Baked Plantains

March 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Continuing with my quest to eat healthier foods, I was craving some plantains, but didn’t want to fry them. So, naturally, the other options for cooking plantains include, boiling, baking or oven-roasting them (boli.. this is a Nigerian snack that is roasted on a grill and eaten with ground nuts).

I decided to bake them, this was my first time of doing this, and it turned out good, but you could definitely detect a difference between baked and fried plantains. The baked plantains didn’t have the same delectable sweetness that comes with frying (I guess because it was missing out on all that greasy goodness). All the same though, I’d make it again, maybe with more seasonings. For directions & more, keep reading!

Baked Chicken Drumsticks & Veggies

February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments

After a spate of not so healthy eating and cooking, I decided to veg out… a bit. Whenever I buy chicken from regular grocery stores (not the African store), I usually bake them, sometimes I’ll boil and fry them, but this time I baked them. I should’ve peeled the skin off, but I was too tired to do all the extra prepping. For directions & more, keep reading!

Egusi Stew/Soup

February 15, 2009 | 27 Comments

Egusi is simply ground melon seeds. It’s an off-white color and is normally cooked in soup or stew. This is the one soup/stew dish that I make on a regular. There are other ways to cook this dish, but when I’m feeling lazy or pressed for time, I just do it all in one pot…some other time, I’ll revisit this and cook it a different way. For directions & more, keep reading!

Bread Pudding

February 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Got extra bread laying around the house that’s going stale and you’re not quite ready to throw away because you got it at that 2 for $4 sale??? Don’t throw it away, make bread pudding!

Bread pudding used to be called the poor man’s dessert, because in the times before ours, it called for making use of stale bread to which sugar, spices and other ingredients were added. Forward to our time and the art of making bread pudding has become more sophisticated, calling for more additions than just sugar and spices. It now calls for milk, eggs, raisins and a host of other ingredients. For directions & more, keep reading!

Baked Turkey Drums

February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment!

I’m not a huge fan of turkey, I mean I’ll eat it but if I had another choice, I probably wouldn’t, but I baked this for my brother. For directions & more, keep reading!