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Back to school and excited to start cooking again. I'm enjoying this last bit of summer with this simple and easy roasted tomato-basil caprese. Happy cooking!

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My friend and I went on a shopping spree on Buganda Road today. I have to say I like these crafts shops much more than the ones behind the National Theatre. There is a wider selection here and you also get a better price. The vendors are so nice and are easy to negotiate with. Therefore, i went a little crazy ha. How can I ever leave Uganda and its beautiful cow horn jewelry?

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My dear food lovers, guess what I found today. ZEBRA CHOPSTICKS! My friend and I went on a shopping spree on Buganda Road today and saw these babies. I still can't get over how adorable these are!!!

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Healthy eating in Uganda

Believe it or not, ever since I have arrived in Uganda, I feel that my heath has improved a whole lot! The food here is so organic, natural and hardly processed in anyway. Their produce is wonderful. In fact, I have never seen avocados this large before! They are so sweet as well. Ugandans cook mostly with salt, never sugar, and their food is rarely oily. Local food comprises of side dishes like chapati (thick flour pancake) and rice, veggies such as matoke (mashed bananas that taste similar to potatoes), sweet potatoes, pumpkin, Irish potatoes, yams, and cassava, and bean, chicken, fish, beef, or ground nut sauce. Ugandans call it sauce but it is more similar to soup in our definition. 

The picture I include above is a typical meal in Uganda: matoke, rice, bean sauce, and ground nut sauce. (You usually choose only one type of sauce, but I wanted to try them both)

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I'm in Uganda!

Don't frown at the sight of these grasshoppers just yet. They are so yummy and they are a great source of protein. They taste just like little shrimps. You just have to build up the courage to slip one in your mouth and before you know it, you will find yourself craving this tasty snack!

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Korean spicy noodle soup and kimchi for dinner today. Surprisingly easy to make and taste wonderful! It's the last day of my spring break. Don't want to go back to school. I just want to cook, cook, and cook :(

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Got out of my studio today completely covered in sawdust and über hungry. Tom yum goong, curried Thai eggplants, spicy tofu and pork stir fry, and kimchi (cuz I've been craving it all day today) Why can't everyday be spring break?

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Story of my life

Writing my lab report but my mind is thinking about what to make for dinner tonight.

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Had rainbow chard, sundried tomato, and baked eggs with pâté de campagne on toast for breakfast this morning.

"School breaks are the only times my taste buds get to have a good workout in the morning"

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Itadakimasu!

Tofu hiyayakko, Wakame salad, homemade pickled cabbage, miso soup, and broiled salmon steak for dinner today :)

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Made spicy shrimp curry with Thai eggplants and pork banh mi meatballs for dinner today.

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Made kimchi fried rice for lunch today. Kimchi is the best!

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Tom yum goong noodle soup for lunch today

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Lemon-garlic tuna vermicelli

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Tonkatsu for dinner tonight.

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Found another way to get rid of my lemons: shrimp and asparagus with lemon-garlic sauce!

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It is spring break here at Princeton. Let the Spelman 17 cookathon begin with my lemon cake!

(I got A POUND worth of lemons from my grocery plan last week. Better get rid of them before they go bad, right?)