Category Archives: Holy crap! Look what I cooked.

Okra and Rice

We are on a no red meat diet around this household in an effort to reduce Ismael’s rotten cholesterol levels.  While I am mourning beef, Ismael is content to eat fish and chicken over and over and over and infinity. … Continue reading

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Sukuma Wiki – African Greens

Sukuma Wiki is Swahili for “stretch the week.”  In a region where poverty and hunger are rampant, East Africans do indeed need to stretch the week in order to make their food last.  Greens are an easy, inexpensive, and nutritious … Continue reading

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Spinach Rice

Being married to my husband means I have to get creative with rice. I mentioned last week that we eat brown rice, which I am not at all thrilled with.  Ann Kroeker kindly pointed out that Trader Joe’s carries my … Continue reading

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