How To Select Fresh Fruits

With waxed fruits and pesticide filled fruits in the market, knowing how to pick the right produce is quite necessary and useful. Here’s a handy guide to use when picking some common fruits. Bananas The best bananas have a sharp

How to Make Koose, Hausa Akara

Koose is made from cowpeas or black-eyed beans. It’s simply the Hausa version of Akara; beans paste mixed with a variety of ingredients and fried to a yummy crispy buns-like food, often accompanied with bread and pap (porridge), and mostly

Onunu- A River State Delicacy

Onunu is a popular local food consumed in the southern part of Nigeria. It’s quite standard among the kalabari and okrika people of River state, Nigeria. The meal is also called Temburu and it involves pounding a mix of yam,

Meet the Boss: Friday Nwosu, Yesharvest

Friday Nwosu studied Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, and is the founder/CEO of Yesharvest, a business that connects farmers to their market by giving consumers access to fresh farm produce. He talks to Joy

Celebrating World Food Day– 16 October

Dear Food, I could go on and write a eulogy for you, it’s World Food Day, a day set aside to celebrate food across the flora and fauna of the world. The rumblings in my stomach, the flaring of my

How to Make Brazilian Lemonade

The Brazilian lemonade is a sweet and refreshing drink with unique taste and texture. It’s also a lemonade drink that uses lime in place of lemons. So it should be called ‘Brazilian limeade’ right? But lemon and lime share the

How to make Plantain Pancakes

I love plantain and I can eat them every day, 🙂 so I get excited when I find new ways to enjoy them. Plantain and bananas are similar but plantains are starchier and are usually not eaten straight up like

Popular Nigerian Food the World Should Know and Love

Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and one of the world’s most ethnically diverse countries. Each ethnic group in Nigeria has its own regional special customs and traditions that make them unique. Nigeria is also blessed with bountiful

How to Prepare Spaghetti with Mushroom Garlic Sauce

This mushroom and garlic sauce is so easy to make and fast too, so you don’t have to spend hours stirring away in the kitchen. The sauce, when paired up with spaghetti, is definitely a hit but it’s also tasty

5 Bad Eating Habits You Need To Stop

Bad eating habits seriously eat away (pun intended) your health, making you fat and generally unhealthy. If you’re serious about healthy living, then you need to ditch these habits fast. Eating a heavy meal right before bedtime If you eat

5 Tips To Stop Wasting Food

Food wastage is a growing problem in Nigeria, would you believe that we waste enough food to feed more than a billion people? The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development disclosed last year that Nigeria loses $8.9 billion

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Food is an essential part of our everyday lives. How do we grow, look healthy or keep fit without eating? Whether you’re a food lover or not, food is important because we need it to survive. Aside from the many

How To Hard-boil Eggs Perfectly

Hard-boiled eggs are great treats; not only are they delicious on their own, they do awesomely well in salads.They are the ultimate companion for noodles and pasta meals and even stews. Most people even include them in soups. Eggs, as

How to Make Pineapple and Lime Smoothie

This is a perfect combination of sweet and tart, and the addition of mint and ginger gives it a herbal feel. The smoothie is not only refreshing, it helps boost the immune system seeing that pineapple is an excellent source

How To Prepare Milk Tart

Milk tart is a creamy tart dessert made from sweet pastry containing a milky custard fill made from milk, flour and eggs. This is easy to whip and the ingredients for baking consists of items found in our pantry. The

How To Make Coconut Butter

Coconut butter is made from grinding the meat of a coconut into a white butter-like consistency. It contains beneficial fibre and healthy fat so it fills you up for longer. You can buy the butter from the mall but it’s

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