Food Items for Healthy Lunch - Make Your Colleagues Jealous with these Mouth-watering Meals.

While working in an office for years, my excitement for lunch was almost over. The reason behind that is my company canteen never changes their lunch menu. I've had the same lunch (rice and chicken) for almost 1 year. Then the major problem started, when you eat heavy dishes like this, you end up feeling sleepy during the working hours. So I decided that this was the last time I'd ever eat in my office canteen.

Sweet Tea Brisket Recipe

Ah the summer. Nothing beats the smell of a freshly cut lawn, the feel of the sun on your skin and to top it all off, that kind of dozy feeling you get after filling your belly with a what was probably one too many cuts of sweet tea brisket washed down with a glass of your favorite red wine.

Best Pizza Options for Every Occassion

Whether it is a thin-crust vegetable treat, deep-dish full of meat or a plain cheese treat, there is something special about pizza that creates its distinct delicious taste. There are a lot of factors that range from dough to toppings to sauce and cheese that go into making the perfect pizza. These are some of the attributes that make every bite magical.

Simple Yet Delicious Dinner Ideas For Kids

Don’t you just hate it when your kids don’t eat the foods you serve? Perhaps they don’t like to eat what we grownups eat. Perhaps they just wanted to have “kid-friendly” food choices. Regardless, it is important to ensure our kids get the nutrition needed to help them grow strong. Food choices are always a problem, especially for those kids who have a sensitive taste. When it’s dinner time, make sure to prepare these foods that they will love, without sacrificing the nutritional values.

5 Delicious Meals You Can Prepare with Homegrown Vegetables

Having a garden is good for many reasons beyond its aesthetic value. For one, it provides a cool place for you to relax. Second, plants and trees prevent soil erosion while naturally taking in rainwater. Still, perhaps one of the best things about having your own garden is the fact that you can have the freshest vegetables for your next meal. Here, we’ll look at tasty recipes that make great use of your homegrown vegetables.

How to make Homemade Curry Mutton

Curry made dishes taste better than ordinary ones. They leave your taste buds asking for more and the spices added to them are nutritious. To make it easier to make such dishes, we present a few principles that you need to consider before making your curries. We also give you a simple recipe on how to make a homemade curry sauce and finally we present our homemade curry chicken recipe.

Snack Hack – How To Make Homemade Protein Bars

Healthy snack bars are all the rage these days. Young and old consume them because they provide a good boost of energy and other dietary essentials very easily. Likewise, people love them because you just pop them in your bag or slip them in your pocket and you have food that can actually sustain you for a long time.

Some say they get their recommended natural fibres from these snack bars as well; they can do without preparing elaborate meals with vegetables and other fibre-rich ingredients which are essential for regular elimination.

Recipe For Flat Akara With Beans Flour [#Pankara or #Moinmoinlette]

Idea from #moinmoinlette @dooneyskitchen or Pankara by +9jafoodie. I've been following both food bloggers above on social media and their adventures in the kitchen keep reminding me of my homec practicals days, yes I did home economics in secondary school, up to SS3. In my school I took the elective called Food and Nutrition in which I scored A1 in WAEC! LOL...

Anyways, with getting older and trying to keep down my weight and remain healthy, I hardly eat akara though it's something I used to love. So I liked the idea of getting an Akara taste without the deep fried oil. In this recipe, the finished texture and taste was between akara and moin-moin. It had depth so I covered it with foil to get the insides cooked through. I also added onions and tomatoes but no other vegs. See all ingredients and process below...

What Many Mums Look For In Dessert Recipes

Many mums would agree that menu planning could at times be as complicated as rocket science. If they could squeeze it in the monthly budget, they would gladly hire a think tank to work through the different factors to be considered (individual preferences, sensitivities, cost, etc.) and come up with a menu that will work.

Such mums are not particularly demanding. They don’t require a menu so perfect that it would inspire publications for a feature story. They just want something that will sufficiently nourish the family without garnering complaints or wastage.

Jamie Oliver Makes Nigerian Suya - This Time He Brings Tinie Tempah On Board

Jamie Oliver got a lot of flak when he made Nigerian style jollof rice as many bashed his recipe, some pointing out that he did not even add maggi which they say is an essential ingredient. This time, the London-based chef has learnt his lesson. He shared these photos on his Facebook page, writing;

‪#‎Recipeoftheday‬ is Nigerian Suya made on this weeks episode of ‪#‎Fridaynightfeast‬ with the lovely Tinie Tempah Eaten straight off the grill, these sizzling beef skewers are delicious. Given em a go!

#JollofGate - Showing Jamie Oliver Real Jollof Rice

So #jollofgate is trending, because after weeks of a slow boil, west Africans are now simmering with anger that oyinbo whiteman britico Jamie Oliver dared to cook where he did not parboil. Pun aplenty, yeah? That how unserious I think this hashtag is.

Because is there really a "real jollof rice"? Below are some of what I've cooked and called jollof rice in my time.

Creative Catering - How To Find The Perfect Menu For Your Wedding

By Helen Wallis

If there’s one element of your wedding that your guests will remember it’s the food. Along with the location, décor style and music, the catering will define the event. Cuisine gives you the opportunity to really show off your creativity; and if successful, will leave an ever-lasting impression on your guests.

Contemporary couples are fortunate to have many creative catering options at their fingertips; gone are the days when wedding caterers only served standard “banquet hall” fare that was more or less the same for each reception.

Due to a proliferation of cookbooks, food blogs and network shows about food available 24 hours a day, today’s brides and grooms are more knowledgeable about food than those in generation past. Caterers have responded and couples should have no problem finding a caterer who thinks and cooks creatively and who can offer unique suggestions based on the couple’s preferences.

Below are a few categories to get you thinking about how to make your wedding food fun, different and delicious!

How To Make Yummy Roasted Sweet Corn In Your Oven

I posted this roasted corn I made myself on Facebook and the queries started flooding in on how I managed to get this results in an oven. A friends asked; "Hi Madam, I saw you post on the perfectly grilled corn..... yummy. How do I go about it please? Thank you."

So below is an easy and fast way to grill/roast corn in your kitchen oven. In America now, this is the season for sweet corn, and these were really delicious. Before now, we would only boil the corn when we got some. Now, I'll certainly be doing more roasting in future.

When Does Garnishing a Meal Cross The Line? See This Nigerian Man's Food Presentation!

I regularly share pictures of my dinner or weekend brunches on Instagram and Facebook, and today, one of my male FB friends shared a picture of his dinner for last night, saying he had made it himself. He tagged me in the pic, saying I had inspired him to eat more fruits and vegetables. He captioned it;

All these women acting like if they dont cook i will starve. Well, i made me a balanced diet. Low fat.

Now, I am happy that Nigerian men are still cooking, and that I've inspired someone to make their food more healthy, but I want to think I present my plates better than this! Without the carrot and oranges to garnish the meal, the Indomie with dodo and fried eggs actually looks yummy.

On food garnishing or plate presentation, I don't usually do that when I'm just about to eat. But sometimes when we have guests and I'm dishing in a bigger serving dish, I might make more of an effort. 

How To Make Easy Akara From Beans Flour - Convenience Cooking

Someone asked why I used frozen spinach in my last gizzard sauce. Anyone who's been paying attention to these food recipes would have recognized that I'm what some people may describe as a convenience cook. My mum laughs at me and calls me mademoiselle in the kitchen because I don't like to get dirty. Yes, I cook with an apron most times. More importantly, I like all the ingredients I cook with to be almost ready.

Jollof Rice With Gizzard and Spinach Sauce

I have shared another recipe for cooking jollof rice with Chicken broth here, but in this recipe, I used the knorr cubes in place of fresh stock for seasoning. As for the sauce, it was very yummy, take my word for it :)

How to Cook Asparagus in a Gizzard and Tomato Sauce

Asparagus is becoming one of my favorite vegetables, though I feel guilty sometimes when I use them in my own recipes. I just feel like I should only use asparagus in the classic recipes like asparagus stuffed chicken, or asparagus wrapped in bacon, that sort of thing.

Menu Idea - Moi-Moi Cooked With Sardines

Moi-Moi can be a very versatile meal with various recipes and ways to prepare it that keeps it fresh and novel for the palate. The easiest way to switch things up is to diversify what is added to the beans mix - you can either use tomatoes or not, use palm oil or vegetable oil, and you can add crayfish or leave that out.

DIY Cooking - Moi-Moi in a Plastic Drinking Cup

I usually cook moi-moi with aluminuim foil paper but the last time I wanted to cook moi-moi, I realized we had run out and hadn't restocked. I had already put my beans flour into water and most of the other ingredients I needed to cook moi-moi were around me. Most importantly, I really wanted to eat moi-moi that day, not the next day or a week later after we had gone shopping.

Cabbage and Carrots in Simple Coleslaw Recipe

Creamy coleslaw with ranch dressing

Coleslaw is one of easiest meals or sides to make and I love it in summer. For this recipe, you only need cabbage and carrots. Some recipes want to be adventurous and add either fruits like apples, or other vegetables like beets and parsley, but not this one.