These past years have recorded human beings acquisition of tremendous knowledge regarding what to eat and what not to eat, the use of plants, herbs and fruits around us for both consumption and medicinal purposes.Honestly, my lifetime memoirs wouldn't be complete without mentioning about this one "buttery" staple seasonal fruit - ube. I started eating the African pear since I was young and I've a
Complementary medicine has become a mainstay in today's health care system and many people are continuously relying on herbal plants and fruits to accomplish their elementary health care needs. Canarium schweinfurthii Engl., which is popularly known as African elemi, canarium, ube osa, mpafu, kenari or mbani is such a tropical tree that is highly beneficial to human beings. African elemi is a smal
When you think of a perfect way of pairing your sweet corn, then think of this recipe because corn with African pear (oka na ube) dish is a special delicacy you can't just afford to miss.
Developing countries are faced with many food-related challenges especially as it pertains to meeting up with the increasing food demand. As a result of this, several approaches have been adopted as a means of augmenting other main staple food so as to address the issue of malnutrition and poor feeding in these parts of the globe. I suppose that the basic privilege of everybody ought to be channel
Passion fruit is a berry type of fruit that is borne on vines. This distinctive fruit contains numerous seeds that are encompassed by aromatic gelatinous juicy pulp. Its unique aroma is due to the numerous volatile compounds that degenerate with an increasing temperature. The passion fruit can either be yellowish or purple in colour. Here are some important reasons why this fruit is highly essential to us.
It is just phenomenal how we are surrounded with countless valuable plants that are not only essential for maintaining a friendly ecosystem but as well as for supporting our bodies. While some of these plants serve as food for man, others are used for medicinal or some other significant purposes. But the concern is that we often fail to acknowledge most of these valuable plants in other to gain a
Hass Avocado Are you concerned about your health status? Have you ever considered changing your diet for an healthier option? Are you considering including more fruits and vegetables in your diet as recommended by World Health Organisation? Whichever category you fall into, I urge you to take your time and read through this article as I unravel some reasons why you are doomed without avocado. Li
Pepper Soup is simply a hot or spicy broth containing either small cuts of meat or big chunks of fish. This assorted meat pepper soup is pretty easy to cook in as much as you have the required ingredients. Feel free to give this recipe a try and you will be glad you did.
If life gives you a bitter leaf, simply make an authentic bitter leaf soup out of it. In fact, bitter leaf soup is one of the favourite soups of a majority of the people from the Igbo tribe of the Eastern part of Nigeria. Any traditional event or festival in Igboland that isn't graced with a bitter leaf soup is always deemed incomplete.
I was so elated when I visited an Asian shop last week and saw some butterfruits displayed for sale. Butterfruit is also known as African pear and it is scientifically referred to as Dacryodes edulis. Butterfruit is one distinctive fruit that is highly nutritious and packed with fatty acids and triglycerides.While I was still busy pricing the butterfruits, two other customers came into the shop an
The Baked Pear & Blueberries Oat recipe begins with carefully gathering all the required ingredients together___ oats + pears + blueberries + coconut flakes + honey + raisins+cinnamon and brown sugar.
African Walnuts I grew up realizing that one of my mum's favourite fruity snacks right from her childhood is the ukpa fruit. Infact, she dearly loved every bit of this fruit that she planted the trees in our compound as well as our farmlands. As a child, I had my curiosity over her great attachment to this fruit which prompted me to start bombarding her with several questions on why this fruit a
Egusi with bitter leaf soup does not have to be difficult nor daunting to cook. When cooking a delicious soup such as this, I recommend that you gather the best ingredients you can lay your hands on. Please don't compromise on the necessary ingredients to cook this soup so that you won't be disappointed. This soup is also a perfect soup to serve to guests or for events and festivals. The whole process of cooking this soup is pretty simple.
This ogbono soup with bitter leaves is pretty easy to cook, tasty, aromatic, flavourful and above all filled with assorted meats and fish to appease your taste bud. The soup can be served with either pounded yam, eba, poundo, fufu etc. Simply plate up, dive into the plate and dig in.
Are you searching for a simplistic but yet an all-encompassing oil-less recipe for okra soup? Here is a unique okra soup that was cooked without a single drop of palm oil in it yet the outcome was so colourful and delicious. The recipe is a pretty simple one and really didn’t take much time to come together.
This leek, parsley and avocado soup recipe is one of the easiest and quickest way of throwing together some fresh vegetables and spicy ingredients for a WINNING outcome. Give this recipe a shot and you will definitely love it.
Coming up with this recipe wasn't a bad idea for me at all.... very yummy and above all nutritious due to the immense benefits of both beets and pear.A few days ago, while I was with a friend, she recommended that I come up with this recipe which is just a perfect dessert because all the ingredients are just amazing.Poached pear with beets may not be anything new or fantastic, but this particular
The combination of a hint of beetroot powder, the aromatic flavour from the vanilla, with the sweetness from the pitted dates made this beetroot powder, banana, pear, pineapple smoothie recipe a winner. Another great smoothie recipe for the archives.
Homemade fumbwa soup does not have to be overwhelming nor difficult to prepare. Fubwa is a Congolese soup cooked primarily with fumbwa leaves, peanuts and other soup ingredients. Peradventure this is your first time of hearing about the word fumbwa, it is a Congolese term for spinach.
If you are searching for a yummy and hearty soup to satisfy your tastebud, then give this recipe a shot. A thick mould of warm swallow such as pounded yam, eba or fufu to pair up with the soup is the only extra addition you need to complete this palatable meal.
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