Nicaraguan Meals

It is so hard to process the experience we just had in Nicaragua- it was amazing, incredible, and hard in different ways.  Maybe more to come on that later but I LOVED the food.

At the compound we stayed at, the wonderful women who cooked our meals would ring a bell when the meal was ready.  I already miss that!  I love to cook but man, it was great to just hear the bell and go to the dining area and boom...the food was there : ).  In fact, I would love to hear a bell ringing this evening!

I love to truly see what people from other countries eat so here is some of what we had...

Breakfast

Here is the spread they put out for us at the house- the one below- *papaya*watermelon*bananas*eggs* (and pancakes)- don't think is a traditional one ; ) 

The next day, *maduros (ripe plantains- kind of taste like dessert to me)*eggs*papaya, watermelon and pineapple* beans*

*Sausage*eggs*watermelon*papaya*pineapple* (notice a pattern)- I ate me LOTS of papaya last week! 

*eggs*rice and beans*papaya*pineapple*watermelon*

Onto LUNCHES

Every day we went to our community where we drilled the well and I did the health and hygiene lessons for the women and the children.  Usually around 12:30 ish they brought food to our community that was made at the house we stayed at- here is what they brought (notice we were very well fed!). 

Pictured below *rice*"guacamole (they called it that but hard boiled eggs were in the mix)*chicken*

*Rice with veggies, chicken and some type of sausage*

*Rice*salad*and some type of meatball*

Okay, so the LAST day in the community to celebrate dedicating the well to the community, the women made chicken soup- we saw LESS chickens this day running around : ) They made it in a massive cast iron wide pot- *yucca*some type of squash*plantains*some type of meatball* and well, the chicken leg* : ) Delish! 

ONLY it was incredibly hot outside and the soup was incredibly hot, so nothing like sweating throughout your whole meal! 

Dinner

*Rice*Plantain fritters?-yummy*and chicken with onions, jalapenos and a cream sauce*

They grilled out back this night for us *beef*chicken*sausage*rice and beans*salad*

*Chicken*rice and beans*toast with ham, cheese and some sort of salsa? I don't know how to describe it!*

The last night in Leon, Nicaragua, they took us to the beach (which was beautiful) and we ate dinner at a place on the beach- this was not mine, but Dennis got lobster -below-

Below- I have fish somewhere beneath the sauce and potatoes and there was A LOT of it! 

This was the restaurant and the beach- a beautiful night! 

There you have it! To recap- rice and beans, rice and beans, chicken, rice and beans...just kidding! I LOVE rice and beans so I was a happy camper.