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Lunch & Dinner Recipes
Keto Lowcarb, Grain-free, Banku Emaku
This keto lowcarb banku emakume has the flavor, taste and texture you will enjoy! Watch the recipe video here If you like banku but your body function better on a low carbohydrate diet, this recipe is for you! I was introduced to this keto banku about a year ago by a neighbor. Since being on […]
Parboiled Fried Yam (Koliko)
This parboil fried yam is amazing! The recipe video is available here. Fried yam commonly called Koliko in Togolese cuisine is a popular easy dish in Togo. Everyone got different favorite cut, and cooking technique varies depending on the mood :). The parboil technique The parboil technique is not classic but it is a twist […]
Broiled Lobster Tail (Quick and Easy)
Broiled lobster tail is one of my favorite easy weeknight dinner idea. So delicious if you do not have allergy to shellfish. I always manage to have lobster on pizza night, that way my kids will not make me fill guilty by not sharing my lobster with them. Let face it, making lobster meal for […]
Stir-Fry Chicken Gizzards
Stir Fried Chicken Gizzards can be a great appetizer! The recipe video is available here. Of course when I say Gizzard, you must frown your face! Believe me its a fabulous part of chicken. So tasty and fat free! Growing up my mom will cook this and we will all be happy enjoying gizzards. Now […]
Air fry chicken with puree onion and lime sauce
This Air fry chicken with lemony onion sauce is such a comforting meal.Check here for the recipe video. The whole dish is in part inspired by the Senegalese yassa sauce and the Moroccan spice Ras el hanout. Ras el hanout is a spice blend popular in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. It is like Indian Garam […]
MY PALM NUT SOUP or DEKU DESSI (BANGA SOUP)
Palm nut soup, also known in Togo ewe language as “Deku dessi” is a popular African soup. The soup is made from juice of a pounded palm nut fruit. It varies per regions, culture, family, person and taste. My recipe video is available here. How is the Palm nut liquid extracted? Originally the Palm nut […]
Lamb Suya or tchintchinga
Lamb suya or tchintchinga has multiple variant. Check my recipe video here. You can have it on skewer or as barbecue grilled meat. Depend on the day and the energy, my cooking style vary. Suya originated from Northern Nigeria, and spread all over west Africa and Sudan.. It is said to be a unifying factor […]
Quick Fried Pepper sauce or Yebesse Fionfion or Shito or Piment noir
This quick and easy fried pepper sauce or Yebesse Fionfion or Shito or Piment noir is my favorite sauce! Check the recipe video here Togolese call this sauce yebesse fionfion (fried hot pepper)! The name shito for the sauce is derived from the Ga language in Ghana, where hot pepper is called Shito. Shito sauce […]
Cow Foot Tomato Soup ou Sauce de Pied de Veau or Egnifoti Dessi
This Cow Foot Tomato Soup or Sauce de Pied de Veau or egnifoti dessi is so easy to make! Growing we always have 2 meat tomato soup for easy weeknight meals. All we needed after school was to cook a side dish and diner is ready! Side dish varies from rice, couscous, ablo, akpan, akume, […]
Easy Flat Baked Cajun Chicken
This Flat Baked Cajun Chicken is cooked about once a week in my house. Believe I am avid of meat, although i do crave meat from time to time. I am just surrounded with meat lovers! roasting meat on a week day can be a long process! Baking the chicken flat is the quickest and […]