Noelle likes Good Food

I hope you all had a wonderful day and were able to stay warm! We woke up to ice on all our windows, but from the suggestion of a friend we dripped out faucets and thankfuly none of our pipes froze. We are also done with day 2 of our detox :)! I made oatmeal to go with breakfast this morning. I used half water half coconut milk for the liquid, and once the oatmeal was cooked I added in some sea salt, cinnamon and coconut oil. We both really enjoyed it! I also had a cup of soup to drink on the way to work. It was chicken broth blended with some beans, carrots and kale and I added seasoning to taste.  Chris ate his oatmeal with an omelet and an orange.  For lunch we had more of the Asian brown rice salad I made Sunday with some baked veggies. haha We didn't like the veggies today either. Sad. I need to figure out a way to repurpose those veggies into something we like a little better, and find a different veggie side dish for tomorrow's lunch. ...

I love food. What a surprise, right? I also love eating food from other cultures and one of my favorite cuisines is Mexican food. I greatly enjoy freshly made corn tortillas, all the different types of salsa, beans, pico de gallo, jicama, etc...  Like I said in my post yesterday, Nicole took me to two of the communities where she has been working. In their culture, if they are having guests they will feed you. So, the first house we went to, in the first community, they were eating a late breakfast and they invited us to eat with them. They had a big pot of soup or 'caldo' on the stove that they dished into bowls. Then we squeezed some lime juice and spooned some spicy salsa into our soup. I enjoyed that meal very much.  Here is the family's mortar and pestle and they made 'salsa' out of dried chilies, roasted tomatoes, and a pinch of salt. It is spicy, but incredibly flavorful and tasted great in our soup. Now that I have a mortar and pestle I am going to make t...