My taste buds must have done a happy dance this last weekend. While I was at the Farmer’s Market, I saw a man selling mulberries, a fruit that is extremely rare in the USA but popular in Africa and some parts of Asia. As I popped the fruit in my mouth, I was flooded with […]
I recently asked TAPN’s friends on Facebook to tell me the name of these little fish in their native language. Names like matemba, kapenta, daaga,arenque, omena, yoyo and kifin miya appeared below the post. Of all the names listed, I will admit that my favourite is “school age boys,” which must be a play on […]
Healthy eating should never be complicated, but the huge numbers of “diets” that are available through various media suggest otherwise. Some diets suggest that if you are not eating according to your blood type you are not eating well. Others tell you that you have to eliminate all intakes of various food groups while even […]
When TAPN asked if you had ever eaten chicken feet, quite a few people responded that they had. . They may be the lowliest part of the chicken but they are an excellent source of calcium and provide almost as much protein as the rest of the chicken. Chew on the bones to extract the […]
Guerilla Gardener Ron Finely recently advised us to grow a garden because “growing your own food is like printing your own money.” He was absolutely right! My father grew both a garden and an orchard and rarely fed us store-bought fruits and vegetables. In fact, he was such the urban farmer that he supplied many […]
Many Africans joke that salad is “rabbit food” and yet when it comes to health,they will gladly sit down and enjoy a plateful. While salads can be wonderful and packed with vital nutrients, the ingredients you add to them may cause some unintended weight gain. The more cheese, dressing, bacon, nuts and other high fat toppings […]
My earliest memories of cooking involve me standing on a stool beside the stove and vigorously beating eggs with tomatoes and onions (scrambled eggs with onions and tomato). This was the one thing that I prepared especially for my father. I would make toast and tea to accompany the eggs, place the food on a […]
As an African dietitian, I am excited about this year’s National Nutrition Month® theme: ” Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.” A few years ago, a good friend lost a massive amount of weight following a commercial weight loss program. She sustained herself on Western foods and what she called “rabbit food” (salads). Her transformation […]
Reblogged from The African Pot Nutrition: Whether you call them samosa, samoosa, sambusa or the little stuffed triangles, one thing for sure is that these are a wonderful appetizer/snack. Unfortunately, the most common method of cooking these is to immerse them in a deep pan sizzling with oil. Not so great for the waistline! I […]
Reblogged from My Burnt Orange: http://youtu.be/9KxZDihM20M Shito is the word for pepper in my mother tongue, Ga (Ghana). I first wrote about shito here, where I explained that it could be any type of peppery substance, be it fresh scotch bonnet pepper, kpakpo shito (sorry, I still don’t know the english name but this has an […]
