It is tasking enough having to always come up with something to cook for everyone at home every single day. Even harder when you have to do it within a limited budget as is the case with many families in Nigeria. However, with our Nigerian food timetable for adults, choosing the foods to cook within your budget shouldn't be much of an issue anymore.
Nigerian food time table for adults
Below is a versatile food timetable designed for Nigerian adults:
| Days |
Breakfast |
Lunch |
Dinner |
| Mon |
Oats+Milk + Chips (Banana) |
Jollof rice (or pasta) + moimoi + vegetable salad |
Unripe plantain porridge with vegetables + pawpaw (as dessert) |
| Tues |
Boiled sweet or Irish potatoes + egg stew = cucumber |
Unripe plantains + beans porridge with vegetables |
Spaghetti + Curry Sauce + Prawns |
| Wed |
Salad with pancakes + Milk/Yoghurt |
Pounded Yam + Ewedu Soup + Meat |
Potato Frittata + Spinach |
| Thurs |
Toast bread + omelettes + coconut milk (or dairy milk) + avocado |
Spaghetti + Meatballs in tomato Sauce + Steamed Veggies |
Yam Slices + Carrot Soup + Vegetables + Beef |
| Fri |
Akara or Moimoi + Akamu |
Semo + okra soup + cucumbers |
Pepper soup
|
| Sat |
Yamarita/Boiled Yam/Boiled Potatoes + Fish Sauce/Vegetable Stew |
Beans Porridge + Dry Fish + Watermelon |
Boiled plantains + egg and tomato gravy sauce + mangoes or oranges (for dessert) |
| Sun |
Bread + Egg Sauce + Tea/Green Tea |
Boiled rice + beans + fish or meat-seasoned tomato stew + steamed vegetables |
Vegetable soup + oats swallow. Watermelons and pineapples (for dessert) |
How can I stick to the timetable strictly?
Keeping yourself and the family well-fed is not an easy task and even a timetable like the above can only do so much because people tend to lose enthusiasm after a day or two. Often it is because of the difficulty in having to prepare each of these meals from scratch every other day. The trick is to master this timetable and then use the weekend to stock up on food items that can be stored. For example, you can grind your tomatoes in bulk and then freeze them so that you don't have to do it every time you need pureed tomatoes. You can also dry and grind beans into a flour-like powder that can be used to prepare Akara for breakfast.
The same logic can be applied to soups that are a bit complicated. Utilize the weekend by looking at the timetable and preparing your soups so that when the time comes you only have to bring it out of the freezer. Even for those meals, you have to prepare in real-time, you won't need to do so much to produce a meal. Saves you so much time and energy.
Also read: Nigerian Food Timetable For Weight Loss
Source: 1qfoodplatter
