Uzoma Orimalade: A Dessert Station With A Touch of Nigeria

 

I have never met anyone that does not like ice cream. Well love. I know a lot of people that try to avoid ice cream for many reasons.

Let me come clean: I keep my home free of ice cream just because once I descend on a tub, the aftermath is not pretty. However, I love setting up ice cream stations for movie days or girl's nights at

mine.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hey Guys, 

Before you read further, let me introduce you to the writer of this post. Uzoma Orimalade is the Creative Director of Cupcake Couture, a boutique bakery as well as Managing Director of Uzo's Food Labs , a growing Food and Home Entertainment company. She is a contributor to Bella Naija Cuisine as well as host of Friday Food on The Spot on EbonyLifeTv (channel 165 on DSTV). She is passionate about cooking among many other hobbies. Today, am sharing with you, one of her yummy tips. 

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 cont:

All I have to do is keep the ice cream in the freezer and have the accompaniments on the dining table and let people help themselves.

I have droned on and on about my issues with texture. I love crunch and ice cream is a good way for me to satisfy my 'inner crunch desiring monster'. Rather than spending tons of money in stores on imported cookies or chips and things, I would rather spend the money on a premium tub of plain vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Or both. Why not? If you are going to have ice cream, you might as well go all out. No half measures here.

 

My crunchy toppings of choice are pocket friendly and local.

Chin-Chin - those crunchy fried balls of deliciousness. Good chin-chin can be addictive and seeing as these goodies are fried - they really should be enjoyed sparingly. Theoretically. Put some chin-chin in a Ziploc bag. Get a rolling pin and bash away. Take all your stress away. Bash awayyyyyyyy. Okay, clearly I have some anger management issues. But you get the point. I like to leave some chunks and not make the chin-chin too fine. Pour crumbs into a bowl

Coconut flakes: local, nutty, natural and pocket friendly. A good source of fiber too. So that adds a healthy component to your ice cream station. Although, that might get lost in all the calories here. Who cares? I certainly don't. I am sticking to the fact that I am including fiber to the ice cream station

Cereal: any kind of cereal you like.

Sprinkles: well. sprinkles make everything better in my world

 

Scoop ice cream into a cup or bowl and add the toppings in any mix and as much as you want. And settle down in front of the TV and watch Big Bang Theory or Under The Dome or TLC....

Enjoy!!!

Connect with Uzoma via her:

Blog, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Linkedin