Insane Street Foods Less than $1 in Colombia

meats

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu offers a plant-based option while chicken is often more affordable.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

sauces

🥗Healthier: homemade salsa

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade salsa is fresher and lower in preservatives.

breads

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: white bread

Whole grain offers more nutrients and fiber.

Head to the street food vendor to buy choradas.

Order choradas, which is a mixture of fruits like papaya, banana, mango, and pineapple, topped with a yogurt-like condensed milk and cereal.

Enjoy the choradas, noting the delicious combination of flavors and textures.

Visit another vendor to try a sweet potato dish topped with honey and salt.

Learn that the sweet potato is actually made from palm fruit.

Cross the road to a vendor selling arroz con leche (rice and milk).

Order arroz con leche for about $1.50.

Taste the arroz con leche, noting its similarity to rice porridge and the mild flavor of the cheese used.

Head to a vendor selling oblias, a dessert made of thin wafers filled with cheese and cream, often flavored with strawberry.

Order an oblias, preferably with nuts if available, and enjoy the dessert, comparing it to an ice cream cone.

Mention the popularity of oblias and the presence of multiple vendors selling them.

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