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Lasagna - the missionary way

It struck me today how far I have come in 10 months of living in Northern Uganda. First of all, I must remember that when we first arrived, we didn't know where to find anything. We didn't know the inside scoop on who sells what where. So that severely limited our selection. Secondly, Uchumi wasn't open ("big" supermarket that we can usually count on to have either sausages or "mince" meat [ground meat].

But, I also wasn't used to cooking entirely from scratch with the local materials with my tiny stove and local seasonings.

But today I put together a rather delicious lasagna. Yes, lasagna. Something I craved for months here, but today put together quickly with what felt like limited effort. We have some boxes of lasagna noodles in the pantry from Kampala, so I did NOT have to make my own pasta, which certainly saved me a lot of time. But otherwise, I made the tomato sauce and ricotta cheese from scratch and invented a yummy recipe on the fly using what I happened to have today: greens and okra from Josh's garden, unripe tomatoes which Noah picked (argh!), chicken sausages, eggs, various Italian styled seasonings, onions, garlic, AND a chunk of cheese from Kampala.

It was delicious! And it never occurred to me that I was making it all from scratch... life has changed! :)
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Gina said…
Well done, Chef Abby!
11:21 AM
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