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Food Kumasi

Let Sleeping Dogs Die

Sometimes reality hits you in the face whether you’re ready for it or not. I didn’t take a picture and that’s probably a good thing. I’ll cut to the chase and then flesh out the detail. People eat animals. Sometimes those animals might be what we would consider to be pets. Here’s what happened. I […]

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Poor Little Vegans

Another Mashed Potato Meal

Pretty much every Sunday we eat some version of this meal for dinner. Mashed potatoes, golden gravy, a fresh vegetable and some kind of protein. It’s been awhile since we’ve made tempeh or seitan cutlets so we’ve been cheating with processed foods. Mostly because Bob has been working 50 hours a week between his full […]

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Food

NO WORRY CURRY

The other day, I pulled open my vegetable drawers and saw: two bags of greens, half an onion, garlic, a pile of sweet peppers, cilantro, basil, some sweet potatoes, a couple of eggplants, carrots, green beans and okra.  Only one word came to mind, Curry! I had an hour until dinner, so I got right […]

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Food

RESHAPING MY FOOD ‘TUDE

Last summer I didn’t shed my winter weight.  I carried it with me right into the next winter and into the spring.  My clothes were tight and I was four pounds over my “red alert” weight of 150  and threatening to add on some more.  I caught sight of my butt on a video and […]

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Food

TWENTY-FIVE TOP FIVE

Earlier this month, Bob and I took a couple of weeks off for our annual road trip north to visit family and friends.  Those 1500 miles on the road in Blanche, our Mercedes 300TD “Hoopty Ride” wagon gave us plenty of time to chew on things. It wasn’t long before our conversation turned to food […]