Category Archives: Eat drink and be merry

Homemade Yogurt from Beach Walking Cows

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

I love yogurt with my granola and fruit in the morning, particularly homemade yogurt made with milk from cows that I pass on the beach every morning and evening. Living in Nicaragua has it’s downsides (a shortage of farmer’s markets … Continue reading →

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Gluten-Free Coconut Cacao Almond Flour Cake with Spicy Blackberry Compote

Posted on September 5, 2013 by

My husband Kim is an amazing cook. I used to do all the cooking but now that he’s around, I do a lot less and focus on “ooohing” and “aaahing” over the amazing things he makes, plus doing the prep … Continue reading →

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Holly and Kim Get Married in Nicaragua

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Hipehabitat founders Holly and Kim Obermeyer hosted a raging group of friends and family members to a week of fun and adventure in Nicaragua that concluded in an intimate wedding ceremony at the La Bahia Beach Hotel.

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Belgian IPA homebrew “Belguraguan”

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

OK, here’s the brew I’ve been waiting for, wanting to try for months, yearning for – a home-brewed Belgian IPA made right here in Nicaragua.  I’m thinking of throwing a packet of dried Belgian yeast into our palm-thatch roof so … Continue reading →

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Almond Flour Banana Granola Pancakes

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

We’ve been going gluten-free these days. After a week’s experimentation I realized that I had more energy and just generally felt better. I’m not perfect though. It’s easy to switch out rice for pasta, but much harder to turn down … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Surfing, Dogs, and Ridgetop BBQs at Tierra Del Sueno

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

This is why we live in Nicaragua – warm water, fun waves, dogs off-leash on the beach, estuary swimming, hiking barefoot, and sausage BBQs on a sea-view ridge with cold home brewed Belgian Ales to wash it all down. Life … Continue reading →

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Green Papaya Thai Salad Recipe

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Kim spent 8 years living in Thailand and learned some great recipes for delicious and healthy Thai food. One of my favorites is the Green Papaya salad. It’s super easy to make, fresh and healthy, looks awesome with all the … Continue reading →

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“Volcan” Cacao-Cafe homebrew Stout

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

             The third, and possibly the best batch, in tropical home brewing adventures, almost met its end in the moldy rainy season condition of June. The rainy season brings clouds of mold that drift invisibly through the air landing on … Continue reading →

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Our garden grows

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

We started planting the garden in late October, 2011- lots of  chillies (habanero, jalapeno, arbol, New Mex, serrano and others), various greens, tomatoes, Thai basil, lemongrass, dill, tea tree, sunflowers and a bunch of randoms like purslane and indigo.  Some … Continue reading →

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Hippy Hop Attack IPA

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

I’ll admit that I was a doubter. After participating in numerous homebrewing efforts over the years I learned that it isn’t easy, there’s a lot that can go wrong, and especially considering our lack of refined equipment I thought our … Continue reading →

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Coconut-Rolled Cashew Honey Cacao Balls

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

We are all about the homemade – home-brewed IPAs, home-fermented honey wine, and now hand-rolled cacao balls!

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Homebrewing in Nicaragua

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Living in Nicaragua is awesome. Warm weather, warm waves, affordable homesteading, and a simple life lived barefoot. There are however a few things we miss about the US – mexican food, fast internet, and good beer! Luckily, Kim is an … Continue reading →

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Wild (and free) Fermentation

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

When we were at the Real Goods Solar Living Center in Hopland, CA last September, fermented pleasures were not (as usual) far from our minds.  We had already rounded up beer-making supplies to take back to Nicaragua (no more being … Continue reading →

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A Tiny House in Hopland

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

On our standard tri-yearly drive between Oregon and LA we finally stopped in the deliciously named Hopland to check out the Real Goods Solar Living Institute. The Tiny House was obviously appealing – a micro home on a trailer built … Continue reading →

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Camping on the Beach in Nicaragua – with Marshmallow Friends

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

A few years ago I helped build a camper with the goal of driving from CA to Tierra Del Fuego, Chile. We finished the camper and took it to Baja a few times but never made the big trip. My … Continue reading →

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When to buy organic, and when it’s ok to save some money

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

If I had endless amounts of money…. I’d buy organic everything. Unfortunately, I do not have endless amounts of money (very unfortunate), so while wandering the produce aisle, it’s sometimes very hard to choose. A small bunch of organic cilantro … Continue reading →

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The Best Beer in Ecuador

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Hiking through permaculture farms and admiring bamboo structures makes one quite thirsty. Usually, quality hoppy libations are inaccessible in Latin America, which is why we were so ecstatic to happen upon Cafe Flor and Roche’s Brewery in Canoa, Ecuador. We’d … Continue reading →

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