Tigernut energy balls are sweet nuggets you can carry on the go for an energy boost or a convenient snack. I have already written a lot about Tiger nuts and their benefits. Tiger nuts, a superfood, can be processed into milk, flour and oil. These are in turn used in […]
Tigernut Pulp flour is flour produced from the tuber of the tiger nut plant. It is gluten-free, nut-free, seed-free and grain-free. It suits many types of diet like Paleo, Keto, diabetic, raw food and particularly important to the vegan diet. Read to know 25 amazing facts about tigernut flour. Tigernut flour can […]
Pure Tigernut flour is a flour produced from the tuber of the tiger nut plant. It is gluten-free, nut-free, seed-free and grain-free. It suits many types of diet like Paleo, Keto, diabetic, raw food and is particularly important to the vegan diet. Read to know 25 amazing facts about tigernut flour. Tigernut […]
Besides eating tigernuts whole, a delicious wholesome non-dairy milk can be made out of them. It is called Kunnu Aya in Nigeria and Chufa de Horchata in Spain. Tigernut milk is white, sweet and creamy. Although tigernut ‘Cyperus esculentus’ is not a nut, it is a tuber but milk is […]
Sometimes it seems as if nature is partial in its distribution of goodies, to some plants it is overly generous to others not so much. It put in so much good stuff into the simple tiger nut that it is referred to as a ‘superfood’. Tiger nuts have not been […]
Recently, I had a kitchen mishap. I was cooking Chicken pepper soup for my Renaissance Man and I had a lot on my mind. All I can remember is, me about to pour ground spices into the pot of boiling stock and me trying to catch the said pot of […]
Knowing how to make Ginger tea is simple and no rocket science, but it worked wonders on me in my time of need. The year was 2012 I came down with the flu, the weather was cold and wet. I was miserable. I cried out on facebook, and my friend […]
Blanching is a cooking method where food is immersed in boiling water for a short time, then immersed into iced water to stop the cooking. It is used on vegetables, meat, bones for stock, fruits etc. Here I have explained how to blanch vegetables, starting with onions. I will include […]
Cakes are the centrepiece of every occasion, and the wonder of throwing a bunch of ingredients together to get a yummy homemade cake, straight-out-of-the-oven-hot, while the aroma permeates your kitchen, what can be more fulfilling than that? Try making this easy pound cake for starters. Problem is, it is usually hit […]
A lot of people love food made with palm fruit but the processing of the palm fruits manually using mortar and pestle is so tedious, they shy away from cooking such food. Others resort to canned palm nut cream concentrate, nothing wrong with that, just that it is a divided […]
I am Ganiru, a wife, a mother, a food blogger, a chef, an author and an accountant. I love to cook and write about food, especially Nigerian and afro-centric food... Read More