My Top Ten Recipes Of 2018

2018 had been a great year, a little over 100 recipes! Wow! Mostly I had lots of fun because I kind of got my mojo back to get into the kitchen. 2017 had been a hard year since I had a really personal tragedy, which I think I am getting better, so I can say that getting back to the kitchen was a sort of therapy for me. I already did your favorite recipes for 2018 of which I have a few favorites, wait, who am I kidding, I loved all of them! Check them out and see if you have some recipes that you loved the most last year. I did more soups which I was happy about since soups are healthy and make your meals that much more enjoyable. My very favorite month was August because of my delicious avocado theme that saw me have amazing recipes that had this delicious fruit. Here are the recipes that I enjoyed cooking and I found myself making over and over since I could not have enough of them. Why not check them out to see if your is on the top ten list or what would you add to this list as we look forward to 2019. I started the year reminiscing on the year that has gone and my hopes for this coming year where I look forward to more delicious, creative, yummy recipes to bring to you. Leave your comment on what you would like to see more of and what you enjoyed last year. let's do this, to more deliciousness this coming year

10 Super Foods You Need In Your Pantry

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When you are thinking about stocking your pantry, you need to think about including some super foods that are not only delicious but healthy and filled with lots of necessary nutrients that we need on a daily basis. Super food generally refers to foods that have the added benefit of offering maximum nutritional benefits yet with for minimal calories. These great foods are packed with minerals, antioxidants and vitamins. Among the super foods include, fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, yoghurt, chocolate, fish, beans. The best part about having super foods in your pantry is that you can grab them any time since most like nuts and seeds keep for  long time. You can eat the super foods individually or you can mix and match them to create a delicious meal that will be filling build or even protect the body from infections. Most of these super foods are readily available at the local market, or even in the frozen section like fish.

Coconut Peanut Butter Pancakes

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I love peanut and if I could I would eat it every other day. Whether it's whole roasted peanuts or smooth peanut butter, I just love this stuff! Reminds me of when we were young back in the 80's when peanut butter was a new thing and it was a reserve of the "wadosi" (rich folk), we would really envy those kids who came with bread slices smeared withe the peanut butter while we had plain toasts, seems ridiculous but when you are a kid in kindergarten you always think that the other kids have better lunches or tea break snacks. Then came this advert for the skippy peanut butter, we would always sing along to it and really bug mum about buying 'skippy peanut butter'. Well she gave in and bought us the peanut butter, what? You'd think we had won the lottery! Needless to say, after that it was a regular addition to our breakfast and we thoroughly enjoyed making the other kids jealous and even bribing them with 'if you don't let me in the game, I won't give you my skippy peanut butter bread', nice memories hehehe. To bring back those memories, I though I would make peanut butter pancakes and add more deliciousness by adding coconut. Those two flavours just work wonders on your pallet.

Eggless Chocolate Rock Muffins

A simple yet delicious chocolate treat as a desert or snack. Mom used to make them for birthdays or even holidays. She used to make them plain and sometimes add cinnamon. I remember how we used to go sit in the kitchen watching mum bake. For me I loved licking the batter from the bowl, I would tell mum not to clean the bowl as I would do it for her, only to sit on the floor and lick the cake batter! Brings back so many many memories. Today I chose to make them chocolate muffins, after all chocolate should be part of everyone'd diet, don't you think?  I love muffins because they are big fluffy delicious and totally filling. I love how they look like they are pouring over the muffin tin while baking, totally satisfying and therapeutic! The almost shapeless imperfection of the muffin is what gives it that distinct. I have always made these muffins with eggs but I wanted to see how they would taste without eggs. Didn't miss the eggs whatsoever! The chocolate muffins turned out soft, crumbly yet fluffy and delicious!