Food and Week 3 of School

As promised here is a little bit on what I eat in St. Lucia. We have a gas stove in our house which is where we do most of our cooking. We use our microwave occasionally as well and once we clean our oven we can use that too. We are hoping to use the crock pot soon, but are waiting for Jennifer to bring us to the store to show us what meat she uses in hers.  

Every morning for breakfast I wake up and make myself some eggs and toast.  We don't have a toaster so I make egg in a whole on the stove.  I normally finish my breakfast with a banana and peanut butter, as well as a bit of cold coffee.  Saturdays Abby and I make pancakes for breakfast.  Often I will put some of my banana in a pancake and top my pancakes with peanut butter and syrup.  A great weekend treat! Abby and I also bought cereal and every once in awhile will eat Honey Bunches of Oats or Frosted Flakes with some milk. 

Snacks include many fruits that are grown on the island.  Sweet oranges, watermelon (on a rare occasion), and bananas are my top choices, but I've eaten mangos, plums, ackee, five fingers, passion fruit, breadfruit, and others.  We have freezie pops for when we are hot and sticky, and buy popcorn often as it a cheap snack that we enjoy making. 

Lunches I am now eating at school.  School lunches are very basic, but I think they will suffice.  The meals are prepared right at school and the menu rotates every other week.  They make spaghetti, roti, pizza, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, etc. I have decided to lay off the chicken roti for awhile though as it upsets my stomach.  

Dinners after school so far have been very simple.  Rotisserie chicken, bread, potatoes, onions, ground turkey, minced beef, salad, cucumbers, fruit, green beans, and pasta- spaghetti or mac and cheese.  While I'm sure I"m missing a few things in this list, I think that this has hit most of the foods we have eaten.  This week we splurged and bought brats to eat.  We paid more money than normal, but I think it was well worth it! 

Desserts at the beginning were rare in our diet.  We splurged one day and bought ourselves a butterfinger candy bar.  Now that school has begun though, we have had plenty of cake around.  Abby and I almost always bring home cake for each other.  I'm glad someone else shares my sweet tooth! Abby and I also splurged and bought 3 packs of brownie mix at Mega J's (like Costco) and last weekend we made our first batch.  We were very thankful for Pastor and Jennifer who let us make the brownies at their house last Sunday, since we don't have a pan yet for our house or a clean oven to use.

This week was fairly similar to last week, but included our first parent meeting.  It was nice to meet many of the parents that I will be working with.  Wednesday night we finally made it to the beach for happy hour, which we all enjoyed very much.  Friday morning our gas for the stove ran out so Mrs. Murray brought Tanya to go pick some more up after school.  Being that we use the stove for every meal, we were happy to get that taken care of right away.  Abby and I went to CIA at church.  It was nice to be around people our own age, but man did we come back tired!

Today Jennifer took us to the Pink House.  It's a restaurant with a pretty view and good food.  It's a great place to relax and enjoy each other's company. We also visited Mrs. Flemming, a member at church.  While visiting she gave us simosas (an Indian fried food), peanuts, and sprite.  The simosas were delicious! Mrs. Flemming is such a sweet lady and in some ways reminds me of Evelyn Faught.  She has many flowers in her yard and actually is the lady who brings flowers to church every week.  They are always lovely! 

I included a few pictures from the week for you all to enjoy.  

Last Saturday on the Atlantic Ocean

Lots of seaweed, but still gorgeous!

Tuesday was a bit embarrassing. We all accidentally matched...

The Pink House. Such a lovely place for lunch.

View from lunch

Beautiful pottery and painting is done here!

The cute kitten that wanted my food.

The Pink House

Meet Scruffy. Grade 3's class pet.
He is now the 3rd turtle we've had to watch over the weekend.
He is more entertaining than Abby's turtles though!