Russian 'hospital' cuisine anyone?

Having been in Russia for over two years, I am a little embarrassed to say I haven't really had many Russian dishes (well, i have had pelmeni and borsch, it would be absolutely disrespectful to come and go without having pelmeni at least once!). I tend to order western dishes when I eat out, probably because I am more familiar with them, they are popular back home. I love food (a lot of us do), but I am more of a fries and spicy wings kind of girl.

I have heard people say that hospital food is the worst (had been fortunate enough all along never to be in that kind of situation) but imagine having some Russian dishes for the first time in hospital, the horror!

So, what had happened was (😁 get it?), I got hospitalized for some time and got to have some errh...complicated Russian meals (let's go with complicated). So basically every meal came with bread, but I am not a fan so I never took it not to mention that I didn't really like the dull brownish color (reminded me of the homemade bread our grannies make back home in rural Zimbabwe, not that I hated it but I had enough to last me several life times). I am not a nutritionist or anything so I am not an expert on what types of food are meant for breakfast or dinner and the like but I am pretty sure some of it is basic. After my hospital stay however, I have to say I got a little confused. At one time we had grated carrots and what I think was meant to be egg casserole, except i didn't taste any bacon or cheese in it, for breakfast  (and the brownish bread of course) then had oatmeal porridge (don't forget the bread) for dinner...Long story short, each time a person on TV says something about hospital food being horrible, I can definitely relate now.

I am now a little less motivated to try some traditional Russian meals but it won't be fair for me to judge them based on that not so fun experience (and also my taste buds were probably compromised at the time). I will let you guys know once I do. 

Being admitted into hospital is not fun for anyone, and especially when you are in a foreign country, far from your family but these two ladies in the same ward with me made that time a bit bearable (one of them never caught my name and ended up just calling me 'my chocolate', obviously because of my beautiful chocolate colored skin 😎). The staff were all very nice and professional, I felt that I was in good hands and I am really grateful. Russians sometimes buy flowers for their doctors when they recover to show their appreciation and you know how when you are in Rome you do what Romans do...

I know I haven't posted anything in months, a lot has been going on and I will make an effort to share more stuff with you guys more often. I have attached a picture collage of the hospital food, the two times I remembered to take pictures, never been one to take pictures of food before I eat (I am usually totally looking forward to think about taking pictures). Feel free to leave your nice comments, I would love to hear from you all. Much love. Пока пока!