Cañero, a lovely spot with a beach

Hello, everyone.
Tonight, after accidentally walking 6 km too far, we are staying at the friendly and cozy Hotel Canero. It is in the tiny village of Cañero, and if it weren't raining we would go down to the beach.
Unfortunately the day began with rain and has kept it up most of the day. We didn't realize what the weather would likly be when we left from Soto la Luiña this morning, so we headed up to the scenic mountain route to our day's destination. Famous last words as they say! We found many low muddy spots on the trail, and then it took off through some cow pastures. The trail, being the lowest spot around, was a running stream. But eventually we came down, missed the turn to our destination, and ended up here instead. But this is a delightful place!
These are two of the items in the menu del dia for today.

 Homemade chicken noodle soup was the soup of the day. Eat your hearts out, Campbells!

This was the dessert, a house made fresh cheese sprinkled with sugar--it's a Spanish thing I guess--and drizzled with honey. I forgot to photograph the little peppers stuffed with fish and accompanied by potatoes. We ate them too fast for pictures.
Ultreia.

Mustard plants in the garden

Hello, everyone.

There is a fall garden growing here, and it needs thinning regularly. I have loads of mustard leaves waiting in my refrigerator now.

I pulled them by the roots, along with arugula and assorted other edible greens that are too close together. Washed them once in the hose outside to get most of the sand off. Washed them again in a bowl to get the rest of the sand off. Soaked them in salt solution to get caterpillars off and crisp up the leaves. And stuck them in a container in the fridge.

Some turned into salad.

Some turned into this:

Egg with wilted greens and Cholula sauce