Saturday 10 May 2014

Oven Baked Potatoes

Potatoes is sure something one can never get bored of, it can be made in a millions ways, i tried out another way of baking it in the oven and it came out tasting yum! the only thing i will change when next am making it will be to reduce the timing so the potatoes will remain moist. You can enjoy it with anything we ate ours with pork ribs and gravy...Wink

Ingredients

  • potatoes peeled 
  • chicken stock
  • butter
  • black pepper
  • parsley chopped


Yam and Beans Pottage

Pottage is quite popular in Nigeria, we combine lot of different things a lot and the finished product is always delicious. I love beans and almost everything that goes with it, beans and yam, beans and plantain, beans and rice...All delicious pottage i ate while growing up and love to make them every now and then...Will be giving you the simple step i use in making mine...Pretty straight forward...Wink

Ingredients
  • beans
  • yam pealed and diced
  • palm oil
  • onions chopped
  • crayfish blended

Wednesday 7 May 2014

Moringa Oleifera

Been hearing about 'Moringa', have done a lot of reading about it and how good it is to the body. Saw it in the stop and decided to get it. I bought the leaves and blended it. Here is a short writeup about how healthy this leave is and why the tree is called 'The Tree of Life'.  Moringa Oleifera contains more than 92 nutrients and 46 types of antioxidants. Moringa  is said to cure about three hundred diseases and almost have all the vitamins found in fruits and vegetables. Even in a larger proportions. With all the health benefits of this miracle herb, it can easily be termed as the most nutritious herb on Earth. There are no side-effects which also has tried, tested, documented and proved evidence to support the same. It can be consumed by small children and adults. Today, millions world over have started using Moringa based products in porridge, pastas, bread and to reap the everlasting health benefits of the extraordinary ‘Moringa’ herb.

Pork Shank

Wanted to just try out more pork recipes and saw this pretty looking pork shank at the pork stand in the super market and bought it, checked out recipes, made it for dinner and served it with oven cooked potatoes...It was absolute YUM! reminded me of Osso Bukku...Try it out...Wink

Ingredients

  • pork shank (room temperature)
  • onions diced
  • carrots diced
  • green pepper diced
  • sweet corn
  • green peas
  • garlic minced
  • chicken stock