Life in an RV
Cuba in an RV
On the menu:
Cuban Water Bread http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-water-bread/detail.aspx
Sea Bass, Cuban Style http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sea-bass-cuban-style/detail.aspx
Cuban Beans & Rice http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-beans-and-rice/detail.aspx
Cuban Banana Casserole http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-banana-casserole/detail.aspx
Beach Bag Total after week 5: $23.85
Cuban cuisine is a fusion of Spanish, African and Caribbean cuisines. It is different from Mexican cuisine. A typical meal would consist of rice and beans (cooked either together or separate), a main course and a salad. Usually all dishes are brought to the table at once. Western Cuba (Havana) uses more eggs in their regional cuisine than that of the eastern half. Fish dishes are quite common on the coast. Cuba has a well-developed lobster industry, yet, lobster is seldom used. Crab is quite common in the cuisine on the coast. The paladere is a unique type of Cuban restaurant in that it's an independent eating establishment that a Cuban family runs out of their home. These are common in bigger towns such as Havana. As a rule, Cuban food is light on vegetables and fruit, but there is great produce to found at markets in most Cuban towns.
My husband, Bob and I enjoyed this dinner very much. I substituted the sea bass, which I couldn't find, for rockfish. I was pleasantly suprised at how good the Cuban Water Bread actually was. It didn't have much, ingredient-wise, so I thought it would be like eating cooked paste, but I was wrong...it was delicious!
My groceries for this week ran me $18.41 which left $1.59 to go into the Beach Bag.
Cuban Water Bread http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-water-bread/detail.aspx
Sea Bass, Cuban Style http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sea-bass-cuban-style/detail.aspx
Cuban Beans & Rice http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-beans-and-rice/detail.aspx
Cuban Banana Casserole http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cuban-banana-casserole/detail.aspx
Beach Bag Total after week 5: $23.85
Cuban cuisine is a fusion of Spanish, African and Caribbean cuisines. It is different from Mexican cuisine. A typical meal would consist of rice and beans (cooked either together or separate), a main course and a salad. Usually all dishes are brought to the table at once. Western Cuba (Havana) uses more eggs in their regional cuisine than that of the eastern half. Fish dishes are quite common on the coast. Cuba has a well-developed lobster industry, yet, lobster is seldom used. Crab is quite common in the cuisine on the coast. The paladere is a unique type of Cuban restaurant in that it's an independent eating establishment that a Cuban family runs out of their home. These are common in bigger towns such as Havana. As a rule, Cuban food is light on vegetables and fruit, but there is great produce to found at markets in most Cuban towns.
My husband, Bob and I enjoyed this dinner very much. I substituted the sea bass, which I couldn't find, for rockfish. I was pleasantly suprised at how good the Cuban Water Bread actually was. It didn't have much, ingredient-wise, so I thought it would be like eating cooked paste, but I was wrong...it was delicious!
My groceries for this week ran me $18.41 which left $1.59 to go into the Beach Bag.
