They are crunchy and melt in the mouth. Delicious. When my son comes home for a visit, I'm sure I'll make them for him--along with a thousand other things he's sure to ask for.

After breakfast, I cleaned 3 kg of tuna. I saved half for later. I cut 600 grams into cubes of approximately 7 cm to make preserves in oil (next weekend), set aside 300 grams for my cats and cooked 600 grams for lunch.

We were in the mood for maraquitas, so I took the bottle of Anis from the fridge,a couple of lemons and some ice cubes. I drank maraquitas with my husband as I cooked lunch, while he washed the peanuts we bought at the market, to roast them in the electric oven. It was a nice noon. Much appreciated.

I prepared my version of pabellón oriental, made with tuna stew.

I used a good quantity of onion, sweet chili, green bell pepper, and crushed garlic; I also added a culantro leave, paprika and white wine.

Fish is a healthier choice than beef. In addition, shredding tuna is much easier. All you need is a fork.

Original traditional pabellón is known as pabellón criollo, and it's served with shredded beef stew. The stew for pabellón oriental is prepared with shredded fish instead of beef.

My version of pabellón oriental: shredded tuna fish stew, white rice, black beans, and fried slices of ripe plantain.

My afternoon coffee.

My photo arguing that peanuts make the perfect dinner, while my husband ate leftover cheese wraps.

This was all for today. I hope you try my recipe for crunchy cheese wraps. You can cook them in the oven, too, to avoid so much fat, and they are just as delicious this way--and healthier.

Wish you all the best and see you tomorrow, on my next entry.