iCook: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Time to eat. Yum. Yum. Yum.

Yesterday, my mind wandered off to cookies. Specifically, snicker doodles from The Great Cookie. Those cookies are ah-may-zeen. So as I drove home, my mind was made up to go get some snicker doodle cookies, but only for $2 because I knew I would eat everything, no matter how much I bought. But then, I thought of oatmeal cookies. And I remembered that I was just studying the recipe for oatmeal raisin cookies. Plus, I already had most of the {Read More}

Igwe & I Are Having Twins

Proof of my future twins

Multiple twins. At the same time. Y’ll know how much I want twins, right? I have mentioned it over (2010) and over (2012) and over (2012) and over (2009) and over (2008) that I want a set of confusingly identical twin boys. And I am currently working towards it – whatever that might mean. The other day, I was making some moi moi, and as usual, I boiled some eggs which I was going to cut in half and put a half {Read More}

iCook: Garlic Lime Chicken Fajita

Garlic lime chicken fajita ... all done, ready to be served

Garlic lime chicken fajita … all done, ready to be served   I love fajitas, and since I already know how to make regular beef and/or chicken fajitas, I thought it’d be nice to try this new recipe. It’s very easy to make, and it doesn’t take long at all. You should try it. Ingredients: 1.  About 1 1/2 pounds of boneless chicken breasts (I used tenderloins which I cut into little pieces). 2.  1 medium red bell pepper (I {Read More}

iCook: Tila The Tilapia

Raw-Tila

This is the story of Tila the Tilapia. Before he and I met, he was just another tilapia sitting on the frozen seafood section of Shoppers, but after I met him, I bought him, took him home, and kept him frozen in the deep freezer until the day I decided to cook him.

iCook: Rosemary Roasted Chicken With Potatoes

Finished product: Rosemary roasted chicken and potatoes

Though my last iCook post was with potatoes and chicken, it is a coincidence that this one is also with potatoes and chicken. However, this is a completely different meal – both in taste and in preparation. For starters, I didn’t make the recipe up myself. I followed a recipe from McCormick.

Swag Meat: The Recipe

When I put up the post about Swag Meat (and potatoes), I intentionally did not include the recipe. And I did so because I wanted to longer-throat everyone with pictures only. The other reason, however, is that I suck at these things. I’m great with writing about the food, but I don’t think I’m so great at providing you with a recipe and step-by-step instructions on how to do the do. But since HoneyDame has threatened me – live on {Read More}

iCook: Swag Meat & Potatoes

Raw-Chicken

Normally, I would title this post, “In Preparation For Marriage …” but marriage isn’t the reason I’ve been cooking or putting pictures of it up. More so, it would send the wrong message. So back to the swag meat, don’t try to find its recipe online because it doesn’t exist. Swag meat is something I made up one day, nothing serious. Igwe loved it. We didn’t know what to call it, so he named it swag meat. This is my {Read More}

In Preparation For Marriage [3]

Four-Type Mexican Chesse

When I did my first post on the preparation for marriage, I did not intend to follow it up with two more posts, neither did I literally mean that I was preparing for marriage. It was my mother’s sentiments toward my inability to cook bitter leaf soup that inspired the name of the post. Since then, I figured, why stop now?

In Preparation For Marriage (2)

“When a woman puts too much salt in her food, it is a sign that she is in love…” – Spoken by Vera Ezimora’s mom – day and date, forgotten. While everyone else was baking, dissecting, and eventually, digesting a turkey for Thanksgiving Day, I was busy cooking, and then, eating okra soup.  First of all, I don’t eat turkey.  Secondly, I love okra soup – when I cook it.  Lastly, I had been craving okra soup for so long, {Read More}

The Silly Things We Do (5)

No matter how hard I try not to laugh, I feel like there is always something funny going on in my life. Somehow, I find myself surrounded by people that say and do funny things – even when they don’t mean to. Apart from my dad, only one other man has made me laugh till I have tears in my eyes. But today’s post is about my dad. My mother enjoys baking. She’s one of those women who love baking {Read More}