FUNNY LOOKING FRUIT

Costa Rica Cost Of Living Update:                  1 Guanabana Fruit-$6.50

My husband decides to buy this fruit which cost about $2 a pound. “It can’t cost much, it feels pretty light,” he says. Three pounds and six dollars later, we have this…guanabana

[gwuh-nah-buh-nuh]. A really ugly fruit with a name that is reminiscent of a Muppet character.

It has a creamy/coconut flavor with a hint of strawberry thrown in. Most take the pulp and blend it into a drink. It’s believed to help your liver, prevent naseau, and…get this… treat bloody urine. Unfortunately, I doubt a smoothie will be on my mind if ever faced with that morning surprise.

But it’s nice to know I’m one refreshing smoothie away from happy times again.

By | 2018-04-15T18:19:54-04:00 May 23rd, 2011|Categories: food|Tags: |18 Comments

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Nadine is the author of the best-selling series, Happier Than A Billionaire. Join her as she navigates living as an expat in the sometimes confusing, always beautiful, country of Costa Rica.

18 Comments

  1. Tony Z August 31, 2016 at 12:44 am - Reply

    Guanabana is to be a cancer fighting fruit.

  2. happycoconutstravelblog August 30, 2016 at 7:05 pm - Reply

    My husband and I have a guanabana, pineapple, papaya smoothie every morning in Costa Rica 🙂
    http://www.happycoconutstravelblog.com/

  3. […] farmhouse we are surprised to find a fruit basket unlike any other. I shouldn’t even call it a fruit basket, more like a fruit table. While we were gone, Jorge’s wife brought us coconuts, lemons, […]

  4. Deborah Hearn March 22, 2012 at 12:17 pm - Reply

    They have started putting guanabana in Fage Greek Yogurt. It is a mix of mango and guanabana. That would make a great smoothie, add a little rum and “yum”!

    • Rudy March 22, 2012 at 4:01 pm - Reply

      Ah really, I think so we can mix Guanabana with others fruit in order to make great smoothies.

    • admin March 29, 2012 at 12:36 pm - Reply

      Now that sounds awesome!

  5. Rudy March 22, 2012 at 11:25 am - Reply

    You are right, this a great Fruit. Here in Costa Rica we have a lot of this specially in the Caribe Coast. it has a delicious flavor and if you make a smoothie wow.. much better.

    Hope all you are well. Maybe someday you will come to my farm in the Caribe and enjoy this fruit with us.

    God bless you.

    • admin March 29, 2012 at 12:36 pm - Reply

      It’s one of my favorites. I love all the different fruits here that I never even knew existed.

  6. Louis Harbour June 8, 2011 at 11:38 pm - Reply

    OH MY GOD!!! I LOVE Guanabanas!!! I’m a transplanted Tico and go back every few years and HAVE to have Guanabanas when I go down. I’m new to your blog (love it, btw), so I don’t know if you’ve tried mamones chinos or nances (sp?). Although not a fruit you have to try a pejibaye cooked and served with a dollop of mayonaise. God, Costa Rican food is so good! Enjoy!

    • admin June 9, 2011 at 8:17 pm - Reply

      I am so glad you found my blog. I am in love with this country and the people here. This place has brought me so much happiness and the people have been so kind to me. I just learned about Guanabanas and have been putting them in a smoothie ever since.

      It’s so funny you mentioned the mamones. I just saw them for sale on the street TODAY!!! I asked my husband what he thought they were. Didn’t even know it was a fruit. Do you know the name for the round red spikey looking fruit that tastes like a plum. One of my favorite here. I can’t believe I am eating so well on the cheap. My fruits and vegetable bill for the week came to under $20. I’ll make quit a few meals from all that, stir frys or bean meals. If I add chicken to some of the dishes so it costs a little more. But I make around 11 or 12 frozen meals with that. Each meal serves two.

      Seriously, how great is that. Costa Rica is such a great place to live.

      • Anonymous June 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm - Reply

        The red spikey fruit is called Rambutan? I love your blog, thanks for the reminders of what makes Costa Rica such a beautiful country. My husband is a transplanted tico living in Canada and we visit family in CR every 2 yrs or so. Reading your blog is starting to convince me that moving to CR with our kids might not be as formidable as I thought. Keep the positivity coming! 🙂

        • admin June 20, 2012 at 7:56 am - Reply

          Thanks! I would love to hear what your husband says about the Canada winters. Whenever I ask a Tico about their time in the states (when they lived in the northern part of the country) they always give me this look like they almost died. They describe the winters as soul crushing. And perhaps they are. It must be so strange for them to be inside for a good portion of the year when the best thing about Costa Rica is enjoying the outdoors!!

  7. Todd | Channelingmyself May 23, 2011 at 7:35 pm - Reply

    A co-worker and I were just talking the other day about all the different fruits all over the world that we don’t have access to here in the US.

    • admin May 24, 2011 at 5:19 pm - Reply

      Really cool stuff down here. Going to the farmers market is a lot of fun. How could I lived my entire life without knowing these exist? Weird but cool at the same time, makes me feel like a kid again.

  8. GoingLikeSixty May 23, 2011 at 9:58 am - Reply

    Oh great — thanks for the Muppet earworm. But I WILL remember how to pronounce the fruit. So it’s good?
    ba-da-da-dump. Do do dit do, do do dit do.
    gwuh-nah-buh-nuh…

    • admin May 23, 2011 at 10:07 am - Reply

      lol. My husband and I sing that everytime we say that fruit. We also sing it whenever we see funny looking plants with big pom-poms on them. It’s hard to get it out of your head once it’s in there!!!

      The fruit is awesome. Making a ton of smoothies with it.

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