Saturday, 7 June 2014

Oven Baked Fish and Fries

I have become a lover of full fish...oh well am a lover of everything made in the oven be it full fish, full chicken, e.t.c...It is just always delicious and saves you from all the oily effects of frying...Wink

Ingredients

  • full fish
  • lemon juice
  • lemon or lime cut into round pieces 
  • fish seasoning
  • butter melted
  • brown sugar
  • garlic gloves
  • garlic diced
  • onions diced (optional)
  • soy sauce


Rice and Beans

This is a Nigerian delicacy that a Nigerian must have eaten at a point in time...You can make a pottage out of it by just adding palm-oil, seasoning, crayfish and shredded smoked fish...But i made the fast rice and beans, ate it with turkey stew...Took me back in time...Wink

Ingredients
  • rice
  • beans
  • salt
  • onions diced (optional)
Lets Cook...
1. Put a pot with water on heat. When it starts to boil and your beans. Add salt and onions.
2. When the beans is soft but don't allow get mushy, when its just about cooked, Pour in your already washed rice. Use a wooden spatula to turn softly and cover. Allow to cook until the rice is done.
3. And it is ready to be munched with your stew or vegetable...Enjoy

Rice and Beans with Turkey Stew

Baked Parmesan Chicken

Made this delicious Parmesan Chicken and Pasta the other day...Very easy and yummmmmy too...Wink

Ingredients
  • chicken breast (boneless)
  • parmesan cheese grated
  • bread crumbs
  • black pepper
  • salt
  • chicken seasoning powder
  • melted butter
  • garlic powder or minced garlic
  • olive oil

Lets Make It...
1. If the chicken breast is think, pound it to make it flat. Preheat your oven to 175C.
2. Mix the olive oil, melted butter and garlic in a bowl, in another bowl mix the bread crumbs, a lot of grated parmesan cheese, salt, chicken seasoning powder and black pepper.
3. Dip the chicken breast into the garlic and olive oil mixture and the then press hard in the parmesan cheese mixture and coat really well.
4. Oil an oven proof dish. Line the chicken breast in it and pour the remaining Parmesan cheese mixture on top, then move to the oven. Bake for 30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
5. It is ready to be munched with pasta or spaghetti...Enjoy

Baked Parmesan Chicken and Pasta with Tomatoes Sauce

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