No Cook Pickled Vegetables (Spicy) | Blue Zones Costa Rica

More of these No-Cook Pickled Veg. I first made them with @connor.cooks on the Simple Cooking Cooking Show and have become obsessed! I made this simple recipe to accompany the Gallo Pinto 🇨🇷 dish I made. The spicy mix was the perfect contrast to the avocado. Those are spicy habanero chiles you see there but it wasn’t as spicy as I expected. I put 1 … Continue reading No Cook Pickled Vegetables (Spicy) | Blue Zones Costa Rica

Jose Guevara’s Gallo Pinto (Costa Rican Rice and Beans) | Blue Zones Recipe

Gallo Pinto or “spotted rooster” in Spanish gets its name for the speckled appearance of the black beans against the white rice. This is what Jose Guevara, a healthy 105-year old in Costa Rica eats nearly every day and many other Costa Ricans too. This is his recipe. I made this dish with the wonderful staff at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for our 4th Wellness … Continue reading Jose Guevara’s Gallo Pinto (Costa Rican Rice and Beans) | Blue Zones Recipe