ECR: Lands in Love | ADVENTURE HOTEL

Alright. This was seriously. THE BEST TRIP EVER. While my mom and brother were kind of queasy about everything. I ate and soared through the sky like no tomorrow. I got those bird genes.

Some Information:

-Open 24/7
-Per person the cost was $50
-Add one more activity for $2 more.
-24 Hour Stay. (We got there at 3pm and left the next day at the same time) (PS. You can totally get there earlier and maybe enjoy the pool, you just can't check into the room :P)
-All 3 meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) served buffet style. (Vegetarian!)
-Animal Friendly- you can totally bring your furry family member along.

The Activities:
(* The ones I did)

Canopy
Adventure Cables*
Superman*
Tarzan Swing
Rafting
Canoying*
Horseback Ridding
Guided Trails

Contact Them:

Website: http://landsinlove.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/landsinlove

Local Reservations (Costa Rica)
Reception: (506) 2447-9331
Marketing: (506) 2447-9337
Fax: (506) 2447-9334
reservations@landsinlove.com

International Reservations 
International: 408-215-1000
International: 408-212-0995
reservations@landsinlove.com

Location:  CLICK HERE FOR MAP

The hotel is located:
50 km from Arenal
80 km from San-Jose Airport
78 km from the Central Pacific Beach
32 km from San-Ramon on the road to La Fortuna

That's it from me today! If you ever get the chance, I hope you take it and come!
An experience I will never forget! (:

Byeee! ♥

ECR: Highschool in Costa Rica

Hello again! This videos topic is all about my experience in the educational realm of Costa Rica. I covered pretty much everything in the video. Until I realized. I missed one vital thing. (or maybe I didn't, but I think I missed it.) HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOMS. Oh lord protect us. Now, I have no idea what private school bathrooms are like, or how university ones are. But public school ones. Well. Here are some tips.

HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOM TIPS:

-CAREFULLY choose your stall. Make sure the door actually closes, and the toilet actually flushes.

(I had a favorite stall)

-NEVER GO ALONE. I once got locked inside a stall and had to wiggle my way out. Had I had a companion, they could've called for help. Or if you forget something, they can assist you.

-LEAVE your backpack or materials else where. There won't be anywhere to put them. Unless the bathroom dirty floor is an option for you.
-ALWAYS bring your own toilet paper. Chances are, there won't be any.

-DON'T FORGET soap or hand sanatizer. They should have running water, but there won't be soap. So either bring soap, or an easier and quicker option, is hand sanatizer!

-GO EARLY OR MID DAY. Try not to go too late to the bathroom, because it could be locked and you will pee yourself. There's always the teachers bathroom, just in case as well.

Yes, I did get locked inside a bathroom stall once. You may laugh. I totally freaked out in the moment, but when I think back on it, it was hilarious. I did the worm under the door to get out. Luckily there was lots of space under there.

Anyways, have a great day guys!

See you later! ♥

Explore Costa Rica!

Waaazzzz Upppp!

I figured I should do a proper introduction on what's going on, instead of just jumping the gun and making blog posts on this and ya'll really having no idea.

After watching SharlaInJapan and EatYourKimchi I thought, heyyyy. I live in Costa Rica. Maybe someone out there would be interested. I mean, as someone living here, I can tell you I wish I had known certain advice before hand. Or places to go, things to see. The ups and downs.

I plan to do in my room, chatty type of thing and out and about exploring.
Of course, if you have any suggestions or any topics you'd like for me to talk about, make sure to let me know!! (=

Bye! ♥

Delicious Nutella Milkshake

Hey everyone, after a long absence, (we're use to this by now right?) I have an amazing milkshake for you guys!

Absolutely perfect for us girls during a certain time of the month if you catch my drift.
Full fills every chocolate or sweet craving you might have.

While It's perfect for girls, we can't deny the male readers here looking to satisfy their sweet tooth!

I was actually searching this up, and everyone seemed to use vanilla ice cream, if that's your taste go for it, I barley ever have ice cream in the house, so this was the alternative I came up with!

Ingredients:

1 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Ice (ice baby!)

2 Frozen or ripe Bananas (The ones almost gone bad are the best!)

1 Tbsp Coca Powder

2 tsp Cinnamon

4 Tbsp Nutella

*Note, I always eye ball my milkshakes! So I can't give an exact amount for the ingredients!

Directions:

As any milkshake, it's simple. Mix everything in, pulse it so the ice gets properly crushed, and blend away my friend!

I added them in the order of; milk, ice, frozen bananas, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and nutella.

Some pictures, so you can see about how much of what I added!

*Note, this came out to be about 3-4 servings!~

Enjoy!

Adventure: La Romería

Hey guys, looooong time no see! I haven't forgotten about this blog at all, but I just wasn't sure what I want to do with it exactly yet, and I don't want to promise something and then not keep up with it. I'm planning on posting the following things:

• Adventures!: If I go out and do anything new or interesting, to take you guys along with me as well.
• Best of Food: If I find a place and I LOVE the food, I'll leave the place here, some review, and my favorite dishes to order.
• Recipes: I like to cook as well, so if I'm ever about to make something new, look forward to the recipe here! :)

That being said, today's and Adventure post!

Basically, this is a religious sacrifice. If you know anything about the bible, or the Catholic church, Jesus sacrificed himself for the sake of the people.

Now whether you're religious or not isn't the point of this, I decided to go for it since I love walking around and exploring, besides you never know if God is actually watching right?

What you have to do is the following, walk to a church in the city of Cartago in Costa Rica. You won't get lost because the roads are shut down for the people, the amount of people that are actually walking there is incredible. You see all types of people walking as well, children, mothers with their baby strollers, even the elderly. I actually happened to witness and elderly man who was so close to reaching the church, he had been running and actually broke his bone. I could see the bone from underneath his knee popping out. Either way he kept going, the faith people has is incredible.

I didn't know, but you don't have to be Costa Rican to do this journey, I saw North Americans, and from nearing countries such as Panama and Nicaragua, walking for days to reach the church.

Along the way there are stalls that offer you water and some free items, such as sample perfumes, items for us ladies, I even saw someone giving out toilet paper. And places to get massages and eat as well.

If you're ever in the mood to go through with this, you should definitely pack your own toilet paper, water, umbrella, sweater, and extra cash. Always make sure that you are wearing comfortable shoes that you can walk hours in!

People usually go around August 1st or 2nd, but some people go before to avoid the crowds, or because they live very far, or after. And incredibly many people go during the night time, no worries that there are all types of lights illuminating the way!

Thanks for reading, see you in my next post, bye!!

Vanilla Bundt Cake

HOLY CRAP A POST? Yes sirrieee!
This has been the first cake I've baked since I've moved! Hence the total blog abandonment.

So I did originally want to do a chocolate cake, but I wanted to melt some Baker's chocolate. No matter how much I searched, every cake called for cocoa powder, and nooo! I wanted melted chocolate. I'm going to have to scrounge around in some recipe books to see if they can help. The internet is full of cocao loving lazy chocolate-melting haters! Still, I guess this was my destiny, cause I ended up totally being in the mood for a nice, simplistic bundt cake.

After waiting for it to cool, I felt the cake was a bit dry. Make sure you have your milk at hand. However, what was left for the next day, I seemed to like a lot more. Like over night it magically chugged in some moisture. Either way, it's a perfect simplistic cake that I really enjoyed, and hope to make again.

Ingredients:

I Cup Granulated Sugar
I Stick (1/2 Cup) Butter
1 Egg, room temperature
2 Egg Whites, room temperature
3/4 Cup Milk (Preferably low-fat.)
2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp Lemon Zest (*Optional)
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
Powder Sugar (*Optional Garnish, I didn't use it.)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350°F and grease, butter, non stick your Bundt pan; set it aside.
Beat the sugar, butter, egg, and egg whites in a large bowl, mixer on low to medium speed.
Then add the vanilla and milk, mixing well.
I places the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and gave them a quick mix.
Then I added it little by little into the original mixture. Beat until smooth.
Pour into Bundt pan. Bake for about 30 minutes, or untill tooth pick comes out clean. (Mine took 25 minutes.) After baking, loosen from pan and allow to completely cool on rack.
Garnish as desired.
Enjoy!

Extracted Recipe from: Click Here!

Nutrients per Serving 
Calories 178 
% calories from fat 35% 
Total Fat 7 g 
Sat. Fat 1 g 
Protein 3 g 
Carbohydrates 26 g 
Cholesterol 14 mg 
Sodium 181 mg 
Dietary Fiber 1 g 
Dietary exchanges 
1-1/2 Starch 
1-1/2 Fat

I Moved!

Whoa! Has it been a crazy ride these past few months! I moved from the States to my home country, Costa Rica. It's been seriously insane. I have had no time for anything, and school is seriously tough here so my lifes consisted of: Waking up, School, Study, Eat, Sleep!

This can't be a long blog post because my whiny brother is next to me nagging for the only computer we have.
But I just wanted you guys to know, I haven't abandoned this blog at all, it's just my current situation makes it super hard to post as recently as I'd like. I'm also not living in my own home, so I can't use the kitchen.
Which means I can't cook my own food.
I don't know how I've done it!

The moving people who are bringing my stuff from the states should be coming tomorrow, and hopefully I can enter my own home in  a couple weeks or so!

Pleaseeee bear with me, I know this whole time lapse must be super annoying, for ya'll as well as I.

Much love from here, you guys must have an awesome day!
Later! :)

The MA Graduation

Again, sad to say, not a recipe post. However, still a very important post to my life.
For the last year and some my mom has been working hard training to become an MA (Medical Assistant) and finally yesterday night her sweat and hard work finally paid off. I'm proud and thankful, because literally because of her studying hard at this, we have been able to survive the way we have. :)

Hectic Day

Alright, so even though I have nothing worth sharing today, I still feel like chatting a little with you guys!

Yesterday at around 8 or so I swallowed down some french fries from McDonalds and headed on a two hour trip to the airport to pick up my grandma and aunt. Can I just say, it was crazy. Driving at fast speeds with no idea where the heck your headed in the dark is so not the best idea. Luckily, my mother, bro, and i arrived in one piece. After getting horribly lost in the airport parking and then the actual airport, we finally got around to picking up our family, that had just luckily finished with the traveling process.

I definitely drove the way back, but we had to ask this random police officer and gas station guy because again, we were still horribly lost haha. Anyways, we got home at around 2 a.m, but before I could head to bed, I had to finish the last half hour of my Korean drama, this one is Hero. Sadly, no romantic kiss in the end. -.-

Moving on to the present.

Today was a pretty chill day. We all woke up late, I had a grease covered Chinese Taco for breakfast, life was good. (I'm so totally on track with my diet here.)
Anyways, we all managed to shower, get ready, and swing to the mall for a while. I've never had so much fun just trying on dress after dress. I have this like, weird clothing obsession.
Then to rap things up, I got myself four pairs of new shoes, they were just so crazy dirt cheap it was crazy! I'm such an extreme happy camper.

Lastly, as if to wrap up my days, my friends came over, kidnapped me, and took me to the beach. Walking around the beach at night time was really interesting, I could totally believe that "the world is flat" things people back in the day use to ya'know, believe.

Did I mention I ate so much at the mall that I'm still stuffed and it's midnight? It's crazy, forget dinner today.

Well, I'm heading down the path of wrinkles from staying up so late, so it was nice chatting with you guys, even if I do the most talking, or.. typing.

Untill my next blog post or video, I'll be seeing you guys. ;)

Video&Thoughts

Once again it's been an eternity. And it's about to get worse too! My moms graduation is coming up pretty soon, I am an excited noodle for that one!
I also have this really cool idea for a video, but since I need friendly cooperation and time setting up the time and place is a little harder.
Today I have a small vlog for you guys to temporarily fill that hole is your heart you know you guys feel without me. (Hahaha) Enjoy?

On a side note. I think I'm going to start this thing, where I pick one or two recipes every week, and right then and there go out and buy everything, hopefully film it since I have a tripod now, and write up a blog post for it!
We can explore the foods of the world together!

Untill the next blue moon, bye lovelies. :)

My Favorite Color Is Purple

How come so many people like the color purple? You know, as a young'in I always felt so awesome cause my favorite color was purple and everyone else's was either blue, red, or pink.
Apparently as the years have gone by, people seem to have changed their minds! While I know everyone should love purple, I no longer feel special loving it. In fact I'm jealous. Of people loving my color. Hehe.

Of course, this is all in the spirit of fun. Cause I know someone who's just looking for trouble is going to say this is offense. *Sighhhhh* -_-

Enjoy the video, subscribe if you aren't and like my stuff. ;D

What's This!? Comic Pictures

What!? Can it be!? A post after only one day!? YES! It is! Hehe, sadly, there is no recipe this time around. Don't forget, this is my personal little blog too! Although I'll admit I kind of did what to keep this recipe related :/
But then I realized I was getting fat and needed to stop making cakes and cookies >:O

So let's talk about me now cause I'm selfish! :D
I'm planning to go to either WalMart or Best Buy on Friday so I can finally get my hands on a tripod! I'm sick and tired of piling books and boxes on top of each other to get the right height. Don't forget that I can't even adjust the angle of this thing, so I can't film recipes or not have my camera fall and topple over when I accidently ever so slightly bump it.

I've also gotten into my YouTube craze again. I'm actually enjoying editing a little now, just because after I'm done I know it'll be ready to upload. However, I don't want to upload all at once, because if I do I know I won't have any at some point and just be stuck there like.. ah... umm.. no videos...

Blah, anyways! Here's a post I've been planning to do since last year! (LOL)
When I made these I was crazing over four squared pictures. Or comic like strip type of pictures. Not like stripping like strippers, but like comic strip people.

I've mostly gotten over it, but I can't help think this style of pictures are so cute. And not just because I'm in them you know. ;D

Hehe, just kidding! But I do like to make funny faces at the camera o.0

Anyways, I hope I can get my camera a tripod soon and get some health stuff going on this blog of mine!
Smell ya'll later! :)

Hello 2012! Pineapple Upside-down Cake :)

The year is here! It's time to get your resolutions from last year that we failed in action this year! Hehe, come on, you know it happened to you too. ._.

Depression over, this is a recipe I've been planning to post for so long, but every time I sat down on my computer, I remembered something else I had to do and forgot this one... I'm sorry. :'(

If any of you watch Korean dramas and haven't seen the Secret Garden, then let me tell you that you are missing out! I TOTALLY RECOMMEND IT! It's sooooooo freakishly good it's crazy. Lie To Me, Coffee Prince, and City Hunter are really good too! :)

*Coughcough* Sorry. Back to pineapples. Which I don't know why they have the word apple in them because they don't look or taste like apples at all. They are piney though. Just not appley. Jusssayin'!

Ingredients:

Topping-
1 Can Pineapples
3/4 Stick Butter
3/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar


Batter-
1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Tsp Baking Powder
1/4 Tsp Salt
3/4 Stick of Butter, Soft
1 Cup Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla
1 Tbsp Dark Rum
1/2 Cup Unsweetened Pineapple Juice (I use the can juice!)
2 Tbsp Rum To Sprinkle *(Optional, I didn't)


Directions:

You can go ahead and start on the topping first, but I actually chose to start with the batter, so when I was done I could quickly make the topping and put it in the oven quickly. However, the only downfall to this is that your cake pan gets very hot, so you have to protects your hands while placing it in the oven. Also, I'm not sure if it's because of me doing this, but when I flip the cake onto a plate, some of the sugar stays stuck on the pan, because maybe I didn't let it harden and sit before I added the batter. So because of this, I will start off with the topping part of the recipe first!

Topping-
Add your butter and sugar into a medium saucepan on medium to high heat. Stir once in a while until mixture begins to boil. After it boils don't stir anymore, allow it a few seconds, and then plop it onto your cake pan. Place your pineapples on top in any pattern you would like.
(*I didn't butter or spray the pan, but you can go ahead and do so, just in case.)

(*If you have to double the recipe like I did, I did just double the batter, but I did the toppings individually.)

Batter-
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Begin by sifting the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium to large bowl. Beat the butter in a separate bowl/mixer, and then add the sugar. After they mix, but they do not become creamy, add the eggs on at a time. Add the vanilla and rum. Once everything is mixed, begin adding the flour mixture in parts until everything is incorporated. When your done adding the flour, it is a tough batter, so don't worry. At this point add in the pineapple juice, beat well.
Spoon the batter.

Bake in your oven for about 45 minutes (*Mine is hotter, so about 30-35 is good for me.) at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once it's done, take it out, let it stand for a couple minutes, invert onto a plate, sprinkle rum if you wish, and cool.

You should get something like this!

I really enjoy taking pictures of food. o.0

Well, from now on, let's try and see healthier food on the blog! >:O

C U GUYS later, follow me on Twitter!

Bye :)

The Cancer Talk + INFO ;)

It's incredible how long it's been once again! I'm really depressed to be informing you all, and myself, that this is going to be one short post.
I'm sure there are no excuses for this absence, but I'm going to give them to you anyways!
Sorry!
School has me strangled!

BUT WAIT!

Winter break is HERE! I hope you guys will have an amazing one if it's already started for you or if it will, and rock out the cold weather if you got it!

I have some nice videos I'm planning for my channel too!

BUT WAIT.

I also wanted to show my bloggers, if any, this video I made.

Again, sorry that I filmed it on my web cam, but I wasn't about to get my whole stage ready for action and I really needed to talk to you guys about this!

Please, if you know any ingredients and such that are good for cancer patients, that I may not know about, inform me! I'd love to make a section of this blog dedicated to them and good food. Just because you're sick doesn't mean you should eat nasty food to be healthy.

Like I mentioned in the description, a friend and me will do research on our own, and hopefully we can come up with some good menu items for everyone! No prejudices on my blog! >:o

I really hope I'll have time to update my blogs during this break!
If you have a Tumblr and are looking for someone to follow, I am here!
foodismysun.tumblr.com

It's so easy to get sucked into that thing. -.-

My contacts are sucking my eyeballs dry, so I'll be taking my leave now, but thanks for tuning in!
I'm getting some ideas for New Years Resolutions here...

ADIOS AMIGOS!

Lunch Blogging! Day 1

Sent from my mobile. Enjoy.
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   Lunch for tomorrow! White rice, string beans, and ground beef! With an apple and water on the side ;D Hope this will keep me full till I get home haha!  

Hard Mexican Tortillas! (Tostadas)

Gwas upp? Guys, I'm setting a goal for myself! We are are going to EAT HEALTHY and occasionally WORK OUT! I have been in such a lazy bum stage for the last couple of months I am so ashamed. It's about time we turned the tide here and go back on track! Because a friends birthday is coming up soon, I will have some desserty blog posts coming up, but I'm also going to try hard and incorporate some healthy-for-you meals up in hereee!

So today I bring you dee Hard Mexican Tortilla!

I'm not even sure if this is straight up Mexican, or if like some white boy invented this, but I'm really going to assume it's Mexican. xD
This type of recipe is extremely flexible, so much that I'm not going to give you guys and measurements. Seeing as how I didn't use any myself.
Remember you can but anything you'd like on yours. I'm just posting this up to give you guys some ideas, it's extremely easy, simple, and yummy! :)

Ingredients (I used)

Hard Tortillas
Refried Beans
Sour Cream
Ground Turkey mixed in with Cabbage

Directions

Grab a tortilla.
Start with a sticky base. (The beans, sour cream, or anything similar)
Continue to add any toppings you desire.
Eat and enjoy!

Topping Ideas: Cheese, Meats, Olives, Lettuce, Avocado & So Much More!

Happy Eating!

KA Brownies!

I've been getting so chubby lately, I think I should just relish on photos of past desserts. And then I realized I hadn't posted them! So here we are now. At 2:47am posting them. My mom's going to kill me. ._.
But I'm editing a video as I do this, that I shot with my new camera! I'm sooo happy! I can finally zoom in and not have it be one big blur! And you can actually hear my voice and not fuzz!
I believe this calls for a celebration. Even though these are brownies I ate in the past...
I'm planning on video-ing a salad tomorrow along with the blog post, I hope it works out and that I can actually do it. :o
Anyways, moving on...

I have this terribly creepy feeling that I've already done a blog post on this... But I can't find it in the archives so I'm just assuming it's just deja vu from adding a picture of these on deviantART...

Click HERE to find out where I got the recipe.

Ingredients

4 oz Butter (110g)
4 oz Bittersweet Chocolate (110g)
2 Eggs
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar (155g)
1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar (50g)
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 Cup All-Purpose Floud (56g)
*1/3 Cup Chopped Nuts (*I didn't this time around)

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 F. Spray, oil, butter, whatevr, and 8 in pan. Start off by melting the butter and chocolate on low heat in a small saucepan. Remove from heat add salt, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla. Whisk in your eggs in a seperate bowl then add to the cooled chocolate. Add the flour and the *nuts. Bake for about 30 minutes, insert a toothpick to make sure everything is well cooked. The top of the brownies should be shiny.
Cut, and serve. (Try it with cold ice cream ;D)

The process in pictures...

Bye!
Fun in the kitchen, try em' OUTTT!

Cheese Croquettes

Would it be weird if I took pictures of the food I eat in restaurants? I sure hope not, because I'm planning on doing that. Whenever it is I happen to go to a restaurant. So far from now. -_-

I love how I failed miserably on my daily blogging already! Isn't that fantastic guys? I'm sorry. My day was so bland yesterday. All I did was feel sick, go job hunting, and watch anime on Netflix with my little brother. Of course I completely forgot I even had a blog, except for Tumblr because my friend kept telling me to fix it and webcam with her and so on.
What? You'd like to follow me on Tumblr? Well why didn't you say so! Click HERE for my Tumblr. :)

Anyways, I woke up this morning feeling like a chef! So I cooked both breakfast and lunch today, we ate so much dinner was completely out of the question. (We woke up kind of late too I might add)
French Crepes for breakfast, which if you search in here I do have a recipe for, and we travled to Algeria for lunch.

So I've had this Best Of International Cooking by Annette Wolter and Christian Teubner lieing around, and decided to travel to Algeria.
The recipe is actually Chicken with Cheese Croquettes, and while I did cook the whole thing, I feel like the only thing worth really sharing were the croquettes. The chicken was yummy though, very soft and so not dry! But maybe we shall save the other half of this recipe for another day.

So for right now let's enjoy some Cheese Croquettes!

Ingredients:

6 to 8 white-bread slices, crusts removed, torn into pieces
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 Egg, slightly beaten
1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Cup Grated Emmentaler Cheese (4oz.) [*I just used Mozzarella!]
1 tsp Orange Juice or Orange-flavored Liqueur
1 Cup Vegetable Oil

Directions:

Soak bread in milk. Squeeze dry; discard milk. Combine soaked bread, egg, cinnamon, salt, cheese, and orange juice or liqueur. Shape into small balls; flatten slightly. Heat oil in  medium saucepan. Fry balls until golden.
Squeeze excess oil on paper towels and serve.

Hope you guys try it out! Way easy, super fast, and yummy!

Bye guys! :)

See you tomorrow! Or in two days... or next week.... or maybe in a month. *tear* :'(