A meal plan

West African meal plan for the week.

5 west african recipes, planned as fine dining at home: breakfast, lunch with a side and a tasting menu dinner, with one shopping list by aisle and a prep plan.

Breakfast, lunch with a side and a tasting menu dinner, every day
One shopping list by aisle, added up for your table
Swap any dish, and leave out any of the 14 allergens

Plan my west african week Change the choices first

Breakfast

AI-generated photograph: Smooth, tawny millet porridge in a deep hand thrown clay bowl, a scatter of chopped toasted peanuts and a single whole clove on top, a small spoon resting at the side

Hausa koko, spiced millet porridge

West African · 40 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free

Lunch

AI-generated photograph: Red red black-eyed bean stew in a small terracotta bowl, glossy with palm oil, beside caramelised plantain slices on a matte white plate, sprinkled with golden gari

Red red with fried plantain

West African · 35 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free

Dinner mains

AI-generated photograph: Burnt orange groundnut stew in a wide stoneware bowl with sweet potato, aubergine and spinach, beside two smooth white rice balls on a small slate plate

Ghanaian groundnut stew with rice balls

West African · 1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free

AI-generated photograph: Thieboudienne on a wide shallow white platter: tomato red rice topped with a herb stuffed fish steak, glossy carrot, cabbage, aubergine and okra, and a lime wedge

Senegalese thieboudienne, fish and rice

West African · 1 hour 45 minutes · serves 4

Gluten free
Dairy free

Starters and soups

AI-generated photograph: A small wide rimmed white bowl of smooth glossy tomato red light soup, a fine scatter of green spring onion in the centre and a single thin ring of red chilli

Ghanaian tomato light soup with garden egg

West African · 40 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free