Month 3: Honduras — living on $10 per day (food, utilities, lodging, transportation)
For most of the month, we ate typical Honduran food; however, our missionary contact was American, and he assimilated American food into our diet as well. Since our lunchtime tended to be busy as different teams were coming and going for ministry, we had ham and cheese sandwiches with every lunch to keep it simple.
Access to snack food was a bit different in month 3 because we had a small pulpería (i.e., a snack store) in our ministry building. The snacks Tony sold there helped fund his ministry, and he had one of the street kids, Ariel, manage the finances every evening. We got our fix on Planter's cashews/peanuts/honey-roasted peanuts, American candy bars, Raptor sodas, Gatorade, Coke in glass bottles, juice, Oreos, donuts, muffins, oatmeal cookies, Quaker chewy granola bars, etc. I ate a whole lot of cashews and peanuts this month!
The following is a list of what we ate:
Drinks:
Coffee
Water
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with raisins
Corn flakes and milk
Scrambled eggs + refried beans + cream
Scrambled eggs, refried beans, avocado, and aged cheese in a flour tortilla
Pancakes + syrup
French toast + syrup
Fruit (bananas, fried plantains, mangos, or watermelon)
Lunch:
Ham, cheese, lettuce, and onion sandwiches on white rolls + chips
Dinner:
Spaghetti with a ground beef and cheese sauce
Spaghetti with vegetables (carrots, broccoli, green squash)
Pasta and broccoli with an alfredo sauce
White rice with corn mixed in and sometimes topped with ground beef and potatoes
Kidney beans, white rice, and tortillas
Kraft macaroni and cheese + dinner roll
Refried beans, scrambled eggs, and white rice
Cheese pupusas with a beet and vegetable mixture on top
Tostadas with ground beef, sauce, cabbage, and tomatoes
Refried rice with veggies and chicken
Hot wings and cole slaw
