These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. You will probably recognise many items, such as tortillas, paella, longanizas, spaghetti and so on. Very similar to my boys now, who still enjoy the occasional fry up, oats, cereals, baked beans and sausages, but they also have no problem in enjoying a typical Spanish meal.My boys attend a private school, and with the long schedule of 9-5 pm it’s easier to stay in school for lunch.

Below is a screenshot of my boys typical Spanish school menu. Pasta salad with tuna and black olives? Not my personal favorite. Mum, wife, A lifestyle, family, expat and travel blog. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my time in the MEDDEAS © 2015 | Parque Comercial Galaria, calle V-3, 2ºD. How things have changed compared to a few years ago when the kids had dinner at 7:00 pm the latest. However, at lunchtime in Spain, there are no lines, no trays, and definitely no neon dessert. You will probably recognise many items, such as tortillas, paella, longanizas, spaghetti and so on. 5/9 Spain. Of course, we do not completely deny ourselves from junk food, but it’s much more of a treat nowadays than a daily thing.Growing up in the Philippines, I can remember a usual breakfast would consist of rice, fried eggs, dried fish, tocino or My taste has changed over the years but sometimes I am still drawn to the food that I enjoyed from my childhood. Follow us to get first hand information on what it's like living in this beautiful city. Their diet has also changed, no more to quick meals and junk food.The availability of ready meals are not as popular compared to back in the UK, and usually, you will only find a small section of this in the supermarket. This is … But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.This website uses cookies, and we like to eat them too.

In France, each school lunch has to include a main dish (based on meat, fish, eggs, offal or cheese), a side dish, a dairy product and either a starter or dessert.

McDonald’s and junk food are only there for treat days, whereas back in the UK, my eldest son would probably visit a chip shop on his way back from school as well as having snacks in between!British/Filipina now living in Valencia, Spain. From a 7-year-old point of view, I can see his problem, but it didn’t take too long before he finally accepted that there is nothing he can do about it.

At home, Spaniards do not traditionally eat “fancy” dishes on a daily basis, but still enjoy a soup or pasta dish, salad, meat and/or fish, and a dessert, such as fruit or cheese. Is that OK? They also give the children a balance of beans (lentils, Since moving to Spain, we have certainly change the way we eat for the better. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Desayuno: Breakfast in Spain…Kind Of. This summer, I spent 6 weeks in the nursery classroom of both my children, before my daughter entered 1st grade in the fall.

The nutritional standards regulate how frequently dishes are served in a 20-meal cycle. They also give the children a balance of beans (lentils, lentejas and chickpeas, garbanzos). Some aspects of school lunches in Spain are similar: the never-ending noise, the barely contained chaos, and the long tables reminiscent of those I used to sit at as a student. The large midday meal, called la comida , has several courses and usually includes five or six choices in each.

You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. And there’s no doubt that one would enjoy some of the typical Spanish dishes at my school more if they didn’t prepare them in industrial-sized batches. Ohla Living is a blog for families who appreciate culture, the simple things as well as making the most of family time.Lifestyle blog of a British family living in Valencia, Spain. It’s been a long process, and it’s not easy especially when there are about 5 parts of eating during the course of the day. These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. The first Spanish elementary school I worked at was in a small Galician village in the sparsely populated northwestern…

Desayuno is the first typical Spanish meal of the day. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Ohla Living cover topics that showcase what it's like living in the part of the Mediterranean. Maybe not.