What’s for dinner?

My diet here is certainly not your typical American diet- in fact it goes against so many of the diet guidelines we hear and yet I’ve lost some weight. A typical meal has a couple of starches, one or two vegetables and on a good day a source of protein. All of our meals come from the garden, only a few ingredients are bought from stores in town. The fresh fruits and vegetables are wonderful. We eat a lot of pineapple, bananas, avocados, and jackfruit. So far I have had seven different kinds of bananas! Since Uganda was a British colony, there is still the tradition of having tea time. Dinner is served quite late by American standards, we eat between 8-10 most evenings.

Here are some typical meals:

Breakfast
There is always tea with breakfast and almost always a banana.
Banana and a roll or slice of bread
Banana and an omelet with fresh veggies
Millet porridge- Millet is eaten a lot here both in bread and porridge. I can’t stand the bread but the porridge is okay

Lunch
Mashed potatoes with onions and carrots
Potatoes cooked in tomato sauce
Spaghetti
Cassava, smoked fish in ground nut sauce, spinach,, avocados, and matooke (steamed bananas)
Rice with beans and cooked cabbage

Dinner
Rice, matooke, spinach in groundnut sauce, and chapatti (fry bread)
Rice, posha ( similar to polenta) , beans, pineapple
Matooke, beef stew, and sweet potatoes