{african food}

when i actually remembered my camera, i took photos of some of my meals. based on the photos below, it seems i was usually most inspired at breakfast...

we definitely did not go hungry at the ccs house. some meals were better than others, and i found out early on that the meat here doesn't settle very well...so i've been eating more like a vegetarian while I've been in africa. except for eggs. do vegetarians eat eggs?  that's probably something i should know.  anyway, thank goodness for beans and peanut butter!

we could also help out in the kitchen, and one of our cooks, robert, taught us to make the most DELICIOUS, completely organic, healthy (no butter or anything else added) pumpkin soup. i cannot wait to make this at home. eda also taught us to make chipate (which is not healthy), and ugali - which is served at practically every meal here, but I have to admit, is not something i'll miss. ugali is definitely a filler food-but is good for most africans as it is cheap and full of calories.

while we do always have some sort of vegetable salad, we absolutely never have lettuce. i guess the cheap, delicious avocados (massive avocados cost about the equivalent of 10-15 cents) and passion fruit make up for it.

some shots from a typical grocery store:

(that on the top shelf is butter, also known as "fat spread" here.  they don't refrigerate it.)

(africafe - the instant coffee everyone loves here)

(bagamoyo chill sauce.  no idea, but if i remember correctly, both bottles were past the expiration date.)

yummy breakfasts.  usually there were eggs, beans, and some sort of fruit. 

delicious lunches and dinners.  on a few rare occasions they surprised us with cokes!

learning to cook.  soup with robert:

and chipate with eda:

i'll miss the delicious home cooked food i've grown accustomed to!