Spaghetti and meat balls

Get this quick and easy recipe for spaghetti. Saves you time and energy when hunger strikes. INGREDIENTS Turkey Vegetable oil Onions Mixed vegetables Curry powder Seasoning cubes Tomato paste Spaghetti Pepper Salt to taste. PREPARATION METHOD Parboil your spaghetti with salt for atleast 10 mins then sieve. Thaw your Turkey meatloaf, Heat up 5 tablespoon [...]

By | August 23rd, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|1 Comment

How to prepare fried rice

Very colourful meal garnished with freshly chopped vegetables, it gives you the freedom to try out a combination of vegetables, it’s healthy yet spicy. INGREDIENTS 4 cups of rice Peas {half cup} Green pepper {1 big size} Vegetable Oil Meat (chicken goat or beef) Cow Liver (100g) Curry Powder (1 tablespoon) Green Beans (a handful) [...]

By | August 21st, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|2 Comments

Preparing corned beef stew

Easy to prepare and infused with great flavour and an irresistible aroma, Corned Beef Stew recipe is an easy dinner recipe that is sure to have your family smiling from ear to ear. Served with spaghetti or yam, this is a hearty and wholesome meal ideal for families and dinner. INGREDIENTS 1 Large Tin of [...]

By | August 20th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

Preparing black soup

A combination of spices, Offals and vegetables bring about this nutritious tasty meal that will leave a tingle feeling after one trial. INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups of blended bitter leaves 1 cup of Efinrin - basil is a good substitute Assorted Meat Assorted offals 1 big piece of stock fish 1 piece of smoked fish [...]

By | August 19th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

PREPARING FISHERMAN SOUP

The great taste of Sea food mixed with delicious spices plays out in your mouth after you have tried your hands on this recipe. INGREDIENTS 1kg Fresh fish 2kg Fresh Nigerian tiger prawns 500g Dried fish or smoked fish (or both) 500g Stockfish (optional) 1 cup Crayfish Atarodo 1/2 kg Fresh spinach or pumpkin leaves [...]

By | August 17th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|1 Comment

How to prepare the yummy yummy egg stew.

The great taste of egg well seasoned in stew will make you try this quick easy recipe again and again. It can can be had as breakfast, lunch or Dinner. INGREDIENTS 2 Large eggs 4-6 medium plum tomatoes 1 small onion Salt to taste Dry pepper or freshly chopped habanero pepper (atarodo) 1-2 seasoning cubes [...]

By | August 15th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

5 healthy foods for the older Nigerians.

The adage, “you are what you eat” still holds true today. Eating nutritious meals regularly, especially as you get older, will help you feel vibrant and healthy, inside and out. Here are 5 foods popular across Nigeria that are great for your health. 1. Vegetable Soup This highly nutritious soup usually contains a mix of [...]

By | August 5th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

3 Easy Ways to Cook Corn on the Cob

Hmmn, really sweet! That is the feeling you get when you grind on the grains of a same-day harvested cooked sweet corn, popular called ibeeni agbado. There really is something special about corn on the cob, served steaming hot, don’t you think? Remember, sweet corn waits for no one and it’s best served the same day [...]

By | August 4th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|2 Comments

How to prepare Edikang Ikong Soup

INGREDIENTS 3 bunches of chopped pumpkin leaves (ugwu) 1 bunch of water leaves 3 cups beef/kpomo/shaki/goat meat 2 tablespoons crayfish 1/2 cup palm oil 2 medium onions 1 cup of periwinkles (optional) 2 seasoning cubes PREPARATION METHOD Add the meats and boil with salt, pepper, 2 seasoning cubes and half of an onion. Boil the [...]

By | August 1st, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|1 Comment

Make the Salad Everybody Wants to Eat

There was a time when the word "salad" referred to little more than a pile of iceberg lettuce. It was ornamentation, sometimes doused in a sickly-sweet, carrot-colored dressing described, inexplicably, as "French." No one then may have actually wanted to eat a salad. It was punishment, a self-flagellation for all the truly delicious things we [...]

By | July 31st, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

Mushrooms as foods and spices

Mushrooms are fleshy, edible fungi that are a low-calorie food and a good source of Vitamin B. Shiitake, porcini and chanterelle are some types of mushrooms. The edibility of mushroom depends on the absence of poisonous effects on humans and the desirable taste and aroma. They are somewhat meaty in flavor and taste and are [...]

By | July 28th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

8 Health Benefits of Turmeric: Getting Back to the Roots

A cherished cousin of ginger, turmeric is a root that accounts for an excess of uses in our kitchens and lives. Bright orange-yellow in colour with a heady fragrance, turmeric has a unique earthy taste, with a touch of citrusy bitterness and the numbing punch of pepper. It is a staple in all Indian cooking, [...]

By | July 28th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

How to make Banga soup

INGREDIENTS 1 kg Palm Fruits Beef Dry Fish Vegetable: Scent Leaves for Ofe Akwu or Dried & Crushed bitter leaves for Delta-style Banga Soup Onions Crayfish (You can choose to use it blended as you desire) Pepper (to taste) Ogiri Okpei (Iru) seasoning Chicken Salt to taste PREPARATION METHOD Extract the palm fruit concentrate from [...]

By | July 27th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|0 Comments

Cassava Leaves Recipe

Cassava leaves stew is widely consumed in West and central Africa. In Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea this stew is part of  meals almost every day. Cassava leaves soup is also called Saka Saka or Pondu. It can be made with peanut butter or coconut milk. Here a simple recipe for cassava leaves. Serves: 4 [...]

By | July 26th, 2016|foods, ingredients and spices|2 Comments
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