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Nigerian Dessert Recipes for Easter & Beyond

Kitchen Butterfly — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:11:11 +0000

It wasn’t till I was an adult that I realised we didn’t have a class of ‘Nigerian desserts’. Growing up, desserts in their elaborate western form weren’t our thing. We kept it simple and fresh. Mostly. We had fresh fruit salads and cakes, Ice cream and jelly and that was mostly it. It was enough...

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Six (6) Sides & Salads for your Easter Menu, Nigerian Style

Kitchen Butterfly — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:33:02 +0000

A follow-on to Good Friday recipes. First Fish, now sides and salads. To get started, read The Art of The Savoury Salad for ideas and recipes. Here’s the collection: Sauteed Greens Green/ Amaranth leaves are sauteed with smoky fish and vegetables to give a tasty result. Use spinach, kale or other greens for a similar result Recipe...

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Eight (8) Good Friday Recipes with Fish

Kitchen Butterfly — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:21:37 +0000

Looking for ideas to celebrate Good Friday and Nigeria moving into a new phase of life? I’ve got you covered with an array of Fish recipes, from starters to entrees and a few sides to boot. From my award-winning Suya Swordfish recipe to a Catfish Ginger Curry, you’ll have enough ideas to whip up a...

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Beans & Plantain for Easter – Eight (8) Recipes

Kitchen Butterfly — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:59:58 +0000

First published in 2015, updated for 2026. Beans features in many Good Friday menus…and so… I grew up having stewed beans on Wednesdays and Fridays, a tradition I haven’t been able to sustain in adulthood :). Regardless, here are 8 recipes to help you on your Good Friway :). Akara Fancy beans for breakfast? Then...

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Pan Breads, by Puff Puff

Kitchen Butterfly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:04:34 +0000

What do you do when you have left over puff puff batter that you consider too sour for…puff puff? You make pan bread – batter fried in lightly-oiled pans until they cook, crepe-like/ pancake-like. On rare occasion, I have leftover puff puff batter. Batter because it is ‘pourable’, not dough which is ‘cuttable’. So on...

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All Green For St Patrick’s Day, From Ireland to Nigeria

Kitchen Butterfly — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:59:16 +0000

Here are a few green recipes to set you on your merry way. Enjoy. Starters Deep Fried Green beans Scent Leaf Dip Ube’camole Scent leaf Blinis with fish Salads & Sides Sauteed Greens Grilled corn scent leaf coconut cream Garden Egg Salad and more Farofa Main Scent Leaf curry Pounded Yam and Okro Kuka Dumplings in...

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My love for Ireland & Some Recipes for St Patrick’s Day

Kitchen Butterfly — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:37:52 +0000

I love Ireland – the people, the country, Guinness – for baking and caramels, not necessarily drinking :). When I was at university in Liverpool, studying Geology, I went on a few field trips, from Connemara to Donegal, eventually spending 6 weeks in Glenties for my thesis. Everything from the warmth of the people to...

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Drink 2 – Kola Nut Tea from 1957

Kitchen Butterfly — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:34:19 +0000

From my cookshelf, and Miss Williams’ Cookery book comes this gem of kola nut tea. There were many trials of a hot tea. First, I erroneously used a hot and peppery spice blend – blame it on the fact that the text was in French (don’t you dare blame me :)! And then, there was...

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Drink 1 – Plain Kola Nut Syrup

Kitchen Butterfly — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:35:22 +0000

Exploring kola nuts in homemade drinks, from syrup to tea, and more

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The Nigerian Kolanut – an exploration

Kitchen Butterfly — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:04:39 +0000

The kolanut, kola nut (genus cola, family Malvaceae) is important in Nigeria – honored, revered, an icon in our culture, present in celebrations, for prayers, thanksgiving, and more. The kola nut’s benefits are many – snack, stimulant, and also every day – think of your favorite cola drink, pretty much a soda’rized version of kola...

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Black Sesame Seed Puff Puff

Kitchen Butterfly — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:58:14 +0000

Because beniseed [sesame] seeds have their DNA and birthplace in Africa so really this is a happy marriage, a homecoming of sorts. I love the nuttiness of toasted sesame seeds – brown and black, and every colour in between. I like to top my salads with them, eat sesame snaps, drizzle their oil in my dips...

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The Joy of Double Yolk Eggs

Kitchen Butterfly — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:41:01 +0000

I’ve found many double yolk eggs (double-yoked?) in my life, by accident, not on purpose, living in Nigeria, The UK, and The Netherlands. Each time, I was excited. Whether it was preparing my Scottish High Tea. And then, I moved to Canada where you can get double yolk eggs, on purpose, in a carton, at a...

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