A sample of what we eat

The main meal here in Peru is at lunch time. We have 5 adults currently living in our house, plus Shaun and Amanda are often around for lunch, and guests come and go too – so there are often many around the table! 5 adults is a small day!

So we have to come up with meals which are reasonable priced to cook for large numbers and that aren’t too fiddly, otherwise it would take all morning! Here in Peru there is not the availability of pre-prepared foods like there is in the UK or US, and what there is, is very expensive so not possible for large numbers. So most of the food is prepared from scratch.

Being an international community, we cook a mixture of native and non-native dishes. Most of the international dishes have to have rice cooked with them too, especially for Ronald and Rosa who don’t feel it is a proper meal without rice (a bit like Mark not feeling it is a proper meal without meat!)

Tuesday

Meal: Chicken in a cream and tomato sauce, with rice and salad

Cooked by: Anna and Rosa

Number eaten: 9 adults, 3 children

Wednesday

Meal: Arroz con Pollo - traditional Peruvian chicken and rice in coriander, with onion and tomato salad and fresh salad

Cooked by: Rosa and Lili

Number eaten: 9 adults, 2 children

Thursday

Meal: Spicy spaghetti Bolognese and salad

Cooked by: Amanda

Number eaten: 9 adults, 2 children

Friday

Meal: Ají de gallina – shredded chicken in a bread-chili-milk sauce with hardboiled eggs, potatoes, rice and salad.

Cooked by: Rosa

Number eaten: 6 adults, 2 children

Saturday (Day off)

Meal: Barbequed Hamburgers with cheese

Cooked by: Shaun

Number eaten: 4 adults, 2 children.

Sunday

Meal: Pollo a la Brasa – rotisserie chicken, chips and salad (and homecooked rice for those who need extra carbs!)

Cooked by: Noone – bought in from supermarket because Anna too sick to cook L

Number eaten: 6 adults, 2 children

Monday

Meal: Estofado – chicken stew with potatoes, rice and salad

Cooked by: Rosa

Number eaten: 7 adults, 2 children

Tuesday

Meal: Curry with rice and salad (Pataks sauce brought into Peru from Mark’s last trip to England!)

Cooked by: Mark

Number eaten: 5 adults, 3 children (children had tuna pasta!)

Wednesday

Meal: Spagetti carbonara with chorizo sausage and salad

Cooked by: Rosa (with instructions from Anna as first time she had made the dish)

Number eaten: 5 adults, 2 children

Thursday

Meal: Meatloaf, mash potato, green beans (and rice for those who need rice!) with gravy (imported from USA!)

Cooked by: Amanda (& Shaun)

Number eaten: 7 adults, 2 children

Friday

Meal: Beer battered fish, rice and salad

Cooked by: Anna

Number eaten: 5 adults, 2 children