Good Morning Foodies, hope you all had a great evening last night...

January always seems to always be a slow month, it kind of drags as its the start of a New Year but on a positive note, today is another day & another National Food day :-)

Today 5th January is National Whipped Cream Day....!!!

Here are today’s five things to know about Whipped Cream:

• Whipped cream existed since the 16th century.

• It was included in recipes that date back to 1549 in Italy and 1604 in France

• Normal creams consist of 30 percent of milk fat but heavy cream on the other hand consist of 36 percent fat.

• Whipped topping” is an imitation of whipped cream.

• Until the 19th century, recipes for whipped cream called for whipping the cream with a willow or rush branch.- source-foodimentary.com

Check out the recipe I made with Whipped cream here-

 

Morning Foodies,

Back with my National Food days again in this New Year :-)

Today 4th January is National Spaghetti day

• The word spaghetti is the plural form of an Italian word “spaghetto” meaning “thin string” or “twine.
• Pasta existed for thousands of years before anyone ever thought to put tomato sauce on it
• Italians never use a spoon and a fork when eating spaghetti.
• The average person in Italy eats more than 51 pounds of pasta every year.
• The world record for the largest bowl of spaghetti was set in March 2010 when the California restaurant Buca di Beppo successfully filled a swimming pool with more than 13,780 pounds of pasta.- source- Foodimentary.com

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and a great start to 2017...

Hey guys, can you actually believe we're closing this year in less than 48 hours :-)

I really cannot believe we have come this far especially on my blog and on my Youtube....

Thank you all so much for your support through the years..

Today I wanna share with you some of the songs I've been loving so far in 2016.. Share yours if you also have some...

Have a wonderful New Years and stay safe :-)


In no particular order, here are my fav 2016 songs.



Rihanna ft Drake- Work

One Direction- History

Robbie Williams- Love My Life

Justin Timberlake- Like I Love You

Little Mix-Shout out to My Ex

James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go

Drake ft Wizkid- One Dance

Jess Glynne- Take Me Home

Mr Eazi ft Efya- Skintight

Adele- Send my Love

Korede Bello- Do Like That

Tekno- Duro

Tory Lanez- Luv

Vybz kartel- Fever

Hey guys welcome back to my blog...  So I just got back from work and cannot be bothered to make dinner, I decided to make hubby and I some Nigerian Egg roll since he loves boiled eggs and a lady deserves a break from the Kitchen sometimes right lol ;-)

 I had all the ingredients at home (which makes it easy), so I popped into my kitchen and got everything together and made some Egg rolls served with some nice sweet Tea lol.

Check the video out here-

Ingredients:-
Self raising flour or Plain Flour
Hard Boiled Eggs
1 teaspoon of salt to taste
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablepoon of Baking powder
5 tablespoons of Butter
1 glass of lukewarm water
Vegetable oil for deep frying

Method:-

Sieve the flour into a big bowl, add the baking powder and salt. Mix well and add the butter, use fingers to mix thoroughly until it becomes crumbly. Add the water, mix well until thick and in a ball form. Once thick, roll with a dough roller and section with a dough cutter or bowl to make round cuts on the rolled out dough.





Place the egg in the centre of the round cuts  and Close the dough.

Pre heat your pan with the vegetable oil and allow to heat for at least 10 minutes on low heat. Pop the egg roll in and fry until golden brown. By the way I don't like my Egg roll burnt, I like it lightly fried (golden brown).



And there you have it, easy weesey :-)

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Ingredients

For the Cupcakes-
150g of Butter
150g of caster sugar
3 Eggs
125g of Self raising Flour
25g of Cocoa Powder
 ½tsp of Baking Powder
Festive millions decorations

For the Buttercream-
150g of Butter
250g of Icing Sugar

Method-
Prep time- 30 mins

Bake time- 15-20 mins

Video tutorial here-

For the Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 180℃, now line your cupcake tin with 12 cupcake cases. Next step is to place the butter and caster sugar in a bowl and mix well with either a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Now beat the eggs and gradually add into the mix a little at a time until its smooth.
(Tip- add a little bit of flour if the mixture curdles)

Now add the Flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mix well until very smooth.

Fill each cupcake case with 2/3 of the mixture and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.

For the Buttercream

Add the butter and icing sugar into a mixing bowl, add 2 teaspoons of boiling water and mix well  until smooth.
Now add into a piping bag with a large star nozzle and pipe on top of each cake, add the millions decorations and serve.

Food

I opted out on the Starter as I'm more of a Pudding type of girl and plus 3 courses would be too much for me.

So I had Steak & Sweet Potato Fries with some onion rings and side leaf garnish.



As you can see my colleague and I were clearly caught in the moment, having a really nice time at the Star...



One of my colleagues had Mash Potato with Lamb shank and veggies which he really really enjoyed.


Another person had the Veggie Burger with Sweet Potato Fries


Here's Steak, Bacon & Cheese with some French fries that my other colleague had.




For dessert- I had the Millionaires Cheesecake



Overall I enjoyed my time there, I cannot really fault the restaurant but the only thing is we went on Friday afternoon and I had to change my order as they didn't have ribs which was quiet disappointing.

Good day Foodies, I'm sure most of you my readers would be wondering where I have been? A lot has been going on in my world but I am still thankful.

If you are a culprit to the below just like myself. There are certain foods you should never keep in the fridge even though that's the easiest and most convenient place for us to keep majority of our left overs. fruits, veg etc.

It is quite natural for all of us to want to preserve and protect the foods we purchase. With that in mind, we always think that the best way to do that is by putting them in our refrigerators. However, there are certain foods which should never be placed in the fridge. Below, we have put together an extended list of such foods. The results and certain entries, may surprise you. source-healthyleo.com





Bread-

Nothing dries out bread faster than your refrigerator. In the event that you have made sandwiches with the bread, then you can place them in the fridge. The cold temperature will make the bread tough and chewy. Furthermore, the coldness tends to make the bread turn stale and harder, at a faster pace.




Onions-

Placing your onions inside your refrigerator will eventually end up turning them moldy and soft. According to the National Onion Association in the U.S, unpeeled onions should be kept out of plastic bags and fridge. One of the reasons for this is because unpeeled onions require and need air exposure for maximum life. If you have peeled an onion though, then you should keep it in the fridge, in a covered container.





Avocados-

If you purchased an avocado that’s not ripen, you should not place it in your refrigerator. Since they will need time to ripen, keeping in the cold cooler will deter and impede that process. Also, placing the avocado in your fridge should only be done if the avocado is already ripe and you won’t use it right away.

Fruits-

Just like tomatoes and other foods placed in refrigerators have their ripening process stopped, the same goes for these fruits. Kiwi, apricots, mangoes, plums and peaches can also lose their nutrients if placed in a cooler. To avoid the cold temperatures of the fridge breaking down the membranes of the fruits, place them in a dry, cool place such as your counter.

Eggs-

It is a long debate whether you should keep eggs inside your refrigerator or not. One study suggests that keeping eggs whether in a refrigerator or not does not change their normal properties, so it can be said that if you keep eggs at room temperature, there should not be any problem. There is another study that reveals that keeping eggs inside the refrigerators spoil the natural taste and flavour of eggs, so it is wise to keep eggs outside of your fridge.


Salad-

Oil or vinegar based salad is capable of being okay for long period of time without refrigeration. Moreover, refrigeration of salad dressings brings bad smell to them. Keep in mind that there are some salads that are mayo or yogurt based should be refrigerated in order to keep them fine. So if you have some salad that has been already dressed, you can keep them away from your fridge without any hesitation.


Ketchup-

Having bacteria deterring acids is a boon for ketchup as you can expect to be okay with your ketchup up to more than years without refrigeration. The preservatives used in ketchup are very helpful in maintaining the quality of it for many days even after opening it. So if you have already opened a ketchup bottle and tensed with its decaying, then you will not have to worry anymore.

Loooool, I didn't know such a day is even in existence lol nut Happy Thursday and Happy National Office Chocolate Day. This means you can eat Chocolate in your office without being told off or judged :-)


Enjoy and Indulge yourself :-)

Good Morning Foodies,


Today 18th October is marked as National Chocolate Cupcake Day. National Chocolate Cupcake Day is celebrated annually on October 18. This is the day for Chocolate and dessert lovers! Cupcakes have also been known to be called: Fairy Cakes.

Happy Chocolate Cupcaking lol :-)

1.  Cupcake liners do more than make it easy to remove them from the pan. Traditionally, sides of tins are greased for easy removal, but also floured because the batter needs to have something to cling to. A cupcake liner takes care of both.
2. On August 15, 2009 GourmetGiftBaskets.com broke the world record for largest cupcake ever made. The cupcake was 1,224 pounds, 4 foot tall by 10 foot wide, and had 2 million calories.
3. One of the most popular cupcake bakery’s in the U.S. is Crumbs in New York City. They have reported $23.5 million in cupcake revenue last year alone!
4. The first mention of a cupcake recipe goes as far back as 1796. Amelia Simms wrote a recipe in “American Cookery” which referenced, “a cake to be baked in small cups”.
5.  However, it wasn’t until 1828 that the actual word cupcake was used by Eliza Leslie in her cookbook “Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats”.