Learning to cook Uruguayan style!

I haven't posted in a while because I was hoping to put up some photos of the vacation I took with Adrián and his family to the beautiful beaches of Rocha. However, his older brother hasn't sent me the photos I want yet so that post will have to come later. So, rather than put off blogging any longer I thought I'd share about my weekend cooking Uruguayan foods with Adrián. We were up until 4am last weekend cooking 3 types of delicious empanadas and a vegetable tarta (a type of casserole--you mix a bunch of ingredients together and usually pour it over a thin or thick crust).

The three different types of fillings we chose for the empanadas were: ham with oregano and cheese; tomato with basil and cheese; and sautéed onions with green olives and cheese. The vegetable tarta was made with a homemade wheat crust, then sautéed onions were thrown in, cheese, spinach, corn, tomatoes, and a few other ingredients to help it cook well and stick together.

Since there was leftover whole wheat crust makings, Adrián decided to put all the extra empanada fillings together to make a second tarta! It actually turned out even more delicious then the first! And at 4:00 am in the morning we enjoyed our homemade, nutritious dinner! Of course we did feed our hungry bellies before that because we ate a massive box of sweet popcorn (my favorite!) at the movie we went to earlier that night.