Lasagne

Hey folks! Back with another recipe

I shall be sharing my lasagne recipe today. It is so easy to make. Sidetrack: I find it funny how some nigerians pronounce Lasagne (pronounced as LAH- ZAHN-YUH). I have heard LA-SAG and LA-SA-GENE lol.

Ingredients
Garlic, Onions, Oil, Mince meat, Barilla Lasagne, salt, black pepper, white pepper, white cheddar cheese, Gino tinned tomato paste, flour, powdered milk, nutmeg, butter and maggi.

 What your lasagne should look like (without the burnt bits of course)

METHOD
1) Put a large pot of salted water (1 small Tbsp salt + oil) on the stovetop on high heat. It can take a while for a large pot of water to come to a boil (this will be your sheets water), so prepare the sauce in the next steps while the water is heating.
2) Chop the onions and garlic. In a large skillet, heat a half/ 1 tablespoon of oil under medium heat. Add the mince meat and stir until it is brown on all sides.
3) Add the tomato paste and a small amount of water then stir. Add salt, pepper and seasoning (adjust amounts to taste).
You can decide to go crazy on this step by adding vegetables- carrots, sweet corn etc.

Bring the sauce to a simmer and lower the heat to maintain a low simmer.  Cook for 15-45 minutes, stirring often. Scrape the bottom of the pot every so often so nothing sticks to the bottom and scorches.
Remove from heat.

4)By now the salted water you started heating in step one should be boiling. Add the dry lasagna sheets and cook them per package directions (al dente). (Note sheets may be cooked in advance) Stir often to prevent from sticking. Make sure that water is still boiling during the entire cooking to prevent sheets from sticking.

5) Grate the cheese and leave in a bowl

6) Final method. This is the hardest part and I would advice that you always do this LAST. 

Add 2 tbsp of flour+ 3tbsp of milk + a bit of water and heat. Mix then add salt, nutmeg, white pepper and butter. Mix, Mix, Mix for 5 mins. This is the white sauce. Try to avoid lumps.

In your baking dish, arrange the lasagne sheets on the bottom of the dish and cover with some of the sauce. Repeat this until all the sheets have been used and mince sauce is finished. BUT make sure you finish with the lasagne sheets. Spread the white sauce on the final layer of the sheets then sprinkle the grated cheese.

Bake at medium heat for 30-45 mins. Thank me later xxx

Hair Talk

Hi! I just realized I have never done a hair post. This is about to be corrected

When I was younger, I had really long luscious hair, mid-back length. However when I traveled to the UK for educational reasons, it all went downhill.When I moved back home (still not final), my hair was struggling to stay at arm pit length. I was introduced to nigerian hair bloggers that had waist length and my healthy hair journey began! It was a no brainer tbh. Also I like to know that if weaves, braids and wigs do not exist/ magically disappear, I can confidently leave my house with my natural hair. This is actually very serious. When I see some women at the salon without their wigs *shudder*

I was considering a 'big chop' to go natural but due to my texture problems, lack of guts & patience, the plan could not happen. I started following hair bloggers especially Lade of rehairducation because she has relaxed hair and I have noticed A LOT of improvement- growth and volume wise. I started my hair journey properly on the 1st of september 2014.

                BSBL stands for Below shoulder blade length

My hair is currently between arm pit length and bra strap length and is growing everyday. My goal for 2014 is bra strap length and I definitely see this happening ( will share pictures at the end of the year).

Summary of the changes to my hair regime:
1) On a particular wash day, I used both sulfate and sulfate free shampoos and I discovered the sulfate shampoo made my hair hard and dry. So I chucked out my sulfate shampoos.I also co wash weekly now.

2) Deep condition with protein and moisture conditioners every 2 weeks. This gives my hair a nice balance. But I deep condition with protein only a week before relaxer day.

3) Stretching out my relaxer. My last stretch was 15 weeks (I was so proud).I have decided to relax my hair 3 times a year now. This was one of my drastic changes. Before I knew better, I relaxed my hair every 2 months. I know, so tragic. I blame the british weather.

4) Less heat. On wash and co washing days, I air dry my hair. Hair feels so soft and full afterwards, love it! I use hair dryers with a low heat setting once a month.

5) No more weaves. I found that with weaves I constantly straightened my leave out which was destroying my front hair and hair line. Hair under the weave was not getting the TLC it required.

Now I love braids. With my braids I can wash, co wash and moisturize easily. My hair growth is great when I have braids in.

6) Moisturize and seal daily & nightly. I use both moisture and protein leave-ins & oils mixture- olive oil, castor, tea tree, rosemary & coconut oil. Shea butter and aloe vera gel from the actual plant are great as well.

With all these changes, I expect to have waist length hair soon. If you have not started the hair journey, what are you waiting for? xx

'Me thinks you talk too much'

Hey folks! So Buki thinks I talk too much on this blog, she said I should put more pictures up. Please let me know if you agree with her. To be quite frank, I dislike taking pictures and I find posing for pictures awkward.....Yes to candid photos and selfies! But I am willing to indulge people that prefer visuals.

I went to the ELOY awards ( Exquisite Ladies of the Year awards) on Sunday evening (Thanks to Kemi for the tickets). I wore a black jumpsuit and a pearls necklace. I had an Audrey Hepburn look going on ( I was told).

The show was not bad, quite disorganized but a great evening overall. 

                              Pictures had to be black & white of course

Just showing off my white nails in the last picture. Obsessed with white nail polish. Ended the day with a shawarma from mega plaza. This was my first shawarma this year, 2014 healthy lifestyle and all ;). Highlight of my day!

Till next time xx

Throwback!

Hi everyone! Happy new month!

Anyone remember and love this album as much as I do? xxx

Guest Writer: Anonymous

Hey everyone! Hope you have all had a great week.

I know I have been so quiet recently. Working on a few projects for M & F designs that will be revealed soon :). 

As I said in my previous posts, I am open to guest features. Sharing one today by an anonymous writer. Enjoy!

Love
 It's funny how when you meet someone, it's so exciting
Butterflies in your tummy;
You're excited about the texts, the calls, the dinner dates
It's like there's so much love to give, all these fantasies, all the flaws are over looked.

They say when you start dating, you are bound to either marry this person or break up eventually, every girls dream is to marry this new crush of hers.

The weird thing is that some of these relationships actually do get somewhere but what about the ones that don't?
The love lost and forgotten, the betrayal that creeps in at some point, the rage and the bitterness.
What happened to always trying to make it work no matter what? What happened to being best friends? What happened to all the promises? How did it get so bad?

I can't remember.

To all the love lost, there is a reason; it will get better, as hard as it may seem.

I do not understand......

Good morning folks!

I would like to share beyonce's new video

I do not really understand what is going on here :S. Have to confess that I am not really a beyonce fan....Yes I said that! xxx

Okay I am back with an update about this. The song is actually so catchy but still unsure about the video....

Sean T

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great week.

I am sure most of you are familiar with Sean T of Insanity and if you are not, Google is your friend! He is a fitness beast. Doing his workouts and watching him is so exhausting. But his workouts definitely deliver.

I have always been a very comfortable size 8, never gone up or down a dress size. I am still trying to decide if this is good/ bad. Some people are probably thinking bunmi how can you think this is bad?? It is bad as I am a curves girl, slim thick to be precise. As I mentioned in this post here, I am an aspiring gym addict. But as they say 'how do you fix something that is not broken'. Story of my dress size! However, to avoid un foreseen "BLOWING", I decided to get a personal trainer. Shout out to my trainer freddieo, you are such a tyrant! He did a workout plan for me and I am going to share it. Definitely needed this as I was getting bored of Sean T's videos. Enjoy!

Weight loss/ gain is actually such an annoying facade. There I was thinking I was gaining weight, I had increased my meal portions and my number of meals per day (as advised by previously mentioned trainer). I saw someone I had not seen in 8 months and she asked "bunmi have you lost weight?'

  This was Me after the question was asked. With the extra food I have been forcing down, I would like to know where it is going... Hoping it is places I would like, go figure ;)

Sidenote:

·      ALWAYS Stretch before you start and after the workout.

·      Perform one set of core exercises with one set of legs per day but ALWAYS do the push ups.

·      Circuit means perform each exercise IMMEDIATELY after the other for a period 30 seconds. 30to 60 seconds of rest allowed between circuits.

EXERCISES	REPS	SETS
Upper body
Knee push ups	10	3
CORE
Mountain climbers	20sec-10sec rest-20sec	Repeat action 8 times (workout should take 4mins)
Lying Leg raises	25	3
Russian twist	20 (10 each side)	3
Lateral leg raises (each side)	20	3
Plank	1 minute	3
Mountain climbers	Same as above
Hip crossover	30(15 each side)	3
Toes to sky	25	3
Raised leg crunches	20	3
Plank	1 min	3
Mountain climbers	Same as above
Abdominal cycling	1 min	3
Side Plank (each side)	30sec	3
Plank	1 min	3
LEGS  (Perform as circuit)		4 Circuits
Scissors Box jump	30s
Squat Jump	30s
Rear leg raise with hamstring curl	30s
Hip Thrusts	30s
Squat kickback	30s
Fire Hydrant	30s