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Dinner/Lunch, Quick meals

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 […]

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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 […]

Dinner/Lunch, Online inspiration

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 […]

Dinner/Lunch

Baked Meatballs in Tomato and Pepper Sauce

 

 Sometime last week my colleague mentioned meatballs then I realised it had been quite a while since I’d prepared any. One thing with food is that when you start thinking about something you just have to get it. I figured all that I needed was the minced meat which I was sure I’d get from […]

Quick meals, Sandwich

Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

 

 What do you do when you just have one chicken leg in the freezer but you have two mouths to feed? Simple: Make chicken soup for hubby then shred the chicken to make sandwiches 🙂 Ingredients: Pre cooked chicken leg – I had boiled it in water with onions, garlic and ginger 3 brown bread […]

Dinner/Lunch

60th: Onion and Pepper Fried Chicken with Yoghurt

 

 Yippee!!! This is my 60th post!! Wa!! Imagine. Thank you all for reading my cooking journal, commenting, liking and even trying out these recipes. I’m humbled. This meal I prepared a while back when we had a friend over for dinner. This dish closely resembles this one , however I used boneless chicken breasts and […]

Baking, Cakes/Cupcakes/Cookies

Carrot Cake

 

 Recently I have become the designated baker of cakes for a few functions. I thank God. So far I’ve baked cakes for a bridal shower and around 3 birthdays and thanks to some whipping cream and strawberries I’ve been able to pull the whole look together. Now the thing with my cakes is that I have […]

Dinner/Lunch

Fish Fingers – Take 2

 

 Goodness!!! This post has been on my drafts for so long, it’s about time I finalise it. I cooked this a while back so I can’t quite remember the story behind it, sorry. All in all I know I was in the mood for some fish hence the reason I cooked this. I tried a […]

Dinner/Lunch

Coconut Chicken with Mashed Potatoes

 

 I had missed eating potatoes and since I didn’t have the patience to bake the potatoes I decided to mash them. Making mashed potatoes is pretty simple, since you just boil the potatoes till they are completely cooked then you mash them like crazy. Of course there are a few spice addition here and there […]