Macaroni Salad

 

Ingredients:

1 cup macaroni

2 eggs

1 chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped spring onions

2 chopped tomatoes

3 tbsp cup chopped mint leaves

5-6 tbsp Mayonnaise

1/4 cup milk (dilute powdered milk with water)

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

 Method

Boil the macaroni in a pot till aldente. Strain and set aside.

  Boil the eggs and cut into medium size.

  In a medium bowl, add the macaroni, eggs, tomatoes, onions, spring onions, mint leaves, milk, salt and ground black pepper. Mix or toss well to combine. Serve with food of your choice or a lone and enjoy!© Asmie's Kitchen

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Baked Egg Casserole

 This is a very simple and delicious bread recipe. It a must try Recipe. It can be served with tea or alone. Video has been uploaded on my YouTube Channel "Asmie's Kitchen" Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more exciting recipes.

Ingredients:

Half loaf of bread (cut into cubes)

4 eggs

1 cup milk (dilute 1-2 tbsp of powdered milk with 1 cup water)

1 cup chopped spinach/green vegetable

2 roasted red bell peppers (cut into strips)

1/4 cup chopped onions

1/2 tsp chopped garlic

1/2 cup chopped spring onions

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbsp oil

   Method

Preheat your oven and grease baking pan with some oil or margarine.

  Heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and allow to splutter for 30 seconds. Add the spinach or green vegetable and some salt. Stir and saute for 2-4 minutes. Remove from fore and set aside.

   Mix the milk, eggs, salt, ground black pepper and Italian seasoning. Whisk well and set aside.

  Arrange half of the sliced bread in the greased pan. Add half of the sauteed spinach, red bell peppers, chopped spring onions and onions. Repeat the same process with the remaining ingredients. 

   Pour the whisked eggs and milk mixture over the bread in the pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 60-70 minutes. Insert tooth pick inside the baked egg casserole to check if it's baked. If the tooth pick comes out clean then it's baked. 

  Baked Egg Casserole. Serve warm and enjoy! ©Asmie's Kitchen

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RAMADÀN FOOD/COOKING TIPS

   RAMADÀN FOOD/ COOKING TIPS*

      *PRESERVING BLENDED TOMATOES, PEPPERS & ONIONS*

    Boil blended/ground tomatoes, peppers and onions till the liquid is absorbed. Pour some oil on top (not much) without stirring it. And keep it for use. It will last for a while. This method helps in preserving it due to lack of electricity. But if there is electricity, keep in the freezer for use.

   * SPINACH*

Cut spinach into medium size. Spread in a large tray and dry under a shade. Or where there is air. Avoid places that has flies. Store in an airtight container for use. When using, soak in water for minutes, it will turn to fresh spinach. Use in your vegetable soup, jollof rice, and food that calls for use of spinach.

         *OKRO* 

 Slice fresh okro. Arrange in a tray. Sprinkle some ash (toka) on it and dry it. When fully dried, blend or pound in a mortar for use in soup.

         *BEANS*

Pound the beans to remove the skin. As you are pounding, you will be adding some water not much (sirfewa). Pour on an empty sack and allow to dry. Seive in a tray to remove the dry skin of the beans. Pour in a rubber with a lid and keep it. Whenever you want to use it, just soak it, after some minutes. Strain and add red bell peppers, onions and crushed fresh ginger then grind.

    *MILLET*
  A slightly pound the millet with some water (not much) (sirfewa).
  Seive in a tray.  Wash to remove the sand, etc Pour on an empty sack and allow to dry.  Put in a bucket, add spices i.e kayan kanshi citta, cloves, kimba, dried pepper (optional) and grind it. Pour in a container with a lid.

           *RICE*
If you are using local rice, remove the dirts like stones, etc, Pour in a container and cover with a lid and keep for using.

    *GROUNDNUT PASTE*
You can make or buy your groundnut paste for kunun gyada and keep it for using.

     *MAIZE POWDER*
     (Garin tuwo)
Buy maize in large quantity and take it to the mill for grinding. Seive and pour in a container with a lid (cover). So that when you want to make your swallow (tuwo), you don't need to seive it. It saves time.

        *FOOD STUFF*
Buy foodstuff no matter how little it is and keep for using. Like rice, beans, oil, palm oil, stock cubes, seasonings, pasta, salt, sugar, milk, Bournvita or Milo,liptons, etc or you can use my recipe to make homemade Milo and Bournvita at home to reduce the expense of buying from shops.
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