Ecuador Living

Cotacachi restaurants offer all types of food and the nutrition here usually surprises our guests. Yesterday’s Gary Scott message Cotacachi restaurants and food showed that Cotacachi restaurants offer enormous value.

Yet the good price is only a small part.

Many restaurants in Cotacachi have wonderful beauty and style.  This is Ecuador…flowers and fruit everywhere.

This abundance and style is reflected in the restaurants here in Cotacachi.

For example, we had a lovely group staying here at El Meson de las Flores this week.
27 people were attending our Ecuador Spanish Course.

Our restaurant, the Quinoa Cafe, provided the lunch and coffee breaks.  Yet our staff cannot just serve coffee.   They have to make every service an artistic event.  Here they are setting up the coffee service.

This is not because we ask them or train them to serve this way.  Our restaurant staff has such pride and care they want to serve!  Here they are happy with cafe con leche, tea ,aromaticas (herbal teas) and empanandas.

Yet there is more. The food in our Cotacachi restaurant is not only delicious and beautifully served by our caring staff…it is healthy!

Ecuadorians are noted as the longest lived people on earth.  This in part is from Andean foods and nutritional habits that began long ago.

First, the soil here is rich and alkaline and the food really fresh.

Each morning Merri and I walk somewhere ni the village. I took this shot behind another Cotacachi restaurant at La Mirage Hotel and Spa.  You see such scenes everywhere…corn, beans, tomatoes, all types of vegetable growing in the morning mists.

The wonderful pure water from the mountains that tower over the village…the deep black volcanic soil…a rich food source all in Cotacachi and walking distance to our restaurant.

This is why we are able to offer a special weekly nutritional program at the Quinoa Cafe at our Cotacachi hotel.

A lot of stress comes from poor nutrition.  The Quinoa Cafe offers guests an optional, delicious purifying diet that can enhance rest, boost energy, improve health as well as reduce weight without feelings of giving up or not enjoying the food.

The nutritional goals of the Quinoa Cafe are to provide a delicious menu that improves digestion, reduces weight, increases energy, reduces toxicity in the system and balances the hormonal system so cravings and excessive hunger disappear.

The system is based on the shamanic nutritional ideals taught to Merri and me while we lived with Andean Yatchaks in their indigenous communities.

The cornerstones of the program are:

#1: Eating a balance of fat, carbohydrates and protein.

#2: Eating combinations of food for ideal digestion.

#3: Eating clean organic food prepared and served by happy, joyful people.

#4: Eating in good spirits at the right times.

#5: Chewing in the correct way.

#6: Eating purifying and satisfying meals.

#7: Balancing nutrition with correct sleep and exercise.

Next message looks at the importance of eating a balance of fat, carbohydrates and protein.

Until then, may all your nutrition be good.

Gary

Join us in Cotacachi at our restaurant and hotel!

June 19- 21 Ecuador Shaman Tour