Author: Gatuiri

Breakfast

Buttermilk Pancakes

It’s been a while since I made pancakes. I have been a bit swamped with both school and work so these days we mostly have muesli or brawn sandwiches for breakfast. This is a very simple recipe and other than the buttermilk which is a bit foreign the rest of the ingredients are easy to […]

 
Eating Out

Xi’an Chinese Restaurant

As much as I love cooking and trying out new recipes, I equally enjoy eating out. Eating out has its benefits like not having to ask “Leo Tunapika?” , or clean up after all the cooking. Other benefits are, I get to sample different foods and get inspirations on which recipes to try out next. […]

 
Dinner/Lunch

Chicken Quesadillas

Don’t let the foreign name fool you, these babies are totally easy to make. The best thing is that you can stuff the tortillas with just about anything. Quesadillas are a mexican delight where a tortilla is filled with mostly cheese and other ingredients then folded in half and served. Before I go further, I […]

 
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Giveaway Winner

Wow!! Thanks for your amazing responses. It was very humbling to read of the many recipes you have tried out. Great to know of the many foodies out there. Now, for the winner…. The magic bowl with the many names. I got hubby dearest to pick out our dear winner. And the winner is …. […]

 
Dinner/Lunch, Quick meals

Spaghetti in Sausage Sauce

This is a quick dinner that I whipped up this past Sunday. It’s pretty simple. Ingredients: Spaghetti For the sauce 1 medium onion chopped 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped 1 teaspoon of chopped ginger 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder 3 tomatoes diced 1/8 teaspoon black pepper Salt to taste 5 beef sausages sliced into […]

 
Baking, Cakes/Cupcakes/Cookies

Peanut Butter Snicker Cookies

One word: Amazing!!! These cookies are delicious. All lovers of snicker chocolate bars out there you gotta try these cookies and they even have peanut butter. I didn’t make the cookie dough though, oh I’ve just rhymed cool 🙂 . Anyway, my foodie pen pal Cici of foodie in the desert sent me the frozen cookie dough. […]

 
Dinner/Lunch, Quick meals

Breaded Rosemary Fish Fillet

I love it when hubby surprises me with food stuffs, yeah, after getting married I’m surprised at the gifts I get excited about. Raw fish! The gift was timely because it had been a while since we had eaten fish. I wanted to prepare something quick that would not require a lot of handling. I […]

 
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Foodie Pen Pals: April

My foodie pen pal for the month of April was none other than Cici of Foodie in the desert and the brain behind the Foodie pen pal programme in Kenya. Due to various circumstances we did our deliveries much later into the month. As usual, I got some new and exciting stuff. She sent over […]