Instead of going to the store to get a jar of salsa and tortilla chips, you could make it yourself from scratch and adjust. It's easy and straight forward.  
      

Recipe of the day: Homemade Salsa De Arbol and Baked Tortilla Chips






Total time:
 
1hr              Yield: 1 quart           Level: Intermediate
            



There was this time I went to Abuja Nigeria to pay my aunt a visit, she served me homemade yogurt with meat pie. The yogurt tasted so good but I forgot to ask her to give me the recipe. You know when you tell yourself you are going to do something and you end up forgetting, it irks me. Anyway' I know how to make it now. Yippee! and I'll be showing you. 

Recipe of the day: Homemade Yogurt








Total time:
 
1hr20mins                Yield: 5 servings       Level: Easy
            prep: 20mins
            cook: 1hr
  



I'm using Grace jerk seasoning, with that no other spices, seasonings or salt are necessary (but you can). You could get it form walmart or shoprite. But i'll show you how to make your jerk rub seasoning from scratch. 

Recipe of the day: Jamaican Jerk Chicken with Coconut Rice and Beans








Total time:
 
15mins                Yield: 2 servings          Level: Easy
           



I had all the ingredients so I decided to make Original Oreo Milk Shake. You could eliminate chocolate syrup. And if you haven't tried the milk duds, I'll advice you too.

Recipe of the day: Original Oreo Milk Shake with Milk Duds



     

Total time:
 1hr20mins                Yield: 20 servings       Level: Easy
            prep: 20mins
           

This was my first time baking a zebra cake and it turned out well. You can make this cake for any event. I really like red velvet cake and mixing it with vanilla cake was awesome. I was also able to make cupcakes with the leftover batter. 

Recipe of the day: Zebra cake and Cup Cakes

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The term fusilli is used to describe a short flattened, twisted pasta known as rotini in the United States. They are long, thick, corkscrew shaped pasta. It is spun by pressing and rolling a small rod over the tin strips of pasta to wind them around it in a corkscrew shape.
 

Recipe of the day: Pasta, Plantain & Fried Goat Meat

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I was hungry and I wanted a good meal so I settled for this. I don't know if I'm the only one, but whenever I cook because 'm hungry it takes forever. It's as if the clock is ticking at a slower rate.

Recipe of the day: Rice & Beans with Peppered Gizzard' and Chicken

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I went to the African store some days ago and I set my eyes on these tubers of yam. I was so happy! I found my craving ^_^. I called it yam-licious because it was delicious. Okay! enough of the story back to the recipe.

Recipe of the day: Yam, baked beans, beef and fried egg (Nigerian-style)



This fruit dessert is so easy to make and refreshing. I added Oreo triple double neapolitan cookies to it and I love this cookie because it has two cream fillings (strawberry and chocolate).
I suggest you make this strawberry parfait dessert for a romantic dinner. You're welcome 

Recipe of the day: Strawberry Parfait (with Oreo, triple double neapolitan cookies)

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I woke up this morning, in the mood to cook something different. So I picked egg fried rice and Asun. I woke everybody in the house because of the pleasing aroma. When I was preparing the fried rice, they kept coming into the kitchen to eat but they said they were only tasting lol. Asun is Nigerian grilled spicy goat meat. 

Recipe of the day: Egg Fried Rice and Asun (spicy goat meat)








Total time:
 
1hr50mins                Yield: 5 servings       Level: Easy
            prep: 20mins
            cook: 1hr3omins


I wanted to have something mixed with okra. When I opened the fridge I saw that I had spinach so I prepared Otong soup. It is the combination of okra and vegetable. This Nigeria soup is from Calabar (the South East region of Nigeria). It can be eaten with eba, pounded yam, semovita,  fufu or tuo. I really enjoyed this soup!

Recipe of the day: Otong soup with Pounded Yam

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This dessert is so easy to prepare with just five ingredients. It is similar to brownie sandwich. You can also use your favorite ice-cream or combination of ice-creams. 

Recipe of the day: Brownie Ice-cream Cake

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Jollof rice is a popular dish in many parts of West Africa. In Nigeria, we all know Sunday rice (special rice). It always taste' better.

Recipe of the day: Coconut Jollof Rice, BBQ Chicken Thighs and Moin-Moin

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