eating vegetables in Cuba and cooking in a Havana casa?

I found Cuba to be one of the easiest places I've ever traveled as a vegetarian actually, due to the casa structure. Havana also has at least 2 vegetarian restaurants (do I search on here, they're also mentioned in the Moon handbook) as well (one is buffet-style, and still was charging in pesos (instead of CUCs) last year, they even had some soy meat- that was a great treat for me!) A friend and I went shopping for groceries together and then my casa owner cooked meals for me -- and I'm not remembering what price we set to it, but it was considerably less than others mentioned, probably b/c I bought my own groceries & veggie groceries are cheaper as well. PM me if you want contact info. Oil was barely used everywhere I stayed -- one person bragged about how she never used oil to me. And despite all that and all the non-stop dancing and walking I did, Cuba's the only country where I've almost gained weight while traveling for the abundance and simple deliciousness of the food (I can't say that anyone who cooked for me really knew how/had spices to flavor food w/o meat, but it was good anyways!)

And yeah, they'll think you're kinda strange, but I suspect you're used to that. Hell, smilecu thinks it's flat-out inappropriate for you to travel if you want to stick to your ordinary diet.

Eating veggie forced me to stay within my casas or friends' houses where I was comfortable expressing my needs and discouraged me from eating out (pretty difficult to do as a veggie), so I actually think it encouraged me to experience more of the culture than I would have otherwise -- since had it not been a worry I would have been wandering out to eat alone at a restaurant more often.