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I've been making a new version of a white pizza and it's so yummy and easy that I wanted to share it with you. Bring salted milk to a boil (1tsp salt to 4 cups of milk) Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice Stir briefly with plastic/wooden spoon just to mix lemon juice in Let sit for 15 minutes or until whey and curds have separated Empty pan into a doubled-over linen-lined colander over the sink (or bowl if you want to save and use the whey) Let sit for "some time" - do NOT press the cheese, leave it a little soupy Mix in 1 tablespoon garlic and 20 cut-up fresh basil leaves Pour the mixture onto your pizza crust and add toppings and a little salt.  Additional cheese is optional.

I'm not a food blogger... but I really wanted to share what I made for lunch today! One of the many many wonderful things about having Elizabeth here for the summer is that all she eats is produce (only a slight exaggeration!) so that has encouraged me to make new things with fresh produce. Plus, being pregnant and so tired in third trimester has made me a little more interested in making sure that we all get good nutrition. Gracie's a hard one, at times, because of her dietary needs and chewing/swallowing issues. But here was today's raging success! I made cottage cheese - still tastes like ricotta, so I made it herbed - here's how: - around 2 liters of milk brought to a boil (or near boil), salted, a little butter in it. - turn off heat and add vinegar (or any acid) and leave it to sit for 30 minutes. - drain through piece of cloth in collander and gently press over 30 minutes or so. - add heavy cream, or in my case, I beat up the skin from the top of the milk afte...

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 f...