This one is for my snack lovers. I often get asked how many calories there are in a Nigerian Meat Pie. Here we go. I am using meat pie recipe from 9jafoodie.com Nigerian Meat Pie Recipe from 9jafoodie: The Dough of meat pie Ingredients 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Table Spoon Baking powder [...]
Fried rice is a dish of cooked rice that has been stir-fried in a frying pan. It is mixed with vegetables such as carrots, peas, green beans, onions, and meat like chicken, beef or pork. It is one of the most often consumed foods in Nigeria is fried rice. It is occasionally had as [...]
There are many ways to prepare rice, but Jollof rice, a very popular African dish made with rice and spices and either beef, fish, or chicken, is the type of rice that is most frequently consumed in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa. In this post, we are going to make Nigerian Jollof [...]
On a reel on Instagram, I asked our followers to guess the number of calories in our favorite simple healthy Nigerian salad. Watch the reel below and make a guess! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiLekdiA8Pg/ On the Instagram reel, I received many wrong answers. Let's review our favorite simple salad Recipe. Ingredients for a simple healthy Nigerian Salad: [...]
I know most of us have heard a pregnant woman say she is "eating for two". Do we really need to eat more while pregnant? How much extra calories a woman need during pregnancy? This is what science says about additional calories during pregnancy: First Trimester No additional calories is necessary during the first [...]
You may have heard that drinking smoothies will help you on your weight loss journey, but what you may not have heard is that your smoothies might be making you fat. “How?!”, you say? Well, let’s break it down. 1. Making predominantly fruits based smoothies: How does 450 calories aka 2 cups [...]
Have you tried making moi moi with lentils? I can tell you that the taste is very similar to beans. The texture is a little different though. Below is a break down of calories and nutrition for lentil compared to beans. Here is what you you need to make your Moi Moi with Lentil. [...]
On a recent post on Instagram, someone asked me how to make shawarma "fit-fam" friendly. If you think about it, shawarma doesn’t sound like something that isn’t fit-fam friendly, I mean its pretty much a wrap right? Well, wrong wrong wrong. Nigerian shawarma especially is in a class of it’s own. For this post, [...]
We had a chat with Jumoke about her LIN Weight loss journey. A mom and baker who successful used LIN to lose weight 28lbs while enjoying Nigerian food. Are you planning to start your LIN weight loss journey? We can prepare you a special plan, made by our Nigerian nutritionists to reach [...]
When it comes to food, there is no wrong choice. However, you should be knowledgeable enough about Your choices and the implication on the goal you are trying to achieve. In this Article, we are going to compare the nutrition facts of Panla (Hake) with Titus (Mackerel) to see which one is more calorically [...]
