Jollof rice
In West Africa, no special occasion is complete without this traditional dish of jollof rice. Firewood is lit well before dawn under huge pots whilst piles and piles of onions, chillies and other...
View ArticlePork ribs West African style
Yummy. Sierra Leone style (salone style) pork ribs, well that’s just heaven on a plate. The recipe is pretty easy to make and you will have most of the main ingredients in your pantry already. Whiz...
View ArticleWest African chicken peanut stew
This morning I woke up and really wanted some thick, fragrant and comforting chicken peanut stew. So I made some. That’s how easy this is. How do I describe peanut stew to you? Well, the peanut butter...
View ArticleWest African Chicken and Sweet Potato Stew
This chicken stew has a base of onions simmered with tomatoes and chilli till they practically melt in your mouth. This is the stew served with jollof rice, or on sundays and special occasions.This is...
View ArticleCouscous Sierra Leone style
The great flavour of this easy West African couscous comes from the onions, tomato and beef. It has the added bonus of looking extremely pretty when dished up. It is kind of a one pot dish especially...
View ArticleBlack-eyed Bean and Sweet Potato Stew – Sierra Leone Style
This stew combines two of my favourite vegetarian pantry staples of black-eyed beans (also called black-eyed peas) and sweet potato. This really smells gorgeous as you are cooking it.This is a summary...
View ArticleFried Rice – Sierra Leone Style
Here is an easy fried rice recipe for a quick snack, a yummy supper or if you are me, a lovely breakfast 'col res'.This is a summary content only. Please click on the post title Fried Rice – Sierra...
View ArticlePrawn Curry
I love curries especially easy to cook ones that are ready in less than 30 minutes. Plus the fact is that I loooooooove cinnamon, coconut milk and cardamom so combining these three in a delicious dish...
View ArticleProject Egg ~ Your Free Eggy Cookbook!
Project Egg ~ Your Free Eggy Cookbook! Hi all, this is […]This is a summary content only. Please click on the post title Project Egg ~ Your Free Eggy Cookbook! for full links from: Recipes From A...
View ArticleHow we do Christmas in Sierra Leone
Come Christmas, a feast is prepared across all homes in Sierra Leone. The centre piece dish of jollof rice is made even tastier by a sweet oniony stew. The roast chicken and roasted pork ribs are...
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Spaghetti Bolognese – Sierra Leone Style
This is OH's kind of language. Spaghetti heaped with oodles of warm bolognese sauce and all topped with some Parmesan. He likes meat. So this rich, tomatoey, full of flavour, MEAT sauce definitely...
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Lemon Chilli Beef Skewers – Flavours of Brazil
I got sent a mystery hamper with a challenge to whip up a Brazilian BBQ feast. So I came up with these sizzling hot lemon scented meat skewers with rice, a crispy black bean salad, lemon flavoured...
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Smoked Mackerel, Broccoli and Plantain Stir-fry – Sierra Leone Flavours
This Sierra Leonean flavours meal is a super easy smoked mackerel, broccoli and plantain stir-fry. The sweet plantain really worked well with the salty smoked mackerel and the broccoli carries both...
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Grilled Fish Tacos with Guava Salsa – Sierra Leone Flavours
These grilled fish tacos take me back to warm Sierra Leonean evenings, drinking cold ginger beer, piling guava salsa on grilled fish straight off the barbeque and catching up about this and that. Oh...
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An Easy Couscous Pizza Base with Sardines and Tomatoes – Sierra Leone Flavours
This is an easy couscous pizza base recipe. As in mix the couscous with some boiled water and let stand. Then add in an egg, some chopped herbs and cheese, spread out on a baking tray and bake for 15...
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Cheesy Baked Plantains with Chilli – Sierra Leone Flavours
The West African in me has been thinking about new ways of how to cook plantains for a very long time - like these easy baked plantains. And we all know that good cheese complements sweet flavours...
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One-Pot Beans and Plantains (Bean and Plantain Pottage) – West African Flavours
This one-pot beans and plantains recipe (bean and plantain pottage) is finger-licking West African street food at its best. Continue reading One-Pot Beans and Plantains (Bean and Plantain Pottage) –...
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Quick Cinnamon Butter Fried Rice With Grilled Sardines – African Flavours
I have been rather lacking on the rice recipes on the blog. I mean I am a Sierra Leonean who absolutely loves rice. So much so that I very often have 'col res' for breakfast. Continue reading Quick...
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One-pot black-eyed beans & sweet potato recipe (bean & sweet potato pottage)...
This one-pot black-eyed beans and sweet potato recipe with palm oil (bean and sweet potato pottage) is finger-licking street food at its best. Continue reading One-pot black-eyed beans & sweet...
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Jollof Spaghetti – Sierra Leone Flavours
Folks, I finally made some Jollof spaghetti aka Jollof pasta. And it is so good that I am trying to convince my sister to serve some up at her wedding next year. Heck, we all know that it is no West...
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