Hello hello,

Another problem has arisen… We have no oven and my unfilled Southern-girl desire to cook is beginning to agitate under the weight of far too many rice-based meals with little-to-no protein.  We do have these:

a microwave

a gas stove

an electric water warmer

So if you can send stove-top or microwave recipes that don’t include rice or potatos (as that’s literally the staple of every meal we’ve eaten at the house that we didn’t make for ourselves in protest), we’d be very appreciative.  Tonight, we’re planning a meal of roasted chicken bought pre-roasted from the local supermarket coupled with a few veggies including roasted potatos at the insistance of Andy and fudge for dessert, if I have anything to do with it!!  =)

One reminder on sending recipes… The more basic the ingredients the better as Peru doesn’t import a lot of the pre-packaged ingredients found in my cookbooks.  For instance, there’s no marshmellow cream and I haven’t yet found corn syrup or brown sugar.  They do, however, have A LOT of yummy fresh vegetables and about 300 varieties of potatos to choose from… No, Idaho potatos is not one of them.  But hey, you can always give suggestions and I can improvise! 

Send any ideas to picturingperu@gmail.com and I’ll let you know how it turns out!  Thanks y’all!