living the high life

i have never eaten as well as i have in kigali. let me explain: last semester, i probably ate out almost every day – sandwiches, salads, whatever – and whole foods made a lot of money out of me. The only times I really cooked were the few times that we had potlucks. So, you can imagine the magnitude of my indian belly by the end of april.

except for the first day, when we ate traditional rwandan food at lunch, we have been making amazingly great meals from scratch (read: making peanut sauce from accidentally soaked peanuts). yes, we make good food even when we manage to fuck things completely up.

here’s a sampling of the dishes we’ve made:
sautéed veggies and the aforementioned (chunky) peanut sauce with pasta
thai eggplant curry, avocado and tomato salad, with naan
dessert: naan with goat cheese and honey(!)
tomato, potato and onion frittata
dessert: mango and banana fruit salad
chana masala, rice, chapatti, and salad.
rice and more of that delish thai eggplant curry (ajanta made it for us)
dessert: chapattis with nutella(!)
breakfast burritos (scrambled eggs, tomatos, onions, avocados rolled up in a chapatti) with a side of homemade mac’n’cheese (!)
dessert: toblerone

see how creative and resourceful we are? Of course, i cut vegetables, and emily (housemate and friend from rsph) and ajanta (works at psf, from emory med, friend) are the real brains behind the meals. i’m going to enjoy it for as long as i can.