What to Make for Easter

Now we all know there is an almost standard feast most Nigerians eat for Christmas... Think: Jollof Rice, Fried Rice, Chicken, Turkey, Plantain, Salad etc... But is there actually one for Easter?

I googled classic Nigerian Easter dinner, but nothing came up. So started looking at the "Oyinbo" versions of an Easter dinner. It revolved around three "meats": Ham (ehn?!); Lamb (more like it); and Chicken (by now they were speaking my language); Sides were macaroni and cheese; potatoes; stuffed peppers(!); rice etc.

So if we were to adapt the above for the Nigerian taste I'd say the typical easter dinner should be jollof rice; fried rice; potatoes; chicken; beef; macaroni and of course plantain! So, not much different from our typical naija Christmas feast :)

What do you think the perfect naija easter dinner is? What are you making for easter?


Top Picture from Southernliving.com

Introducing Supermartng.com

Need groceries and do not want to get into traffic and fight for parking at the Supermarket, introducing Supermartng.com!!! 

Supermart is an online grocery delivery service that will bring a great deal of convenience to your life.

Today, we are proud to introduce Supermart which will allow you shop from over 18,000 grocery items that will be delivered to your home or office at a time of your choosing and in as early as 3 hours after your order. The service is initially being offered in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki (up to VGC) and Marina.

It costs only N800 to have a personal shopper pick all items in your order and have them delivered to you. We hope you are as excited as we are about this time-saving service and we look forward to receiving your orders soon. Feel free to share with friends and colleagues.

How Supermart works:

1. Add your favourite groceries to your cart

2. Enter your delivery address

3. Select a preferred day and time of delivery to your home or office

4. Pay via Interswitch, Mastercard or Visa (both local and international)

5. Your groceries are delivered to you

Start shopping now at http://www.supermartng.com/ 

What Was Found Online I

We are starting a new series which will be a roundup of interesting and quirky things found online.

Beautiful places that  actually exist! and are not part of a sci-fi movie.

Recipe of the week: Ina Garten's Parmesan Chicken  

I'd highly recommend this book- Garlic and Sapphires

One of my favourite blogs- thirdworldprofashional- The name says it all

A roundup of the best tourist destinations in Nigeria... IITA Ibadan is actually a wedding present which hasn't been used, Sorry S & L!

Have a good weekend all,
Jumi

 (Top photo from IITA) 

What is an Entrée?

A Roast Potato and Lamb; Mushroom and Steamed Carrots Entree 

So my cousin was telling me about the Knorr Taste Test Season 1 auditions where contestants were asked “what is an entrée”. Answers ranged from "an entree is an appetizer", "an entrée is what you use to start a meal", "next question..."  You can watch some of the auditions here. The show looks very interesting and they are already on Season 2, so will definitely be watching from this point forward

Now don’t get me wrong, I did not know what an entrée was for the longest time either! It was when I started watching Chopped (a TV show on the food network that I am obsessed with it) that I realised an entrée was the main course. However, even when my cousin asked me what an entree was,  I couldn’t quite remember if an entrée was the starter or the main meal. Entrée sounds to me like “entry” so my guess was starters. But erm, I wasn't right. Dictionary.com defines an entrée as "a dish served as the main course of a meal."

So now next time someone says “oh lets move on to the entrée; or what are we having for the entrée” we all know that is just a posh way of saying the main course i.e. the rice, the amala, the potato, the pounded yam, the starch :) 

So who else will be watching the Knorr Taste Test show? If you were asked to make the perfect entrée, what would you make? Let's know your thoughts.