Ecuador Food Projectby: Nico PrickettEcuador has a lot of good foods but this is one of my favorites!!

This is a picture of Ecuador, if you cannot

tell it is located in South America

This is a potatoes and cheese soup. The main ingredients is potatoes, cheese and avocadoes. Sounds delicious!!!

What ingredients you will need to make this awesome soup.

1 onion, chopped3 garlic cloves, crushed1/2 tsp cumin1 tsp ground annato/achiote3 giant baking potatoes, peeled and cubed (each about 6″ long)2 cups of milkenough water to cover the potatoes1-3 cups extra milk for thinning to desired consistencysalt & pepper1 cup shredded cheese – cheddar or Monterey jacka palmful of chopped cilantro

For the Garnish: chopped cilantro

crumbled queso blanco1-2 avocados, cubedgreen onion, sliced

How the dish is prepared First, cook the chopped onions

in a large pot until softened While they’re cooking, add in

the crushed garlic cumin, and ground annato

Next, cube up the potatoes and add to the pot. Size doesn’t matter because they’ll be pureed. Just remember, the larger you cut them, the longer they’ll take to cook.

Add 2 cups of milk and cover with water.

How the dish is prepared Simmer until the potatoes are

cooked through. Then puree with extra milk, salt and pepper. I used my handy, dandy immersion blender. You could also use a plain old blender, but you’ll probably have to do it in a few batches.

Add enough milk to thin out the soup – it should pour out of the ladle – no plopping soup allowed

You’re almost done! Stir in chopped cilantro and shredded cheese.

Top with the most wonderful combination of queso blanco, avocado, green onion, and cilantro.

Interesting facts about Ecuador

Fact 1:The official currency in Ecuador is the U.S dollar since 2001.The currency that was used before adapting to the US Dollar was called Sucre.

Fact 2: The colors of the flag is yellow for the diversity in the country, blue for the sky and the sea, and red for the blood of those who fought for independence.

Fact 3: Ecuador was the first nation in 2008 to declare that nature has constitutional rights.

Fact 4: 95% of Ecuador's population is Roman Catholic and the other 5% is made up of members of various other religions

Fact 5: The capital of Ecuador is Quito which has the second highest population in the country.

Giving credit

http://www.10-facts-about.com/Ecuador/id/87

http://globaltableadventure.com/