KIGALI UNIQUENESS | SPECIAL CUISINE | TRADITIONAL FOOD PREPARATION

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Sunflower seed butter is cost-effective and offers a similar texture.

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: turkey

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than pork.

maize flour

🥗Healthier: quinoa flour

💰Cheaper: rice flour

Rice flour is widely available and less expensive.

cassava leaves

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Kale is nutritious and often less expensive.

Go to the market to buy traditional foods such as cassava, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and beans.

Enter the village to prepare the meal.

Discuss the importance of traditional foods in Rwandan culture and their nutritional benefits.

Mention that traditional foods are often consumed in rural areas and are becoming popular in urban regions.

Explain that cassava and sweet potatoes are calorie-rich vegetables and affordable sources of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.

Advise that traditional foods can be consumed without added sugar, oil, and salt, making them friendly diets for weight loss.

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