Last week, I decided to keep a 5-day food diary to give you an idea of what it is like to live and eat in Kosovo.
(Note: At times, I am posting old photos or photos from other sites. I didn’t want to weird out my host mother by taking pictures of the meals she cooked.)
Also, I didn’t include snacks. I eat chocolate. A lot of it.
Monday
Breakfast: banana + a cup of coffee
Lunch: 2 speca (peppers), two small tomatoes with salt, a big hunk of homemade cheese, several glasses of milk
Dinner: A bowl of pasule (traditional bean stew here in Kosovo) with white bread and one glass of milk
Tuesday
Breakfast: banana + a cup of coffee
Lunch: Two pieces of reheated dough filled with egg (leftover from Sunday breakfast) and two glasses of milk
Dinner: Two fried eggs, a hunk of homemade cheese, and several glasses of milk
Wednesday
Breakfast: a cup of dry Cheerios + a cup of coffee
Lunch: one speca (pepper), one bowl of leftover pasule, 2 glasses of milk
Dinner: one bowl of leftover pasule, 1 glass of milk
Thursday
Breakfast: a cup of dry Cheerios + a cup of coffee
Lunch: I was in Pristina to work, which means I got to have a treat! I had a falafel sandwich from one of my favorite restaurants, Babaganoush. HEAVEN.
Dinner: Flia (traditional Kosovo food that’s just layers of dough cooked over an open flame)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_L-0ggvjd/?taken-by=hellofromkosovo
Friday
Breakfast: a cup of dry Cheerios + a cup of coffee
Lunch: 1-1/2 (cold) fried eggs (ugh, couldn’t finish them), ½ of a tomato with salt, a piece of cheese, a piece of leftover flia, and a glass of milk
Dinner: penne pasta mixed with cheese and a glass of milk
Hello from Kosovo 