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Baking, Cakes/Cupcakes/Cookies, Snacks/Desserts

Choc-nut cookies

I’d missed eating cookies and since I had some chocolate chips and roasted groundnuts on hand I thought why not? Plus hubby being the cheer leader that he is encouraged me 🙂 Ingredients 2 cups baking flour 6 teaspoons of cocoa powder 1 tablespoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee powder 1/4 teaspoon […]

 
Dinner/Lunch

Turmeric Rice

Days when I don’t feel like eating plain-looking rice, I just add some turmeric and some herbs and voila some sumptuous bowl of steamed rice 🙂 Ingredients: 1 cup of rice – the non clinging type, we aren’t making ugali 2 cups water salt to taste 1 teaspoon of turmeric 2 teaspoons of dried parsley Remove any […]

 
Dinner/Lunch, Quick meals

Tomato and Eggplant Sauce

Did you know? Eggplants are actually fruits and are classified in the berry family. At times when I don’t feel like making something fancy to go with leftovers, I rush to this recipe. My friend Dee will love this. It’s simple and you can pretty much add any other vegetable you have on hand for […]

 
Breakfast, Online inspiration, Quick meals

Egg in a basket

I saw this recipe on Laura in the Kitchen and I just had to try it. She made it look very simple and true it was simple well except the turning I’m not good at that 🙁 You just need some slices of bread, eggs and butter/ margarine. I used margarine. First to make a […]

 
Dinner/Lunch

Terrific Tuesdays

I’ll be speaking for most people in saying that we normally love these offers. This mainly applies to fast food, especially pizzas and burgers. Anyway on Tuesday, I had a brilliant idea of making pizza for dinner. The last time I made pizza I was still leaving with my parents and I have to say for […]

 
Breakfast, Quick meals

Fruit Pancakes

My love for pancakes always drives me to try out new ways to make them even sweeter. Some weeks back on a weekday, I prepared these pancakes, I have to say that was pretty ambitious of me since it was a work day #superwoman (as if). The recipe is just like for the cinnamon pancakes, […]

 
Dinner/Lunch, Quick meals

Vegetable Stir Fry

When you are a working wife, you really need to come up with recipes that can be whipped up in under 30 minutes :-). So I normally stock my fridge with veggies that can be cooked really fast and don’t need a lot of preparation. So what I usually do is, if I have french […]

 
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Dinner/Lunch

Mint and Rosemary Chicken

I love herbs and I normally buy almost all the types that I can find in the supermarket. Some of the herbs that I use on almost a daily basis are sage, parsley, thyme and rosemary. For the longest time, ( well 3 months) I have had mint on my spice rack but I had […]