The Diary Game: Cooking Porridge Plantain And ç, School Runs, Market Runs And More|| Tuesday 18th November, 2025||

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Hello @everyone on Steemit platform. I greet you all from my favourite community specially. Hope you all are doing excellently well. Please, stay glued as I take you around how I spent my Tuesday with love from @uyaiuyo

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Morning Activities

In the morning, I woke up very early because there was a lot to be done so that the children can go to school.

I started my day with fig fruits, made breakfast with mixed cereals for my children and later proceeded to cook porridge plantain for their lunch.

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Ingredients For Porridge Plantain

→ plantain
→ smoke fish
→ pepper
→ crayfish
→ native spices
→ seasoning cube
→ salt
→ vegetable leaf
→ palm oil
→ ikpa
→ mfi
→ onions

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Procedure

I peeled, washed and cut my plantain in desired shape into a pot, sliced my onions into it. I pounded my native spices. Washed my pepper, pounded it with crayfish. I washed and seasoned my mfi with salt. I wash and cut my ikpa, washed and deboned my smoke fish. Washed and sliced my vegetable leaf.

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I proceeded to put my already cut plantain with onions on fire. Allowed to steam properly, added my fish, pepper and crayfish, covered and allowed to steam. I added my palm oil, mfi and ikpa, allowed to steam, added seasoning cube and salt, confirmed taste. Added my native spices, stirred and allowed to steam. Finally, I adore my already sliced vegetable leaves, stirred and brought the pot down and my porridge plantain was ready. Yummy is an understatement. It was so aromatic 😋

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I proceeded to packaged my children lunch, dressed them up because while the food was on fire, I had already finished bathing and serving them breakfast. And of course, they post for my camera before leaving.

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Afternoon Activities

In the afternoon, i was still at home since I did not go work. I had plans to cook Afang Soup later that same day so I quickly dressed up and went to buy some foodstuff for my 'afere afang'. So this was me after dressing up.

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Before now, I had washed and dry my Afang leaf before taking it to the market for slicing and then proceeded to buy some ingredients for the soup.

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I proceeded to buy some if the ingredients for the Afang Soup like;

→ waterleaf
→ stock
→ panla fish
→ crayfish
→ pepper
→ kpomo
→ mfi
→ palm oil
→ salt
→ seasoning cubes

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Before I finished buying foodstuff, it was already time to pick up my babies from school so I quickly stopped by their school to pick them up. This was me arriving the school, other students and pupils were already leaving the school premises while some were playing.

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Evening Activities

In the evening, I assisted the kids with their school work and later proceeded to cook my 'afere afang'. I made sure that all the ingredients were handy and proceeded to prepare them one after the other.

I proceeded to washed and cut my waterleaf, washed and pounded my pepper and crayfish.

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I proceeded to washed and cut my kpomo, washed and soaked my mfi with salt water, washed and soaked my stock fish with water so it will fastened the softness process. Washed and deboned my panla fish.

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I proceeded to pound the main ingredient which is 'Afang' I could have grinded it at the market but no, I wanted to cook it my grandmother way by pounding it with my hands using mortar and pestle. After pounded it, I proceeded to cook my 'Afang Soup ' and it came out wonderfully tasty😋

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I served dinner to the family with my yummicious yummy 'Afang Soup' everyone ate to their satisfaction. After eating, I rested and then proceeded to take a shower and retired to my bed.

N/B All images are my property and was shot with my Infinix Smart 9 HD

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Wow very good cook there, I was literally dripping already with the nice and detailed cook. In real sense Afang is one of my fav. What is really amazing is after all this, still paid attention to school runs, more grace Ma. Been a mom is really a great deal, keep pushing Ma.

 29 days ago 

Thank you so much for your amazing comment.

 29 days ago 

Thank you so much for your amazing comment.

A very succinct explanations on how to prepare these delicacies. I sont mind if you call me a long throat, but I would love to taste these. I used to eat that Porridge in the village but now, bachelor life has taken over.

 29 days ago 

Smiles, it's my pleasure to know that you love my meal and that doesn't make you a longer throat.... Wink!

As a bachelor, you are still entitled to any meal of your choice.

A very succinct explanations on how to prepare these delicacies. I sont mind if you call me a long throat, but I would love to taste these. I used to eat that Porridge in the village but now, bachelor life has taken over.