CbB: Easy Peasy Chili and Sausage Omelette

Yes!

It really is an easy breakfast to be served in bed! Even if you have to make the breakfast yourself and jump back into bed to enjoy it, it still counts as breakfast in bed. No?

Chilli and Sausage Omelette served with Fried Yam, Plantain and hot sauce

The making....

Ingredients

Green chili

Yellow and Red Habaneros

Beef Sausage

Eggs

Onions

Salt

Garlic

Italian seasoning(a mix of dried herbs)

Cooking butter

To show how easy peasy this really is, it has just 4 steps!!!
1. Chop peppers, onions and sausage and sprinkle a pinch of garlic, Italian seasoning and salt
2. Heat a table spoon of cooking butter in your non-stick frying pan and throw in the spiced mix in step 1 and allow to sweat on low heat (I like my peppers and onions very much alive)
3. Increase the heat, beat your eggs and salt, pour into the frying pan, making sure it covers the base so no ingredient is left out
4. After about 2-3mins, flip over and fry the other side for about the same time.

And voila!!!!

Your omelette is good to go! You can enjoy with toast, noodles, chips or just as i did with fried yam and plantain.

Don't forget to jump back into bed to enjoy......... :D

CbB: Fresh Fish Ofe Nsala

This is coming in late but at least not never!!

I had a private Independence Day Celebration!! Yippeee!!! For those of you who couldn't find anything worth celebrating, good for you!!! For me, I celebrated the fact that I still have a nationality (yes!! things could have gotten so bad in the country that u wake u one day and find that someone stole your nationality and sold it. How can!!?? YES IT CAN).

*sigh of relief*

Having said that, I decided that since we were celebrating, something special and traditional must be cooked! What better way is there to celebrate a culturally rich country?

  

Pounded yam and Ofe Nsala with fresh fish

This meal is special as it is not one I would make on a normal day because of the pounded yam component.  I am not a pounded yam lover, not even a 'liker'. It's one of those dishes I cook to make loved ones happy :) . I could opt to eat ofe nsala with wheat or unripe plantain but somehow, pounded yam just makes it complete. 

This meal is traditional because it is purely a Nigerian dish eaten mostly by 'Ndi Igbo'. I know other tribes have their own variation of this soup and have different names for it but this is 'Ofe Nsala' as my people know it.   

The Ingredients

1 whole catfish

1 dried fish 

Yellow pepper

Onions

Ground Crayfish

Fresh Uziza leaf

Fresh Utazi leaf

Uda seed

Uziza seed

Ehuru 

Seasoning cube

Salt

I started by preparing all my ingredients because cat fish usually cooks in very few minutes then starts to break up and fall apart.
1. I washed my catfish with hot water and salt. I can't stand the slimy skin!
2. I washed and cut my uziza and utazi leaves (I used about 5 uziza leaves and 2 utazi leaves). I always put them separately in a bowl because while the uziza leaf has a strong aroma and is a bit hot, the utazi leaf is quite bitter and if used more than necessary can cause a disaster.
3. I gathered my seeds (uda, uziza and ehuru) and ground them dry till very smooth. Some may prefer to just buy peppersoup mix from the market and use but I like to grind my ingredients myself so I know what exactly is in it and the quantities. For me, I like more of uziza seed, a little less of uda seed and very little ehuru.
4. I washed my dried fish with warm water and salt and removed all the tiny bones. I leave the bigger bones because I can easily remove them when the meal is ready and after they have added their flavor to the soup.
5. I ground my yellow pepper with one small red onion. Whenever I make traditional dishes I prefer to use the yellow pepper that we call "Ose Nsukka" because it has a very unique aroma and flavor (I also use if for noodles and fried eggs and the difference is clear).

The making

1. I put my pot with about 3 cups of water on the fire
2. I put in my ground pepper, ground spices, crayfish, seasoning cube and dried fish and allowed it to boil.
3. I put the catfish into the broth and allowed it to boil for about 5-7 mins (at this time the catfish was cooked)
4. At this stage, I could have used my pounded yam to thicken the soup but I used yam flour instead because 1. I had just enough pounded yam for the two portions I needed and couldn't spare any, 2. Catfish cooks so fast that the time needed for the yam to thicken the broth will overcook the fish. However, if you prefer to use pounded yam, simply take out the fish when it is cooked in step 3 and put in small lumps of pounded yam to thicken the broth and return the fish before step 5. But if you choose to use yam flour, I simply mixed about 3 table spoons with very little water and added it in small portions at intervals.
5. After thickening, I tasted the soup and adjusted spices as desired, sprinkled the uziza leaf and utazi leaf (put in a little, stir and taste till u start getting the slightly bitter taste of the utazi leaf), stirred and allowed to simmer for 1 minute.
6. And Voila!!! Ofe nsala is ready!!

Thanks to my group friends on "so you think you can cook" I had already 'pounded' my yam with the aid of my food processor!!!

And that is how I celebrated Nigeria @ 53!!!

Ridiculous Household Items!!!

Please pretend I haven't been MIA for over 2 months!!

Now, I am one person that's all for speed!!! I really like getting things done quickly and I have never said no to time and energy saving devices.

However...... IMO, these are some ridiculous items that (hopefully) no one should be needing talk more of purchasing.

So I ll implore that we draw the proverbial line right here!!! The future of generations unborn are at stake (don't ask how)!!

1. USB powered fridge: At what point do you decide that since there is no light and you are in dire need of a cold drink, you might use your laptop to charge your mobile fridge for a cool drink or a cup of water? Just look at it.... it even looks like a joke!!

2. Egg Cracker: If you ask me (and I'm not saying that you must), the energy and time that will be expended in looking for the egg cracker, gently placing the egg in it so it doesn't crack before the cracker can do it's job, squeezing the cracker, washing and drying it for your next use, is far more than what it takes to simply use the head of a spoon or fork to crack the damn thing!!!! Definitely not convenient.....

3. Never-get-soggy cereal bowl: Anyone who gets really irritated by soggy cereal so much so that you see the need to buy this bowl might as well toss the cereal from the pack into the bowl of milk one at a time!! hehehehe!!!

4. Egg boiler without electricity: I dunno if this was made because of the light situation in Nigeria so I ll try to be fair to those who really really must have boiled eggs when there is no light and cant be bothered to use the gas. Or maybe it's for those who live in countries where electricity bills are a nightmare so you just might want to buy this to save you a few bucks. Please go on and buy it......don't let me distract you.

5. Self-stirring Mug: *Phew* Too tired to stir your own cup of tea? Just get a self-stirring mug and if you are also too tired to hold the cup up to your lips, just get a crane to lift it. Life is Good!

6. Toothpaste Dispenser: Just to be fair, some toothpaste tubes are a hard nut to crack these days........


If you find yourself at any point in time faced with the decision to buy or not to buy any of these items, let me help you out......................please go ahead and buy.......................some one did invest time, energy and other hard-to-come-by resources into making them with the intention that someONE (like you) will be needing them, not to mention, it is after all some ones brain child!!!

C'est la vie!

CbB: Fresh Okro Soup

Say hello to my freshest Okro soup!!

Tasty.

Quick.

Healthy.

The three words that best describe it.

Fresh okro soup with ugu and uziza leaves serves with wheat flour

People say they eat okro soup with boiled yam, roasted plantain etc and I have always shivered at the thought!!! The mental picture I have of okro soup is the 'saucey', 'drawy' 'tasty' okro-cum-ugu-littered soup my mum made and which I also learnt to make perfectly and enjoy.

One blessed day, I was so sure I had ogbono in the freezer somewhere and just bought other ingredients to make okro soup. Lo! and behold, there was no ogbono anywhere in the house (I coulda sworn someone stole the darn thing!!). I was determined in my heart to make that soup (besides I had made promises I intended to keep) so I made my first ever okro soup without ogbono. As an 'igbo ghel' brought up in the 'igbo ways'- cooking okro soup with ogbono, I was certain it would be disaster all the way but at the end of that success story, I was never going back!

Fast forward few weeks later, I took the bold step again and made my fresh, crunchy okro soup!

Ingredients

Okro

Ugu leaf

Uziza leaf

Fresh pepper (ground)

Onions

Beef

Smoked fish

Crayfish

Knor cubes

Salt

Palm oil

• Cut up my beef into bite size (I prefer having little piece of meat at intervals while enjoying the meal) and cooked it with knor cubes, onions and pepper until very tender. (pressure cooker did the job in 10 minutes) 
• At this point there was a little stock still left in the pressure cooker, so I turned everything into my soup pot and continued cooking as I wanted the water to dry up. 
• When all the water had dried up, I put a little palm oil into the pot that had the meat in it and added more of the fresh pepper and smoked fish (cleaned and rinsed). Basically, the meat and fish were frying with the pepper for like 5 mins. 
• Added crayfish and stirred before adding the okro and mixing thoroughly with the sauce. 
• Added crayfish, salt and pepper to taste and the ugu and uziza leaf. 
• Reduced the heat and covered the pot for a minute before turning off the heat. 

The end result was a fresh, crunchy and tasty okro soup that I could imagine eating with yam, roasted plantain,.....errr......even pasta sef.....#okbye!

CbB: Goulash Chilli Corne Carne

Hungary meets Mexico in my infamous mixed-breed creation.

I have tried out the Mexican Chilli Corn Carne and the Hungarian Beef Goulash and totally loved both sauces. Out of curiosity, I decided to try juxtaposing the two to see how good it gets.

What I love the most about the Goulash is the soft, moist, sauce-soaked, juicy pieces of meat that simply melts away in your mouth without the help of your teeth (hehehehehe) and the richness 'paparika' brings to the  table (or pot as the case may be). So I stole these from the Goulash and gave the Chilli Corn Carne.

Goulash Chilli Corne Carne sauce served with plain boiled rice and duo veggie stir fry

I know it's a mouthful to say but it's equally a mouthful to eat so that's fine. *cheeky grin*

Ingredients 

Beef/Pork/Lamb

Minced meat

Onions 

Flour 

Black Pepper

Oil

Salt

Knor cubes

Tomatoes (4 medium sized)

Peppers (Chilli, Scotch Bonnet, Jalapenos, Tatashe)

Ground paparika

Kidney Beans

Stock

Garlic

Cumin

Corriander

Dried Rosemary

Scent leaves (optional)

• I started out by washing my beef and cutting into bite size. 
• I mixed flour, salt and black pepper in a bowl and tossed the beef in the mix and set aside. 
• I ground all my peppers and little tomato roughly, poured it in a pot and cooked it till most of the water had dried up. 
• I put the sauce pot on the fire with some oil and when it was hot, i fried the meat with high heat till it was browned (not necessarily cooked) then I added the minced meat and continued frying till they browned. 
• I added chopped onions, garlic and my dried pepper mix and continued stirring. 
• I poured in my stock (I normally try to save stock from other meals for occasions as this) and spiced the sauce with cumin, corriander, paparika(extra extra as in goulash), dried rosemary and allowed the sauce to boil. 
• Once it started boiling I lowered the heat, covered the pot and let it simmer gently for about an hour. (this is the process in goulash that allows the meat to literally cook to pieces). 
• I took off the lid after an hour, stirred and tasted, then added my kidney beans and a dash of extra pepper and knor (only cos it was necessary) and left it for another 15 mins. 
• When the 15mins was up, I tossed in the scent leaf, stirred and turned off the heat. 

This is just about how I did it!!

I need not say it was fantastico!!...... fabuloso!!

CbB: Beans Fiesta à la carte

This isn't easy for me considering that the comments I got ranged from "wth" to "eeewwww" but I must say that I got a few "woooowww" from those I told about this. From those who actually ate it, all I got was "mmmm.....nice!" and "definitely better that the original pancake". So my summary is that I must have done something right!! The taste of the pudding is after all in the eating. Let me share with you and so you can be the judge. 

I told my story to some good people at www.wivestownhallconnection.com of how my 'akara fiesta' turned into a disaster ( I can't bare to repeat it) and how I came out shinning brighter than a diamond. This is it ---->

Beans Fiesta and Yoghurt

I used my ground beans from a failed mission to make a pancake!! Magic innit?!!

I got to enjoy this beans pancake with fresh yogurt and a slice of lemon for breakfast.

Behind the scene

Ingredients

Beans

Egg

Magarine

Baking Powder

Sugar

Milk

Groundnuts

This is how it happened:

After washing, skinning and grinding my beans into a smooth and thick paste, I poured it into my mixing bowl. 

In a separate bowl, I mixed my eggs with milk, sugar and baking powder. I used liquid milk so I didn't need to add water to get my desired consistency also the beans was ground with a little water. 

I poured this mixture into the beans paste and mixed thoroughly. 

I crushed some groundnuts by wrapping some in a kitchen towel and beating gently with my rolling pin. I sprinkled the crushed nuts into my batter and mixed some more. 

I put my pan on the fire and added some butter into it and reduced the heat. I gently added spoonfuls of my mixture into the hot oil still on medium-low heat. I waited till the top part (which I could see) had almost completely solidified before flipping over. 

With both sides browned to taste, I removed them from the pan and put on a kitchen towel to drain some oil. I repeated this for the rest of my batter. 

Now, I know that I love beans (like it's on my top 3 favorite foods) in whatever form it is made, but this did not cloud my judgement. I can confidently eat these pancakes without worries! #winning

Don't just be the judge by thinking about it, judge it by actually trying it out for yourself. Let me know how it goes.

Short Rant: Unpaid Work

Why are men not at least a little bit more in a hurry to get married than ladies? Ok to be a bit more realistic, at least as much in a hurry as ladies! 

See this:

“Marriage or a defacto relationship increases, not decreases, a woman’s amount of unpaid work (u would think that it would decrease it right, I mean logically it should). Compared with women who live alone, a woman in a relationship doubles the time she spends on preparing food and on laundry work. On the other hand, a man in a relationship reduces his unpaid work by a quarter”- Derek Llewellyn-Jones, 1998.

Haaaaaaaaaa!!!! So who really benefits from marriage? Men, I should think!! But no, they say it’s women who want to get married as soon as possible. Are we that eager for more unpaid work (i.e“work no pay”)?? I guess we are a very very, I insist, very charitable specie, what with the going around asking for more work for no pay (or is there pay?). 

It's time to turn the tables! 

A guy has no reason to refuse a proposal which goes:

(insert whatever special name you favor), I love you with all my heart, I want you to be the father of my proposed children and I want to change my last name and leave my family and cleave to you and your family. It’s possible you are not ready to settle down now but let me propose this to you, I am willing and able and ready to take a WHOLE quarter off your unpaid work (dishes, laundry, house cleaning (which you weren’t doing before tho), shopping, cooking) to give you more time to just chill (mind you, it is ‘oyibo’ people that have said it is a quarter so I am certain for the average African man it is at least four-fifth).  

What sane guy wouldn’t say yes to that?! So ladies can go ahead and propose this and unlike the situation with when a guy proposes, the rate of positive responses would be a whopping high of 91.68% (the remaining 8.32% are not yet born).

I am thinking men should start being much more grateful that we want to take over their unpaid work for free!!! It's time!

Disclaimer: The content of this post is not the real life view/position of Bella. Derek there just gave me food for thought……and rant. hehehehe!! 

What happened on May day....II

After I finished enjoying my 'delish' breakfast (see here), I set things in motion for an even 'delish-er' dinner. It was May day after all and comes only once a year (so does every other day, but still....), so who says I cant make a party out of it?

I had my first beef goulash at a Hilton hotel and it was totally amazing (as compared to nothing because I had no idea what it was supposed to taste like, I just knew it was good!), kudos to the Chef!! I was sold on the spot! I decided to try it out at home but it didn't taste like the goulash I fell for :( I was sure something had gone wrong with the recipe. I was too determined to miss out on this, so I kept going till I found the perfect recipe to work with! *hi-five for me* 

What better day to try it out than on a day caution had gone with the wind......

Coconut Rice and Hungarian Goulash

Hehehehehehe!! You can (and should) bet it tasted REAL GOOD!! 

Behind the scene

Ingredients

Pork (cut into bite sizes)

Onions (generous portion)

Green and Red Bell peppers (chopped)

Green and Red Chilli peppers (chopped)

Fresh tomatoes (diced)

Paparika

Red wine vinegar

Meat stock (optional)

Flour 

Black pepper

Garlic

Ginger

Thyme

Sesame seed oil

Soya oil

Salt

Curry leaves

Rice

Coconut

Pork Goulash

I cut my pork into not-so small pieces and marinated in onion, ginger, black pepper, salt and garlic for a few hours till I was ready to cook (generally not necessary, just did so out of habit). 

I sprinkled flour (enough to  cover the pork) and black pepper (forgive me, I love black pepper) on the pork. 

I poured sesame seed and soya oil in a  non-stick pot (just enough to cover the base and some) and put on high heat. I added the pork allowed it to brown (u can brown in batches when using large quantity of meat), not necessarily cooked through, just well browned on all sides the removed it from the oil and set aside. 

I added more oil to the pot and stir fried the onions, chopped garlic, chopped  bell and chilli peppers for about 3 minutes. 

I added the fresh tomatoes (I like to do without puree, but u can also add this) and red wine vinegar and stirred for about 2 minutes, then put the pork back into the pot with paparika, more black pepper, thyme and meat stock (this may be salty so just add salt if necessary to taste). 

The broth should cover the meat properly (or add water till it does), I covered the pot and allowed to boil. Then I reduced the heat and simmered for 1 hour (or 90 minutes till the meat becomes so soft and parts easily) stirring occasionally so it won't burn. 

When it was ready, I turned off the heat and sprinkled my chopped curry leaves. 

Note: If you prefer a thicker consistency after the meat is softened, you can thicken with a little flour.

Coconut Rice

I put hot water into a pot and let it boil, after which I added my rice and left it to boil for 10 minutes. 

I grated my coconut and rinsed out the milk and oil with hot water using a sieve (after I had removed 2 table spoons of the grated coconut). 

After the 10 minutes, I poured out the water in the rice and poured the coconut milk into the rice, just enough to cover it then left it on low heat to soften the rice while soaking up the coconut milk. 

When the water dried up and the rice softened, I sprinkled the 2 spoons of grated coconut I saved earlier on it and turned off the heat.

Voila!!! CbB Coconut rice and Pork Goulash was born! 

There are so many goulash recipes out there but the key is to find the one that suits your taste. The first goulash I made had sour cream and that didn't work well but this recipe is just right for me!! 

CbB: Yam Vegetable

In the spirit of healthy eating, this is one of my many favorites. I know people argue constantly about whether yam is healthy or not and i definitely dunno the winning side. However, I choose to stand with those who say yam is healthy but should be eaten in moderation, at least till one party wins the argument. 

Yam Vegetable as i choose to call it (cos i know many people have different names for it) or 'Ji agwo ro agwo' as my people call it has many variants and you can choose to add or remove ingredients as you please. However, this is the version I favor the most: 

Boiled yam with Spinach, Ukpaka and Roasted fish

I know most Ibo families eat this dish and most likely other tribes. We sure did eat this a lot at home and we still do. Some people prefer plantain (ripe or unripe) so can choose to replace the yam or use both yam and plantain. This is also a pretty easy dish to prepare and isn't time consuming. 

Behind the scene.....

Ingredients: 

Boiled yam cubes or plantain (ripe or unripe) 

Pepper

Crayfish

Onions

Smoked fish

Spinach leaves (washed and cut)

Uziza leaves (some may call it hot leaves)

Maggi/Salt

Ukpaka/Ugba (I hear this is made from oil bean seed)

I also love to use akidi (i really don't know any other name for it) but I haven't seen this anywhere in Abuja

I put a little palm oil in my frying pan and allowed it to heat up and smoke for a bit.

Added onions, smoked fish (as i like the fish to soak up the sauce) and ukpaka/ugba and stir fried it for a few minutes, then added the pepper, crayfish and maggi. I added the pepper at this point cos i had cut it up. If the pepper is blended and has water in it, it might be better to add it at the same time with the ukpaka and onions so the water dries up. 

I added the boiled yam into the sauce and mixed properly (I always remove the fish before mixing so it doesn't break up into tiny pieces). 

After mixing properly, I added the spinach and ukpaka leaves (taste for salt, pepper or crayfish) returned the fish and left it to simmer on low heat for a few minutes. 

Food was ready!! 

Some people love to see 'bits n pieces' of shaki, pomo and others in their meals so this would also be pre-cooked and cut into bite size and put in alongside the smoked fish.

If you do try this, I'd like to know how it went. If you have a different recipe, do share!  

What happened on May day....I

Without a bit of shame, I decided to go the whole nine yards, throwing all caution to the wind, and spoil 'me and mine' on May day. It's not like I am on any (strict) diet but this year I decided (like every other year) to pay more attention to what I eat (at least this isn't too stringent......hehehehe! Lots of room for 'movement').

For breakfast, this is what I came up with:

CbB Egg and Sausage sandwich with vanilla flavored yogurt

Not behd ehn......

I had a lovely time enjoying this while watching a movie.........what else are holidays for??!!

Behind the scene........

Behind the scene:

Eight (not so thin) slices of Next's Royal Family bread 

(No! I wouldn't admit to queuing for 33 mins the day before to buy this bread)

Three Eggs

Four Sausages

Flour

Butter

Black pepper

Green and Red peppers

Salt

I tossed my sausages (after defrosting) in a mix of flour, black pepper and salt and fried them with a little butter on low heat.

Then I fried my eggs with the green and red peppers, salt and a little black pepper. ( I don't like onions in my egg so I usually do without but for those who do, please help yourself). I also do not like the sight of raw eggs on bread so I always fry them before putting it on the bread and into the sandwich maker. 

I piled my egg and sausage on the bread (sandwich style) and placed them in the sandwich maker to "sandwich and brown" (seeing as everything was already pre-cooked :-P). 

This was ready in barely 3 minutes. And I had a nicely browned sandwich, good to go!!

Enjoy with any beverage of choice!!  

Lemme know your idea of "the perfect sandwich"......

CbB in the making........(1)

As much as I love to travel and truly enjoy working hard, I have missed my kitchen badly! Away for 6 weeks between February and March and again 2 weeks in April, I am surely glad to be back to base! In between this time, I catered for a mini-party on 25^th February, 2013. Yippeeeee! So I definitely got to have some fun in-between all that travel. It was more of a dinner party for 20 guests (on a Monday evening!!!).

Based on discussions with the host as regards the kind of guests being invited and their ‘average taste’ we came up with a menu.

I’ll let the pictures tell the story……

Asun, Peruvian Rice, Curried chicken and Pepper Sauce

It's a first please be fair!!!!! 

Needless to say, it was a success by all means! And so the birthing process for 'Catered by Bella' begins.......

Watch this space! 

Excuses! Excuses!! Excuse me!!!

*belated post* 

So in the spirit of my state of boredom at Kini Country Guest Inn, I decided to try and connect to the internet for the millionth time and what do you know, it worked!!! I gladly began my frequent rounds of blog reading, enjoying this favorite past time. As I got to 'bellanaija' I quickly skipped to the relationship section (actually that’s the only section on 'bellanaija' that interests me, and Chef Fregz corner too) where I unfortunately stumbled on yet another story (the third in this month of love if I might add) where some young Nigerian lady dating an older guy wants everyone to feel bad for supposedly looking down on them.

You can catch up here: http://www.bellanaija.com/2013/02/19/bn-prose-my-boyfriend-i-by-arit-okpo/

Hmm!!

The first one I saw was on ‘the naked convos’ I decided to ignore and mind my business. The second time I simply shook my head and moved on again but this time, just this time, I have been pushed over the edge and forced to speak. LOL

On a serious note, I ll like us to consider these:

1.     I rarely see people who are happy and confident about what they are doing go around shouting “see me, I am confident” yet we see them. If you have to sing it, then you are suspect. Stop trying to rationalize. If you have to justify your actions, then something definitely smells 'fishy'!

2.     What you get in a relationship that makes your world go round may not be what I need in my relationship to make my world go round. And I refer to this section:

"One day, I went to do my hair and i was delayed. I rushed home thinking he would be upset at me; i walked in to see that he was putting a meal together; he said he knew that i would be tired. i was stunned! Would your boyfriend do that? Does he rub your back when you have cramps and take time to feed you chicken soup? Does he take the time to teach you the difference between a normal fork and a dessert fork? Does your boyfriend even know that there is a difference? Does he advise you on how to invest your money? Has your boyfriend ever traveled to your village to learn about your history?"

(I don't know why a boyfriend from the same village as I needs to go to my village to learn my history) I am not even sure people consider that in their criteria.That he rubs your back and feeds you chicken soup may mean nada to someone else. Different strokes for different folks. Other people may not care about all that stuff, other people may just want simpler things in life and be content with the guy that gives her just that, black, white, old or young. 

I don’t have a problem with young girls dating older men, black girl dating white boy, young black chics dating old and close to their grave white men, (forgive my political incorrect words, I am Nigerian) but please drop the lame excuses, not sll Nigerian men are bums. Sure you have been in and heard of really shitty relationships but I hope you do realized that there are at least 60 million young men in Nigeria.

In summary

1.     1   If you are an aristo, keep it up.

2.     2   If you are not an aristo but just dating an older guy, still keep it up.

3.     3  But if you are one who feels shitty enough about the guy you are with to write a sermon defending the relationship, trying to get us to see reasons with you and in the process convince us that others are not getting or can’t get what have and therefore are jealous then, you need to STOP.

Please feel free to date whoever you need/want to, it's your life after all. Did I mention that after reading all the comments and ROTFLMAO I felt much better and continued my blog hopping? (^_^)……… c’est la vie!

Bellasapiosexual.........no??

Now What? 

So a friend of mine claims that he is sapiosexual!!! And I say, 'wash joo!' to that. 

Before I pretend I have always known or heard this word, I must confess that seeing the word for the first time today sent me running to the very famous 'Google' for help, and this is what I found ---> 

Sapiosexual: A behavior of becoming attracted to or aroused by intelligence and its use or a person who is sexually attracted to intelligent people

Errrr…….. My point is that I am not too sure I believe a guy can be simply sapiosexual, based on this definition, as guyz are first and foremost, ‘visual beings’. Before your intelligence shines out to them, your looks must first attract them. I don’t think a guy would be attracted to an unattractive but intelligent lady. Therefore the word shouldn’t be  used by guyz! 

Me thinks we need a word that incorporates beauty and intelligence.

Fixer that I am *solemn face* I'm here to rescue the situation. 

Here is my suggestion: since ‘sapio’ is of Italian origin meaning or relating to wise or sensible (latin origin from sapien also means wise) , and ‘bella’ is used to describe a beautiful lady, I’d say something like ‘bellasapiosexual'. So we can now have

Bellasapiosexual: A behavior of becoming attracted to or aroused by a fine blend of beauty and intelligence or a person who is sexually attracted to intelligent-cum-beautiful people.

*dusts hands*

Yeah! It’s a mouthful but definitely more appropriate. (and it has bella in it!! :p) Maybe, just maybe someday in the future this word will be accepted and adopted by many and find itself in the urban dictionary and I will be credited for this spell of wisdom. But till then.......

Hasta la vista!!!  

Why not?......Yes(iCan)!

According to Rev. James Martin S.J (a catholic priest and author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) everything), there are seven things one ought to say frequently (why not):

Thank you...................................
  I love you................................
    Thank you, God.....................
      I'm so happy for you!...........
        Forgive me...................
          Why not?.................
             Yes (iCan)...........

I can proudly say I v been doing well with the first five but not so good with my 'why not' and 'yes(iCan)'. So from now (note that 'now' is no exact time), i choose to say 'Why not?' and 'Yes(iCan)!'.

So I ll bring you anything....Catered by Bella.... 

By definition, 'catered' is to provide with what is needed or required. So I ll simply be catering for whatever is needed or required-food n others. 

Disclaimer: I swear that this is not only about food! no? *sighs deeply* I ll try to make it not just about food but pretty much every and any thing Catered by Bella.