Sticky peanut snacks

So you have friends coming over or you just feel like eating something sweet, yet quick and crunchy, here is the perfect idea. You can make something delicious and super quick. 

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Homemade Dinner Rolls

Hello all,

So I decided to write this post because of various requests to share this recipe of my homemade dinner rolls. Firstly, as a mom and home chef😍 , I think yeast is very essential in every kitchen. With yeast, you can do a lot of cooking and baking to feed a household. This recipe requires yeast and so you will be needing that in this recipe and in my other recipes to come. I will also share some recipes that don't require yeast so you can make nice snacks in the absence of yeast! The dinner rolls recipe is time consuming like any other yeast recipe, so you'll have to be patient. 

Ingredients

42 grams butter

120 grams milk

30 grams sugar

2 grams salt (if you're using salted butter, you can omit this)

1 large egg (weighs apprx. 50gms)

7grams dry yeast

210 grams all purpose flour

*1000 grams patience 😀😀😀  (a lot of it!!!)

Method

In a small pot, melt your butter. When melted, add your milk (please ensure that milk and egg are at room temperature so it doesn't cool the butter so much as we need the warm mixture to activate the yeast). Add sugar, salt and the egg. Mix together until the egg incorporates into the milk mixture. Then add the yeast. Cover the pot with a lid and leave the yeast to activate around 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, open the pot and you'll see the mixture a bit frothy. The yeast has been activated. Afterwards, add flour and mix everything with a spatula or wooden spoon. When it comes together, knead until it forms into a dough, it should feel sticky and not smooth. Cover the dough mixture with a plastic wrap and towel and allow it prove for 1 hour. I use a kitchen timer to guide me. You can also use the timer on your phone to do this, set for 60mins and wait. When your time is up, your dough would have doubled in volume. Deflate and knead the dough again into a ball. It should be smooth after you knead it this time. Cover again with the plastic wrap and towel and leave for another 40mins to rise. When your 40mins is up, knead the dough and divide into small balls like tennis balls. Grease a pan and put the balls in the pan. Space out the balls because they will eventually grow closer to each while rising and baking like the pictures below.

                          

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Cover again and leave the dough for 1hour(that's where the patience comes in👍). Some 45mins into the proving, preheat your oven to 180ºc. When it is time, crack and egg and baste the dough with it. Try to be gentle with it not to deflate the dough. Put in the oven and bake for 15-20mins depending on your oven. When rolls are ready, remove from oven and enjoy 😌👌 . When rolls are cooled, remove and store in a plastic bag or container so as to maintain freshness. 

Enjoy ✊ and please post your comments and questions. 

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Trip to Sevilla, Spain

Hello all,
It's good to be back again. It has been a hectic roll of years but here I am again. I'm back with more exciting posts and experiences over time. Sometime in July 2016, I took a trip to Spain with my family. We drove all the way from Lisbon to Sevilha which was about 5 hours. Anyways, my previous experience with the kids travelling to Madrid in August 2015 was an eye opener as the kids got so restless on the way there. It took about the 6 hours driving. On our return home, I had a talk with my neighbour who also made the same trip to Madrid with his family and he gave me a little advice. On such trips he said, leave early in the morning before dawn and commence on the journey with the lil ones still asleep. By the time they wake up, you will be half way or almost there. It was a good idea which my husband and I tried but with little success. They woke up once we picked them up from bed and got all excited again. But the good news was that they slept off again in no time and we had a better trip than the one to Madrid.
Sevilla or Seville as some people call it is a lovely city with beautiful architectural monuments. Also a very hot city. The hottest city I have ever visited actually 😥👀 . It was a pleasant stay at Hotel Sevilla Barcelo de Renascimiento  which is very close, actually 5mins walk to the lovely water park Isla Magica. 

Hopped off the bus to get some slush.

 While I hopped off the bus to get some slush, I met a fellow Nigerian, and it was a great pleasure knowing that one of our own was in charge of the zone as he worked with the city sightseeing bus company. Gave information to tourists who needed guidance. At a glance, I could tell he was Nigerian. I spoke Igbo to him and he immediately responded. Felt good 😀

Metropol Parasol

Drive through the city

Sightseeing

City Sightseeing

View from my hotel room

Cable car in La Noria Sevilla

Dinner at the hotel (Ribs with fried potato wedges)

It was fun trip although Spain has very odd eating hours. One of my most difficult experiences there. In the afternoon after lunch most places are closed till evening and the official dinner time is 8pm. Except if stop by a cafe or tavern for a drink and tapas. Not a good thing for a hungry tourist 😋 . I will put up more posts later on. Learn more about this beautiful city Ate já 💜











Olá a todos,
É bom estar de volta. Foi um rolo agitado de anos, mas aqui estou novamente. Estou de volta com posts mais emocionantes e experiências ao longo do tempo. Em algum momento em julho de 2016, eu fiz uma viagem para a Espanha com minha família. Dirigimos todo o caminho de Lisboa para Sevilha que foi cerca de 5 horas. De qualquer forma, a minha experiência anterior com as crianças que viajam para Madrid em Agosto de 2015 foi um abridor de olhos como as crianças ficou tão inquieto no caminho. Demorou cerca de 6 horas de condução. No nosso regresso casa, eu tinha uma conversa com o meu vizinho que também fez a mesma viagem para Madrid com a sua família e ele me deu um pequeno conselho. Em tais viagens, ele disse, sair cedo de manhã antes do amanhecer e começar a viagem com os lil ainda dormindo. Quando acordarem, estarão a meio ou quase lá. Foi uma boa idéia que meu marido e eu tentamos mas com pouco sucesso. Eles acordou uma vez que nós os pegamos da cama e ficamos todos excitados novamente. Mas a boa notícia foi que dormiram aqui novamente em nenhum momento e tivemos uma viagem melhor do que a de Madrid.
Sevilha ou Sevilha como algumas pessoas chamada é uma encantadora cidade com belos monumentos arquitetônicos. Também uma cidade muito quente. A cidade mais quente que eu já visitei realmente 😥👀. Foi uma estadia agradável no Hotel Sevilla Barcelo de Renascimiento, que é muito perto, na verdade, 5 minutos a pé do encantador parque aquático Isla Magica.

 Enquanto eu pulava fora do ônibus para obter alguma lama, eu conheci um camarada nigeriano, e foi um grande prazer sabendo que um dos nossos era encarregado da zona como ele trabalhou com a empresa de ônibus de turismo da cidade. Deu informações aos turistas que precisavam de orientação. De relance, eu poderia dizer que ele era nigeriano. Eu falei Igbo para ele e ele imediatamente respondeu. Me senti bem😉
Ele foi diversão viagem embora Espanha tem muito ângulo diferente comer horas. Uma das minhas experiências mais difíceis lá. À tarde, após o almoço, a maioria dos lugares está fechada até à noite e o horarío jantar oficial é às 20h. Exceto se parar por um café ou taberna para uma bebida e tapas. Não é uma coisa boa para um turista com fome 😋. Vou colocar mais postagens mais tarde. Ate já 💜

Vacation

Hello People,
I have been out for a while. Not really blogging as I used to as a result of my new job which I'm grateful for. A lot has happened in my life in the short period of absence. Another baby, a job, a car etc... Presently, I am on vacation and I decided to write in to say hello to friends all over who enjoyed my blogging. Thanks you all for the questions, comments and all. Lots of goodies will be coming in shortly.
Kisses :)

Weekends to enjoy with the family!

Homemade Milk Bread       



Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 kg of flour

30 g of Baker's yeast

15 g salt


150 g butter


200 g sugar


400 ml milk


2 eggs







 
Preparation:



With a Mixing Spoon, mix the flour, sugar and salt in a Batedeira Mix. Make a hole in the center and put the warm milk with butter and yeast also. Beat the egg yolks with the whites in advance in the Quick Chef and add with the remaining ingredients in the Batedeira Mix.


Let the dough stand for about 20 minutes and then place it in the UltraPro, brushing the surface of the dough with egg yolk, using the Silicone Brush. Preheat the oven to 190ºc and place the UltraPro in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes.


Serve hot with butter or fresh fruit.

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Recipes to enjoy!!!

Fruity Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 200ml of milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnammon 
• 1 tsb of margerine
• 1 medium sized banana (or any fruit of your choice)
• 2 tbs of vegetable oil (if not using a non stick skillet)

Method:
In a mixing bowl(batadeira mix) this can be found in Kitchen In Style www.facebook.com/kitcheninstyle, pour in together all the dry ingredients and whisk together with a hand whisk. Add your egg, butter and half portion of the milk. Cover the bowl and open up the white lid and insert your hand mixer. Mix all together, adding in your banana and milk if needed. When all ingredients are thoroughly mixed, put away your hand mixer and take out bowl cover. Fry on a hot skillet and flip pancake over when it starts to form bubbles.

Enjoy!!!

Orange Sangria

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 lt good red wine

• 1 glass of port wine (± 250 ml)

• 1 lt orange juice

• Juice of 1 kg oranges

• The peels of these broken to tidbits

• Ice and sugar to taste

Preparation:

Wash oranges in double sieve. With the Cutting Knife, cut the oranges in half. Squeeze them with Espreme and Rala Mix fixed in with the Jarro Medidor Mix Grande . Cut peels of oranges and mix all ingredients in Jarro Prelúdio and Victória Elegância. Taste and add sugar or ice to your taste. Preferably, you should chill a few hours before serving if not using ice.

Bon appétit!
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Cocktail without Alcohol

Cocktail of vitamins 


Ingredients for 2 people:


200 ml light cream


100 ml carrot juice


150 ml orange juice


25 ml of liquid honey

Preparation:


Place all ingredients in a ''copo misturador''(shaker) with the disc; pour all liquids inside and shake well.


Serve very cold!
Shaker available in www.facebook.com/kitcheninstyle.



Copo misturador(shaker) with disc.

Lemon Mousse

Preparation time 5mins


Ingredients:




2 cans of sweetened condensed milk


4 packs natural yoghurt


juice of 4 lemons

Quick chef(www.facebook.com/kitcheninstyle)

Preparation:


Beat all  in a Quick Chef with the paddle mixers.


With a Silicone Spatula, transfer the prepared to a Crystal bowl.


 Refrigerator several hours to solidify.


Bon appétit!
 
 

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Does he DISLIKE milk or FRUITS?

Dear Oby,

i have some questions.


1)my son doesn't like fruits and dislikes drinking milk though i pile loads of milk in his cereals.


2) i try to feed him with african food but he loves his cereals a lot. how do i get him off cereal or rather make it just a morning routine.


Cheers sweetie
Liz

Response,

Dear Liz,
FRUITS
In the world of all fruits, I'm very sure there is one he must love. There are so many to choose from and from experience I see children eating berries. It's quite irresistable to them. Try serving him strawberries, raspberries or even blackberries. When next you go shopping, if you buy mostly apples, pears or oranges, extend your fruit choices to peaches, clementines, watermelon, grapes, kiwi etc. There are so many you can try out and see his preference. When you buy his strawberries and want to serve him, sprinkle with sugar(castor) or confectioners sugar. Also while serving him his cereal, try adding strawberries to it or any fruit that comes in handy like cubed apples, pear, banana or even peaches. Yoghurts can go a long way in making him eat his fruits. Serve him fruits with dolops of yoghurt as the fruit topping.
MILK
If he doesn't like to drink milk but uses it in his cereal, it's very well then. At least, he's taking milk which is very rich in the food elements human beings need even if it's through another means. When he eats his cereal and eats it well, then you don't have to stress about him drinking milk. Nevertheless, if you want him to try drinking milk like from a glass, why not try making the milk a little different by flavouring it. You can use cocoa to make him hot chocolate or even add a little bit of vanilla to the milk but avoid making it too sweet for fear of spoiling the appetite. Also, you can blend some strawberries with milk and serve him, I bet you he'll love the colour and reach for it instantly!!!




There is something I tried out with my son. I noticed he didn't like drinking his milk from his little plastic cup after a while and would prefer taking sips from my mug and so I bought him a baby mug. I can tell you, it worked!
Based on your second question on him not liking African foods, it's okay. Never force him to eat what he doesn't feel like. Children when forced to eat something they don't feel like might turn out hating the food entirely which is what we must avoid. It might be a phase and he might come around later to start liking African dishes.
Concerning his cereals and his love for it, please never deny him his cereals when he asks for it. Cereals are wonderful for breakfast yeah, but if he decides not to eat dinner on a particular evening and would rather prefer cereals even after your indulgence, do serve him the cereal cos it's better he eats that than go to bed without any food. Structure his meals and menu in a way that it will be exciting and eating his meals will be fun for him and the whole family also.

I hope this helps. Do post a comment if it did.
Ate ja.

Night breastfeeding - how to avoid that!

Question

Hi Oby,
I wanted to ask what I should do to help stop my baby from waking up at night to breast feed. Hope to hear from u. Cheerio
O.O
Nigeria



Response

Dear O.O,
I usually don't advice mothers to avoid night breast feeds until they introduce solid foods to the baby. When the baby starts eating solid foods, then gradually the night feeds can be denied baby till he gets used to the new routine of sleeping all through the night without waking up to for night breast feeds. You can use these steps:

• Solid foods: I usually introduce solid foods to my babies from 4 months starting with vegetables like potatoes, carrots, lettuce which I boil together and then make into a puree with a liquidizer while adding a dash of olive oil. When solid food is given to the baby, the baby's system also starts readjusting to the new food being introduced. With time, the mother graduates from veggies to more complex foods. When this is achieved, the mother can then start denying the baby night breast feeds.
• Feeding Habits: When baby has fully started eating complex foods, then the mother will be more comfortable to stop night breast feeds because the baby is eating other kinds of food to sustain him through out the night most especially. With my son, after I introduced solid food to him and complex carbs, I made sure he ate exceptionally well during dinner to keep him through out the night. This worked for a few days till he started waking up again to breast feed. Meanwhile, i knew my son loved his bottle alot and so I would make his milk, get him to drink it around midnight even though he was already asleep. Not too much work right? At least you all get to sleep through the entire night.
• Water feeding: This is my last step. If you've tried the above things and your baby still wakes up to breast feed, you can try this. Buy a feeding bottle with very soft nipples almost like human nipples, wash and fill bottle with water instead of milk. If your baby still wakes up in the night or mid morning for breast feeds, give her the bottled water to drink. Definitely, she would not like it because it is not as sweet as the breast milk she's used to and might complain by crying but don't give up. Since baby is sleepy, give water, rock baby back to sleep. If tomorrow your baby wakes up again, use the same method and after you stick to this for some time, she will see that the breast milk will not likely be coming again and so she wouldn't bother waking up to water.

Just try the above mentioned steps and I hope it works in your favour.
Ate ja.

Oby's favourite things

Happy new year to you all. Welcome once again to Icymoments!
There are some things I can't imagine life without especially in my home; the kitchen to be precise. I call them my favourite things cos they make life easier in cooking, preparation or even cleaning. Living in Europe, having a nanny is not the cheapest or most affordable luxury so I find myself doing everything I want to alone or with the help of my husband. With my passion being cooking and baking, I always find myself drawn to newest inventions in the kitchen dept. in the malls. Some I purchase from the department stores and others online. But whatever it is, I believe will become handy some day. Some of my favourite things are as follows:

• Apple/Pear cutters
• Pineapple cutter
• Egg Cup
• Deep Fryer with basket (Electrical/Manual)
• Pizza slicer
• Super chef
• Onion chopper
• Garlic crusher
• Microarroz
• Cookie Cutters
• Ice cube box
• Orange juice squeezer
• Caramelizer
• Grilling pan
• Egg slicer
• Vegetable peeler
• Salad spinners
• Bowl covers holder
• Mini-max bowls

Listing all might be too lengthy and become boring, so I will just go ahead and show you how I make these work for me at home and help simplify my life to make it more interesting.




    I cannot over emphasize shapes in foods. The 'numero uno' move to make your children(adults as well) eat what is good for them and they don't really fancy. I love to make pancakes during the weekend especially saturdays because that's the only time I have the whole family eat together without the hustle of the week of rushing off to work or school. But unfortunately, I realised I had so much to stack away after some time cos they started losing interest in the pancake. I held back a little bit and started making the pancakes bi-weekly( making on a saturday and skipping the next) and trying new things in the shape and flavour. My son at his age is so fascinated with animals and shapes and so I bought animal cutters and made out shapes from the pancakes which made him delve in for more just cos of the shapes. With flavours also, I usually freeze up fruits in season especially when they are at very low prices in freezing bags. My kids love strawberries and so I crushed them(frozen strawberries), added it to my pancake batter and how the pancakes turned out- yummmh!

PIZZA SLICER
The pizza slicer might be used for slicing just pizza but not for me. I call this my time saver. In my bakery business, I use the pizza slicer in almost all of my pastry cutting especially with the chinchin(pipocas africana). I guess those of us conversant with making chinchin will sure agree that the rolling and cutting can be time consuming and that can make it very tiresome and boring. It's gliding wheel makes all the difference. Experiment with this when next your making your chinchin; explore. With this tool you can save time, make more shapes, and have better cuts. Below is a picture of cut dough ready to be fried(chin chin) and also a video clip of dough being cut with a pizza slicer.



Coming up in next articles are more on my favourite things. Always visit and tell your friends cos there's so much to learn this year. Ate ja.

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Ways of cooking

How often we make our meals or food can be a determining factor if our family and friends will enjoy it or not. It can be boring when certain foods are cooked in same manner everytime. Most times I try out new things and add fun to it whenever I can. From food to drinks, I sure tell you, it can be different, colourful, healthy and fun. I will make out a list on ways of cooking and allow you compare your cooking to see if your weekly menu is becoming if not boring.

• Boiling: This is cooking in boiling water or cooking by immersion in water. Foods like potatoes, yams, pasta, rice, beef, boiled eggs,etc. This form of cooking is the most commonly used. However, I like to boil vegetables also like carrots, cabbage, peas to make them tender to eat especially for my kids whom i love to incorporate veggies in their daily meal.
• Frying: This is cooking by immersion in hot deep fat or oil. This is most people's favourite cos people like eating fried potatoes chips, nuggets, chicken etc. Some people consider fried foods as unhealthy but i always disagree with most of these recent tv programmes that classify foods as good and bad foods. I believe that no food is bad, what is bad is the individual choices we make. To eat just french fries, bags of chips and other plastic foods everyday and having no control is the bad choice and not to pin any food as bad food.
• Baking: Simply, it's cooking in confined heat in an oven . Foods like pies, cakes, bread are good examples of baked foods. Potatoes can also be baked in the oven. This I often cook with chicken or beef in a casserole with the potatoes peeled and quatered. Meats cooked in the oven are not called baked but roasted.
• Roasting: This is cooking before an open fire. This method is rarely used in small households. Some refer to it as roasting while others call it barbecue. It's usually conducted in an open space which allows the smoke to escape freely.
• Stewing: Is cooking slowly in a small amount of water at a low heat until food is very tender. Stewing meats like beef, chicken breast, lamb cut in bits gives me the best taste the meat could ever offer. With it's method of slow cooking, the meat has the time to tenderize, letting out its juices and being very palatable. I would share my recipes in my coming articles.
• Grilling/Broiling: This is cooking over or under direct heat; over glowing coals or under a gas flame using your grilling pan. Grilling can also be done in an oven. Most manufacturers provide a grilling rack in many conventional ovens. Beef, turkey steaks are excellent grill foods. They are quick, easy as well as tasty. Grill pans are like frying pans but flatter with lines in the bottom. These give my steaks beautiful golden stripes and make them irresistable.

Other methods of cooking coming up in the next article. Stay around.
Ate ja.

Driven to (2)

Once, a man came into her life and she was quite excited about him. He was from the neighbouring town and thought she was beauitful. She liked him too and tried as much as she could to make the relationship work. At the beginning, the village was aghast that a man was actually interested in Agama and had plans of marrying her. But on seeing how committed the man was, the people actually gave in to the man marrying Agama. Some people went to the Ekwu's village and tried talking to his family to dissuade him from marrying Agama but all to no avail. He was bent on taking Agama as his wife and no one would actually stop that. She opened up to him when he came asking her hand in marriage and warned him to back off from any future embarrasments. She cared less if he stayed or left because she was already used to all of them leaving after listening to all the gossips in the town. Ugara on the other hand heard about the bustle in town and was angry at first. He thought of how a man could seek Agama's hand in marriage knowing fully well she was not capable of making babies like other normal women do. Ugara was infuriated when his fellow worker informed him and he stayed the whole day thinking about it. On getting home that day, he didn't even touch his dinner and Ezigbo on seeing this, thought she had done something wrong and went in to plead with thim to eat his food. He only said he wanted to be left alone and this continued for days. He actually was jealous not because he still loved her but because somebody else valued what he abandoned and people might make fun of him later.

Nkasi

She saw her father very moody for several days and wondered what it was they had done again. That particular week, she and her mother had vowed to make everything right to avoid any problems at home and so when Nkasi saw a very moody man come in and leave the house, she went into hiding not allowing herself be seen by her father. She was turning into a young woman and would go the stream with her female friends to either fetch some water or firewood. Her good friend Enyinne was leaving the community to attend the polythecnic in Enugu state. A family friend had promised to send her to school to further her education and Enyinne was very excited. Nkasi was also happy for her friend and wished she was in her shoes. The day Enyinne left was the beginning of her big dream. She needed to get out of town and quiclkly. Tired of the life she lived, she came home to inform her mother of Enyinne's trip to the city when she saw her mother very downcast. She was really worried and asked if everything was alright. Her mother quickly told her of her father's ailment that bothered her greatly coupled with the fact of him not speaking with anyone or wanting to go to the community clinic for a checkup. Nkasi wanted to reach out to her father, but his constant fist and rage even drew them farther apart. She only tried to cheer her mother up and went ahead with her normal chores at home while keeping her dream alive. She knew that sooner or later, she would also be in Enugu with Enyinne and they would do things together like they used to.
Taking an evening stroll with her other friends in the communtiy one evening, she heard of Agama's upcoming marriage and was astonished. She'd met Agama once or twice and was convinced she was a very nice woman who treated everyone with respect though she got none from most people. Nkasi was not surprised Agama asked for a divorce because her father was a very difficult man to live with and often times she wondered how life would be without her father; if her mother would be a happier person without him. Though she was glad about the news she got, she also wondered why her father had been so sad lately, getting ill and not wanting to go to for a treatment.
To be continued...
Ate ja!

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