Chronicles of Food Therapies
Author: Omolabake for #OunjeAladun
Last week, I granted an interview to Foodie In Lagos. This is a repost of what I shared. “The most difficult thing about being a gardener is watching plants you have nurtured with love die from reasons totally out of your control.” – Omolabake of Vie Garden Hub We are excited to learn about the … Continue reading The Gardening Life with Omolabake of Vie Garden Hub
It gives me pleasure annually to celebrate the anniversary of starting this blog. I think of the number of people the blog has connected me too, the happy food memories that have been created using the recipes from the blog, I also believe that some day in the future my children and grandchildren will have … Continue reading 8th Blog Anniversary!
Happy New Year blog family. May this year be for you all you hope for and more. I pray that everything you have faith for, you are looking forward to, trusting for comes. Thank you all for following this passion project since I started it in 2015, in a few weeks it would be 8yrs … Continue reading Happy New Year; 2023
Here is wishing you and all of yours a very Merry Christmas, with all my love. Omolabake for Ounjealadun
Efik White Soup This is an oil-less soup native to the Efik people of Nigeria. It is similar to Ofe Nsala which is native to the Igbo people. The difference in spices used in cooking sets it apart from Nsala. While it's not white in the true sense of the word, the name alludes to … Continue reading Afia Efere
Ofe Okazi/ Ukazi Okazi Soup You'd find about 2 types of Ofe Okazi recipes online. There's one with Egusi and there is one made with thickeners. For the egusi version, you'd add ukazi to egusi soup as you'd add any other vegetable at the tail end of cooking. For the version with thickeners you can … Continue reading Ofe Okazi
Ofe Ugba (Translation Ugba Soup) I've often spoken about my love for Ugba. Ugba is also known by the following names, "Ukpaka" (Igbo) "Apara” (Yoruba) “Ukana” (Efik) African Oil Bean SeedImage credit Google. Ugba is made from African oil bean seed (Pentaclethra macrophylla). The seeds are collected from pods, and boiled for several hours, to … Continue reading Ofe Ugba
Ofada Sauce, White Rice and Pink Palmwine Ayamase sauce is said to be native to Ogun state, there are two tales as to how the name is derived. One story says it was the secret recipe of Mrs Mase who lived in Ijebu made with green peppers. It is suggested that it was called Obe … Continue reading Ayamase Sauce (Green Ofada Sauce)
How to make ègbo. Egbo with Fried Palm oil Pepper Sauce and Fish. For the life of me, I wouldn't have thought I didn't have a recipe for Egbo on the blog. Matter of fact, I took these pictures hoping to update the Egbo recipe I thought I had posted in 2015. I was surprised … Continue reading Egbo
How to make Donkwa Popularly called Donkwa in the north of Nigeria, this corn meal snack is also called Tanfiri by the Yoruba people. It is a snack that will always evoke a lot of childhood memories for me. Dambu Nama is another tasty meat snack from the North of Nigeria, you can make it … Continue reading Donkwa
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