Category / Costa Rica / Health & Food
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Slow Living in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
There has been quite a buzz around “slow living” lately, a movement that values a more balanced, mindful, decelerated lifestyle. Stemming from the “slow food” movement that began in Italy in the 80’s–which was the antidote to fast food and promoted taking your time to prepare and eat your food, enjoying conversation over your meal…
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Raising and Hatching Bantam Chickens
We have many goals to become more self-sustainable by producing instead of consuming. One way to do that is have a flock of yard birds that are producing daily eggs. Bantam chickens are smaller versions of standard chickens, and come in a variety of breeds – just miniature! They are about 1/5 to 1/4 the…
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Super Healthy Tropical Smoothies: Part I
One of the best things about living in the tropics is the abundance of fresh, local fruit. I had never tried many of the local tropical fruit before moving here, and now I can’t imagine life without these sweet, exotic and best of all – HEALTHY! – treats. Costa Rica is a hot spot for…
