However, I do love my veggies too and one thing I always notice when I travel is that I just don't eat as many vegetables as normal. In fact sometimes it feels almost like I've become a cake eating carnivore with the meals you get at restaurants and the kinds of "holiday" food I indulge in.
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| Having access to markets like these in Paris did mean we ate some veggies. |
Because we stayed in apartments with kitchens for much of our trip, S and I did do some self catering and as a result, this trip was probably less veggie deprived that usual, but I was still craving them by the time we got home. So much so that even in our terribly tired jet lagged state, the first thing we did after getting home, having a shower and putting a load of washing on, was jump in the car and head to the fresh food markets. We bought a heap of fresh fruit and veggies and have been enjoying them ever since.
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| And I attempted to eat my body weight in fresh berries. |
S made a huge pot of veggie soup which has been our dinner pretty much ever since we got home and I made a giant batch of veggie pasta to have for lunches. Today as I ate my ratatouille pasta (which was significantly more vegetable than pasta) I reflected on just how delicious veggies are and how good they make me feel.
And so I add vegetables to one of the things I love coming home to!
What "home" foods do you miss when you are on holiday? And do you have a favourite vegetable?
I know exactly where you're coming from! I ended up ordering a caprese salad with almost every meal when we were in Italy just to make sure I had at least one vegetable a day.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I know I didn't comment much while you were away but I really did enjoy reading your travel posts.
Thanks CheezyK, the posts are a great way to remember the trip. Now just to do the photo album.
DeleteI can't even say those two words without shuddering at the moment ... nine months later isn't too late to put a photo album (shudder) together is it? :D
DeleteGah I hope not! I still haven't done the one from Vietnam last year.
DeleteI am exactly the same. Self-catering helps, but when we do that we always seem to have salad vegetables alongside 'easy' dinners, rather than whole vegetable based meals. I miss fruit too after travelling, even though I eat it whilst away. I think I'm used to fruit and vegetables being staples at home and when they're not I miss them!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're enjoying reuniting with them now :)
I ate heaps of fruit, how could I not when a giant (like 3x Australian size) punnet of raspberries was about $4! But yes, a proper veggie meal is just so hard to get overseas.
DeleteArguably this was because of the locations you visited. I found myself on an almost entirely vegetarian diet, excluding the vast amounts of seafood, when I went to Thailand. I was craving red meat upon my return.
ReplyDeleteFor me it's not so much a specific food I miss but sauces. I'm celiac and have found the the recipe for HP sauce in Canada differs from that in the UK. The North American one is made with white vinegar, the UK one with malt.
Oh yes, travel food always seems to be substantially more meaty and junky than usual!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was travelling Europe, I missed just my NORMAL vegetable and rice dishes a lot. So much so that we got to Prague, even with all the divine food options available, I headed straight to the shopping centre food court to get a vegie stir fry with rice!