Hello peeps, my name is Bintu Hardy and I am proud to be a planner. There is planning and there is planning. And I am definitely and over the top, everything else gets dropped till I finish this all important new plan, planner and I am oh so proud. As in plan Christmas menus in August, plan and buy Christmas presents in the January sales (blame the African genes). I plan food photography shots (sometimes 2 whole hours on just one recipe), I have recipe planning post its stuck to the wall, where the ingredients post it is in one room and the method post it is in another. I spend aaaaaaaaaaaaages planning travel trip, so much so that I sometimes end up being disappointed in the reality.
I plan, birthday parties, shopping lists, play dates, shopping trips, kindle books shopping (don’t ask), train tickets, making Puff Puff, phone conversations, exercise (which never really happens). Yeap, you can call me Planner Hardy. So sometimes when I go off plan, and it still works then that throws me for a loop. As in overripe plantain on the kitchen counter, some cinnamon next to them, make a cinnamon plantain cake, Sierra Leone style, 30 mins later take cake out of the oven, find a corner sit and eat half the cake. It was that easy, So why oh why do I not do that much more?
Do I need to be such a planner? Probably not. Will I stop being a planner?. Probably not. Will I plan to be less of a planner? Probably………. Here is how to make a cinnamon plantain cake West African style. I hope you try it, like it and share your photos with me on Instagram tagging #recipesfromapantry. Sierra Leone flavours / West African Flavours – is the spot on my blog where I share both traditional Sierra Leonean recipes and West African fusion recipes. Save Save Save Save Save
