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"I love peanut-anything. This is a delicious, nutty soup."

Ingredients: dried hot red chili peppers, dried red pepper flakes...

"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...

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

Ingredients: eggplants, lemon juice...

"Colorful Traditional West African Dish eaten with your fingers!"

Ingredients: bibb lettuce, Dijon mustard...

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

Ingredients: creamy peanut butter, fresh ginger...

"Inspired by the dish Red-Red from Ghana, this simple stew of tomatoes and black-eyed peas is traditionally served with fried plantains with variations all over Africa. Sauteéd bananas are a great substitute and the flavor combination, while unusual, is tasty and balanced. This recipe was inspired by Whole Planet Foundation microcredit clients."

Ingredients: fresh ginger, crushed tomatoes...

"This recipe is from Madhur Jaffery's World Vegetarian. It is very easy to make, and has a wonderfully rich flavour, or as she says "an unctuous sense of creaminess." Serve it over rice, or with a good bread."

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried kidney beans...

"Variations of peanut (or groundnut, as they are locally called) soups and stews are eaten across West Africa. I adapted this recipe from several different cookbooks + my own preferences. Savory, spicy, filling, healthy and quick to make!

Omit the chicken for a vegan version and/or feel free to add in more vegetables (yams, eggplant, or..."

Ingredients: berbere, fresh ginger...

"From the American Heart Association cookbook. The book states that if you were a member of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, you would make this dish with melon seed and call it Efo Egusi. Efo means spinach and egusi means melon seed. In other parts of West Africa, it is known as Palaver sauce. Whatever its name, this classic African dish is usually..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, fresh spinach...

"Vegetable Meat Balls, is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a classic dish of beef meatballs with potatoes, carrots and onions that are pan-fried to brown then cooked in a tomato-based sauce before being served with rice and greens. I modified it subing beef for turkey and yams for sweet potatoes (cuz they are in season here in GA)"

Ingredients: pepper, palm oil...

"Spicy Nigerian rice dish. Actual cooking time depends on the type of rice being used. I am a huge fan of basmati rice but other types will do. Instead of chicken stock, vegetable stock can be used.
As an added element, you can add steamed vegetables 5 minutes before the rice is fully cooked."

Ingredients: coconut milk, salt...

"Egusi soup, also called melon soup (because the Egusi seeds come from a melon of the same name! You can use sunflower or pumpkin seeds though) is a delicacy enjoyed all over West Africa, especially amongst Nigerians anywhere they live. It is arguably the most popular Nigerian soup, especially in the Southern part of that country. There is some discrepancy..."

Ingredients: Spanish onions, green bell peppers...

"This is served as a condiment and is obviously hot and spicy. The original recipe uses a mortar and pestle but you can make it easier by using a small food process. Keep refrigerated."

Ingredients: salt and black pepper, sugar...