Photos of home cooked food + other random things

I really enjoy the food that my host family makes. Every day, I get to try something new!

My FAVORITE food is definitely the "frescos", or fresh fruit juices, which are ubiquitous in Nicaragua. My host family makes the most amazing frescos, which they keep in a huge bucket in the fridge.

During the first day with my host family, I drank about five glasses of fresco de pitaya because I liked it so much!

So far, I've tried pitaya (dragon fruit), arroz con piña (pineapple and rice), limonada, and the national drink, tiste (cocoa and maiz)

Fresco de Pitaya (dragon fruit juice)

Gallo pinto, tostones (fried plantain chips) and queso

Limonada, tortilla, ensalada, arroz, and creamed zucchini

Fresca de piña y arroz, plantain chips, gallo pinto, and queso

Ensalada de papaya y banana

Pescado frito con tostones

Tiste (chocolate and corn drink)

Tiste con pan de jamón y queso (I didn't realize it had ham when I bought it at the pulpería (mini store) so I fed it to Bebe, their dog)

Other Pictures

On the first day of work, we were supposed to take a bus to go to a rural community, but it started to rain

The outdoor laundry room

Stone washboard

Bebe, their dog, who I am not allowed to touch because she hates new people! I have to give her a month or so to get used to me, which stinks because I want to play with her so badly! (I'm hoping that feeding her things like ham will expedite the process)

Meeting with the mothers in Sutiaba

Gabriela and Ingrid facilitating the meeting

It began to rain while Gabriela and I were walking home!

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