The Food

We definitely didn't go hungry while we were in Honduras. I took pictures of each meal we had to prove that we didn't have to eat scary things.

For breakfast we just had toast and cereal, I didn't think I needed pictures of that. Lunch was turkey, ham or pb&j sandwiches, again, pictures not necessary.

Day 1: Steak, rice, veggies, baked potato and a sauce for the steak. The drink is an orange/pineapple juice, it was delicious! I could have had that everyday.

It was Suzanne's birthday so she got a surprise princess cake.

Day 2: La Tuna y El Coyote. The appetizer is Honduran Fondue. So good! It is basically a warm meat and bean dip with a thick layer of melted cheese, yum!

The main course was Mexican Tacos. They were tortillas with ground chicken (and a few bones) with different salsas to put on them.

Let's not forget las cervesas (beer). These were the three big Honduran beers. The most popular is Imperial it has a very strong beer taste. Barena is similar to a Corona and Salva Vida (which translates to Life Saver) was my favorite but I don't know what it compares to.

Day 3: Chinese - just like in the States! No joke, fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, shrimp chow mien, egg rolls. Very tasty.

Day 4: Pupusas and Honduran tacos. The pupusas are the flat round pita looking things. They are filled with melted cheese and seasoned ground beef, these were really good. The Honduran tacos were very much like toquitos that you get in the freezer section and bake in the oven, crispy shell filled with meat.

Dessert, ice cream at Eskimo

Day 5: Mid-day snack, hand made Pineapple Turnovers, these were my favorite food from Honduras.

Lunch: Gringas - cubed steak and melted cheese in a grilled tortilla with rice. (gringa is also slang for 'white girl' so I'm not sure how gringa the food is suppose to translate.)

Dinner: The Log Cabin, we had bbq chicken, fried plantain, chili, and veggies with tortillas. My chicken wasn't cooked all the way, I did not like the plantain, the chili was ok, so I mostly had veggies rolled in tortillas...we are suspicious that this meal is what made the team sick, since I showed no signs of illness.

Day 6: This might be the scary meal I suppose, it was really good, but looks quite scary. Deep fried tilapia with fresh lime juice.

Day 7: The lady's running the day care center invited us over and made us chicken fajitas with fresh veggies and a warm potato salad. Others are suspicious that the warm potato salad was the culprit in the sickness experienced by some team members.

Dessert was Tres Leches - translates as 3 milks. It is a white cake soaked in condensed, evaporated and regular milk flavored with vanilla malt. It was very good. This comes in as a close second to the pineapple turnovers. Some believe this was the culprit to the sickness, I disagree strongly.

I told you I took a lot of pictures!! I hope you enjoy them!

Day of Travel

The first day we were there was mostly spent traveling.

We flew into the airport in San Pedro Sula.

We had a 4 hour bus ride from San Pedro Sula to Comayagua. We actually rode in a very nice bus with air conditioning. In previous years they took a very old bus that barely made the trip.

Along the highway we saw a roadside fruit stand and we decided we would stop and have some fresh pineapple and coconut milk. The pineapple was delicious! The best I've ever had.

We also stopped at Wendy's to get a pop.

After the fruit and pop, we needed a rest area! We found one that had an amazing nativity scene set up, a beautiful tree and a bird sanctuary.

In case we got hungry later, a man had his catch of the day ready for us on the side of the road, he also made it easy on himself and sold his fish in his front yard.

We saw so many things on just the first day, I was excited to see many more new things during the week ahead!

Stay tuned for more to come!

New Blog

I have a new favorite blog! It is called bread & honey . It's a food blog written by two young women who love food. One of the women, I believe it is Summer, bakes all kinds of yummy desserts, and Alicia takes most of the photographs and makes more of the meals. Every recipe looks and sounds so good.



This pulled pork sandwich looks good, I may have to try out my new slow cooker this weekend.





Here is the recipe. Directly from the blog.
For a 2lb pork butt:
In a bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups brown sugar,
a few generous pinches of salt,
cracked black pepper,
some chili powder,
some garlic powder,
and rub on the pork.

Keep it overnight in the fridge letting the rub soak in.
In the morning, throw it in a large crock pot with one large white onion, diced, a few smashed cloves of garlic, and about 2 cups of apple cider vinegar.

After simmering for many hours (we did ours from about 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), the meat is easily fork-shredded into bite-sized pieces

Here is the slaw recipe more or less.

half a head of green cabbage,
about a quarter of the red cabbage-
a couple of carrots,
some celery,
and then a LARGE dollop of mayonnaise, thinned out with some apple cider vinegar and seasoned with salt & pepper."

Mmm doesn't that sound really good? For a ton more recipes check out their blog !

Cereal

You can customize anything these days!! Cereal included! the website is called me & goji . You can customize your own cereal, you pick what grains and granolas you want, you pick if you want chocolate pieces, fruit pieces and nuts. It even includes a calorie counter and shows the nutritional facts of your very own creation as you add each item. You then name your creation they'll ship it right to your door.

I'm tempted to try it, but I'm not sure what would make a good mix. They do offer recommendations and suggestions. Maybe I'll start there!

Best Berry Cumble

My mom and I picked a ton of blueberries a week or so ago, and they've just been sitting in my freezer so I decided to try a new recipe. I found it through The Daily Green newsletter I've been getting sent to my email. Since I don't have a computer or Internet at my new apartment yet, I couldn't upload any pictures of the final product, but it was delicious. The recipe calls for blackberries but they were pretty pricey at the store so I just substituted more blueberries. I scooped it on top of vanilla ice cream while it was still warm and it was so good. Ross even ate it! He ate a lot of it! He's pretty much a chocolate guy, so for him to like this is saying a lot. Here's the recipe and a photo from the website. The pie looking thing in the right background is what it looks like.



BEST BERRY CRUMBLE

Crumbles are great sprinkled on your favorite ice cream. They're also good when mixed into hot cereals.


SERVINGS 4

COOK TIME 15

TOTAL TIME 45


INGREDIENTS
2 cups blueberries
1 cup blackberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream


PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Adjust oven rack to upper third.
Toss blueberries and blackberries with sugar, lemon juice, and 2 tsp. flour. Turn into 9" pie plate.
2. In medium bowl, mix remaining flour, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and oats with fingers until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over berries.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until fruit is bubbly and top is browned.
Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.