I thought I would write some on the food here.
Breakfast consists of "normal" food with the exception of milk. The milk here is not that great and it's not fresh. It's all shelf stable. So, yogurt (which is slightly less thick here and often frozen as treats for children), an apple or pear, and cereal frequent my plate. I did fix myself scrambled eggs today- yummy! Typically my family has bread, sometimes toasted, or leftover desserts. For example, a tres leches layered cake.
Above is pan con huevos (bread with eggs). It's not a typical breakfast for me but it's something I can grab on the way to work if I don't have enough time to eat.Below I'm including some photos of some frequent lunches I have. I always come home for lunch.
This is made with a type of lettuce, onions, and a layer of cheese on top. It's very rico!
This is Cazuela and it is a yummy soup. It has a piece of tender meat, 1 potato, corn, rice, and squash.
Fideos con salsa (pasta with sauce). It has chunks of meat and carrots. Very yummy.
This is fideos con salsa too but prepared slightly different. I prefer this peparation method over the other.
Dinner consists of bread with sides of butter, jelly, manjar (carmal), avocado in addition to cheese and usually a meat, either ham or salami. I don't know how I'll be able to go back to sliced bread once I've been eating this delicious, fresh daily, bread. It's very easy to get a carb overload here so I make a conscious effort to keep the bread to dinner/tecito hour. The food isn't the best in Chile, but it's not bad. My host mom makes some very yummy meals.
In between meals there is very little snacking. It's just not common here to do so there are little to no "snacks" at home. If I need a bedtime snack, it's probably bread or cookies that I bought myself.
More to come! Thanks for reading.
CW
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