The argentine view of breakfast consists of café con leche and a medialuna. And that's about it. Now I'm from the south, and that just didn't seem right to me, but as they say, "when in rome..." But now that I'm back in God's country, the lovely land of bluegrass, sweet tea and fried foods, I'm gonna eat HUGE southern (but healthy; can't be a fatty, y'all) breakfasts until my little heart dies of happiness. Here goes:

Farm fresh eggs, black beans, sausage and skillet-fried sweet potatoes.

 And since we couldn't decide which was a more suitable Fourth of July meal, we went with the steaks yesterday and saved the pork ribs for today. And man, were they delicious! Smothered in barbeque sauce, they went great with barbeque baked beans (made by yours truly) and ranch potato salad, one of my mom's favorites. 

RIBS. to die for. with baked beans and ranch potato salad.

 And for dessert: a bowl of brownie ice cream, sugar free, of course. In all honesty, it wasn't that great. A little too sweet for my taste. I think now that I'm home, I'll stick to my sugar free fudgesicles (don't knock 'em til you've tried 'em!) and other goodies to satisfy my sweet tooth. 

brownie ice cream with sliced almonds. 

Fourth of July

What a perfect time to come back to the states. It's summertime, the living's easy, and most importantly, it's the Fourth of July. Which means, of course, good, southern food. God Bless America and the South :)

American food. Por fin!

omg sweet potatoes. how i've missed you.

 I know that Argentina is famous for their steak, but they've got nothing on our grass-fed beef. Oh, how I've missed this.

grass-fed steak. straight from the farm.

look at those grill marks. 

zucchini, yellow squash and onion.

the finished product!

a true welcome-home meal.

There's really nothing better than coming home to true, southern, home-cooked meals. It's like America itself is welcoming home :)

Aguas Calientes - Día 2

After a very grueling day hiking the ruins of Machu Picchu, we all thought we deserved a delicious meal. This little open restaurant a few doors down from  our hotel was definitely a good choice. 

Pollo al ajo

 I got garlic chicken, which I thought was going to be simple grilled chicken with garlic and spices; it turned out to be chicken with this AMAZING white garlic sauce slathered on top. yumm!

deliciousness!

Before heading back to Cusco, dad found a really nice, buffet-style restaurant near the train station where we killed a couple hours before our train.

buffet lunch - entradas (starters)

the main courses.

dessert! cream puff = heaven.

I ate so much I was nearly in a food coma for the train ride back to Cusco. Definitely worth it though.

Aguas Calientes - Día 1

We found a cute, open restaurant for lunch and I opted for some mexican cuisine (yeah, I know, Mexican in Peru? def. worth it.)

Enchilada de pollo

so EXCITED for food!

 Then for dinner we went to another open restaurant across the small river. Apparently, I was craving peaches, because I got it in both juice form and on chicken.

Jugo de Durazno (peach juice)

Pollo de Durazno

After dinner, Mom and I wanted a strong cup of hot, black tea with milk...but instead we got hot milk with a tea bag in it. Surprisingly, not bad.

Té caliente con leche

Bienvenidos a Perú

So everyone warns you about eating certain foods (like raw, unwashed veggies) and drinking the water in Peru. But from what I see so far, there's still LOADS of foods worth sampling!

Choclo (maíz) peruano and queso peruano.

This corn was literally bought on the side of a dirt road, out of a boiling pot of water. Totes safe.

Me stuffing my face with delicious choclo y queso.

 After our tour at the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we went to a small pizzería for dinner where we split 2 delicious pizzas and mad sure to drink lots of Inca Kola, a super popular gaseosa en Peru.

INKA KOLA

I swear, Inka Kola = Big Red. Maybe Big Red's a southern thing, but this peruvian drink is it, just in yellow form instead of red.  

Pizza Alemana

Pizza Napolitana

So far, I'm finding the food in Peru to be COMPLETELY different from that of Argentina, but amazing in its own right. 

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Down to the last few days. Gotta hit up all my BsAs haunts one last time...

last trip tp MUMA's with the girls :(

carrot cake cupcake. delish.

SCHWARMAAA.

Almuerzo de Despedida

goodbye lunch from Deli Wok.

veggies = yummm.

FRUTASSS.