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FESTIVE INSPIRED SERIES 1- GOING LOCAL

I'd like to share some of my festive inspired eats which are basically unconventional with some people. The idea is to try something different from the usual Rice meals during Christmas, most people living in the city/abroad would appreciate these sort of food because they dont really get to enjoy them often. Its special and tastes more delicious when its from your mum's kitchen especially prepared locally with dried fish and cooked on firewood stove...yum. I hope you get to try one of them sometime, I love local foods and living in the UK will not raid on my parole...LOL
Basic Yam and Vegetable(Ji akwukwo) made with green/ugu /spinach vegetable and oil bean(ukpaka)

Boiled yam served with oil bean and spinach sauce (made this with red oil, crayfish, scotch bonnet, salt, knorr, ukpaka, tuna fish chunks and spinach)

Boiled ripe plantain served with cooked spinach and egg sauce (the egg sauce has bell peppers, scotch bonnet, salt and seasoning stock cubes)

Basic Yam Pottage made with spinach served with fried Plantains

Unripe Plantain/Yam Pottage (a combination of unripe plantain, 1 ripe plantain, yam cut in small cube and mackerel fish) I used scented leaves (nchuanwu) and a little bit of Ugu. The ripe plantain gives the food a little bit of sweetness which my kids love

Yam Pottage cooked with fresh tomatoes and long pepper, served with green beans, broccoli and cauliflower

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