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We’ve back on Ometepe for about a month now and we’ve been busy experimenting. We are always focusing on ways we to reduce our dependence on things imported from off the island. So we’ve been pressing oil, making soap and lip balm, brewing delicious ginger beer and fermenting wine with island grown ingredients. Thanks to our friends @selvistaguesthouses we keeping receiving all these glorious ingredients to play with. From coconuts to make oil that we use in our soap to ginger that we are fermenting into a delicious spicy brew their produce continues to inspire us. So much about living on Ometepe is about the community here and we are so pleased to have so many great neighbors to share with. . . . . . . . . . . . #community #barter #communitylove #exchange #permaculture #permaculturecommunity #permaculturegarden #tropicalpermaculture #tropicalfruit #coconut #coconutoil #coconutoilsoap #naturalsoap #coldprocesssoap #hotprocesssoap #naturaldye #naturaldyes #fermentation #wildfermentation #gingerbeer #starfruit #starfruitwine #wildculture #naturalyeast #travel #travelnicaragua #travelfood #transformativetravel #nicaragua #isladeometepe

We just got back after an extended trip in the states and are excited to dive back into projects. Yesterday I started a ginger bug hoping to brew my own alcoholic ginger beer. I’m currently reading #sandorkatz “The Art of Fermentation” and feeling super inspired. Stayed tuned for more #fermentation experiments. . . . . . . . #ginger #gingerbug #gingerbeer #wildfermentation #slowfood #makeitnotbuyit #homemade #wildyeast #motherculture #yeast #ilovefermentation #nature #natural #traditionalfood #naturalfood #frommygarden #permaculture #permacultura #isladeometepe #ometepe #nicaragua

A lot of love goes into every loaf we bake here. We feed la madre every morning while we drink our coffee. Usually it takes around 6 hours for the starter to rise sufficiently for us to make our dough. Once the dough is made, it rests for another 6 hours. That’s when we shape the boule. Then the dough rests overnight in the fridge. Around mid day the next day we take it out of the fridge and pre-heat our oven with a cast iron Dutch oven inside. When everything is hot and the dough has risen again, we gentle place the dough into the cast iron pan. This is when we score the bread. Because we are still experimenting with scoring it’s an amazing surprise to see the final result when it’s removed from the oven 40 minutes later. I think our latest design is the prettiest yet. What do you think? #sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughlove #bread #breadmaking #breadbaking #breadlove #breadlover #wildyeast #wildyeastbread #ilovefermentation #fermentation #sustainability #sustainable #sustainableliving #slowfood #slowfoodisgoodfood #foodporn #foodphotography #food #ometepe #nicaragua #isladeometepe #travel #travelfood

I’m not much for food fads. However, I am all about eating local. In the tropics that means using gluten-free grains. I super proud of this coconut bread. We made or purchased the grains from local ingredients, made the coconut milk and oil, and used local eggs. This bread is pure Ometepe and pure deliciousness. I hope our friends at @selvistaguesthouses enjoy eating as much as I enjoyed making it. . . . . . . #glutenfree #coconut #coconutoil #coconutflourrecipes #gluten_free #glutenfreebread #local #localgrains #eatlocal #permaculture #permaculturegarden #permacultura #homemade #homemadebread #fromscratch #bakefromscratch #imadethis #travel #foodtravel #travelnicaragua #ometepe #isladeometepe #nicaragua #sustainable #sustainableliving #sustainablefood

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