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Zowè, Zowey or togolese spicy peanut snack balls
Zowè or Togolese spicy peanut snack balls is my sister favorite snack. Growing up she will make these at least once a week. This snack is popular in street of Togo. Origin This snack got its origin from west Africa and expanded to other places via migration. You can find this snack not only in […]
Fresh fish tomato soup (Togolese lanmoumou dessi)
This fresh fish tomato soup is an old recipe tried in my new 360 cookware. Click here for the original recipe video. That is right, I am using my new stainless Steel 3.5 quart saute pan for the added benefits of vapor cooking! Good news is you can purchase any 360 cookware appliance with 20% […]
Mild Hot Pepper Dipping Sauce
A mild hot pepper dipping sauce is always present when eating in African family home. Hot peppers varies in heat intensity depending on the species. For this hot pepper sauce onion, bell pepper and oil was added to tone down the heat. The good thing about this recipe is you can varies ingredients measurement depending […]
Almond Butter Soup (almond version of West African peanut butter soup)
This Almond Butter Soup is an almond version of West African peanut butter soup. Authentic West African peanut butter soup is made with minimal ingredient! Mainly fresh ground toasted peanut, tomatoes and couple seasonings. Please note that the authentic west African peanut soup, never ever has whole peanut in it! The good thing about this […]
Togolese Hush Puppies or Avumi
These Togolese hush puppies or Avumi are just amazing! The recipe video is available here. It was a snack I grew up buying in the street. The name Avumi is derived from how this snack is formed. It has the shape of puppy poop! Avumi in Mina language mean dog poop. Although the name is […]
Pesto, Dairy Free, Nut free
Pesto is so good with almost everything. This dairy free, nut free pesto is just amazing. I did use my newly found nutritional yeast to replace the use of cheese. Check here for the recipe video. What is nutritional yeast: Nutritional yeast is a yeast deactivated. It is a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, sold commercially […]
Gawou Foto, Akara with garri, Bean fritter with garri (Gawufotor)
Gawou fotor is a togolese dish that is made with mainly 2 ingredients: Gawou (beans fritter) and Garri. What is Gawou, gaou, Akara Akara, Gawou, Gaou, is a popular street snack in west Africa. Click here for the recipe video. There are multiple variants. Removing the skin of the beans helps your digestion if you are […]
Low carb, lactose free, almond flour crêpes
You will love this low carb, lactose free almond flour crepes! I couldn’t resist crêpe. When I became lactose intolerant, I started experiencing ways to enjoy crêpe without dairy. It was easy since there are lactose free milk out there. But trying to lower my carbohydrate consumption made me revisit my old dairy free crêpe […]
Keto Sweet and Tangy Buffalo Chicken Wings
This Keto Sweet and Tangy Chicken Wings are the winner of the weekend. I couldn’t wait to hear your feedback. Do you love sweet barbecue sweet wings but can’t afford that extra calorie from the sauce. Worry no more. These wings will satisfy you without the extra sugary calorie. I use my current favorite keto […]
Keto Caramel Peanut Brittle or Keto Konkada
This easy delicious keto caramel peanut is a delight. I love eating my Caramel peanut known in my native language as Konkada. But since I started making snacks for my keto friends, I always try to find natural sugar alternative that will taste good, and will be keto approved. I started using swerve sweetener sparingly […]