Cooking · Parenting

Food is a love language.

I am a foodie. Definitely so. I also fancy myself an adventurous eater; but I draw the line on creepy and slimy stuff – no thank you.

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Countless memories of my childhood are firmly cemented in events involving food, in large quantities. Mum making omelets on her large, well-loved and used skillet, big pots of well-seasoned jollof rice and chicken, beef stew simmering on the kitchen stove on Sunday afternoons, beans porridge with fried plantains, yam and vegetable sauce, bean cakes with pap, muffins, eggs and sausages, a long list of different tasty meals made each day to nourish us with love.

Lest I forget, every pot was prepared with extra to spare just in case a neighbour came visiting, or one of our friends dropped by to play and this practice was common within the community. We all knew what was cooking in our friends’ homes and we chose when to go visiting so that we would partake of those food that we loved. There were no Instagram photos back then, but those well-prepared healthy plates of food are fondly etched on my memory bank.

Festive and celebratory times were simply the best. Women in my extended family buzzed around my grandma’s big kitchen in the village, their laughter mingled in the air whilst they whipped up more than a dozen recipes of wholesome food to cater to different palates – vegetarian dishes, non-vegetarian dishes etc. My least favourite part whilst assisting in the kitchen was to turn the sizzling pot of tomato stew with a large wooden ladle to ensure that it didn’t burn, but of course, I didn’t mind a taste especially when morsels of meat were added to the mix, and I could get a little bite under the pretext of checking whether it’s well done.

The blend of aromas from big crock pots of food was sensational and satisfying that it literally lit up all your senses. We ‘the children’ ate our fill from the labour of love with appreciation in hearts and went to nap with bellies full. Till this day, family get-togethers and sharing delicious meals with loved ones remains one of my favourite sensory experiences that evokes feelings of warmth, love, comfort and connection in me.

As I grew older, I figured out cooking from these experiences shared in my mother and grandmothers’ kitchen. Knowing just the right amount of salt, pepper and spices to add to a pot of food didn’t come from a recipe book, but from keen eyes watching the loving fingers of the women in my family de-seed pepper, slice vegetables, whip up an instant pot of delicious food whilst at the same time telling us folktales that had strong moral lessons tucked within them.

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Finding Books Which Can Help You To Cook

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Cooking has long been a very large part of human society. Going far beyond a simple means of survival, this element can dominate a big part of your life, with loads of public holidays and special events being impossible without the stuff. Of course, though, it’s not always easy to know where to look for help in this rot of area. To give you an idea of the sort of places you can find cooking support, this post will be going into the past, focusing on books to give you an idea of what you have available.

Research and Science

Most people’s first thoughts when reading something like this will be that all of the cooking books out there are dedicated to recipes alone. In reality, though, the science of cooking and nutrition are very popular topics, too, and there are loads of books on the market which focus on these areas. By reading options you like this, you will make it much easier to control the food you eat. Examples like the Big Fat Surprise are great for this. Not only do they offer a lot of knowledge, but they do it in a very easily digestible way, which is something most publications will struggle to manage.

Recipes

Of course, while they aren’t the only option on the market, it would be hard to cover an area like this without thinking about the recipe books which you have available. Regardless of the type of food you want to cook, the ingredients you’d like to use, or the time you have to do it all, you will be able to find a quality recipe book with no trouble at all if you follow the right route. By reading a blog or two, you will discover loads of options like this. You may have to sift through some examples which you don’t like very much, but this will be worth it once you find a recipe which turns your life around. This can be used a tool to spark some family fun.

Technique and Safety

Finally, as the last area to consider, it’s time to think about the way you handle yourself in the kitchen. Learning how to cook in often just as much about the techniques which you use as the recipes you find to put together. Some people are naturally very good at this, while others will struggle, and might need some help along the way. Thankfully, there are loads of instruction manuals out there which are designed to be used by chefs to make sure that they are doing the right things with their cooking. It will take a long time to improve skills like this, but you will also need to know how to improve them.

Hopefully, this post will inspire you to start working harder on the time which you put into making your cooking better. A lot of people struggle with this sort of work, finding it hard to know where to go when they want to make a difference.

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Take back your power: how sweet is your tweet? Mel’s doing something delightful with these words. Take a look see 😉

Jump off the worry train: Great words that I completely agree with. The various tips shared here might be useful to you.

Nantucket man: Ricks mixed bag offers delightful prose such as the Nantucket man who sails his dreams in hope of regaining lost time. I enjoyed this fine short drink of a read 😉

Spicy tomato basil: I bet it’s yummy. I will try this recipe and give you a taste on my page. Maybe you should try it too 🙂

Wordless Wednesday: Can you guess what it is? I did 😉

Password: a thoughtful and inspiring post that leaves you wanting your own unique password.

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Hawaiian rice bowls: easy, delicious and healthy sounding recipe. I bet my dollar it’s yummy 🙂

Letter to Jadalyn-Grace: beautiful, beautiful post. May I grow old to have grandchildren whom I would write letters to. I enjoyed reading this.

Windmill cookies: a simply hilarious tale of the cookies. Good for unwinding 🙂

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Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.

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Oh Bother! If there’s a post you must read today, read this! Very smart, fun and sensible.

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Guava spiced cupcakes: Fancy trying something new? Let me use Diya’s words in a quote here. I will try this myself during Summer break-bliss and give my verdict 🙂

Taking a bite out of these is a treat for the senses. What hits you first is the scent. Think cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a riotous dance that tantalizes your nostrils. Next you notice the pillowy soft crumb that virtually dissolves the moment it hits your tongue. The seductive draw of those spices is cut through with the slightest tang of lemon. Bliss!

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Below is my first Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.

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