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Ever since I read up on the huge amount of unnecessary chemicals that are being pumped into our food only to make finished products look better and last for next to eternity, I have taken a liking to making things from scratch.
Home-made goat cheese
There is something so very refreshing about food that spoils according to [...]
Solar cooking is one of the perks of living and working as a volunteer in Niger; a country rich in solar hours. Last Saturday, I posted a picture of a casserole destined for the sun. A lot of people wanted to know how the solar cooker worked, reminding me that it was time for a [...]
Since arriving in Sweden, I’ve had a hard time adjusting to the food culture that the food industry has been pushing for a long period of time now. I never used to think so much about what I bought before, but after reading a Swedish book entitled “Äkta Vara” by food journalist Mats-Eric Nilsson (which [...]
It wasn’t long ago that you were heading out with us on our favourite trail this season, but we never got further than halfway to Kasheni.
Let’s hope Isolde doesn’t take as many discovery pauses this time!
In any case, we don’t really have to mind her.
The bush is such an expanse and no horse wants to [...]
Famine food comes in so many varieties, and as you all know by now, I love to harvest from Nature’s Pantry!
For this solar cooker casserole, which was served on Thanksgiving, I started out with lots of Eden leaves, which I crushed in a black pan (which is a must when it comes to solar cooking).
I [...]
Last week, the Eden research department came up with a delicious smooth-tasting oil, and the day after, we tried out the latest solar oven purchase with a whole-grain sorghum bread.
Personally, I adore sorghum, which unfortunately is considered “poor man’s millet”. With the international food racism doing its part on national radio and television, many Nigeriens [...]
I guess if I had lived in a metropolis somewhere in a developed country, I would have taken a Sunday walk in the park, in hope of enjoying some natural scenery. Here in Zinder, I am fortunate enough to have next-to immediate access to a never ending bush!
It only takes ten minutes to walk from [...]
As many of you know by now, I rarely cook the same thing twice, and the different leafy vegetables offered by nature’s pantry here in Niger (known by foreigners as famine food) is allowing me to find numerous twists no matter what I make!
For this solar cooker omelet recipe, I started off by mixing fresh [...]
As many of you know by now, Niger is in the middle of its yearly three month long rainy season. According to the unofficial aid calender, this time of the year (up until the millet harvest in October) is considered the true “hunger season”, and yet Niger’s nature’s pantry is (as always) in full bloom. [...]
Being a person who always want to have things in hand, I love the idea of stepping outside the house in order to harvest ‘food for the day’. With little else going on at this time a year, green leaves are without a doubt the vegetables of the season. The culinary world as an expat [...]
Winter (also know as the “contre-saison”) is the vegetable & fruit period of the year, when, if lucky, you get just about anything from cauliflower to avocados and imported plantains.
A stark contrast to rainy season, when all the vegetables and fruits above have gone scarce! I’m fortunate these days if the greengrocer brings me more [...]
Past Tuesday, after coming home from a full day at the field station, my sister suggested we treat ourselves with some good food and a cosy evening in front of the TV. I asked her want she had in mind (foodwise), and she said: “Oh, can’t you make one of those nice pasta dishes that [...]
With the rainy season in bloom, the garden is now full of greens. At first sight, the little plants popping up may look like insignificant weeds (or horse fodder), but on closer inspection, you will find Niger’s nature’s pantry right now in its most generous element. In addition to the hanza beans (whose fruits are [...]
Gurji is the name of the local Nigerien cucumber, and because it is full of taste and texture, I vastly prefer it to any imported type. It may not grow to become a straight line but varies greatly in shape and size, which I don’t mind a bit. Nigerien gurji reminds me of what cucumbers [...]
A favourite breakfast over at Ishtar’s ark right now is sorghum porridge.
Porridge in itself is a very Swedish thing, but the thing is both my sister and I prefer sorghum porridge to any other porridge we’ve ever had.
That together with a cup of coffee and some vitamin C (whether that be Eden fruits or oranges) [...]
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