Alcohol for the Sweettooth

Coffee Patron

I got a sweettooth for everything!! I can't take or enjoy any alcohol that doesn't taste nice which happens to be the majority. Whenever i'm out with friends, at an event or just socializing i'm most likely gonna be found with a bottle of water 'cos its healthy and none of the alcoholic drinks appeal to me. Some of my friends say i'm a spoilsport 'cos they can't share drinks with me *shrugs* toh, make una buy sweet one wey i fit enjoy na.

This includes most Champagnes (i'm sorry but my palates are not refined enough and it tastes like piss to me}, Hennessey, Jack Daniels, most Red & White Wines, the list goes on. I'm only a social drinker and barely even, luckily i got a natural high w/o the need for alcohol. Yoee n hubby already know my taste and are always ready for me.

I decided to make a list of alcoholic drinks/cocktails i find appealing n yummy and i'll keep adding to the list as i find:

• Coffee Patron (shots! shots!! shots!!!)

• Cointreau & Coke

• Disaranno & Juice
• Vodka & Redbull/Cranberry mix

• Strawberry Daiquiri
• Pina Colada

• Baileys (sooo creamyyyy)

• Amarula (sooo creamyyyy too)

• Olmeca Tequila (just works with the salt and lime)

• Smirnoff Ice

Lemme know what sweet alcoholic drinks or wines you enjoy.

Toodles!XooX

Plantain Lover/Addict

I have a confession. My name is Tosin and i am a Plantain a.k.a Dodo lover/addict. lol. It is this serious guys, i had to dedicate a post to my beloved Plantain, never has there been a purer love than this. *dreamysigh*

Ripe Plantain

I can honestly eat plantain all day everyday. I don't think i have ever wasted any meal/snack made with plantain and i get upset when people do. I can't even explain my love for plantain, whether na the taste o or the texture or how e dey belleful me. Walahi i no know. I even had to ask my mum and her explanation was that when she was pregnant with me, her no. 1 craving was plantain and cocoyam chips and she would snack on them all the time. Sooo e be like sey dis love na from womb and cocoyam got cheated. I was a bit sad when i found out plantain is mostly made up of carbohydrates but then again its still a good source of fibre, Vitamin A& C and has a lil protein in there so all join. You can buy plantain from the market Unripe (Green) or Ripe (Yellow + Black)

Unripe Plantain

Here are a couple of the ways i enjoy and switch up my plantain diet and i am still hunting for more *wide grin*:

• Unripe plantain porridge
• Ripe plantain porridge

• Fried Plantain eaten with meals or alone
• Diced fried plantain  mixed in salad
• Boiled Plantain with sauce

Gizdodo in the preparation process

Gizdodo

• Gizdodo (basically diced and fried gizzard and plantain mixed in a pepper sauce)

• Deep fried Gizdodo dumplings
• Asundodo (basically asun a.k.a smoked/roasted/grilled & peppered goat meat and fried diced plantain mixed in a pepper sauce)
• Sausagedodo (basically diced and fried sausages or chicken franks and plantain mixed in a pepper sauce)
• Boli (Roasted/Grilled plantain) and peanut butter or groundnut 
• Beans/Yam/Sweet potato/Potato and Plantain porridge (Walahi porridge tastes best when its got some plantain in it! just try it)

Plantain moi-moi

• Plantain moi moi (basically blended plantain spiced up and steamed in a cupcake pan in the oven)

Fried Mosa balls with sauce & yaji

• Mosa (basically blended plantain spiced up and deep fried. I make dis when my plantain is overripe)
• Dodo Ikire
• Plantain Pancake (basically blended plantain with some flour or oats added and fried like a pancake
• Plantain cookies

Plantain muffins

Plantain muffins (inside)

• Plantain muffins

• Plantain solid (i use the plantain flout to make swallow) and soup
• Plantain chips (unripe plantain cut into thin circles, spiced and deep fried)
• Coconut Plantain Snickeroons
• Plantain in Batter
• Afrolems Plantain Recipes E-book
• Afrolem Plantain Posts
• I add diced plantain to my pancake wraps
• I can eat the ripe ones raw

Check out different recipes for the above on Dooney's Kitchen and join me on my journey to finding more plantain recipes and please share any you may have with me in the comments section.

Toodles!XooX

Yogurberry!! (Frozen Yoghurt)

My new Yogurt spot in Abuja. Frozen youghurt with toppings. It is located on the same street as Jevenik Resturant. Bangui Street off Adetokunbo Ademola.Try the Oreo Toppings!i had the blueberry and vanilla flavours with Oreo and apple toppings,yummy & loved it.Toodles!XooX