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Brown Ugali

I struggled with blogging about this because cooking brown ugali is a hard skill to teach, especially using the English language. When my mom taught it to me she would use words that i do not have a direct translation but makes sense in vernacular language so allow me to use both. Ugali requires a very visual and instinctual recipe, so here is...

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Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies

Cream your butter and both sugars together preferably using a mixture. Add the eggs and the vanilla and mix. In a separate bowl mix your dry ingredients, the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together. Add to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. Add in the oats and raisins. Bake at 180 for 10-12 minutes, until ready. Ingredients  1 cup butter/margarine (room temperature)...

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Chocolate Chip Bran Muffins

This is my go to lazy day healthy breakfast muffin. I say lazy because I use the red hill muffin mix. The ingredients for this are on the packet, place one egg, one cup of molasses(or honey) and quarter cup of olive oil and mix. Add two cups of the muffin mix and whisk till smooth. Add, chocolate chips, i generally use chopped...

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Brown Rice

Brown rice is cooked a lot like white rice with the addition of extra water. Use one cup of rice to two and a half cups of water(i usually opt for coconut water) and season with salt. Bring to a boil then reduce to low heat, cover and let simmer.  Once ready feel free to adopt andy fried rice recipes of use as...

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Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

This recipe is an adaptation from howtocookthat.com and I highly recommend it to my fellow chocolate lovers. The recipe is in two parts, the brownie and the chocolate ganache. To make the brownie mix molten butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and cocoa. I added nuts to this mixture. Add to your greased baking tin and bake at 180 C. When ready, use...

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Vegetable Spring Rolls

I love veggie spring rolls, even though I generally keep away from fried foods, this is one of those exceptions. I buy the pastry/wrapper from the supermarket because it saves time, I usually leave it in the freezer until I'm ready and it is usually enough for multiple uses. For the veggies, I say eye ball it, depending on how many spring rolls...

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Fondue Party

Happy New Year! Fondue parties are a fun way and easy to entertain. To make the chocolate for the chocolate fondue heat 1/2 a cup of heavy cream and bring to a boil, remove from heat and add vanilla and 100 grams of chocolate and whisk till all the chocolate melts( add more cream if the mixture is too hard. I made one...

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