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Goat meat light soup Special: father’s day ‘Aponkye nkrakra’

FATHER’S day is tomorrow and Spectator nutrition column has some wonderful recipe for fathers. Enjoy

 Ingredients

300grames of goat

-6 large tomatoes

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-5 large garden eggs

-7 red pepper

-I large ginger

-1 large garlic

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-2 onions

-25grammes of

tomato puree

-Salt

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 Method

-Wash ginger, garlic, chilli, one of the onions and three of the tomatoes and put on fire.

-Place in blender and blend to a paste.

-Dice and add the remaining three to­matoes, the diced garden eggs and the last chopped onion. Cook for 30 minutes

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-Remove onions and tomatoes and blend

-Place meat on fire, add salt and allow it to cook for 10 minutes.

-Place the meat in a pan cook gently for 10 minutes.

– Add blended garden eggs and tomatoes soup again and simmer.

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-Add all blended mixture to the meat and allow it boil

-Add tomato puree cook for some time then water and simmer until the meat is tender.

-Season to taste.

-Serve with fufu, banku or rice.

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 By Linda Abrefi Wadie

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 Strong Government Leadership: The necessary ingredient in Ghana’s nutrition response

School children eating healthy food

 When we hear the word “mal­nutrition,” we often think of hunger. However, Ghana’s nutrition crisis is more complex and far-reach­ing than just empty stomachs. Today, thousands of children under five suffer from wasting (six per cent), stunting (18 per cent), and under­weight (12 per cent). At the same time, more than 40 per cent of wom­en of reproductive age are anaemic, and diet-related diseases are rising rapidly in urban areas.

What lies at the heart of this complex challenge? According to research, one powerful solution is being overlooked: strong and sustained government leadership.

Ghana already has policies in place, including the National Nutrition Policy, the School Feed­ing Programme, and Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, among others. However, these frameworks are only as effective as their imple­mentation. Unfortunately, gaps in financing, outdated guidelines, fragmented coordination among ministries, and weak accountabil­ity systems continue to under­mine progress.

A key opportunity for action lies in the USD 6 million annual pledge Ghana made at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Sum­mit in Paris. This commitment earmarked for essential nutrition commodities like supplements and therapeutic foods must move from pledge to practice. That means establishing a dedicated nutrition budget line, empowering government agencies to coordinate nutrition more effectively across sectors, and ensuring local governments are equipped to deliver nutrition inter­ventions.

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Other countries are leading the way. In Kenya, a dedicated parlia­mentary nutrition caucus is driving reforms. In Peru, legal frameworks protect nutrition budgets from po­litical shifts. Ghana has the techni­cal know-how and the institutional platforms; it now needs the political courage to act.

When the government prioritis­es nutrition, the ripple effects are enormous: better health outcomes, improved school performance, higher economic productivity, and reduced national health costs.

It’s time to treat nutrition not as a “social issue,” but as a strategic investment in Ghana’s future.

Feature article by Women, Media and Change (WOMEC) under its Nourish Ghana: Advocating for Increased Leadership to Combat Malnutrition project.

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 Ademe stew

Delicious Ademe
Delicious Ademe

Ingredients

– Ademe

-2 large salmon

– 5 dry herrings

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-5 large bel pepper

-Salted fish (momoni)

-Salt to taste

-3 tablespoonfuls of blended onion

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-2 tablespoonfuls of blended garlic

-3 tablespoonfuls of blended pepper

Preparation

-Wash salmon, momoni and dry herrings and break into chunks

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-Put fish on fire (add salt, blended onion and garlic and steam for five minutes)

-Add a little water to boil

-Wash and cut Ademe and add to steamed fish

– Add pepper, salt, bel pepper and palm oil to it

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-Allow to cook and serve with banku.

 By Linda Abrefi Wadie

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