Nigerian Foodz Made Easy!

Christmas Dinner Nigerian-Ekpeye Style!

(Egusi/Stockfish,Goatmeat,Bitterleaf Soup & Pounded yam)

Christmas Lunch - Rice & Turkey Stew 

Fried Dressed Catfish/Cajun Fries/Toss Salad

Nigerian Food Items

Cassava Tuber

Very versatile. It can be roasted, boiled, baked and eaten as yam, chips, snack etc.

Banana Leaf

Used for lining dishes or platter, as vessel for steaming/cooking, boiled with other herbs for medicinal purposes to mention but a few!

Coconut (Okude)

Enjoyed raw, toasted, used for coconut rice, in desserts, It's juice is great and medicinal.

Bread Fruit (Ogiligbeke)

Can be boiled, peeled and eaten as is or fried. It is meaty and taste like lima, navy beans.

The Magic of Ayamase (Nigerian Spicy Green Stew/Sauce)

Christmas Season & Meals in my Home-Merry Xmas Y'all!

Scrumptious Ayamase

This is a very spicy western Nigerian green stew. It is traditionally made with chopped unripe jalapeno and other green hot chilies like "esebo nwankpi, diced onions, desired cube bouillon, ground cray fish, bleached palm oil, and precooked assorted meat/fish. It is

traditionally  made with beef tripe, burnt cow skin, intestines to mention but a few. It is usually served over traditional Nigerian rice which is a dirty short grain rice. My choice today is Jasmine rice.

Beans & Plantain Porridge

Priscilla'a Authentic Nigerian Stew

This stew has been liberalized to suit global adaptations. Great on Rice, boiled yam, Pasta, plantain or used as soup for foo-foo. Enjoy! Available in Spicy or Mild, 8oz & 16oz variations. In stores and available online for sale on www.quickandtastee.com

Spiced Orange & Cranberry Pound Cake

It is Christmas morning, a season that my baking spirit comes to live. the smell of the season, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, apple cider, citrus to mention but a few. By 4 am, I got up and voila! this cake. My family woke up to it, and breakfast was served by 5:30 am. Perfect with black coffee. As you know, they all had it with carnation milk, tea and sugar and we all went back to bed. Merry Christmas! 

Fried Sweet Potato w/Sardine-Pepper Saute

(Recreating my Lagos-Balogun Street Eats)

Priscilla's All Purpose & Seafood Seasonings

Available online-www.quickandtastee.com

Global ingredient, Nigerian Accent = One Quick Tasty Meal!

 

 

Porridge Beans & Fried Plantain, Jazzed Up! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spicy Jerk Chicken/Pickled Mushroom/Curry Sauce on Jasmine Rice

 

 

 

 

 

Grilled T-Bone/Okra/Watermelon w/Compound Butter & Lemon Vinaigrette

 

 

 

Labor Day Funkified Nigerian Meal -Otooooooo!

 

Catfish Pepper Soup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grilled T-Bone/Okra & Watermelon with Compound Butter

 

 

 

Steamed Creamy Scrambled Eggs W/Fried Plantain, Rice & Burnt Cowfeet Stew

 

Breakfast Twisted!

 

 

 

Sunday-Sunday Kinda!

 

 

 

Down Home Naija!

  

 Herb Crusted Tilapia & Herb-Scented Broccoli on a Bed of Mashed Sweet Potato 

 

 

 

 

Stewed Black eyed Peas with Soaked Garri & Milk

 

 

 

 

Edikaikong - Rivers State Style W/Ngolo/Ngbe/Isam/Snail & Oat Swallow

 

 

 

 

Down Home Breakfast

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Egusi/Bitter Leaf/Goatmeat Soup & Garri (Eba)

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Egusi/Bitter Leaf/Goatmeat Soup & Garri (Eba)

Egusi/Bitter Leaf/Goatmeat Soup & Garri (Eba)

Father's Day MEAL - Nigerian Style - HUSBAND'S WAY!

FYI, Nigeria is very diversified; that means menu and recipe may vary according to region, ethnic group and palate of individuals. I am from the East married to a Westerner. Meals in my home cut accross all tribes and regions of Nigeria, sometimes with my chef spin on it. Meals may not be typical all the time.

Today's menu is all about my husband who, if possible would have Fried egg & Cheese on a bread, Goatmeat, Rice, Stew and Pounded Yam aka Pando and Okra Soup aka Draw Soup for breakfast lunch and dinner. Or as a menu cyle for entire year! My goal as his wife is to use ingredients he likes and infuse vegies and other healthy foods to one QUICK & TASTY MEAL! Today being a Father's Day; I and the kids are sure to make it all about him and his likes - Happiest man ever! Guess what? he's asking; why can't I have these everyday? The answer is NO Sir!



FRIED EGG/CHEESE ON A BAGEL (BREAKFAST IN BED)

 

 

BOILED PLANTAIN/GOATMEAT STEW & STEAMED BROCCOLI (LUNCH)

 

 

 

 

GOATMEAT OKRA SOUP W/ PANDO (DINNER)

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Confetti of Corn & Bacon!

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Confetti of Corn & Bacon!

Coconut -Crayfish Curried-Vegetable Rice

 

 

 

Confetti of Corn & Bacon!

Nigerian Rice, Stew & Fried Plantain with Assorted Meats

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Melechi Owu (Ofe Aku, Banga Soup)

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Melechi Owu (Ofe Aku, Banga Soup):     Finished Product!       Happiness is to be served this delicacy- be it in Igbo land, Delta/ Bini or Ekpeye. The recpe ...

Melechi Ohu (Ofe Aku, Banga Soup)

 

 

Finished Product!

 

 

 

Happiness is to be served this delicacy- be it in Igbo land, Delta/ Bini or Ekpeye. The recpe vary from region to region, tribe to tribe with one common denominator -PALM FRUIT/OIL OR CONCENTRATE. OTOO!

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Zesty Jasmine Rice with Shrimp Veg Sauce

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Zesty Jasmine Rice with Shrimp Veg Sauce:   You know what's funny? Nigerians love their long grain brown rice we call "Uncle Ben's Rice" even though what is po...

Zesty Jasmine Rice with Shrimp Veg Sauce

 

You know what's funny? Nigerians love their long grain brown rice we call "Uncle Ben's Rice" even though what is popularly known as that is not uncle ben's brand at all. Anyway, My family will eat rice everyday if you let it happen. Yesterday I made Penne Pasta with Nigerian Pesto (That's ANOTHER DAY'S BLOG). Believe it or not; a lot is still left inthe refrigerator. Somebody calls it  American food. Really? Ok... I get it! You'all want rice again? Yes! the ring leader echos. I thought, well, since I can't get them to slow down on rice consumption, I will jazz it up with veggies or foods they will not eat on a good day. Typical rice dishes in Nigeria includes; jollof rice, rice n stew, fried rice and coconut rice. Pretty boring sometimes going through same circle. Jasmine is not Nigerian typical rice and infact, it is rarely consumed. (I recall how hard I tried in our Restaurant to get my fellow Nigerians appreciate and or try to eat Jasmine or Basmati Rice, they kept asking "Nigerian Rice no dey Madam")?

Bottom line, I'm resolving to use familiar Nigerian food ingredients and infuse with unappreciative ones and get my finicky eaters to refine their palate.

This is jasmine rice steamed with olive oil and seasoned with salt only. Sauce contains sauteed veggies; yellow and green bell peppers, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, onions, garlic, thyme, lemon zest, cracked red chilies, knorr cubes, ginger, salt and pepper with shrimp at last to avoid over cooking. Guess what? It went down great, especially when Jaden echos Mom! This is delicious! I knew I could sleep in peace tonight.

 

THANKS FOR COOKING WITH ME TONIGHT; TRY THIS RECIPE IN YOUR HOME AS YOU

STICK WITH ME FOR MORE NAIJA FOODS....... 

Pasta Bolognese-Nigerianised

 

Am on a mission to Nigerianise every continent/cultural cuisine. This is Spaghetti alla Bolognese. Although it is not the quitessencial pasta used- usually it is tagliatele, what the heck- am using spaghetti and the process is the same. This is a ragu of meat and vegetable stewed for a long time. It is a dish from the region of Bologna in Italy. I brownd 1 lb of ground beef, sauteed carrots, ginger and garlic, onions, red peppers, tomatoes and deglazed the pot with a cup of red wine, added chicken stock, knorr cube, 2 sctch bonnet pepper and stewed it on a low heat for 1 hour plus. I cooked spaghetti in a salted boiling water for 7 minutes (aldente ) and drained it into sauce. cooked it for more 5 minutes. The chicken here is because Nigerians wont eat w/out a piece of meat or chicken. My husband wont have it any other way.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Otana ni Mini nri-Ugu (An Homage to Manma of Omuokpiriku- Elele Town, Rivers State of Nigeria)

 

 

I remember very well, Oh, on a market day, women, men and children would have harvested, fermented and washed some cassava and or fried garri to to sell in the market in order to generate some income. As early as 4-5am, there's a rush moment of preparation and traffic...all road leading to this great market. Manma, our land lord's daughter who was hearing challenged will prepare so immensely and come back with ingredients for this soup and other few more days of FOOD TREATS. Once she makes it back early, you know it's a great bargain day as same goes otherwise. She takes off her clothes and heads to the kitchen to whip up this meal. With sign language; she will invite anyone around to dine with her. Once she offered me and I tasted this vegetable soup with dry fish, goat meat and very fresh pumpkin leaf soup with a little melange to thicken? I got hooked. It had been in my repertoir since then!

 

TO YOU MANMA! 

Funked Up Nigerian Foods from Breakfast to Lunch,Dinner & Dessert)

 

 

 

Pots de Creme

 

My indulging Pecan Pie

 

Fish Tacos with an Attitude

 

Saturday Kinda Breakfast (Sausage & Herby Scrambled Eggs....

 

 

 

Feeling Light Eating (Fried lemon Catfish & Vegetable Medley)

 

 

                                                        


                                                          Custard & Moi Moi - So Naija!

Herby Scrambled Eggs & Beef Sausage (Breakfast)

Jazmine Rice & Peas with Palm Oil Pepper Sauce

 

Am on a mission to conquer my husband's phobia for unfamiliar foods. He won't try any food he is not familiar with; if it is long grain parboiled rice, he won't try it. He does not like any fish with fishy smell. Got games...yea! how about thyme-lime scented peppered sauce made with croaker fish, a little different from his every day stew and goat meat or hen-type of meal. So, a little bit of what he knows and most he doesn't know like or know...? Jasmine rice baby!!!!!!!seconds were asked for. So Nigerian...with some secret ingredients especially my seafood season!ng that can be purchased from my website. Dinner tonight? Get into your kitchen and start cooking.

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Fish Taco with an Attitude!

Naija Foodz Made Easy!: Fish Taco with an Attitude!: I could not stand the smell of goatmeat in my house no more, sick of rice and pando as my husband is hooked on these foods. Much as I don't eat...

Fish Taco with an Attitude!

I could not stand the smell of goatmeat in my house no more, sick of rice and pando as my husband is hooked on these foods. Much as I don't eat them much with him; preparing same ole same ole was just tiring. So, I decided we are all going Mexican tonight and no compromise! I stopped by the grocery and picked 2 lbs of tilapia, lemon and lime, onions, wheat tortilla, vine tomatoes, cilantro, guacamole andof course scotch bonnet pepper. I marinaded the fish with lemon, minced scotch bonnet, garlic and olive oil for 30 minutes. Dredged fish lightly in a seasoned flour and pan fried them in olive oil till golden brown. I then chopped up my veggies -cilantro, onions, tomatoes and jalepeno ( pico de gallo) and seasoned it with lime juice, salt and pepper and set aside. I wiped the pan and heated another olive oil;flash fried the tortilla to crispiness. Bam! guacamole was mashed to become the base,layered with fish and pic de gallo. Final touch is juice of lime...Here you go! My husband and son travelled to Mexico w/o leaving our home. Healthy Make it Happen....Enjoy!