Life Of A Mum

Freshly Made Cupcakes Ingredients 3/4 Cup Unsalted Butter 1 1/2 Cup of Sugar 5 Eggs 1 Cup Whole Milk 2 1/2 Cups of Plain Flour 1 tbs Vanilla extract 2 tsp of Baking Powder 1/4 tsp salt Mix butter and sugar in a mixer/hand mixer until light and fluffy, add vanilla extract, add in the eggs one at a time. Sieve all the dry ingredients together, turn mixer to low speed and gradually add the dry ingredient and the milk one at a time while scrapping down the sides with a spatula to get the batter well incorporated. Preheat oven to Gas mark 5, line cupcake oven tray with paper cups, scoop in the batter with an ice cream scoop to get adequate proportions in each cup. Place in the middle oven and bake till a skewer comes out clear, leave to cool down and enjoy with ice cream, ideal for tea time, kids lunch pack, parties etc 

Freshly Baked Chicken Pie 1kg Plain Flour 500g Unsalted Butter 1/2 cup Whole Milk + 1/4cup Cold Water Mix together all the ingredients for the dough with two clean hands adding the liquid gradually until well mixed, making sure dough is properly bind together and allow to rest while you prepare the pie filling.                                                      Pie Dough after mixing Pie filling  6 Chicken Thighs 2 Large Carrots(chopped into tiny chunks) 2 Large Potatoes(chopped into tiny chunks) Season chicken with 1 small white onion, 2 cubes of knorr, 1 tsp of thyme, 1 tsp of curry, 1/4 tsp salt and cook for 20 minutes on low heat allowing the chicken to produce its own juice. Leave to cool down, carefully separate the flesh from the bone, place the chicken on a chopping board and cut into small pieces, set a...

Here is one of the most sought after Nigerian delicacy loved by all. It is one of my favourite local delicacies which I almost gave up trying to prepare because its difficult to find natural unrefined Red oil in the UK which gives the dish its peculiar taste...so rich and delicious. This is Abacha made from Cassava served with oven grilled suya spiced(used Foodace suya spice) Sea bass, red onions, cucumber, lettuce and a bottle of cold Malt drink. This delicacy is a winner this Christmas, look out for it anytime you visit Nigeria and thank me later. Abacha ncha Grilled suya spiced Sea bass served with fried Plantain and a bowl of fresh Salad. Made this for my husband on his birthday and he loved it.

This series has some rice/beans ideas Basic Nigerian Fried rice served with oven roasted chicken Moi moi served with fried plantain and boiled egg Fio fio(Carribean Gungo peas) Nigerian local beans made with mashed boiled yam, red oil and seasoned with salt, lots of scotch bonnet and stock cubes Nigerian Jollof rice/Beans pottage served with grilled stewed chicken and fried plantain Delicious fried rice served with plantain, cucumber slices, carrot, lettuce and boiled egg Pineapple Egg fried rice cooked with King Prawns,veggies and pineapple 

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...

Pot of chopped tomatoes cooked down, seasoned and fried before adding the grilled chicken and bell peppers together, covered and left to cook for 10 mins  A bowl of 20 pieces of chicken wings and 1 ball of onion Wings in the pot with onion and seasoned with 2 tsp salt, 3 knorr cubes, rosemary and 2 tsp Foodace All Purpose seasoning fried in the pot with 1/4 cup coconut oil for 20 mins, popped it in the oven to grill for 15 mins I love to be creative and my creativity comes in handy when I'm bored of doing things the same way all the time so I decide to create this delicious Tomato Sauce which I served my family with boiled white Yam and they loved it so much that they asked to have it again the next day with boiled rice. Look at all the juice from the chicken which served as the liquid stock for the sauce. Tomato and Chicken wings Sauce served with Boiled Yam

I've finally put up our Christmas tree, fully decorated with mini presents hanging on it to be unwrapped on Christmas day....surprise! I've also concluded with wrapping of presents and I can say I'm very proud of the out come, at the end of the day its all about the kids. They are very happy, they love what I did with the tree this year and they gave me cuddles and kisses of appreciation which felt good. Ta da! The Tree is finally up. Merry Christmas!! I had to leave a note claiming its from Santa's Elf just so the kids will behave and leave the presents alone