How To: Apple Candles
Pintrest is always so pintersting as I was wondering what to do for my next How TO I came across these apple candle holders, how cool are they? This is great decor for an evening dinner party at your house. I think you can even mix red and green apples to make great Christmas decor ( Christmas is less than 80 days away, I’m so excited by Christmas 🙂
If you plan to use a long candle make sure the candle stands completely upright. Make sure your apples can stand up straight or even if they lean its just slightly that way they will stand and not topple over when you put the candle.
Potato Wedges with Cream Cheese and Sweet Chili Dip
I have talked about my absolute love for potatoes many a times, because of this I always have to find new ways to eat my favorite vegetable, YES its a veggie 🙂 whether boiled, mashed, fried, deep fried, crisps all these I find ways of making tastier.
What I love most about these wedges is how soft they are on the inside yet so crunchy on the outside. They are a great TV snack if you want to have them on their own but they are also amazing accompanied by a saucy side, I had them with chicken wings in spicy strawberry bbq sauce,(YAP! Â that was a total orgasm in my mouth I tell you) you can have them with dry fry chicken or mbuzi, oven roasted chicken, Â dhania chicken, etc etc If you are having them on their own do not leave out the dips they take plain potatoes to a whole new level. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- 500 grams potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- Oil for frying
- Sweet chili sauce
- Sour cream or Cream cheese
Instructions
Boil potatoes in water seasoned with salt, pepper and the garlic powder. Potatoes should be boiled till soft yet still firm about 8-10mins. Remove and set aside
Heat the oil in a pan, I shallow fried but deep frying is fine too. Cook until all sides are browned.
In small bowls place the cream cheese/ sour cream in a bowl and sweet chili in another bowl, for even better flavor put the sour cream/ cream cheese in a small bowl and top with the sweet chili, dip as you it, HEAVEN
HAPPY EATING!!
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Children Cooking Classes
So I’ve been holding cooking classes in my house for this holiday and it has been quite interesting. This is one of those things that you do once or twice but never take it seriously so this time I said I have to do it. I live in Nyayo Embakasi, lovely estate with lots of young families, perfect place to start. I advertised and got a couple of students and started.
Honestly my experience this time was a bit different, I think mainly because I was dealing with children who were not family and also who did not know each other. I had different age groups; 4-6, 7-10, 11-14 and 15-18. Now the you children are quite nice to deal with, you always start with telling them to wash their hands then sing a nursery rhyme or two or a Sunday school song, you then laugh a little before you get down to business. The first class we made a chocolate mug cake and some sandwiches where we shaped the cheese and veggies like animals
How cool right???? The kids had lots of fun with this but the only mistake I did was trying to show them how to do all the preparation themselves, I should probably have done half of it prior as this is what I did with subsequent classes. Now because I did not do all the prep my class went longer than the stipulated 45 mins to 1.25 hours. We all know how kids below 5 get when asked to do something for too long, jumpy fidgety and they just want to play, at this point you feel like you can place them in a free ads in Nigeria and SELL IT!! OLX  style just so that you can get some quiet then buy them back later after they make a tour of Nigeria and play all they want they can come back and cook some more. But since I could never do that my conscience would not even let me I had to be patient, I encouraged them to sing and in no time we were back to cooking. The kids love it, only problem came when it was time to eat the veggies that was a struggle but all in all we loved the experience and the parents were happy too. HERE is the timetable I had this holiday, but I can always do one on a Saturday in my house or yours. Do contact me if you’re interested. I also do classes during chamas or just when you are having a girls afternoon or night call me we can do cakes, cocktails or even just pilau
