Chronicles of Food Therapies
Category: Drinks, Smoothies, Juices,
Street hawkers carry Adoyo in clear plastic buckets like this, revealing the liquid drink and fruit infusions. Adoyo is a drink made by boiling water decanted from the top raw Ogi, with Pineapple (bark only or slices), Lemongrass and citrus (could be lime, orange or pomelo) Click link to see how to make Ogi. If … Continue reading Adoyo (How to make Adoyo -Adoyo Drink-)
Relax, picture yourself on a beach and sip Pito. I was in primary school in the 90's when Pito somehow became such popularly hawked Street drink. Mobil busstop at Oluyole in Ibadan always had at least 3 Pito sellers. Hawking their drinks to school children at closing time. It was sold in calabash with a … Continue reading Pito (How to make pito/asana non alcoholic drink)
Let me share with you one of the remedies that helps me when I've had a long day, I'm physically exhausted and I need to sleep without using meds. A warm glass of milk with turmeric Since I first shared this post, I have learnt that Black Pepper is a very important element to activate … Continue reading Turmeric in Warm Milk
Let's blend up some smoothie now sha we! Sweetened Plain Yogurt Strawberry Blueberry Ice cubes In a blender blend all till smooth. Serve and Enjoy
Happy hour version of the Dalgona coffee! Just because... Or didn't you know coffee and liquer are a perfect match. I along with millions of other people around the world caught the Dalgona bug. This made me drink instant coffee again. Until the Dalgona buzz I had stopped drinking instant coffee. I bought fantastic coffee … Continue reading Tres Leche Dalgona Coffee
Charity walk every first term was something i always looked forward to because it was an opportunity to buy Ginger Beer from Goshen (Old Kingsway, or Leventis Supermarket Ibadan). I went to ISI and charity walk was one of the events that led up to Foundation week. We would walk over 20 kilometres to raise … Continue reading Homemade Ginger Beer
Two ingredients is all you need! Mango Juice and Heavy Cream and you will be Mango cream heaven! I know right!! Super easy Oh and you need a blender or a mixer to whip them both together Procedure 1 Cup Mango Juice (Fresh Mango Juice works best) 3/4 Cup Heavy Cream (in Nigerian stores they … Continue reading Mango Cream
In 2010 while i was job hunting, i took a short cocktail course and the first thing i learnt to make was Chapman. I started my business Fontaine De Vie as a virgin cocktail business till it evolved to a healthy beverage option company. Chapman is arguably indigenous to naija. At the time an internet … Continue reading Chapman
A simple homemade alcoholic recipe for Mango lovers Recipe Ingredients 3 medium sized Mangoes 750ml Dry Gin or Vodka Procedure Wash and clean your mangoes. Chop it up into sizes that fit into a bottle. I chopped with skins for more flavor. Use a clean sterile glass bottle. Put the chopped mangoes in the bottle … Continue reading Mango Liqueur
Did you know you can make your own tea using a blend of your favorite herbs and spices? I do that all the time and i want to share one of my mixes with you. The beauty of this is that, this is made with locally grown spices readily available in the market, especially from … Continue reading Tea Time; Let’s Have Homemade Herbal Tea
