When Opeyemi Famakin dropped a challenge asking his followers to elevate simple ingredients to a fine dining level, I knew I had to show up! The first time I joined, I didn’t make the top 10, but my post engagement skyrocketed, so you can imagine how excited I was when he announced another round. This…
Remember my Adalu (Beans and Corn Pottage) post? Well, I decided to take another delicious spin on beans, this time with plantains! 😋 This Beans and Plantain Pottage is a wholesome, flavor-packed Nigerian food that’s both easy to make and satisfying. The creamy softness of the beans meets the gentle sweetness of plantains, all brought…
If you grew up in Nigeria, chances are you’ve had a love-hate relationship with unripe plantains. For me, it was definitely hate at first. As a child, unripe plantain pottage tasted like “trials and tribulations.” It felt bland, heavy, and honestly not worth my time. That all changed during my NYSC years in Bayelsa. One day, my…