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How to make your own stock cubes
This is another in my “How to series”. Stay tuned for a couple more. What brought this about? Well, I wanted to make Jollof rice in the oven yesterday (recipe HERE) and I realised I did not have stock....
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Abari – corn and garden egg ‘moin moin’
Oh the journey to making this dish was hilarious at best. I wanted my next post on Bella Naija to be something quite unusual but still undoubtedly Nigerian. I looked through my list of recipes I would...
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Epiti – plantain ‘moin moin’
If you are reading this post, chances are that you just came back from reading my post about Abari. If Corn ‘Moin Moin’ is to Abari, Plantain ‘Moin Moin’ is to Epiti. The recipe is basically the same,...
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Introducing Clevenard Ofada Rice!!!!
My first Product Review. Yaaaaaaaaaaay. I was contacted by a budding entrepreneur, (Ebenezer) who asked if he could send his packaged Ofada rice to me for a product review. I was excited to say the...
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Fisherman’s Soup
I hosted The Atoke of Bella Naija last week. She came on Thursday night with express warnings of ‘Dunni, I am on a strict diet please, all those tantalising dishes of yours, I can’t indulge. No carbs...
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How to make Pap in 5 days
I am sure my mother will laugh her head off when she sees this, because this is so uncharacteristic of me, if you know me well you would laugh too. Me, Oladunni Obata willingly make Ogi (pap, akamu),...
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Ewa Aganyin Sauce – Part 2
This is definitely for people who live outside of Nigeria. My last Ewa Aganyin post (click HERE) showcased ingredients that may be difficult to source for many people who don’t live close to Nigerian...
View ArticleThe New Direction for Dooney’s Kitchen
This is not a food post, but I believe I have to write this to get it off my mind and also prepare you for the new direction Dooney’s Kitchen is taking. This is going to be quite long, so get ready. I...
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Dooney’s Red Trilogy Stew
You know what prompted the last post, this one. I sat down to type the recipe and suddenly felt so weak and overwhelmed. I had to get up from my seat and deliberately chat with someone just to shrug it...
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Tahini
I am not that adventurous with food when I eat out. My philosophy is this, if I am going to pay for it, even if someone else is paying for it, I will be pissed if i don’t like it. So I stick to my...
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Tahini Sauce
Of course, I just wrote about Tahini in the last post (click HERE), the next obvious thing would be Tahini Sauce. People, you NEED to try this, like seriously. It’s fresh, clean, tangy, green and...
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Nigerian Chicken Shawarma
Finally Shawarma is on the blog. I know so many of you who have written to ask me to do this must be breathing a huge sigh of relief right now. Sorry for the delay, I heard you guys loud and clear but...
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Mama Adeola’s Stew
First of all, Hi Five if you were raised by an Ijebu Grandmother. Honestly, we need to have our own fan club or something, because it is truly a privilege to have or in my case, to have had an Ijebu...
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Thai fragrant Yam Pottage
I realised yesterday that I hadn’t blogged in a week. I had some personal ish to take care of, besides it felt good to take a break while making and following up on plans for expansion. Have a bad case...
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Coconut Jollof Rice
I wrote about Coconut Rice many moons ago. On the post, I remember writing about my disagreement with using coconut in Jollof rice because the flavour of the Coconut gets lost amongst the bold flavours...
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Veggie-Fishy Egg Stew
This was breakfast for my house guest a few days ago. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if it would work. I had it in my head for ages to make a veggie egg stew. My plan was to use a fragrant herb or...
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The Tangerine Oatmeal
What prompted me to do this, well one of you readers gave me a reason to, plus seeing Chef Fregz’s Oatmeal and Edikang Ikong on Bella Naija last week, I left a comment on the post saying I would blog...
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Ogbono Redefined – in pictures
Phew!!!!! I haven’t cooked Ogbono in the longest time. It is one of those soups that I must trust the source of the key ingredient before I cook it. Ogbono has disappointed me a few times because of...
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Vegetable Fortified Nigerian Starchy Solids
You just may have read about the Tangerine Oatmeal. If you haven’t please click HERE. Today, I am bringing you Vegetable fortified Oatmeal, and not just Oatmeal, but Nigerian Starchy Solids under one...
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Kale Fortified Oatmeal
My last post was titled Vegetable Fortified Nigerian Solids (click HERE to see how) In that post I showed you examples of blending vegetables, which can then be added to our starchy solids, not just...
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