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  • Eat These 7 Comfort Foods When You’re Fighting With Your Partner

    Eat These 7 Comfort Foods When You’re Fighting With Your Partner

    Most of the time, when people are fighting with their partners, they like to eat because they’re upset, sad or stressed.  Here are the best comfort foods to help you through these times.

    Cold eba and any soup

    Fighting can drain your mental and physical strength. You’ll need the energy to fight your partner back, and that’s why eba is a great choice Hot eba do usually cause sleep, but if it’s hard and cold? Instant energy.

     Ponmo or any other strong meat 

    Use all the anger you have in your body to chew stong ponmo or any other type of hard meat. Focus your energy on transferring aggression to strong cow hide. By the time you’re done chewing, you won’t have any energy to fight again. 

    Pap 

    If you don’t have the energy to fight and you want to keep your mind away from it, sleep. If you want to have the kind of deep sleep that makes you forget you exist, eat very hot pap with plenty of milk and sugar. By the time you wake up, you won’t even remember that you have a partner, talk more of fighting with them.

     

    ALSO READ: 9 Fast Foods That Can Get Nigerians in Their Feelings

    Fried rice and chicken 

    Life is for enjoyment and not for stress or suffering. Why waste all that time fighting with your significant other when you could be enjoying life? Abeg, forget about them and eat some fried rice and a big piece of chicken. 

    Brownies and ice cream

    If the fight is serious and you’re sad, ice cream and brownies can be the perfect comfort food. Nothing does it better than sweet junk food. To make it better, eat the brownies while watching a rom-com. 

    Avocado

    I added this option not for you to eat (because avocados shouldn’t count as food in any shape or form), but for you to take your anger out on them. Buy avocados and smash them with your fists — or a wooden spoon. I’m not even joking, I’ve done this before and it helped.

    RELATED: What Avocado Eaters Think They Are vs What They Really Are 

    Pasta 

    As a Nigerian woman, there’s no way I could leave this option out. Mostly because pasta is one of the greatest foods ever created. Once you eat some spaghetti Bolognese or some creamy penne pasta, you’ll be so happy and joyous that you won’t even care about the fight anymore. Your partner is forgiven instantly. 

    Amala

    Amala, ewedu and gbegiri is such a top-tier meal that it deserves to be eaten in every situation. Whether you’re upset, happy, fighting with your partner, or you’re happy together with them, eat amala and maintain happiness. 

    Somebody else’s work 

    Why stress yourself out by fighting your partner when you can eat someone else’s work? 

    While we’re on the topic of food and love, read this: 10 Foods That Will Improve Your Love Life

    Dammy Eneli

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  • 7 Meals You Can Eat on Sunday Instead of Rice

    7 Meals You Can Eat on Sunday Instead of Rice

    Every Sunday, Nigerians gather in their houses to eat different variations of rice. We have decided to put a stop to that. That’s why we’re suggesting other meals you can try instead. 

    Custard 

    Sunday is for sleeping, and nothing puts people to sleep faster than custard. Make a big bowl for the family and rest afterwards. 

    RELATED: You Should Only Cook These 8 Meals When You’re Alone

    Peppersoup

    If you want to be in the best shape possible before the work week resumes, then peppersoup is where it’s at. After you sneeze away all the rubbish in your system, you’d be ready to give your 20% to capitalism. 

    Food from the dream world 

    Instead of stressing yourself by cooking, why not just eat the one someone else has made? Evil spirits don’t give people rice in their dreams, so prepare for some spiritual delicacy. 

    Bread 

    There’s no food more versatile than bread. That’s why you should eat it. Find a version of bread you like and just enjoy yourself.

    RELATED: These Meals Just Taste Better as Leftovers

    Tears of your enemies 

    Nothing more delicious and nutritious than drinking the tears of your enemies. Add it to your Sunday meal plan, today! 

    Any variation of swallow 

    Sunday should be a day of recollection. Of looking back at what was and what will be. That is why we should eat swallow on Sundays. Not only do we get a chance to connect with our ancestors, but it helps us keep the culture alive. 

    Puff puff

    Can be eaten as a dessert or can be eaten with other things to form small chops. Either way, puff puff is great for family building, especially if you decide to make it yourself. 

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    Zikoko is launching a new series where we explore those friendships, familial and romantic relationships that are no longer sailing.

    Itohan Esekheigbe

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  • Butter and a Few Friends Fight for Bread’s Attention

    Butter and a Few Friends Fight for Bread’s Attention

    Everyone knows Bread is a bad bitch. She can be a bad bitch either alone or with company, so it’s no surprise when everyone tries to be Bread’s lover. She’s seen jam, beans, butter and even pap compete to be her primary companion. 

    Today, Bread invited all her admirers to debate on why she should spend the rest of her life with one of them. 

    Jam

    Bread, you are sweet, but with me, you’re sweeter. I know I was created with you in mind, my sweetness was made for yours and my creator made me because you exist. I can’t imagine a life without you and I don’t want to spend the rest of mine without the food that works best with me. Ignore what the rest of them say because when you’re with me, you’re your best self. 

    Butter

    I know I’m multifaceted, but I spread better when I’m with you. We work together, I in you and you in me. Issues may arise from me seeing other foods, but you’re the one I want to continue spreading on for the rest of my life. Yours, butter. 

    Beans

    Butter said it’s multifaceted, but I’m the Beyonce of meals. I have been with you in different forms and I have weathered many storms with you. I’ve been with you as cooked beans, as ewa agoyin, as moin-moin, as akara and as ekuru. The list goes on and on. You too, see how many good and tasty things we’ve achieved together. I’m with you and for you and I look forward to being yours for as long as I live. 

    Fried Egg

    I am risking my relationship with Yam to be here today. Bread, if you don’t accept me, I’ll have nowhere to run to. You know we shouldn’t be doing this 

    Mayonnaise 

    To be very honest, I don’t know what I am doing here. I heard people shouting Bread and I decided to follow them. All I know is that people keep trying to force a relationship on us and I have been encouraging them. Even I know that we don’t go well together. I am a colonizer and that’s what I’m about to do here. 

    Stew

    I’ve been by your side before the rest of them existed and I have to admit that I’m a little heartbroken that you’re letting the others get to your head. Contrary to what you think, I am not your bro, I know my siblings and they know me. I want to be your lover, Dip yourself into me and experience hot,  spicy, unspeakable joy. 

    Peanut Butter

    I saw jam coming here and decided to join them. All I want is for Bread, jam and I to be a throuple and I’ll be ok. 

    Indomie

    I think I’m lost. Where is the way out of here?

    *Oats and avocado are still at the door knocking, but Bread has heard enough*

    Ibukun

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  • QUIZ: Make Some Food Choices And We’ll Tell You How Much To Spend On A Date

    QUIZ: Make Some Food Choices And We’ll Tell You How Much To Spend On A Date

    Wondering how much you should spend on a date? Take this quiz and we’ll tell you:

    Miriam Onyemenam

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  • QUIZ: What Meal Of The Day Are You?

    QUIZ: What Meal Of The Day Are You?

    Are you breakfast or lunch? Are you neither?

    Find out what meal of the day you are here:

    Tuntamilore

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  • All The Stress That Accompanies Lunch At Work

    All The Stress That Accompanies Lunch At Work

    1. Having lunch at the office at the office can be stressful!

    2. Or it could be a comedy of errors!

    3. If you pack food from home, there’s the stress of having to prep the day before…

    4. Or wake up earlier than normal to prepare your meal.

    5. Then you get to work and amebos are asking “what is in your cooler”?

    6. Please, even if it’s human head, are you the one that’s going to eat it?

    7. Then there is the wahala of finding food if you don’t pack lunch.

    8. When the buka with affordable food is dirty and noisy.

    9. But the nice and classy restaurants price their food as if you told them you want to eat a last supper!

    10. Then you have some colleagues that bring the worst smelling concoctions to work in the name of lunch.

    11. And the “fitfam” ones that don’t allow anyone hear word because of the leaves they are eating.

    12. You, when people try to bond in the office canteen:

    13. When people still expect you to say “come and join me” as if the recession is not affecting everybody.

    14. When you say “come and join me” and one moron eats half your meat and almost all your plantain.

    Jola Ayeye

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  • How To Find Nigerian Food Abroad

    How To Find Nigerian Food Abroad
    Leaving the shores of Nigeria could be a challenge or induce a culture shock to some especially when you are addicted to Nigerian food. For those who cannot live without it, here are some useful tips to finding food you want overseas.

    1. First whip out your phone and…

    Sometimes you may just get a bunch of random blog sites telling you about random African food. So annoying when you are hungry. Is that why we are here?

    2. Look for any Nigerian.

    This should not be a hard task as there are Nigerians even on Mars I suppose. Best bet is they know where you can find Nigerian food. I mean how else will they have survived!

    3. For students, Look out for one of these:

    10 out of 10 times you will find Nigerians, and people that know where to get the best food items you crave.

    4. International Aisles:

    For any big supermarket chain, run all the way to the aisle marked “International”. You may be lucky to get some items you are used to seeing in Nigeria (especially Indomie or Maggi).

    5. Asian Stores:

    Funny enough these brothers of ours have some items that we love! Like Palm Oil. Yes Palm Oil. There is something about Asians and Africans…

    6. Caribbean Stores:

    These stores could also have a number of items that you may want. Caribbean food is really a lot similar to African/Nigerian food. Remember to say Wagwan when you enter.

    7. African Stores:

    They never fail. I mean its supposed to be an “African Store” but most times are owned by Nigerians and have 70% Nigerian food items. It has everything from Suya to Dudu Osun trust me.

    8. Nigerian Weddings/Events:

    This is one default place to find Nigerian food of course. Be ears to the ground for happenings within the Nigerian community and grace the occasion with your presence and empty tummy. The food is always Lit!

    9. Church/Mosque:

    If all else fails, run to God, literally. Almost every Nigerian church/Mosque abroad serves Nigerian food after service. Just wait after service and you will be blessed! These are just a few ways you can get that steaming hot plate of Jollof or Egusi soup and poundo wherever you are in the world. Don’t say we did not tell you!

    Tobi Smith

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