New Beginnings?

I haven't posted in almost 7 years! Can you imagine? That said, very little has changed- I am still cooking scrumptious meals and failing to post. These days I try to stick to a ketogenic diet- emphasis on carnivore. it is tough! I lost 20lbs earlier this year, and got even bigger after the summer. I blame it on my new relationship with the most amazing, supportive partner ever!, and Los Vietnamitas Saigon Fried Chicken Tacos. Sigh! I spoke to my health coach, Alex, yesterday and realize I have to change my ways and reset my diet. I am hoping to lose about 15lbs before my birthday on November 1st. I know it is possible. I will be employing intermittent fasting, and sometimes extended fasting, as well as a carnivorous diet. Wish me luck! Eating meat and eggs can be so boring, but I will share any tips I discover with you. Here's to cooking and blogging more? Ovay

Easter Lunch

I cooked easter lunch for family and frieds. From top left to bottom right:
1. Oysters with lemon, a drop of tabasco and rock salt (first time shucking oysters ever! Thanks for the tip, Tom. :)
2. BBQ chicken (I make my own garlicky, hot sauce)
3. Jollof rice ('nuff said LOL)
4. Bacon wraped shrimp, coconut crusted shrimp and scallops with a citrus chilli dip
5. Spare ribs 2 ways- citrusy sweet preparation and dry rub/bbq preparation
6. faux cupcakes made with white chocolate and greek yogurt, topped with malteasers for crunch and garnish

Although stressful, it was a joy to cook for my family and friends. Good food, great company, what more can a girl ask for?

Asaro,shrimp and broccoli

More crappy photos

Beef burgers and caramelized onions

-I tried to hit spicy/hot, sweet and tangy with this burger. I added red hot peppers/atarodo to the burger mix for heat, made some caramelized onions (sweet) and some cocktail sauce. It was so good!


















Cupcakes
I baked 60 of these bad boys for a pool thingy I had at my house... they were gone in an hour. I live for nutmeg so I almost always bake cakes with it. With Baileys ice cream these cakes are orgasfuckingmic!





Salad with spicy asian dressing and Panko chicken
I hosted a dinner party on my last Friday in Lagos, this was the first course. I got Dedun to eat and enjoy chicken so I think I was successful :)





BBQ Chicken

Sweet-Hot/Spicy-Garlicky goodness!










Jollof rice and snails

-My crush tasted the snails, he loved them! I think jollof rice is my favorite thing to cook.

Crappy photos

1. cinnamon cupcakes with whipped cream and strawberries. Baked these bad boys on Thursday evening, they were heavenly!

2. Meat pie- I seasoned the beef with onions, parsley, ground red pepper, garlic, salt,and maggi cubes. It was delicious, Layide and I finished it in less than an hour.

3.Shrimp cakes, Asian cobb salad and lime aioli. This was totally last minute, just me trying to use ingredients before they went bad.


I don't even want to know how much weight I put on last week *covers face in shame*. Definitely not cooking anything this week.

Ciao,

Fattie <3

Fail!

I was supposed to post pictures of dinner on Wednesday, but was too lazy to *covers face in shame*

I cooked jollof rice, plantain and gizzard and spicy beef cubes. It's one of my popular dinners so I'll be making it again very soon. I'll take pictures next time.

I had some leftover shrimp from the chilli-ginger shrimp I made on Saturday evening so I decided to make some shrimp cakes. I served them with an Asian cobb slaw and lime aioli. Yum! I took some pictures with my phone, bad quality but, will be posting pictures regardless.

Yesterday, I baked my first cupcakes. They were delicious! I took pictures with my phone and will be posting them as well.

Besos,

Steph

Dinner with friends

I've decided to cook dinner for a few people tonight. It's really last minute so I'm thinking simple, familiar flavours, definitely not experimenting tonight.

Cooking jollof rice, snails, plantain and gizzard, and peppered beef. Yum! I have some chicken cutlets so I'm thinking panko chicken or honey-garlic chicken. We'll see how it goes. Will post pictures as soon I'm done cooking and plating.

A bien tot,

Steph