Kitchen Chronicles during my absence.

Hey guys!! 

 I missed you, and blogging, i sure hope you missed me too. Its been a whole 16 days!, i have never been away for so long, but i'm here to make it up to you ;). What happened? well, I was entertaining members of my family over the past 2 weeks. They also happen to have traveled from far and wide, it was an important time or period in my life (I graduated!)... thank you, thank you :). I hope you all have been great; and to where it applies happy memorial day in arrears :). Regardless of things, we still have to eat right? so here's a toast to my kitchen chronicles during this period of absence. 

so sit back, relax and Enjoy.

Day 1: 3 people dining
Sese Plantains: This is a typical Cameroonian dish, made with unripe or semi ripe plantains. Mine are unripe, made with cow skin and smoked fish. Its a really easy process, but i'd like to blog the recipe when i make the dish on its own.
Fresh garden veggies stir fry with chicken breast: These days, i feel like i cannot make a meal without a side of veggies, that must be a good thing.
Aged chicken: Its almost like a delicacy, its sold in the Asian super market where i live. This plate is steamed in spices and over broiled on a tray to reduce excess fat. Its really tasty and healthy, and the spicier the better. ;)
Tomato pepper sauce: Spicy enough to be a pepper sauce but also not too spicy that it could be used as a sauce to go with the rice. the green leaf is a bay leaf. ;)
The rice: The stock from the steamed chicken was used to boil the rice so it could be eaten as is.

The Desert: A parfait; freshly baked vanilla cake chopped, fresh strawberries chopped and pure vanilla bean ice cream (store bought). I layered it as in the picture, 2 layers per goodies. I then set it to cool in the fridge... The cake ends up being moist with ice cream and the strawberries.. don't even get me started... yum yum yum.

Day 3: 4 people dining- Late night After a busy day

Sauteed Green beans: My sister made these, parboiled and sauteed in onions, soy, garlic, salt and black pepper. just enough crunch left... yummy.

Baked potatoes: Par boiled potatoes, rubbed in table butter and sour cream and then baked, easy and healthier than frying. Also, a little tip, if you want them out of the oven with the crispy crust as though they were fried, skip the sour cream. :)

Aged chicken: Its almost like a delicacy, its sold in the Asian super market where i live. This plate is steamed in spices and over broiled on a tray to reduce excess fat. Its really tasty and healthy, and the spicier the better. ;) Same as above! hehe

Tomato pepper sauce: Spicy enough to be a pepper sauce but also not too spicy that it could be used as a sauce to go with the rice. the green leaf is a bay leaf. ;). Same one as above!

The rice: Plain white rice, my mom has a thing for plain rice :)

 My Plate :)

Day 5: Hosting people over, say 18-30
I can't possibly recipe out every dish here; over time i have covered most of the recipes to these dishes on my blog. I will however list the menu.
-Puff Puff
-Tape Tape Plantains
-Dodo
-Fufu & eru
-Fufu & Okro
-Fufu & Okongobong... i don't know the spelling, i just freelanced
-Grilled chicken thighs
-Steamed Aged chicken

  Other days: Eating out shamelessly :)

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Spaghetti and ground beef sauce.

I don't like pasta very much but i do know how to make it so i'll have it once in a while. Here ;)

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Oven Roasted Pork Chops, Baby potatoes and Green beans

Even with free time, its hard for us as humans to get into things that are not part of our normal routine; i know right? Human beings just lovveee routines, agree?. Its like making promises; if you've never kept any promises before its not gonna up and change one morning. Ya know!. Well this turned out to be one of my quickest and tastiest dinners. It was really easy; so much so that i would put up the recipe tonight. If you just had a really nice Manicure, this meal is for you. You'll see what i mean in the recipe. :) DMC Luv

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Sweet Potatoes & Green beans in Kidney sauce.

Disclaimer: I know not everyone eats organ meats or Offal. If you`re one of those. Sorry *waves hand at u* More on Organ Meats Here
In Cameroon: When u go to the butcher shop to buy any kind of meat, the organs are always very little, expensive and used to make Suya(Soya); here they are sold in bulk for close to nothing.
Villa Value: In most villages in the North west of Cameroon chicken Gizzards are quite sacred; women are not allowed to eat it. Well, there's this story that a chief was supposed to hand over power to one of his sons based on respect(yeah, like that ever happens lol), but one of them came back from the States with a tray full of this chicken organ and told his father: 'for every chicken i ate, i saved the gizzard for u, just to show you how much i respect and adore you' it worked. Well,  he was made chief (i guess the joke about that is  in the states you can buy the same tray for $2 & he lied). LOL ~ smart move though.
ITS 2012, WELCOME TO DMC'S 3RD YEAR.

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Veggies in September

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE DAILY READERS/VIEWERS.

(NOW AT LEAST 75 PER DAY).

 TO ME IT'S BLISS! I DO IT OUT OF LOVE FOR PAYS, SPREAD THE LOVE. :)

Chicken Breast, Carrots and green beans.

~ This month has been a month of Gratitude to me. I have learned a lot from a few experiences in life. The way i see the world is; everyone i meet has something to offer, it might be their story, it might be their reaction to a situation or it might be how they respond to me. Either way, i pick something up all the time, to me knowledge comes in many different ways. Its up to you to to acquire it. no one and nothing is too small.

~ I also learned that sometimes someone may affect you negatively only to awaken the best part of you from within. Be thankful to everyone in your life, they are there for a purpose. Spread the love.! These dishes were...awesome :). Have a great week guys!

Bisous!!, DMC

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