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Lunch & Dinner Recipes
Baby Arugula and Chicken Breast
It is not everyday that you want salad. The perfect way to get ride of aging arugula in your fridge is to sauté it with your favorite meat. It is a recipe that is perfect for weeknight dinner. All you need for this quick and easy dish is: 1 Large chicken breasts (minced) 2 packs […]
Ancho Chile Rice, Ancho Riz-Gras, Ancho Jollof
Ancho Chile Riz-Gras Jollof is a croud pleaser dish. I cooked this rice inspired by my Lamb Kabsa Dish. Ancho Chile Riz-Gras Jollof. There is not and absolute right or wrong to cook this togolose riz-gras or nigerian jollof. It is just a classic rice cooked in an aromatic tomato based liquid. In this recipe […]
Akpan, Ogi, Boule d’ Akassa
Akpan, is a cornmeal paste made with a fermented fine cornmeal paste. Nowadays we have fermented cornmeal flour readily available in almost all specialty food store or online. So, this made making Akpan a lot easier compared to how it is made traditionally. In fact, traditionally, the white corn grains are soaked in water for […]
Lamb Kabsa
Lamb Kabsa is my lebanese friend favorite dish. The last time we met after 3 years appart, I cooked it for her with ingredients on hand. She loved and eventhau it is not the original lebanese style, I received a thumbs up from a lebanese friends It is so easy to make. Although it is […]
Steak and Creamy Mushrooms Sauce
Steak and creamy mushroom sauce is one of the classic steak recipe my sons love. It is like combining their two favorite thing: Steak and mushrooms! You can make this sauce with coconut cream if you are lactose intolerant like myself. But since i am making this for my boys only I am free to […]
Simple Air Fryer Chicken Fingers
Simple air fryer chicken fingers is my kids’ new ways of making their chicken fingers. I think what they love about homemade chicken fingers is that they can make as many as they want. They even said it is tastiers. Using the air fryer made is less oily for easy digestion. This recipe is simple. […]
Easy Lowcarb Shrimp Taco
This easy lowcarb shrimp taco was for a quick last minute family gathering. Like they say, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” Georges Burns I use purple cabbage because of its beauty and also because i have in the fridge and needed to use it up! Also the tortilla […]
Gluten free Plantain Waffle with Mild Hot sauce
Plantain Waffle with Mild Hot sauce is my fun way to eat plantain for breakfast. Also because plantain is eating mostly with hot sauce in West Africa, adding my mild green sauce to this plantain is sure a delight. It is a great way to enjoy waffles with kids while staying with my west African […]
Grilled Spatchcock Chicken or butterflied chicken with Green Beans
There is not a rule about how to start grilling the chicken. If it should be skin side up or down. I personnaly usually start with skin side up until a little golden while brushing it with oil and herbs mixture then flip it,skin side down for the remaining of the cooking. The skin is a bit oily so I tend to avoid cooking it skin side down at first out of caution. The dripping grease from the skin migh cause extensive flame during grilling. But feel free to experiment.
The Protein Loaded Beef and Beans Quesadillas
becareful when adding bouillon or salt as once you add cheese to your quesadilla it can taste a bit salty. I usually do not add extra salt or bouillon after using my taco seasoning.)