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Making Starch in 2014
I had such a wonderful girls sleep over weekend, it was one for the books. A trip up North which was supposed to be just with a very good friend of mine and her family, turned into a girls weekend...
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Grating Water Yam in a Food Processor
Oh, I had an amazing weekend, I am still repeating it. It was one of the best weekends I have had in ages, so much fun stuff done, and chasing new frontiers. I had part of my inner caucus with me, and...
View ArticleAnnouncing Dooney’s Kitchen YouTube Channel
It took me long enough eh? As brave as I am with a lot of things in life, some things still scare me shitless, and shooting videos ranks high on the list. I have this HD all singing, all dancing DSLR...
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Introducing Clevenard Farm Foods
Clevenard is a company dedicated to researching and sourcing 100% natural, healthy farm food products & natural organic beauty products from Africa, with no chemicals added. We strongly believe...
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Dooney’s Onion Jam
There are times in your life when you need validation. Believe me, even the best and most confident of us need it sometimes. Whether it is with work, or with your passion, even in relationships....
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Iyenekere’s Scented Efo riro
You guys know I am half Igbo right? A friend of mine would read this and say, you always know when to claim your Igbo roots, very convenient. I am Delta Igbo and my people do NOT like being called...
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How to make Igbo egusi balls – akpuruakpu mgbam
If you couldn’t pronounce the words above, don’t worry, I can’t too. Somehow in my head, it is stored as akpurukuku gunam gunam. Don’t ask my why, it just is. Funny, that pronunciation flashes across...
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Frozen green plantain amala – using a hand mixer
After making Ofe Okazi, which rocked something awful, I wanted to try this, and I thought hmmmmmn, the Ndigbo’s will have my head for this. Amala with Ofe Okazi, I can almost hear them say Taaaa!!! I...
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Ofe Okazi na akpuruakpu mgbam
This simply means Okazi soup cooked with akpuruakpu mgbam, english for Egusi balls. This is a delicacy from the people of Umuahia in Abia State. Adding to my repertoire of dishes from the Eastern part...
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Redefining Giz Dodo
My family received one of THE best news of our lives late last month. The kind that you are crying over the phone, your mum is crying, both of you are muttering you don’t know what, shouts of praises,...
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I went AWOL for a month
Hello guys, gosh I haven’t done this in a month now. Last post was Aug 20th, yikes. I really should have kept you all updated but I was gunning for the surprise factor. Things didn’t go according to...
View ArticleDooney’s Kitchen is live in Lagos
I am in Lagossssssssssss. Apart from being too hot, I am excited to be home. I would really love to see many of you. The blog re design did not allow me out plans on ground to organise something before...
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Ewedu Asepo – one pot dish
Shouting out from the roof tops, I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack to blogging. With heartfelt gratitude to those who checked up on me via emails, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and for some who had my number who...
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My food Gallery – enjoy the pictures
I know I have been on a break from blogging, but my social media accounts have been somewhat active recently. If you are not following Dooney’s Kitchen on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, I suggest that...
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Egusi Ijebu – the authentic version with a twist
The last time I posted a recipe for Egusi Ijebu feels like a lifetime ago now. I didn’t exactly nail the recipe then, because some of the feedback I got said it didn’t look as smooth as Egusi Ijebu is...
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How to make Eko (agidi)
I have written a post on how to make your own Ogi (akamu) – click HERE, I guess the next logical stage is to write about how to make Eko (agidi). I am one of those weird people who absolutely hate Ogi,...
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Coconutty for Eko
The words Coco for Eko did come to mind to name this, but I wanted to represent the fact that it had nuts in it. In this case almonds, but you could use brazilian nuts, cashew nuts, and even...
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The Nigerian Smoothie Series – featuring Ugu
This post is a Business 101 class, so take notes. Lol. I had an idea I wanted to run by a friend a few weeks ago. The conversation naturally drifted to food. This friend and I are huge foodies, so it...
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Gbegiri – updated recipe
There is a recipe for Gbegiri on the blog, quite an old recipe, but I haven’t cooked this dish in what feels like forever now, well if you read that post, you must know how much I whined about the...
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Dooney’s Vanilla Honeybean Milk – Ewa Oloyin Milk
Okay, that was the fanciest name I could come up with. I am all for Nigerian Nomenclature with food, but after reading a lot of your comments about the Ugu Smoothie, I am taking my your advice about...
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