It's my favorite time of the year, Fall!! And even though nothing here resmbles anything of the season, I have so many things to be thankful for this year on my favorite holiday. HOWEVER, African food does not make the list. DOnt get me wrong im very thankful to even have food on the table for this holiday in Kenya but the everyday standard of rice, beans, pea and carrot sauce, and some strange meat was not going to cut it for our big thanksgiving feast. Food is one of the things I miss the most about being home. I seriously love to eat, like it might be a problem that I just discovered this year having been stripped of all my lovely goodies.
So as the holiday approached my team began to think of how we could make this thanksgiving special here in Kenya. We decided that we would cook for our sweet family and serve them the big dinner. We began to invite close friends over to join us as we explained that this is a big holiday in America shared with friends, family and loved ones. Seeing as we have a great family and set of friends here we moved on to the challenge of what to cook.. Our final decision: MEXICAN! We made fresh guacamole, fresh pico, and the main dish, drumroll please…………….cheese quesadillas!! It was amazing!!! Seriously thought i was back home at Rancho's Taco Tuesdays for a quick minute. It was such a fun night to bring our American tradition to our new home. It felt just like we were at home where everyone surrounds the food and shares what they are thankful for. They loved the mexican and asked that we teach them how to make the dishes. And sure enough Mom learned fast and we had the meal twice more for family dinner!! Gah I love Kenya!!
