Mr. CG and I cannot get enough curry. Any ethnicity, anytime. This week spring is really in the air here in Cowtown so I was feeling like a nice, light noodle bowl for dinner tonight. I dug out one of my favorite cookbooks and got to work. Referencing Meet the Coup Cooks Vegetarian Recipe cookbook, [...]
Whoever said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has a spot in my heart forever. I love breakfast foods and can often be found eating scrambled eggs on a corn tortilla with veggies for lunch or dinner or downing a boiled egg doused in hot sauce as a snack. The common [...]
Sitting around the table at El Coco Loco in Northern Nicaragua, we were introduced to a mysterious fruit called the marañón, or cashew apple. Having heard varying opinions about the taste of the fruit, I was interested in giving it a try myself, so when the opportunity presented itself I bit deeply in the red apple-resembling [...]
Mr. CG and I were fairly disappointed when our Nicaraguan land purchase deal fell through in January, so bound and determined to find something else, we booked tickets and returned to our little slice of paradise at El Manzano Uno two weeks ago. This trip did nothing but reaffirm our love for this region of [...]
…I have seen some incredible churches and temples around the world. I am fascinated by the history and architecture of these incredible buildings…see for yourself. I’d like to give a shout out to Mr. CG for taking some of these images. We have been traveling together for many years so it is hard to say who [...]
The last couple of weeks have been super whirlwind. I’ve been and forth to Utah, USA, and Ottawa, Canada. The US trip was a work-related reward trip, which was absolutely incredible. Utah is a beautiful state…here are a few shots to prove it! Not long after we returned from Utah I headed off to Ottawa [...]
This post is inspired by Avi, who recently made a comment on a photo of a sunset in one of my blog posts which got me thinking…I have seen a lot of amazing sunsets around the world and I should share more of them with you. Apologies if any of these photos are in previous [...]
We headed back up north in Nicaragua for the last five days of our trip to avoid facing any more rain in Little Corn Island before going home to winter. Along with our new European friends, we made the trek to Al Cielo in El Manzano Dos, which is the community next to the site [...]
On our way from northern Nicaragua to Little Corn Island on the Atlantic side, we stopped for a couple of days in midwestern city of Granada. Founded in 1524, this colonial city is home to beautiful architecture, several cathedrals, and some really great restaurants. For the trivia buffs, Granada borders Lake Nicaragua, which is the [...]
We had an awesome time in Nicaragua, that much is clear. Our trip was so incredible that I can’t even fathom covering it all in one post, so let’s start at the beginning. We arrived at the Managua airport late on a mid-December evening and were whisked off to our first stop: El Coco Loco [...]
