PORRIDGE BEANS RECIPE

My family people enjoy calling me 'Dorky Elewa' I have on countless occasions tried refusing that tag but the harder I try, the more they keep calling me "Dorky Elewa"  so these days, I just un-look. I shall not be stressed anymore. 

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UPDATED PUFF-PUFF RECIPE!!!

 

I do have weird cravings and most of the time I satisfy these cravings because You Only Live Once and anything can happen any time.

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JOLLOF PASTA RECIPE!!!

Hey Guys! Happy New Year. *smacks lips* You don't have to tell me to cover my face, I know. Can you imagine that this is my first  recipe post this year??? Please forgive me. Work has really been demanding and I am still struggling with this balance thingy.


 How body?! This is not a rhetorical question oh! How una dey true true?? I am just here feeling myself cos my last post has over a few hundred clicks and I am pretty excited that my blog is going international! *wiggles waist*

 Did you see my recent post on IG (missy_abimbola) where I posted a cake my mom made for a wedding? If not, you need to follow me so you can keep tabs on me and we can become best friends!!!

Pasta is like my go to food anytime I am feeling lazy, I mean it is so easy to cook and most importantly, it does not take forever to get ready. Another reason why I enjoy pasta is because of its versatile nature, it can fit in as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

So, let us get started, to the main KOKO of this post:

INGREDIENTS

1. One spaghetti pack - 700g

2. Vegetable oil - 2 cooking spoons

3. Onions - 1 medium sized.

4. Pepper mix- blended red bell peppers, tomatoes and ata rodo.

5. Ginger

6. Garlic

7. Seasoning cubes

8. Salt to taste.

9. Tomato puree

DIRECTIONS.

1. With medium/ high heat, pour in water, enough quantity to boil your pasta add one tea spoon of vegetable oil and salt to taste, immediately it comes to a rolling boil, add in your pasta.

NOTE- added oil helps to prevent it from being clumpy. Jollof pasta must not stick together, it is in the food constitution. 😉 

2. Cook till it becomes tender and drain it in a colander, pour in some cold water so the cooking process can stop and set aside.

3. With medium heat, pour in 1 cooking spoon of vegetable oil in a pot and add already sliced onion, grated ginger and sliced garlic, stir lightly until it becomes translucent

4. Add in the tomato pure and after 3 minutes, add the blended pepper mix and allow it to fry for about 3 minutes, till the oil floats to the top.

5. Add the already cooked pasta and stir vigorously, this step is a little tricky as you may need to add in water if the need arise. 

6. Allow to simmer for about two minutes and IT IS READY. 

DO NOT FORGET TO TRY OUT THIS RECIPE AND PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE- FAVOURITE FOODIES. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. 

*KIZZEZ*

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MY NATURAL HAIR JOURNEY! (ONE YEAR AND COUNTING)

It has been one year since I started my natural hair journey, although I really cant remember the exact date my mom helped me with the big chop, I only know it was in the last week of the month of November, so I am celebrating throughout this week !😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

The journey has not been an easy one to be completely honest with you, I mean I have had my share of good and bad. Days my scalp will keep burning me like pepper or days where I look like a 16 year old because low cut. Let me just give you a little background story of my hair:

*rewinds to 15 years earlier* ISSA NOLLYWOOD 

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CHICKEN CURRY MADRAS RECIPE.

It is no longer news that my best friend got married last weekend. She got married to the love of her life and the ceremony went down very well. Of course, yours truly was the chief bridesmaid and I carried out my duties diligently. To think that this is my first time doing this bridesmaid thing and I totally rocked the show!

Since she got married, I have been staying alone and even though I tried bribing my other close female friends to come stay with me, none of them agreed. I have been struggling with this but I know I will adjust, with time. Also, I am learning to embrace the isolation and get into full understanding that it is okay to be set apart. 

Enough gist about me jareh! how una dey??

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WATERMELON SMOOTHIE RECIPE.

A smoothie is a combination of two or three different fruits blended together. Lobatan.

Sometimes, all you need in a stressful environment is a very cold fresh juice that will relazz your navs, a natural fresh juice at that, I have a recipe here for Natural healthy drinks here.(ZOBO)

Ever since I moved up north, I have been a huge fan of watermelon, cos water melons here are very sweet and juicy, unlike those ones in the west. I buy it almost everyday and I have become the No 1 customer of the aboki in my street. *shines teeth*

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BROWN POTATO WITH EGG SAUCE: BREAKFAST INSPIRATION!!!

I have been dulling on Irish potatoes for quite sometime sha, I haven't really thought about it being used for anything else aside meat pie filling. ( Check my meat pie recipe here)  I just found out about its gbaskiness few months ago and since then I have been chopping the life of my head with Irish potatoes.

Do you know that potatoes are quite a pack of nutritional punch ?! They are naturally fat-free, a source of fiber, potassium, salt-free, low in sugar and naturally saturated fat-free! Irish potatoes can offer enough energy for your body and supply enough fuel and energy that make it an ideal choice for people on a diet. As it acts as a rich source of carbohydrates.

Irish potatoes and egg sauce is an ideal and perfect breakfast combination. It is very simple and affordable to make. Irish potatoes is in season now and a basket go for as low as #400 so you can see that it is cost friendly too sha.

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YUMMY SMOKED PANLA STEW RECIPE!

Smoked panla stew is one of my favourite buka stew to make! It is one of the most affordable stew to make too. I think a bundle of panla which consists of  4 big fish goes for N500. So you can see that it is very affordable.
The smokey flavor of the fish adds extra taste to the stew and it goes so well with various foods like boiled rice, yam, sweet potato and plain okra, egusi or eforiro to eat swallow.
Me i dont know the english name of panla fish o! so just collect it like that! 😜

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YUMMY PEPPERED MEAT RECIPE!

 As cliche as this sounds, I really don't like eating ordinary fried meat, Lol. Except I'm using it to drink garri and that one sef is occashuna. Call me ajeborh all you want but I really don't like eating ordinary fried meat, except it's peppered!  

Yorubas call it 'Eran ti won yi lata' or Eran ti ata ti sa wonu e or Eran to ti muta yo!  All translated meat that is dipped in stew!

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7 TIPS FOR A FOOD BLOGGER/LOVER TO STAY IN SHAPE!

Been a while FoodieFam!! Just hit me up on any of my social media platforms and let's catch up 😚😙.

I will not be impressed with technology until I can download food, eat without getting fat! I mean I have not even fulfilled one of my bucket list  of traveling around the world and sampling varieties of food of different countries of the world with za Ozban and I'm starting to gain more weight. *stares at feets* Although, I wouldn't want to sound like a feminist but obviously, women are under a great deal more pressure to be slim than men and we are perceived to be overly concerned about our appearance.

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MOINMOIN RECIPE!!!

MoinMoin is one of the most popular breakfast staples in Nigeria.  It is  pronounced as Moin Moin, Moy Moy, Mai Mai or as I gladly call it Moyin Moyin *shines teeth* is a traditional Nigerian food made with steamed ground beans and enriched with spices. Finish.

 Moyin Moyin is  mostly served at parties, and usually eaten alone as meal or served with other meals. This delicious meal can be cooked in various ways and methods,  although I prefer

cookng it in leaves. (Thaumatococcus daniellii) and I would really love to show you how!  Enjoy!

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FOOD BUCKET LIST !!!

Hello Foodie Fam!

 Food is super important: it helps us live and we live for it. Just like one toon I watched 'The Croods' said 'Food makes everything easier' I couldn't agree more. We center our social events on food- party Jollof rice is a Nigerian definition of hope. Most of our good memories are based on food, and it makes us feel better. Amirite?

  Bucket list is just list of things you wanna try out before you kpef. *straight face* as humans, we do not know when that time is, but we can try as much as possible to enjoy our stay here on earth and have good food memories. Sharing this post makes me so emotional, maybe it's because of my strong attachment with my food bucket list or it's the hormones. I really can't say *stares at feets*

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NIGERIAN MEAT PIE!!!

HELLO FOODIE FAM!!! 😎

Nigerian meat pies are all shades of tasty and yummy! You can never go wrong with using meat pies for mid day snacks.😋

 

I started making meat pies since I was 10. 😉

  So you guys can imagine how good I am in making meat pies. *bashes eyelashes* Yassssss! All thanks to my mommy. 😤 L O L. Meat pies can either be very good or very bad. There are no in between.  I really don't like taking snacks I didn't make myself, no matter how hungry I get. I'll just make do with gala or biscuits. So I don't fall prey of Bad meat pies. It just doesn't happen.😊

Darlings, bad meat pies are just as bad as bad. (Pun fully intended) and if you do not want to fall prey of bad meat pies, just stick around and let us do some learning together!

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YUMMY COCONUT RICE!!!

Hello Foodie Fam!

Coconuts has been one of my favourite fruit since childhood, my mom especially transferred her love of coconuts to her children. And we quickly grabbed it! No time! So always count me in when anything 'coconuty' comes up! *wide grin!

The love for coconuts in my house has upgraded! So much that the only bread we eat is Captain Cook's Coconut Bread! Yasss! Thanks to their numerous sales outlets (who else has noticed this nice marketing strategy??) one is opposite my house sef, we go juz stroll and buy coconut bread begin chow.

So as my darling Manager celebrated her birthday, I decided to step up my coconut game by preparing this coconut rice recipe I'm about to share with you guys!  You can thank me larrrrrraaa! *shinesteeth*

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PARTY JOLLOF RICE.

YUMMY JOLLOF RICE WITH BEEF RICH IN TOMATO SAUCE!

Have you ever gone to a party and Jollof rice dinor reach you? Or you 

were told Jollof rice has finished. These are heartbreaking statements that may probably be the cause of world war 3. Let's take a minute silence in advance to the grumbling stomach that will hear these words in an Owambe this weekend! LOL

 Anytime I'm in charge of FOOD and drinks in an owambe! I feel on top of the world ehn! Such power is likened to me having the keys to ALL the nuclear weapons in the world! *bosslady fun rara mi! -_-

 

Aunty e jor, shei rice yen shi 'ku. E jorh e bami bu sinu 'takeaway' yii *flashes 360 megawatts of smile* I still haven't learnt how to respond to such requests... I'd rather flash my 540 megawatts of smile back at you. No be only..  LOL

Today's post is gonna be about ALMIGHTY PARTY JOLLOF RICE! 

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FOOD WARS!!!

Hello Darlings!

Sorry I couldn't post last week, heez not my fault oh! *inserts geek mode*  I was experiencing some technical difficulties, one of  my blog reader sent me a mail complaining about not being able to comment, and my boss - VADEX DESIGNS came to my rescue. They are into website customization, in case you need one!

You can see that blog mi ti upgrade! Yay! I'm so excited about this new design, if you have any useful tips or comments about it, don't hesitate to let me know! *wide grin

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HOW TO BE A FOODIE!!!

This post is very special oh! Because it's my birthday!! And for those darlings who are asking me about how it all went down! I'd post it soon. Odikwa Tight! *Winkss

   Is it just me or is there anyone else that goes paranoid when they  hear these words? 'I don't have apetite' 'I forgot to eat' or 'I really don't like food' In my mind, I'll be like it's not even possible. My younger sister will say Olorun maje! Don't like food bawo?? We're all FOODIES in my house sef. *widegrin Forgot to eat kwa? That's like forgetting to breathe for me. Food is life biko........

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