Get creative – smoothie challenge day 1!

Simple, yummy, healthy!It doesn’t get much better than this and yes, Costa rica again brings out the foodie in me, but that has never been a problem here, as the food and ingredients accessible here are top notch and some of the nutrient and health most abundant diets one can wish for to have on…

Folk medicines / grandmas secret treasures

In the early 2014., when i first received my routine checkup medical results and faced the thyroid cancer diagnosis that came pretty much out of the blue, I instantly refused to be scheduled for surgery (the doctor already started signing me up to be on the operating table within a week lol), but i promised…

Raw avalanche of delight energy balls 

  Raw avalanche delight balls by Farout soulfood Ingredients: oats peanuts, raw, unsalted (or any other preferred nuts) organic coconut nectar, maple syrup or honey  maca powder fresh ginger  raw cacao powder raw cacao butter (or instead, coconut oil) chia seeds raisins This recipe requires two simple steps;  making your own granola, which you can also use…

ACKEE PESTO

Heard of Ackee? Although Ackee is not that widely known outside of tropics, it is a colourful and delicious fruit that is a popular addition to many exotic dishes and has become a mainstay in the Caribbean cuisine, both for its flavor and its beneficial health properties. Another very important thing to note that ackee…

Tropical Sauerkraut

How did people invent fermentation?   People didn’t invent fermentation. In a way, fermentation invented us humans. All life has descended from the bacteria. It is a symbiosis of animals, plants and bacteria. Co-existing with micro organisms and bacteria is imperative. In all of the cultures around the world and culinary traditions, fermentation exists. In…

RICH MAN POOR MAN PLATE

  Less is more. And sometimes the day is just too beautiful, the sun is too bright and the waves are just too perfect to be spending all that time in your kitchen, Totally opposite of how we roll on the rainy days, when the kitchen becomes our sanctuary and ideas, inspiration and yumminess simply…

COCONUT CURRY CIRCUS

  Living in the tropics is magic…. sometimes I have to pinch myself that this is the reality that we have created. Living here we go to the beach for our bath and healing and we shop for food from the farmers once a week. The Puerto Viejo Farmers market is the main happening where…

Gluten free Super Mama Breakfast

Ready to rock? Not yet? Well, after this one, you’ll be! This blend will supply you with huge amount of nutrients, vitamin c, power and stamina to make this a day to remember! 3/4 cup quinoa flakes 1,5 cups coconut milk 1-2 teaspoons of coconut nectar 1 teaspoon maca powder 1 teaspoon baobab powder 1…

Roll it up! Sushi Farout

I would love to begin this one with an apology to all Japanese people who are for sure great sushi masters and originators of this wonderful dish, and i meant no harm when i embarked on this sushi making experiment. The result was satisfying however, and you are free to try it yourself. Once again,…

Vancouver’s sharenik

  Šarenik, lezibaba, zelenik.. there are many folk names and expressions that are being used for this dish which originates from the balkan’s, region in more or less, southwestern Europe. Lezibaba more or less, can be translated as “Lie down, grandma”, might sound funny, but it describes the simplicity of it’s preparation pretty accurately, since…