Norah Owaraga

Let us celebrate 10 African countries with 512.3 million food secure people

The screaming headline, “Top 10 African countries with the highest number of hungry people,” caught my attention a couple of days ago. I clicked on the link to read more of Chinedu Okafor’s analysis published online on “Business Insider Africa.” As I read, I noticed that those top ten countries, here listed in order of…

For me it is organically grown fruits and juices

What’s your go-to comfort food? My daily comfort foods are organic fruits and homemade fruit juices. Organic fruits are available all year round in Uganda. I particularly love our indigenous varieties when it comes to oranges, mangoes and passion fruit. My absolute favorite at the moment are our indigenous hard cover passion fruits growing and…

What is my favorite game?

What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? A GenX who grew up playing skipping and dodge ball on the streets and the front yard; who took playful walks in the forest collecting firewood; who took playful walks to and back from the well to fetch water; and who climbed trees is unable to…

Love to learn how to make plantain in more ways

What foods would you like to make? I love plantain. But know how to make it in only three ‘boring ways’ – charcoal broiled, boiled/steamed, and fried😊 Cognisant of the adage “if it ain’t broken don’t fix it” I still would love to learn more ways in which to make and enjoy my favorite, plantain.…