19/10/2026
🌍🌿 LET’S BRING OUR INDIGENOUS AFRICAN FOODS BACK!
❤️ WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FOODS OUR GRANDPARENTS GREW UP EATING?
Before supermarket shelves became filled with heavily processed convenience foods, many African communities relied on locally grown grains, leafy vegetables, legumes and other traditional foods.
🌿 Millet.
🌱 Amaranth.
💚 Indigenous leafy greens.
🫘 Chickpeas and other legumes.
These foods deserve a place in our modern kitchens!
DID YOU KNOW?
Millet is a naturally gluten-free grain that provides carbohydrates, fiber and important minerals.
Amaranth leaves provide nutrients including folate and vitamin A precursors.
Chickpeas contribute plant protein and fiber.
Together, these ingredients can form part of a varied, nutritious plant-based eating pattern.
❤️ TODAY’S UPENDOO KITCHEN INSPIRATION
🍲 Brown millet ugali
🌿 Fresh amaranth greens
🫘 Gently cooked chickpeas and squash
Simple ingredients. Delicious African flavors.
LET’S TALK! 👇🏿
Which traditional African food would you love to see more people eating?
🅰️ Brown millet ugali
🅱️ Indigenous leafy vegetables
🅲 Amaranth
🅳 Traditional legumes
COMMENT A, B, C OR D!
🌍 BONUS QUESTION:
What traditional meal did your grandmother or grandfather prepare that you still enjoy today?
Share your memories in the comments. ❤️
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