Billionaire's Daughter

Whats for dinner ep. 3 - Snails and Porridge

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Okay a couple nights after peering at my fridge for a full minute, I decided to go get something to cook from the grocery store....And I bought snails. Luv snails, really do, I just don't have the patience to clean snails. Way too much effort. Well I boiled the snails with tomatoes, pepper salt, garlic and onions...

Okay for the second part of dinner. I made an experimental version of plantain porridge. Instead of cooking with a mix of ripe and unripe plantains, I stuck to just ripe plantains. I boiled them with tomatoes, brocolli, celery, red onoins, habenero, palmoil and crayfish. Let just say AWESOME!!!! lol. Turned out pretty good.

What's Wrong with this?

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DIY Flower in milk jug

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I woke up one morning and decided my room needed some sprucing up. So here is a really quick project I decided to do; it took about ten minutes. Enjoy!

Take the flower heads from original stalk

replace with stem of appropriate size

Milk jug used

Almost finished....a little rearrangement and ....

Viola!

All Flavors Sparkle

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I have been wanting to post these for a while now. I have been so busy. Well here are some of the earring I have made in the past few months. Of course you can view more pieces at ayaya jewelry, and as always feedback is much appreciated. Enjoy!

DIY Living room shell centerpiece

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Well when I moved to my new apartment last year, and I decided I was going try something new. A beach theme in my living room! Well this is what the center piece looks like.

For the base, I used a cork board frame with white borders. Then I placed silk cloth on the frame . After that I randomly arranged sea shells, on the cloth and in the glasses.

(Daylight pic)

Are you Listening?

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So I want to make sure Everyone knows about Abadie Radio! It would be simply selfish to keep all that awesome African music to myself. Make sure you stop by and check it out.

Whats for Dinner: Curried Lamb and blueberry mashed potatoes

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So I bought the lamb chops over the weekend and it had been sitting in my fridge. So last night I decided to bake it. Now what side? Brown potatoes? Pretty boring... what could I add to the brown potatoes to make it a little more exciting. Aha! Blueberries! Yum... Why Blueberries?

Okay quick rewind. Earlier in the day I was reading a health article and it said something about blueberries working to stop fat from being stored in the midsection. yep that got my attention alright. On a more informative note, blueberry is an antioxidant that attacks polyohenols, and helps to reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

The reason behind the decrease in belly fat is a type of polyphenol called anthocyanins that are believed to change the way fat is stored.

Okay back to the food. So I cut the lamb chops into smaller pieces to allow absorption of the spices. spices (black pepper, curry, habenero peppers, salt); rubbed it all in. Of course I preheat the oven to 375 and covered the pan. When the lamb was halfway done I turned over the pieces and left the pan open to brown.

As for the potatoes, I cubed it and sprinkled salt and pepper and baked it for a few minutes. Halfway through I added the blueberries and brocolli stir stir stir, cook some more and then voila!