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Oh how sweet is it to see, smell and taste food. That is my dream come true, yum, yum.   Garden egg stew is the cousin of kontomire stew. They go through the same preparation process and use the same ingredients too. Garden egg stew is really easy to prepare and very healthy and tasty…… Continue reading GARDEN EGG SAUCE

Charcoal has been used medicinally for millennia. Way before the refrigerator, our grandmothers used charcoal to preserve soups and I quite remember the powdered charcoal been used for brushing the teeth, it was also used for water filtration. Charcoal draws bacteria, poisons, chemicals, dirt and other micro-particles to the surface of the skin, helping it…… Continue reading CHARCOAL FACIAL

It is evidently no new news that we live in a man’s world and this makes it really hard for a woman to breakthrough in any sphere of life. In order to overcome this stereotype, we must unite as women to make the world more woman friendly. A woman can be her’s and her fellow…… Continue reading SISTERHOOD

  I wonder who came up with this weird name for such a sumptuous meal. Mpotompoto literally means mash mash, which explains the name because mpotompoto has a lot to do with mashing ingredients. The whole idea behind this meal is boiling your diced yam or cocoyam together with tomatoes, onions and pepper and then…… Continue reading MPOTOMPOTO(YAM/COCOYAM PORRIDGE)

We once walked on the same path that led to different directions. Despite how far our paths led and how apart we were from each other, We found our way back. Call it coincidence or fate. There’s been high’s and low’s, Pats and blows. Whatever the case, lights will guide us home. Memories dent in…… Continue reading FRIENDS

This week has been a challenging one for me. Joggling every other thing that i do and blogging is not that easy and simple but I made a committment to do it. I have ideas and captions that I need to write and develop into stories and poems but I just can’t get over my…… Continue reading WRITER’S BLOCK

  Two friends of mine have visible birthmarks and they asked me to write something about it. From my point of view, birthmarks are natural tattoos we get from birth and serves as some form of identification. There have been instance where a missing person was found because of their birthmarks and even some parents…… Continue reading BIRTHMARKS

Hello food lovers, another Monday is here again and to get through the week you need to eat right. That is why waakye is my food of choice today. (bicolor sorghum leaves) There is waakye and there is waakye and no, the two are not the same. Waakye is prepared from rice, beans and bicolor…… Continue reading WAAKYE

The gentleman in the photo with me is called Michael and he sells roasted plantain at spanner junction or Accra mall junction right under the foot bridge. I must confess, I was a bit skeptical about approaching him because I did not know how he would react to me taking a picture of him and…… Continue reading CAPTION THIS