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1stGenAmerican:
I’m happy that you have such a great friend who helped but I’m so jealous! Your flowers are nothing short of spectacular and look so robust. All
Of them. You have a reason to boast!
I buy marigolds already bloomed yearly and live in a zone conducive to growing them but those guys wither as soon as I place them in the ground.
The Knockout Roses grow well as long as I give them epsom salt but besides those guys, Sunflowers are the only flowers I see success with. I’m a wizard at growing veggies though, especially from scraps so we’ll have to help eachother out.

For the withering plants, try soaking (drenching the roots) in water before transplanting. It does help.

Cococandy, your flower garden is nice! I prefer herbs and edible veggies though. Well done

Prestonn:
Village kitchen


●Lunch ~ Rice and stew


Have a lovely day everyone ♥️

Daddy!!!

Your food photography game is inspiring, every time

hahn:
The turkey was home grown. I don't know why but fresh turkey tastes very different from frozen turkey.

It is way more delicious

Oh nice. I will manage the frozen Turkey like that.

I will tag you when ì post

hahn:
Sweet potato and fried turkey

I'm definitely going to eat Turkey this week! In short, it is my new week goal!

Mariangeles:
It's cheaper to make your own.
You'd be surprised at the amount of chips you'd get with just 2-3 pieces of plantains.

I enjoy making and seasoning mine with suya spice.

How do you slice yours? My grater isn't giving me what I want

Cousin9999:
If you don't have a mini herb and spice garden, definitely get one. It doesn't take much, and the taste is quite different.

Your garden is so fine. Nice herbs.
I have them all in my container garden

cococandy:
Really?

Akposy here on this thread grows strawberries.

Yes, we grow strawberries in Jos.
Here's from our last harvest

Creamy Warri styled coconut rice served with coconut chicken curry sauce, dodo and stewed mackerel.

Happy Sunday.

...the Kamo rice is sweet, easy to cook, stone free and made in 9ja! I enjoyed it

Bentizil:
Got it all totally wrong...
Trying again tomorrow...
Until I turn pro like Boss Akposy, GboyegaD and you, I no dey give up... Chai I suffer today since 7am I've been on it...

You will get better with each trial. Note your mistakes and work on it

Bentizil:
Did my first bread today and it came out worst..
Zero sugar, zero salt, tasteless and shapeless...
Although I used cylinder gas instead of oven, saving up to get a mini electric oven...
I can't help but laugh...

Memories
You didn't bake with sugar? Mine wasn't this worse though
I made mine with camp gas and used those stainless deep plate as pan

iamL:
I love the fish pie. They are neatly baked.

Thank you.

babythug:
Very nicely done! I like the fish pies!

They’re baked as it should be , I find people fry them these days

Thanks. I think they call the fried ones fish roll

Lunch earlier... Mango Chia pudding and freshly baked fish pies

Prestonn:


Got home saw the snail and decide to cook with it.

Few hours later she called to warn me not to touch the snail, and the snail don already dey fire

I just wan give her time, she go beg me to return home

Return her snail abeg.

I don't like the taste of snail but I want to give it a final trial before I quit. I caught 5 big snails on the farm. How do one prepare them

Cc everyone

Banga soup and starch.
Made this with catfish, chicken and tinko meat

After over 3 years of craving Banga soup and starch, I finally made and ate one today.

My friend sent the ingredients all the way from Delta State. Thank God for good food.

Happy Father's Day.

LogicBomb8:
share recipe

untamedd:
Looks yum � Recipe please?

It is too long. I will share a link to the video shortly

Thanks

nnekaike:
Akopsy,start a YouTube channel na.
This pizza is calling my name.

Thanks
I will start one especially on Sustainable Agriculture and small on food when I have the gadgets.

I also made the Mozzarella cheese used but it was not that stretchy

SoapQueen:
Stop the oppression nau! It's like you want me to pack my bags to your house. Wow!!

cococandy:
This looks better than store bought pizza

Thank you ma

I made Chicken Pizza on Sunday but anti-spam bot banned me from posting here twice since Sunday.

Seun, kindly call your staff (bots) to order abeg. Thank you.

Pinklygul:
You should keep your cylinder outside tho

Most of us can't keep ours outside. I stay upstair. It is close to impossible

SoapQueen:
Awwwwwww. Thanks so much for your kind words but the decision to go sugar-free was 100% made by me. Not only did I go sugar-free, but I also went bread/pastry -free and beef free, and it's been almost 2 months. It was entirely for health purposes.


I feel really good so far and it's one of the best decisions I've made. But, I'll surely go back to these foods IF my body craves them, albeit slowly and in small quantities.

Add to that, I spent an hour on your profile at midnight. I was beyond shook and hooked. All your food, I mean all of them look appetizing and sumptuous!

Awesome.

Thanks
I'm blushing

Toks112:
So cantaloupes are grown in Nigeria? How about Honeydews? Sunflower � � � ?

Yes, they are grown in Naija. I've been harvesting mine.

I don't know about flowers though

SoapQueen:
Wow. You made these? So beautiful! I wish I could eat them but I've been sugar-free for almost two months and I don't want to stop now.

Yes, thanks

Permit me to say this, I don't know the exact reason you're living a sugar free lifestyle, but....

We should not allow these doctors demonize sugar. There's nothing wrong with taking sugar (except for some medical cases). However, take in moderate proportion.

These people keep demonizing our food. My point is eat your food as medicine.
Even excess water intake is bad. It is called Water Intoxication but that does not stop us from drinking water daily as it is required for life activities.

...lemme stop here.

Happy Sunday all

Halcyon123:
E don the rain now sef. I pray light go dey make pesin catch again

How do you guys enjoy this. Last week, after the night rain, I saw some big big cars parked on the road, by the street light hustling to catch these things. I was shocked

loveymom:
Looks delicious.

Thank you

Sirqt5:
yummmy

Thank you

emperorz:
the cookies dey enta my eye

E don finish sef

Fruit cakes and red velvet cookies

Mariangeles:
You follow @potofflavours too? I love her.

I had to go check out the YouTube video, and mehn! did she give out dangerous information.

Yes! She is very good. I've known her for a long time

descarado:
They are costly because of exchange

In naija, there is this pots that sisi yemi use. Have forgotten the name but it's the preferred dutch oven those lekki people use. Produced in South Africa.
(That woman made money but the usual naija show-off happened. She invested in le creuseut and co later but I don't know who she was trying to impress when ordinary Nigerians who watch her show don't care about those kind of things. Stopped watching her when the show off became too much. She later confessed she saved nothing)

In all I still believe that the best pot to invest in is quality stainless aluminium pots. Even wok. Easier to wash, use as you want. Doesnt demand for seperate utensils when cooking. And yeah the most expensive from well known companies if one want to go for them but whether expensive or cheap, still the best

Have you watched the video of "Pot of flavour" on YouTube? She did a market video on sales/purchase of fairly used kitchen utensils at Alaba market. Mehn, these overhyped pots are super super cheap in that market! I wish I was in Lagos, I'd have bought enough kitchen utensils for myself

BlueRayDick:
Unpopular but personal opinion: I think Banga soup is overrated . I’ve had it different times at different places , prepared by different people and I still can’t get around the hype . I’ve had it with rice , with Eba and yet I just find it to be basic ; I don’t rate it higher than normal stew sef.

Recently I’ve grown fond of Afang soup and o’boi that’s one good soup when taken with pounded yam and cold water , u will forget the problems of this world for hours.

Lol.....Banga soup is always a banger! Who prepped the ones you ate? An indigenous Deltan or......? What protein was used? Note, Ofe akwu is not our Delta Banga o. We use our native spices (obenetete, obrunbebe stick, ataiko and the likes) to prep Banga soup. Most Banga soups prepare in the city don't use these spices making it Ofe Akwu and not Banga soup

sulips:
So i’m celebrating page 3000. First time posting here. 1st pic Banga Soup and starch [left][/left] 2nd pic Vegetable noodles [img][/img]

Cravings

ubizle:
Inspired by Akposy...

Thanks for allowing me inspire you. I want small beans and plenty dodo

Tranquility2345:
Had to go get my own o

Nice one! Well done

Tranquility2345:
Wish I could get my hands on these I swear

Hands down the best thing I have seen on this thread in a very long time…

Thanks

LordReed:
What flavour of powder and did you boil the watermelon, cucumber, pineapple, cinnamon, ginger, clove and flavoured powder with the zobo leaves?

I used Berry Flavour.

No. I didn't. I added it immediately after boiling so the heat can help sterilize/kill every microbe in the juice.

I only boiled the clove, cinnamon, pineapple peels and nutmeg with the zobo leaves