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Yes, Lotus123, making nut milk is just that easy, but I caution you to pour off the soak water, and blend the nuts with fresh water. The soak water from nuts, especially almonds, as well as beans and seeds for sprouting, contain, along with all those nutrients, high levels of oxalic acids, which interfere with the digestion of proteins. Better to use the soak water for your plants, and get all the nutrition you can from that good, fresh food. Salud!
A little clarification seems in order, here, folks. 1st of all, what nationality is your wife? What kind of passport does she hold? What type of visa expired? 2nd, what is often called a “visa” is simply an entry stamp, a registration of when you enter or leave the country, It is NOT a Visa. Visas are permissions granted for specific purposes, for a specific amount of time. For example, musicians will receive a performing arts visa so they may legally play a concert and be paid for the performance. Students receive student visas for the period of time they will be in the country studying. Etc, etc. Visiting Americans do not need a tourist visa to be in Costa Rica, only a valid US passport.
As far as overstaying your welcome, a huge, muddy topic here, the chief of immigration told my attorney that as an American, all I need to be in Costa Rica, legally, is a valid passport that is good for at least 90 more days, that’s all. No leaving the country every 90 days or any of that nonsense. Just be sure you have a valid passport that is good for at least 90 more days. That’s straight from the top. Bueno suerte.Marvelous, Miravilla! Totally concur with your 1st statement- stop buying all packaged foods. Waste of money and resources.
Fresh, field and vine ripened foods are available, at low prices, from local growers. At the farmers’ market, ask around to find out who is not using agrochemicals on their crops.
Most tico farmers cannot afford to have their crops certified “organic”, and you can find perfectly organic food, sans labeling, if you just ask around.
As far as meat, I avoided eating beef here for two reasons: 1) wanton and reckless habitat destruction, and 2)simply inedible. OK, I’m spoiled. I know good beef, and had not had an edible steak in many years – until just last week. So, now I know where to get a GREAT steak.
There’s a new outfit called Golden Ranch or something like that. World class, marbled, aged beef, finally! The pork here in Costa Rica is what you want to be eating.
It’s raised on small farms, fed fruit, not grains, and is usually prepared for market with the last couple weeks on a diet of papaya. This predigests and tenderizes the meat before slaughter, and the resulting pork is sweet, tender and juicy beyond compare. Again, ask around.
It’s easy to find, and simply excellent! Regarding unpasteurized milk, only raw milk from the Nederlands and (western)Belgium MAY contain the the virus that causes intestinal tuberculosis. It is not a problem with the milk here in Costa Rica (or most anywhere else in the world).
Fresh, whole, raw milk is THE WAY to make kefir, which, unlike yogurt, is still raw, not heated like yogurt, and is an important health enhancing food, especially for vegetarians.
For the strictest dietary practices, vegans can make great, fresh raw kefir from pipa juice (in just 3 days). It will do everything dairy kefir will, and is still 100% vegan.
There are so many delicious, health enhancing foods, readily available here, by all means, yes, give up the yearning for comfort foods from back home. Experiment- you’ll find new foods you really like.
Even foods you never cared for before – like mangoes and pineapples – are so incredibly sweet and flavorful, you’ll be eating a treat that’s good for you, too.
Retirees, if you have a yard, you can spend a little of your day poking around in a garden, growing a wide variety of veggies, as well as culinary and medicinal herbs (which are often the same), adding flavor to your meals, saving you money, and giving you a rewarding hobby.
A few fruit trees, a juicer, and WOW!, you’ll wonder why you ever bought orange juice. Life’s good here. Enjoy!
