Cooking

These are some random pictures.
The creature, at the beach, preparing for the power outage that didn't happen.
Yesterday I got my butt whooped surfing. I swallowed more water and I have a bit of a saltwater hangover today. However, I did ride some waves and it felt great. I was surfing in the rain. Jack is getting so good in just a couple of weeks. The young bucks are commenting on how well he can surf. I told them Jack does everything well. He's like superman. He can read the ocean like he's been doing it all of his life. They're pretty amazed at him. They can't get over how "fit" he is. Their words. They're good guys. Very polite and nice and their parents would be proud of them.
I'm having a hard time figuring out what to make for dinner. So far our dinners have consisted of noodles w/ sauce or butter. You can't buy a jar of sauce here. The sauce comes in small packets that are pretty spendy. The packets you just heat up over the stove but it's enough sauce for about 2 servings. I add some water to stretch it a little. We are learning to ration our portions. I also make potatoes and onions with garlic. We have a lot of rice and beans. Unless we go to the grocery store everyday, which is unrealistic, I don't have the variety of fresh veggies on a daily basis. I sauteed up broccoli last night with the potatoes and it was yummy. You also can't get parmasean cheese. Peanut butter is out. We use honey instead for our bread. I'm sure there are places to buy these things but few and far between. We have had no meat since being here. I don't miss it at all and neither does my family. Although, Hannah mentioned she could go for some buffalo wings last night. Me too. I think the fish truck comes around today. Hopefully we'll be here to score on some fresh fish. We missed it last week. So, if anyone is creative with cooking, keep in mind my ingredients are limited, send me some ideas. I'm running out of them. We did treat ourselves to some oreos yesterday. I haven't had any but Jack and the girls scarfed them down like it was their last meal. I'm getting used to the no sugar thing and my body likes it too. My dessert is bacardi/mango/papaya juice. But I'm out of Bacardi. Time to get on the bike for a huge treck. Maybe manana.