Waffles

I finally got my hands on a belgian waffle maker SO I said goodbye to frozen waffles and decided to make my own. They weren't too sweet or too blah they were just right for my taste buds. GO THEEDEE!!! LOL


Ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour
• 2 tablespoons of sugar(more or less depending on your sugar preference)
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup of butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 and 1/2 cup of milk(or more depending on how thin you want the batter)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 teaspoons baking powder

Method:

1. In a separate bowl mix eggs,milk,butter and vanilla. Set aside. 
2. Heat up the waffle iron
3. Combine the flour,sugar,salt and baking powder, then slowly pour in the egg mixture, mix thoroughly and then spray waffle with cooking spray(I used PAM), laddle into the waffle iron(Cook until its golden brown) until there's no more batter left. 
4. Serve immediately with bacon and scrambled eggs, or fruits,whipped cream and syrup whatever your taste buds are in the mood for

Ps: This made about 6 waffles depending on how much batter you put in the iron.

This is how my batter was coz I like my waffles very thick

I put this up to show you what not to do(DO NOT OVER FILL YOUR IRON like I did :(, the cleanup was real) 

Served with strawberries

Served with turkey bacon and scrambled eggs :-) 

Ghanaian Pancake

As I was going through my blog stats, I saw that someone was searching for the recipe for this. Then I asked myself, how did we make pancakes in Ghana when we didn't have Auntie Jemima. Since I couldn't remember very well I went straight to my mom and asked,she wasn't so sure either,its been a while so pardon us lol but we finally figured it out!! So here we have it. They remind me slightly of crepes because of how thin they are lol.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 2-3 tablespoons of sugar or more(depending on how sweet you want it)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1/3 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon of oil for frying(I use coconut oil for everything now but vegetable or canola oil will do too)

Method:

1. In a bowl, melt the butter(you can melt it in the microwave), then beat in the eggs, add half a cup of water, add in the flour and mix very well till there are little to no lumps in the mixture. 
2. Add in the sugar, milk, salt and the remaining half cup of water, continue mixing till its very smooth with minimal lumps(Some people like to blend their mixture so it can have a very smoother consistency, but that's extra work for me so I just mix by hand)
3. On medium heat , add the teaspoon of oil to a small frying pan, when the oil is hot, pour some of the batter in, tilt the pan in a way that the batter fills up the whole pan(see pictures), fry till there are bubbles on the top(see picture)
4. Using a spatula turn the pancake and allow that to also fry till its golden brown.

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Lets Eat!!!..Hehe

Egg White omelette

In an effort to eat a lot more healthier. I made an omelette full of veggies mainly spinach lol I love spinach. 

Ingredients:

• 2-3 egg whites

• 1/3 cup fresh spinach

• 1/2 yellow bell pepper 

• 1 turkey bacon 

• 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil 

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper(optional)

• 1/2 teaspoon salt (preferably sea salt

Method:

1. Wash spinach and bell pepper,chop them and the bacon into small pieces just like in the picture below.
2. Crack your eggs,removing the yolk, add the chopped ingredients, adding the salt and pepper after, stir well  
3. In a frying pan on medium heat, add coconut oil after it has melted, add the egg and let it fry for 2-3mins on one side with a spatula turn it for the other side to fry as well

Ps: You can use green pepper, onions,tomatoes and one of my personal favorites broccoli to this. Also if you are doing 2-3 eggs and you like the yolk you can have one yolk in there. I eat the egg whites because I was told it was good for me. 

Ingredients

Before turning

Almost ready

Served with whole grain bread and fruits

Bread rolls

I remember sometime back in Ghana these bread rolls were always served at some parties we went to and we use to have them for breakfast too! I am so glad I have the recipe for them!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter [1 stick,4oz,100g)
• 2 teaspoons of yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method:

• Mix the milk and yeast and set aside
• Beat the eggs, take 2 tablespoons of the eggs and set aside this would be used to coat the rolls this is known as egg wash. 
• In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, sugar salt. Add the eggs and mix well then add in the milk mixture with hand till dough starts to form. When the dough is fully formed, remove it and put it on a lightly flour surface
• Knead for 5 minutes. then cover with napkin and set aside for about an hour. (It should be obviously bigger in size after that )
• Preheat your oven at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), grease a baking pan with butter 
• Make small bread rolls(balls) and set right next to each other in the greased pan
• Brush with your egg wash then put it in the oven and bake till its golden brown. 

Scones (rock/rough buns)

I must confess I didn't know the real name for these until I started learning how to cook. I always called them rock/rough buns like they did in Ghana. LOL. Very simple but yet yummy scones. Can be great for tea for breakfast or just a snack.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of flour
• 5 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 cup of milk 
• 3/4 cup of butter (1 stick and a half)
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup of dried fruits like raisins could be added if you want it different from the plain old scones

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C)
2. Grease your muffin pan or baking sheet
3. Combine flour,butter,nutmeg,salt and baking powder. Mix it well it you have a bread crumb like texture, then add your sugar
4. In a separate bowl mix your milk and egg, and slowly stir it in the flour mix until its moistened. 



Bread crumb like texture



After adding the liquid ingredients, ready for the oven

5. Put a tablespoon or 1/4 cup full in the muffin pans OR turn out dough on to a very light flour surface, knead very briefly. Roll out the dough into 1/2 inch thick round and cut into 8 piece, place each piece on the baking sheet and bake for about 15-20 minutes

Before coating with milk

In the oven almost ready

I just made medium sized balls and baked it in a greased pan

These are not so rough buns but close lol

Banana Bread

I had some bananas that were going to waste so I figured why not make something with them. That's when I made this banana bread with the help of other recipes. I combined 3 different recipes and made mine. Do NOT waste your bananas make YUMMY banana bread. :-)


Ingredients:

• Cooking spray(for greasing pan) 
• 3 ripe bananas
• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• Optional - 1/4 cup walnuts(chopped)
•                -1/3 cup chocolate chips (unsweetened)

Method:

1. Preheat your oven at 375 degrees F. (190degrees C)
2. Mash the bananas in a separate bowl
3. In another bowl, cream sugar and butter together till its evenly mix 
4. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, add milk and vanilla extract
5. Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mashed bananas. (If you choose to add walnuts or chocolate chips you can add that now)
6. Mix everything till smooth
7. Pour in greased baking pan (loaf pan will be ideal)
8. Bake for about 1hr and 5mins or when you stick a toothpick in and comes out clean
9. Allow your banana bread to cool for about 10minutes before serving it.

Not the prettiest sight but this is without the chocolate chips or walnuts

Mini chocolate chips mixture

Oven ready. Ps: I overdid it with the cooking spray(DONT be like me..lol)

I wanted it plain hence the reason why it's missing the walnuts and chocolate chips

Banana bread with mini chocolate chips

Inside my mini chocolate chips banana bread :-)