Over the holidays, I had purposed to roast a whole chicken and I finally got around to doing that on Christmas day. I have to say, I was impressed, the chicken was not only delicious, crispy but also juicy. Anyway that’s a recipe for another day but lemme leave you with the photo of the […]
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My 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for my blog. I just want to thank, all of you for stopping by this blog, reading, commenting suggesting and even trying out the recipes. I am humble. Looking forward to an even tasty, spicy and flavourful 2013. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest […]
Breakfast on the run
You’ve woken up late and you need to take breakfast. So what to do? Make some cereal! This will take less than five minutes to put together. I can guarantee that. Ingredients: Cereal – I used weetabix. This recipe can apply for cornflakes or muesli or whatever cereal you have on hand. 1 cup milk […]
Pilau: Beginners Luck??
I love cooking and venturing into the deep when trying out recipes but there are a few recipes that I even tremble at the thought of trying them. Some of you may wonder how one can get scared of cooking pilau, but trust me, it was a real fear. Fear, mainly because I don’t want […]
Burnt Matoke Crisps
My dear mother calls me up to ask if I’d like some matoke (plantain/green bananas) and I’m like why not. She sends my brother to drop them off. Fast forward three days later, on that Thursday I manage to get home early and instead of just making the bananas in a stew I decide to […]
Guacamole
Guacamole is an avocado based sauce. It originated with the Aztecs in Mexico. So, I bought some avocados a while back and one thing I know about avocados is that they tend to all ripen at the same time, so if you have many on hand it’s best you share with a neighbour lest you […]
Feeling Lazy? Bake Some Fish
Some days back, I was feeling kinda lazy and I needed to prepare supper. We had some leftover ugali and veggies so I just need to cook some fish and dinner would be done. I didn’t want the task of flipping over the fish in the pan so I thought of baking. Baking is so […]
Friendship, Pork and Banana Cupcakes, oh and smoothies
Two Saturdays ago, As I was on my way home from town I decide to whatsapp my friend Brendah. I asked her to come over we bake banana muffins… well they ended up as cupcakes O-o. While still on the road, my friend Mercy texts to find out if I’m in the house. I tell […]
Foodie Pen pals: November
So there’s this program called Foodie Pen pals. Basically it’s like the pen pals we had in school, the only different and fun part is you don’t just share notes/letters you also share food stuffs. Exciting. Cici of foodie in the desert stumbled on the blog with the original idea and thought it would be […]
Shepherd’s Pie
I saw a tweet that led me to this you tube video. You have to admit this is quite a nice idea for a cook show. Anyway, me being me, I just had to try the recipe and the beautiful thing is that I had all the ingredients on hand. As Peter Nduati (C.E.O, Resolution […]