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Spiced Apple Sauce

Out with the old, in with the new.

Ditch the cinnamon sticks and sweet fragrance of warm spice. Replace it with heat and heart. Crisscross apple sauce….you’ll have no regrets.

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How to Make Nigerian Ogbono ‘Soup’

The Hague, July 2011

Imagine this: Its Monday morning in the official headquarters and I’m in the ‘war room’, surrounded by uber-tech computer screens, sitting around a large wood-panelled table. My entire body finds solace in a soft, black leather swivel chair and I sink in, armed for another work week. Chit and chatter fill the air, colleagues at a meeting  - planning, sharing and strategizing.

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Daring Cooks Fresh Pasta Challenge

I couldn’t believe when he gave me the machine…..8 years ago. I had wanted to make my own pasta forever and getting one of the silver, rolling thingies was top of my list in Nigeria, in 2003. So when a friend moving abroad offered me his brand new, unused machine, I snapped it up!

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On Being Two/Celebrating With Lobster

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Two,
Thank God not the ‘Terrible twos’
Cause I’m not a toddler.
And I think in this world of blogging
Two is definitely adulthood.
Two
The number of times I’ve had lobster
One – how many times I’ve cooked it
And so Kitchen Butterfly is two.
To celebrate, we’re having lobster cake.
Only joking……
We’re having lobster, instead of cake.

Are you on?

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Sarde Con Olie – Homemade ‘Tinned’ Sardines in Oil

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Except you’re a foodie.

Then invention becomes necessary.

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Alvin’s Drunken Chicken

Drunken chicken.

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How To Make Nigerian Pepper Soup

Nigeria, we hail thee,
Our own dear native land,
Though tribe and tongue may differ,
In brotherhood we stand,
….. Nigeria may be blessed.

Nigeria We Hail Thee (1960) by Lillian Jean Williams

IMG_3764In Jesus name, Amen.

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Nikuman: Japanese Pork Buns

Nikuman. Perfect food for cold wintry days and chilly memories of charming Prague where sub-zero temperatures resulted in lots of  coffee and hot chocolate. I am glad to be home.

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Food School: Citrus Cured Salmon, For Alaska….

….because I long to be/am a ‘finisher’. And I think if you don’t know how to make ‘it’, school’s a good place to learn!

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New Year’s Cookfest with the Daring Cooks: Confit & Cassoulet

Nothing prepared me for the deliciousness that would confront me when my cassoulet was done.

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From the very beginning, I celebrated only part of the challenge – the confit. And the cassoulet aka bean bake? I crossed right off my list because I knew, I just knew from the ingredients list that it couldn’t possibly turn out into something even remotely edible. For me, this was one instance when I didn’t sway to all things ‘French’. I decided that I would be a part-timer on this occassion.

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