Living it in Namaacha and Cooking with the Host Mothers

I cannot explain how amazing Namaacha is….it is so peaceful, green everywhere, nice people. I mean where on earth did I ended up!!! Coming from NYC, where people barely says hello to you in the streets or even give you attitude.  I ended up in a country where people are constantly welcoming. It feels good to see the good human nature of people….fully present for you. This is something that we are lacking in America and even Europe: Being fully present for each other.

We are always preocuppied by many material things and work that we cannot seem to find time to breath sometimes. Well I get to do that, here and fully enjoy what life is.

Today, my language class and our host mothers reunited to cook together and share our different gastronomy. So we made the famous mac and cheese , chicken with sauteed green beans and a fresh salad.             Our host mother had to buy the ingredients prior today as we needed some cheese, milk and other. It is commun for most families in Namaacha to cross the border in Swaziland and come back with groceries. Apparently, Swazi is cheaper than Mozambique.

So anyways, our host mothers cooked a traditional mozambican dish called MBOA. It is a spinach dish, coconut and peanut. It seems easy but the process was definetly a long process. You have to scrape coconut, and grind the peanut with a huge pilar. We had a great time. The host mother really enjoyed learning how to make mac and cheese. They were asking us before….what are you guys going to cook with cheese?!? Lol

It was a really fun experience!  I am living it! J