It’s wild how we’re constantly connected to everyone but still feel completely disconnected. Like, I can text someone across the world in two seconds, but I’ll overthink for an hour about how to reply to ‘Hey.’

Hear me, Na advice I dey give today! Dear bakers, It’s harmattan season, and we all know how challenging it can be working with fondant during this time. The cold and dryness can make fondant crack, dry out, or become difficult to work with. But don’t worry, I’ve got a simple hack for you: When making your fondant, reduce your CMC (you know what that is, no need to ask) and increase your glucose. Let me break it down for you—If your usual recipe calls for 1/2 tbsp of glucose, try using 1 tbsp of glucose instead. Also, when kneading your fondant, use vegetable shortening instead of icing sugar to keep it smooth and flexible. Trust me, this will help you get the perfect texture, even in this dry harmattan weather. No more cracks, no more headaches! 🙄 Make sure you’re always on top of your game, and let the fondant flow smoothly!

Sad 😭 😭 story I met this guy sometime in 2016. He was selling shoes at Makola and I was a pupil teacher in a school. He was a good man and even though he wasn't rich, he was very generous with the little he had. This motivated me and I decided to contribute to his life because of his good character. I wanted to go to the training college and was saving up for it. Same time, he also wanted to continue his studies. He was very intelligent so I decided to give him my savings to add up to his so he could go to school because after all he's a man and if he had a fruitful life, it affected me too. So by 2018, he started business administration in Legon. He had a boy who looked at the shop when he went to school and because his wares were cheap, he was able to also establish himself on campus. He had a single room at Dansoman which had only a bed and TV when we met. I bought a fridge so l could cook in bulk and store it for him. I also got a microwave for him and was constantly at his place. By the time he was in 3rd year, we decided to live together so I took a loan at my workplace and added up then we rented a chamber and hall and moved in. We loved each other. I was grateful I was building a life with someone and even though my mum didn't approve of most of the things I was doing for him, she eventually had to accept it. My mum sold foodstuff in Accra. It was on one of my visits to her place I met him. Anytime my mum's goods came, she'd call me and give me a good quantity of food for him and myself. We literally lived like a couple. I took seed once and we both agreed we weren't available both emotionally and financially for a child so I terminated it. By God's grace, I got employed at another good school that had better pay I also taught some pupils for extra classes so l was earning more than my previous school. I then also started saving all over again to continue my schooling. Then my man finally graduated and in his department, he was one of the 4 students who had a first class. I was so proud I bought his suit and shoes for graduation. The suit was 800 cedis and the shoes were 450. 1 was happy. After school, he was recommended to Zenith Bank by his professor to do his national service. After his service, he got a 6 months contract to work there. Eventually, he sold his shop to his boy but still ran the business on social media because he still knew his suppliers. He branded it well on social media for which I sometimes did delivery on his behalf. We decided to get married in 2022. 1 had successfully bought my forms by then and was about to go to school and then one day, I pounced on something my man was seeing someone while he was doing his service and they had started dating. According to the message I read, he had denied me and had also promised the lady marriage I read the message countlessly and confronted him. He confessed and eventually told me the lady was pregnant for him. He said he was still going to get married to me like I wanted. I just knew the marriage to me was going to be something like a "thank you" or compensation. I cried. I cried my heart and intestines out. I didn't know how to tell my mum or even who to tell. He begged me but I knew I wasn't going to be the same again after the revelation. When I finally went to school, I decided to end it with him. He begged me but I knew I wasn't going to be the same again after the revelation. When I finally went to school, I decided to end it with him. I sent a text telling him I wanted to move on. He didn't beg me to stay. He just thanked me for all the support I gave him. Then he sent me 10,000 I cried the whole day and when I felt I was losing my mind, I called my mum and told her everything. She told me to return his money which I did. He moved from the apartment we lived in but paid an additional 3 years for me. I told the landlord to rent the house and take 30% of the money and give me the 70 because I couldn't live in that room. I took the money and gave it to my mum. He got married last year and he has a son. I'm still here picking up the pieces of my life and trying to move forward but it is well. Soon, I'd complete school and I'm hoping to be posted to a good school. Life still has to be lived. Life happens. Take care of you first before another.

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Twice I've sent money to this girl to visit me and she didn't show up. The first time was in 2023. I met her here on Facebook. She was quite lovely and went by the name Ogadi Uka. I approached her and made clear to her that the reason why I texted her was because I liked her. After several months of flirting and late-night chatting, I requested that she visit me and she agreed. The problem was that she lived in Lagos, and I Aba. I agreed to fund her transport bills from Lagos to Aba and back. It summed up to 40K then. She was to stay with me for three days. The day she was supposed to come to my house, her number was suddenly not going. It was switched off. I texted her on Facebook, on WhatsApp, left voice notes and all for her and all were left unreplied to. Three days later, she called me and told me that she fainted that morning and her neighbours had to rush her to a nearby clinic where treatments were administered to her. She showed me a picture of her on a drip. I told her it was okay, that she should not bother coming anymore and should instead use that money to buy drugs. She thanked me profusely and called me a good man. I texted and called her throughout that week to know the state of her health, and even sent more money to her to buy fruits and juice. Five months later, I asked her to visit me again and she agreed. I sent her 50K for transport. That day, I waited and waited and waited but she didn't show up. Her line was inactive. Her Facebook account was suddenly deactivated. I was mād. I was flabbergastēd. I wanted to cry. Two days later, she called me and told me that she was sorry, that her mom dièd that morning so she couldn't come. She told me that she was still grieving, so I should understand. I told her that I thought she was an orphan. I even showed her a screenshot of our text where she mentioned she was an orphan. She told me Oh, Ah, that she wasn't talking about her real mother. That she was talking about her Aunty. That her Aunty was the one that diēd and she was like a mother to her because she trained her and her siblings. She told me that she couldn't visit me because she used the money I sent to her to sort out her mom's (Aunty's) mortuāry things. She said sorry and I accepted with an okay. Two months later—early this year—I asked her to visit me but told her that I had relocated to Abuja ooo. I showed her pictures of my new house, a very modern apartment with AC, a flat TV, huge couches, and a sleek interior. I even showed her the new car the company I run social media pages for gifted me, and she congratulated me. I asked her if she could come from Lagos to Abuja, and that if she couldn't, I'd understand. She said she can. But she told me she didn't have money for the bus fare, that ten kobo no dey her account. I sent her 20K for her bus fare. I told her I would give her money for the bus home on the day she would leave my place. That day, I kept calling her. She told me when she booked a bus, when she entered it, when they left the park, and when she reached Abuja, by 2 in the afternoon. Immediately she reached the park in Abuja, I called her and told her to take a bike to Gwarinpa and that once she reached there, she should give the bikeman the phone so I would give him directions to my house. After I ended the call with her, I switched off my phone. By the time I switched on my phone by 5 in the evening, streams of texts pinged into my Facebook. 46 messages I had received from her. I called her and as soon as she picked up, she started shouting at me. She said she was stranded on the road and had been calling me, that I knew she didn't have any money on her, not even her in her bank account, that she didn't like this, that I should quickly pick her up from the junction. I told me that I was sorry, and then I told her to flag down a bikeman so I would give him directions to my house. Immediately she hailed a bike and gave the man the phone, I asked the man to tell her to go home, that I didn't even know where Gwarinpa was in Abuja because I still live in Aba full full. I told him to tell her that however she manages to find her way home—that is if she finds her way home—I don't care. Then I switched off my phone again Follow me for more

38 TIPS FOR COOKING OKRO SOUP RECIPES ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Tip 1: The smaller you slice your okro, the slimmer it becomes. Tip 2: Don't cover your okro soup when cooking it, because it will make it watery and not draw well. Also after cooking your okro soup, allow it to cool down before covering it. Tip 3: Lots of onions can make an okro soup less viscous/slimy. Tip 4: Be careful not to overcook your okro vegetable or else, it might begins to turn brown and loses its crunchiness. Tip 5: To preserve your raw okro for up to 8 months, wash the okro, sliced them, wrap the sliced okro with aluminum foil, put it in the freezer and bring them out from the freezer the next day. Then remove and put the frozen okro in a Ziploc bag and place the Ziploc bag in the freezer, in order to store them for months. As long as they are frozen, they will still remain fresh and won't change their colour. Tip 6: Whenever you want to cook your okro soup with your sliced frozen okro, just put it in the soup as it is frozen, for it not to lose its freshness and crunchiness. Tip 7: Okro is a very fast perishable vegetable even before cooking it as soup or after you have cooked it as soup. Tip 8: Your okro can be blended, grated, chopped, sliced or pounded. Tip 9: You can cook your okro soup together with your ogbono. Tip 10: Always cook your okro soup on medium to low heat, in order not to kill the freshness of the okro. Tip 11: Fresh fish or iced fish is very good to cook your okro soup and you can also mix it with meat when cooking your okro soup. Tip 12: You can use fresh tomatoes to garnish your okro soup and it is only done on frying method. In case, you don't like the slimy texture of the soup, try adding fresh tomatoes, due to the acids it has. Tip 13: You can use any meat or fish of your choice to cook this delicious soup. Tip 14: The Shelled or removed shell periwinkles can be used in preparing frying method of okro soup while, the removed shell periwinkles can only be used in the cooking method. Tip 15: Okro soup that is fried, is always less thicker and less slimy than the one that is cooked. Tip 16: If you are frying your okro, make sure you chop it into big chunks. Tip 17: When buying okro, always look for smooth and tender green pods without brown spots or dried ends. Tip 18: You can store your okro in the fridge for up to 4 days before cooking them. Tip 19: You can cut/slice your okro according to your desired shapes and sizes. Tip 20: Your seafoods can be used to cook your okro soup. It is perfect for it. Tip 21: Avoid washing your okro until you are ready to use it. Tip 22: If the okro sliminess really bothers you, you can reduce it. Cooking or frying on high heat will reduce the sliminess of the okro, while cooking on low heat for prolong period will actually increase it. Tip 23: Okro soup is mostly cooked as a one time meal or for a day, because it goes spoil quickly. Tip 24: Okro can be cooked separately plain and served with stew. Tip 25: If you want to reduce the sliminess of the okro, consider chopping them instead. Tip 26: If you want your okro to over draw, pound it with mortal and pestle. Tip 27: You can cook your okro soup white, without adding palm oil. Tip 28: Amala goes better with okro and stew. Tip 29: Okro soup is commonly eaten with Eba or fufu. Tip 30: In Yoruba land, plain okro soup is mostly accompanied with buka stew. Tip 31: You can turn your raw okro into powdered form, by drying and grinding it into smooth powder. This powdered okro is mostly used by the Hausa people to cook miyan kubewa (dried okro soup). Tip 32: Okro soup can be cooked with any of the vegetable leaves such as pumpkin leaf, bitter leaf, uziza leaf, utazi leaf etc. Tip 33: Ogbono soup can be added to okro soup, to enhance the drawness of the soup. Tip 34: Okro soup is a versatile soup that goes with any protein of your choice. Tip 35: Okro soup is a versatile soup that goes with any swallow of your choice. Tip 36: Okro soup is a versatile soup that can be cooked with local spices such as African nutmeg, locust bean, uziza seeds, aridan fruit etc. Tip 37: Okro soup is the only soup that you can use meat and fresh iced fish together to cook it. Tip 38: Whenever you buy okro, and you don't want to cook it that same day, and you don't have fridge to store it, just leave it open in a bowl, so that air will touch it, don't leave it in the nylon you bought it. Bonus: Okro goes best with seafoods, local spices and uziza leaf. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Written by: Food Research Kitchen Credit Owners

HOW TO MAKE FISH ROLL Ingredients: (Fish roll dough) 1/3 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon yeast 3 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons butter Warm water Pinch of salt 3 cups flour (Fish roll filling) 1 fresh fish (titus) 2 medium size onion 1 teaspoon curry powder Fresh chilli pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder Vegetable oil for frying Salt to taste 2 teaspoon Chili powder 1 knorr cube Procedures: 1. Pour yeast and sugar into warm water and set aside. The yeast here helps to give it an inner fluffy texture without drying out. 2. Combine flour, baking powder, butter and salt in a bowl. Add yeast mixture to the flour mixture to form a flexible dough. Cover bowl to stand for 30 minutes 3. Place rinsed fish in an empty pot. Add pureed onion, salt to taste, curry, garlic and chilli powder. Add little water and leave to cook for 10 minutes. 3. Remove the fish from the stock and remove bones. Crush and mash-up the fish and set aside. 4. Heat 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pot and add the crushed fish. Add blended pepper, onion, and seasoning cube and stir fry the content for 5 minutes on low heat and set aside. 5. Divide dough into sizeable pieces of the ball, take one ball of dough and roll it out with a rolling pin. Add the fish filling and roll up. Seal the rolls with a fingertip dipped in water/flour mixture, and rub the rolls at the edges. 6. Fry until golden brown. 7. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper towel placed in a sieve.

EGG SOUP ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ RECIPE INFORMATION ▪️Recipe cuisine: Nigerian soup recipe ▪️Recipe course: Soup ▪️Recipe category: Egg recipe ▪️Served as: Side dish for swallow ▪️Cooking method: Frying and Simmering ▪️Main ingredients: Egg, Palm oil, Fish, Seasonings, Spices and Vegetables leaf ▪️Written by: Food Research Kitchen ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ DESCRIPTIONS 🥚Egg soup is an egg recipe that is prepared with egg as its main ingredient and eaten with any swallow of choice. 🥚Egg soup really looks like Egusi soup and little Egusi can also be used to prepare egg soup recipe. 🥚Egg soup is different from egg sauce and egg pepper soup. 🥚Egg soup can be cooked plain, without any protein or vegetable leaf added to it. 🥚Vegetable oil must not be used to cook this egg soup recipe, or else it will no more be called egg soup, but rather called egg sauce, especially if you are cooking it plain. 🥚Egg soup is a very delicious, colourful and healthy soup. 🥚Egg soup is cost effective and can be prepared within 10 minutes. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ INGREDIENTS NEEDED 🔸3 Raw Egg ( or number of choice ) 🔸Fish ( smoked or dried ) 🔸Palm oil ( 2 cooking spoons ) 🔸Onion ( 1 medium sized bulb ) 🔸Fresh pepper ( to taste ) 🔸Crayfish ( 1 tbsp ) 🔸Seasoning cubes ( to taste ) 🔸Salt ( to taste ) 🔸Stock or water ( little for texture ) 🔸Vegetable leaf ( of choice ) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ TOOLS NEEDED ▪️Knife ▪️Bowls ▪️Spoon ▪️Pot or pan ▪️Bowl plate ▪️Blender or mortal ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ THINGS TO NOTE ♦️We have lots of soup recipes and egg recipes to teach in our upcoming Christmas catering training program, which registration has just started. ♦️For more information, you can enter through the below WhatsApp group link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Fj4caSLHfMY8s27HhRQ2wK ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ PREPARATION BEFORE COOKING ▪️Break the eggs inside a bowl plate, add a pinch of salt and seasoning cube, whisk it and then set it aside. ▪️Slice your onion and set it aside. ▪️Blend your pepper and crayfish separately and set them aside. ▪️Wash and slice your vegetable leaf of choice, before setting it aside. ▪️Wash and remove the bones from the fish, then shred the fish and set it aside. Note: You can steam the fish if you wish or use it like that to cook the egg soup. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ PROCEDURE FOR COOKING THE EGG SOUP Step 1: Pour your palm oil in an empty pot and heat it up until it is hot. Step 2: Add in your sliced onions and fry for 3 minutes or until the onion becomes translucent. Step 3: Add in the ground fresh pepper and allow to fry for 2 minutes on low heat. Step 4: Then add in the whisked egg and stir continuously for 3 minutes on low heat. Note: Make sure you stir continuously to avoid the egg from burning. Note: Fry the egg until it looks like Egusi. Step 5: Add in the ground crayfish and stir, to avoid burning. Step 6: Then add in the shredded fish and stock or water, and allow it to cook for 2 minutes on low heat. Note: You can add little stock or water, if the egg soup is too thick. Step 7: Finally, add in your vegetable leaf of choice and allow to cook for 1 minutes. Note: You can use ugwu leaf, uziza leaf or bitter leaf to cook your egg soup recipe. Note: Your vegetable leaf must be added little. Note: You can cook this egg soup without any vegetable leaf. Step 8: Taste for salt and seasonings and adjust, if necessary. Step 9: Turn off the heat and your mouthwatering egg soup is ready to be served with any swallow of choice. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Recipe written by: Food Research Kitchen

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