The Guacamole you Need in your Life

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We just can’t get enough of the fresh food here! An other thing that we simply just love is guacamole! There’s nothing better to eat as a snack than this mix of avocados and tomatoes. I’ve never been a fan of it until we came here. We first tried it in a restaurant and fell in love with it. Since them, we’ve been making our own every week. Our ingredients: 2 ripe avocados 1 big tomato Half of a small onions A little bit of garlic (you have to do it grandma style, where you just put as much as …

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Smoothie 2.0

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After being here for a bit longer, our smoothie recipe changed a bit.  While our first one was a bit “Canadian” still, this version is much more Costa Rican! Fruits are way more exotic and it changes depending on what is ripe and available at the moment. Here’s one of our favorite! So here are our main ingredients! 1 coconut (we keep that, it’s a must. The water is just delicious is a smoothie!) 1 box of strawberries (we do love our strawberries. They stayed from the first recipe.) 1 fresh mango (no way we can forget our mango!!! It’s …

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How to make the best smoothie EVER

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The steps are really simple. All you need is: 1 box of fresh stawberries 1 box of fresh blackberries 1 fresh mango 1 coconut (you want the water in it, not the flesh) Then you blend all of it together and: Here is the deliciiiiious result! It’s 100% natural and you just can’t get better than that.

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A stop at the farmers’ market.

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The farmers’ market is one of the first place we stopped, for some good and fresh vegetables. And some bread. And some pastry. We probably would have bought some jam too, but we didn’t have a big enough bag for everything. All that shopping was done at the Marché du Vieux Port. This is a must when visiting Québec.  

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