flavors & such

pantry staples

After looking through the photos from the past two months or so I realized we have taken an excessive amount of photos of us in front of food. Sitting down for a yummy plate at a restaurant, while wonderful and delicious, does not give credit to some of the new items that seem to be regulars in the Dehner pantry. To be clear, we can find everything we need here in Merida. Of course, we have wants and flavors we miss (Oasis Hummus, for example), but we have come across some things that, from my extensive market research and years perusing the various aisles of Hyvee, Schnucks, Costco, Safeway, Krogers, Trader Joes, and my forever have my heart ALDI, that are unique to the shelves of the grocery stores in Mexico. So I wanted to take a break from the "look what we are doing update" to something of a different flavor, pun intended.

there are so many mayo flavors on the shelf - we like lime

while there is coconut flavored yogurt in Iowa, we've been buying this particular one in double because we go through it so fast

strawberry and guayaba has a statisfying tang to it that seems to go well with our gringo pb&js

all the grocery stores (this one is Walmart) have coolers filled with freshly made and warm yellow and white corn tortillas - so yummy

yes it is just some simple white bread, but they are are 4 pesos (less than a quarter) a piece and they are delish with scrambled eggs.

for good measure!