Food

I haven't brought up the topic of food and cooking very much. As you all know, I prefer to cook and bake from scratch as much as possible. What's frustrating here is that specific ingredients are hard to come by (for example, graham crackers) and also that (in my opinion) the kitchen is woefully under stocked (in terms of utensils, bake-ware, etc).

To overcome this, I generally have had to make really simple dishes. Lots of pasta with simple vegetable sauces, and little tortilla shells with beans, cheese, and salsa (of which there's about a million varieties at the store). My baking has mainly consisted of chocolate-chip cookies; the flour and butter is so different that I hesitate to make a cake or pie.

The opportunity arose last weekend to show off my baking talents when another Canadian couple decided to host a belated Thanksgiving at their place. I opted to make 2 desserts, one of which had to have pumpkin. After much internet searching and careful consideration of what implements were housed in the kitchen, I found the two recipes: Pumpkin Cheesecake Crumble Squares and Turtle Bars. Both are fantastic and I highly recommend them both. Because if I can make them under duress here in Mexico, you can definitely make them in Canada. Enjoy!