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"This originated in French colonial Africa. I found this in a cookbook under NIGERIA. It's very similar to jambalaya."

Ingredients: cinnamon, long grain rice, oil...

"From The African Cookbook."

Ingredients: cayenne powder, dried onion flakes...

"From: “South of the Sahara: Traditional Cooking from the Lands of West Africa” by Elizabeth A. Jackson."

Ingredients: top round beef, natural-style peanut butter...

"Great looking sundae from Nigeria. Adapted from The African Cookbook by Ben Sandler."

Ingredients: cinnamon, lemon juice, mangoes...

"Don't have two coconuts? Use a can of coconut milk with water to make 2-1/2 cups."

Ingredients: shrimp, coconuts, rice...

"Imoyo dishes combine West African and Brazilian cusine. In the 15th Century, the Portugese slave trade took many West Africans to Brazil. In the 19th Century, some freed slaves returned and settled on the coast of Nigeria, bringing with them green peppers, olive oil and garlic. This salad is typical of this tradition--and quite delicious."

Ingredients: cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil...

"This recipe is from "My Cooking" West African Cookbook by Dokpe Lillian Ogunsanya. It's posted for the Zaar World Tour event 2008."

Ingredients: red cayenne pepper, ginger powder...

"POSTED FOR ZWT 4. A simple spread made to eat with flat Arabian bread."

Ingredients: eggplants, lemon juice...

"This is posted for ZWTII - for African/Middle East, recipe taken from "The Avon International Cookbook". English colonists called peanuts groundnuts, giving this celebrated West African dish its unusal name."

Ingredients: cooking oil, cooked rice...

"From: “Flavors of Africa Cookbook”
This unusual drink is served for either breakfast or dessert in Nigeria. It is particularly popular in Lagos."

Ingredients: lemon zest, orange zest, sugar...

"Serve with Salad, pitta bread and hummous. This is a wonderful Middle Eastern dish."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, garlic...

"This vegetarian, dairy-free soup is quite thick. Thin with a little water if desired."

Ingredients: creamy peanut butter, fresh ginger...

"From the Feb/Mar 2008 issue of TOH. Submitted by Heather Ewald, who received the recipe from her aunt Linda Klassen who was a missionary in Nigeria for 45 years."

Ingredients: curry powder, lean stewing beef...

"Recipe from the Food Network. States that this is a traditional Nigerian dinner. You have to plan ahead (to soak the beans), but otherwise it comes together quite quickly. And it's vegetarian to boot!"

Ingredients: dried black-eyed peas, fresh parsley leaves...