Adventures in Ukraine

Yes, Karen, I do have cucumbers and tomatoes almost everyday for breakfast. Karye’s not here so I don’t have to eat her tomatoes, but I am getting at least one tomato per day,  at some point in the eating chain. I get up and have breakfast, with tomato and cucumber, have a snack of nuts or cheese or fruit, then lunch is cheese on bread, a boiled egg, and cucumber and tomato. Dinner usually is some kind of whole grain, a piece of salmon or chicken, a piece of fruit and…you guessed it…a tomato and a cucumber.

All I can say is that I am blessed by the good food. Two of my favorite foods are…you guessed it again…tomatoes and cucumbers! They are fresh, some so fresh from the garden you can smell the tomato smell! Nothing like it!!

For breakfast it is a different story. At home I am really boring with my breakfast choices: cold cereal, oatmeal, scrambled egg, malt-o-meal…you get it…very BORING! Here the one thing that you can not call it is boring. Everyday is a new adventure. Jane is the best hostess and she really tries to please me with different food choices.

Some mornings I will have Kasha (real kasha not the stuff in the instant box or the cold cereal box) with big pieces of fruit in it (with the above mentioned t & c), green tea w/honey, a piece of fruit, water or juice. Some mornings I will have buckwheat w/pan grilled chicken, t & c, bread, fruit and tea, other mornings have been salmon with the before mentioned items, or chicken w/assorted other whole grains. I have also had “dumplings” with meat inside as the main dish…very tasty indeed

Not the usual McBreakfast at home, but I am really enjoying the different kinds of things, and I am NOT having to cook it myself, so that is a HUGE blessing to me!