Food+ABC

Elisa & Isabella Navajos ate various foods. Wild plants and wild rice were some of them.They hunted deer, rabbit, antelope and elk. They also ate corn, beans, squash and melons. Mutton and sheep milk were an important part of their diet. Navajos loved yucca, chilies, dumplings, tomatoes and avocados. Cactus were delicious for the Dine.

Navajos had a lot of ways to find food. One way they obtained their food was hunting. Women gathered pinion nuts, cactus, yucca and berries. Ranching and farming were other ways for Navajos to obtain food. They kept goats and sheep near their home. The Dine planted mostly corn, squash and peach trees nearby.

Dine people prepared their food so impressively! They cooked by memory, without using written recipes. Corn could be cooked in 250 ways! Corn was dried on the desert. To make cornmeal, Navajos rubbed corn between stones. Wow! Navajos were excellent chefs!