Meals

Our meals at the house have been the site of great conversations. We have a small breakfast every morning, which are senora prepares and leaves on the table for us, so it’s just me and Olivia. It’s usually cereal, bread/muffin, and orange juice. Then we have lunch at 2:30 pm and dinner at 9:30 pm, which are big meals. Lunch and dinner are 3 courses: usually a soup or pasta first; then the main meal, which has been some type of meat or fish with salad or veggies; and then we have dessert, which is usually fruit or yogurt. Everything is with olive oil—it’s either cooked in olive oil or has olive oil on it. For breakfast we’ve had toasted bread that you dip in olive oil and all our salads come with olive oil as the dressing. I like olive oil, so it’s fabulous. And I love fish, which is so fresh here, so I’m super happy with what we’re eating. Yesterday for lunch the first course was this rice dish with veggies in it and crab, which was to die for. Our senora is a REALLY good cook. I feel like such a pig, though, cause Olivia and I eat what I consider a normal amount, but her daughter eats about 1/2 of our amount…so little! All that we eat is definitely balanced and super healthy. I’ve definitely never eaten so much fruit on a regular basis my entire life.