Pinar Del Rio, Cuba #SaturdaySnapshot #WeekendCooking

Today’s post features my favorite meal during our trip to Cuba. I’ve written before about the food for our first two days in Cuba — delicious but with a certain sameness about the offerings. The variety of food increased when we arrived in Havana.

Our most varied meal was served at an organic farm that we visited during a day trip from Havana to the west of the island, in the Pinar del Rio province.

Terraced, raised beds for growing organic vegetables on a hillsideThe dramatic view from the open-air pavilion where we were served lunchThe farm’s specialty herbal cocktail, said to have health benefits. We were offered the choice of having it with or without rum.First course: squash soupMedley of starchy vegetables

Join me next week — I’ll share some of what I learned about agriculture in Cuba for the Weekend Cooking folks.

Here are my previous posts about Cuba, most with photos for Saturday Snapshot at West Metro Mommy Reads:

• Photos of Entering Cuba
• Book review of Cuban Revelations by Marc Frank
• Photos of the Palacio de Valle
• Book review of Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
• Photos of downtown Cienfuegos
• Food in Cuba
• Colorful Trinidad, Cuba
• Book review of Havana Nocturne by T.J. English with photos of 50s Cuba
• Interiors of a 1929 house in Havana
• Colors of Cuba exhibit
• Views of Havana from Hotel Capri
• Architecture and book stalls in the Plaza de Armas, Havana
• Food in Havana
• Plaza de la Catedral, Havana
• A non-touristy walk in Havana