Nutrition
Homemade Ghanaian salted beef
Homemade Tolo beef
In Ghana, salted beef is commonly used as a flavour enhancer in soups, stews, and sauces. It is added to dishes when cook ing to infuse a rich, salty, and slightly fishy flavour.
It adds a unique taste and flavour to tra ditional Ghanaian recipes.
Ingredients
• 2 pounds of beef
• 1 cup of salt
• 1 tablespoonful of ground ginger
• 1 tablespoonful of ground cloves
• 1 tablespoonful of ground coriander
• Water for boiling
Preparation
-Rinse beef under cold water and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut beef into large, manageable pieces.
-Combine the salt, groundginger, ground cloves, ground allspice, ground coriander, and ground black pepper in a bowl and mix.
-Rub spice mixture all over the beef, en suring that it is evenly coated. You can use your hands to massage the spices into the meat for better flavour.
– Place the spiced beef in a large, resealable plastic bag.
-Seal bag, removing as much air as possible. Place the bag of beef in the refrigerator and let it marinate for at least 24 hours or up to 48 hours. The longer it marinates, the stronger the flavours will be.
-After marinating, remove the beef from the refrigerator and rinse off the excess salt and spices under cold water. (Pat the beef dry with paper towels).
-Fill a large pot with water and bring it to boil. Add beef to the boiling water and reduce the heat to low. (Let the beef sim mer gently for about 2-3 hours or until it becomes tender).
-Once the beef is tender, remove it from the pot and let it cool. Slice beef into thin strips or chunks, depending on your preference.
-Store salted beef in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
-Enjoy y
Salted beef
Ingredients
• 10 strawberries,
• 3 fingers of banana
• 100 millimetres of orange juice
Preparation
-Wash strawberries, banana and blend
– Add orange juice to strawberries, banana and blend
until smooth.
-Pour the smoothie into a tall glass and serve.
Source: receipejoint
In March 2025, world leaders gathered in Paris for the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the most important global gathering on malnutrition of the decade. Over $30 billion in new financial commitments were pledged globally by more than 170 actors from 82 countries. Ghana was there. Ghana made commitments. The question now is: are those commitments enough, and will they be delivered?
Ghana made 10 commitments at the 2025 N4G Summit. One of the most significant is a pledge to spend at least $6 million annually from 2026 for the procurement of essential nutrition commodities including ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS), iron-folic acid tablets, vitamin A supplements, and anthropometric equipment for measuring child growth.
This financial commitment is meaningful. For years, Ghana’s nutrition programmes have depended heavily on donor funding, leaving services vulnerable to aid cuts and supply disruptions. A domestic budget line for nutrition commodities signals a shift toward ownership and sustainability. It also directly supports Ghana’s Nutrition for Growth commitments from the 2021 Tokyo Summit, several of which remain off track.
The Bigger Picture
The 2025 N4G Summit was about more than funding. It called for systemic change: embedding nutrition in food systems, health coverage, climate resilience, and gender equality. Every dollar invested in nutrition is estimated to return $16 to the local economy. Yet malnutrition still costs Ghana an estimated 6.4 per cent of its GDP annually. That is not a public health statistic. It is an economic emergency.
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has acknowledged that converting summit outcomes into actionable change requires transparent policy dialogue and locally driven solutions.
Commitments made in Paris must be tracked, funded, and implemented in Ghana’s communities. Programmes must move from pilot scale to national coverage. That will not happen without sustained political will, dedicated domestic financing, and public accountability.
Commitments made on global stages matter. But they only become meaningful when they translate into services in communities. The question is not what Ghana promised in Paris. It is what Ghana delivers at home.
Feature article by Women, Media and Change under its Nourish Ghana: Advocating for Increased Leadership to Combat Malnutrition project
Cabbage is very rich in fibre, the main supplier of roughage. This helps the body retain water and it maintains the bulkiness of the food as it moves through the bowels.
Thus, it is a good remedy for constipation and other digestion-related problems.
Ingredients
-1 large cabbage
– 4 large fresh tomatoes
– 1 large onion
– Pepper
-Garlic
-2 large salmon
-1 tin of mackerel
-2 large green pepper
-Salt to taste
Preparation
-Chop cabbage roughly and wash in a large pot of water
-Pour vinegar on it and wait until you make other preparations. Then drain.
-Heat coconut oil in a saucepan over medium heat
-Cook and stir onion in hot oil until onion turns dark brown.
-Blend tomatoes, green pepper, garlic and onion and add to the oil
-Add tomato paste, mackerel and salmon to stew
-Add cabbage, stir and cover to cook for 7 – 10 minutes
-Allow to simmer when it is soft and serve with rice, yam etc.
