Yuletide baking in progress...

So, its the season to be merry Tra la la la la tra la la la... My baking session continues with my festive fruit wreaths off to be delivered... It was fun being the official baker for the day!

Festive baking in the air!

Well! Well! Well! Its another yuletide season and am particularly thankful for the year ending. So much has happened for me and my family this year.

We've lost great people and we've made rewarding friendships.

What can we say but Thank you lord! The all seeing, the all knowing. I am grateful. To usher in the twelve days of Christmas, here's my festive fruitcake sample. The first of many to come.

So raise your glasses and make a toast to a new day, a new dawn, a new beginning and remember to say a prayer of thanksgiving.

Lil Chef's cupcakes!!!

My lil niecey had a fun day being a lil chef. Here's her confections and they sure will give the big time pastry chefs a run for their money.

Our brand new experience in the new kitchen!!!

Today is entertaining day! We're having friends over and meal prep is in order. Here's my himalayan turkey mountain lol...

Sometimes the old methods make so much sense and are so much more fun.

My grandma will be so proud. Next, i'll be trying out the good old faithful granite grinding stone.

Birthdays in the air...yummy times...

So this past week heralded a new year for me. I had a beautiful time with ma familia and also with some Ice-cream cake. Delicioso...hmmmn yum yum!!!Birthdays can be fun when your with your best people in the whole world...

The Dreaded ''Pacu'' fish

Ha ha ha!!! It was in the news a few days ago about the testicle-eating pacu fish in scandinavian waters. My sis went a fish shopping and what did she find 'drum roll please' the dreaded pacu fish in store in Lagos. lol...It turns out the Pacu fish is one of the best tasting fishes of the amazon. It was a pleasure to watch her being prepped.

Green days!

Its been a healthy green week, with an assortment of green veggies in all my recipes.

Here's a picture of my beautiful green bouquet of Alefo for my lunch.

Yippee!!! Am here! Bienvenue moi!!!

Wings Wings Wings!!!

Nothing like a bowl of juicy, sticky, honeyed wings!

Fabulous Fam-style Barbecue!!!

Well, Well, Well, its friday the 9th, a public holiday. I got to have a fabulous family barbecue with sweet and spicy chicken wings, halo juicy hotshot steak, oven grilled trout. Here's evidence of a soul food day.

What's left is the people to gobble up. You can't go wrong with a barbecue to hook up with loved ones. Bon appetit!

Oaty oats!

Its one of those mornings, when i just want to settle in with a good hot bowl of oats and with an abundance of darling red apples who is to say i can't. Besides these bowl of oats is guaranteed to reduce cholesterol levels. So am digging in and munching on.

An Affair with the Salad bar

In keeping true to my new resolutions, am digging in to my new craze ''the Salad bar''(i hope it lasts) Here's to an old classic, the simple mixed vegetable salad with a viniagrette.

Good to be back!

Pheeeew... it feels like ages! I took a well deserved break to have another lil handsome charmer(all the girls beware) now am back with my spatula, whisk and rolling pin. looking for some supe duper good-good loving homecooked soul food.

Oven grilled tilapia fish and Jollof Rice.

Its nice to always have a steady source of seafood. From shrimps, crabs, cuttlefish, sole, barraccuda to croaker. The Fish Shop and seafood outlet of Atlantic shrimpers is my steady supplier located on Eletu Ogabi Street in Victoria Island. It definitely is my go to fish zone.

Mile 12 and Ketu Markets in the news.

Once again the year 2013 has proven to be another year of friction between traders at the Mile 12 and Ketu markets and the Lagos State Government. The markets were shut Tuesday for failing to comply with sanitation laws and for impeding traffic in the ketu area of Lagos. Its about time the market association gets their act right. Don't you think? Till then, we hope our fruits and veggies supply remains uninterrupted. Image courtesy of Leadership online

The yuletide decor is all packed up but i'll have just one last moment to look at one of my favorite festive arrangements in 2012.

Red lentil and mixed veggies soup with soft ram chunks!!!

Sometimes, some of the best moments in life are actually those moments spent savoring the simple things. Here for my enjoyment, a simple red lentil soup with mixed vegetables and delicious soft ram chunks. yummy...

A lil bit of France in a gourmet foods store.

A new gem i just discovered in the grocery store/gourmet food store business world is L'epicerie in the heart of Victoria Island. They have some of the best french wines in store. Even Nigerian vegetables are not left out. Its a pricey store given the location but definitely one to shop at with the array of produce and meats in stock.

A fruity fruity year!

For so many of us with new decisions made in the new year on healthy eating, wouldn't it be nice to have a fruit stand at all our events in keeping with the healthy theme. I just love this fruit display stand. The variety...

A new year with fab beginnings! Weddings are on...

Its a new year and a new beginning for us all and for many lovely people out there. So, we begin the year with fabulous, beautiful weddings and of course beautiful food. What better way to welcome the new year than a celebration of love of course paired with scrumptious food. To all lovebirds out there starting the year with beautiful unions, may your love continue to bloom forever. Xoxo...