Living better in Mexico: Blog
Reasons, resources, and strategies to make your life in Mexico a reality.
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About the Author
Kerry Baker moved to Mazatlán, Mexico in 2014 and author of four books on living in Mexico. The most popular blogs have been updated within the last year.
People have retired to Mexico for generations. Today more than ever, the availability of reliable internet, sharing services like Uber, imported goods and expanded flights make Mexico extremely attractive for those retiring on a budget.
Many people like to keep a US or Canadian footprint for at least few years while they test the warm, blue Mexican waters for permanent retirement. Living in Mexico even part-time can yield substantial savings in annual living expenses. Full-time residency can save you even more. This website offers resources and insights for exploring if Mexico is for you.
Books by Kerry A. Baker
The Lazy Expat: Recipes Than Translate in Mexico
To maintain a healthy diet in Mexico, you must cook. The Lazy Expat: Healthy Recipes That Translate in Mexico comes to the rescue of travelers, snowbirds and expats who want a slate of healthy recipes that can be prepared from a simple kitchen whether at home or in Mexico.
The Lazy Expat isn’t a Mexican cookbook but rather offers a variety of recipes from different cuisines, including Mexican, that have been adapted to the cooking culture and ingredient availability in Mexico.
It’s a book you won’t want to be without. The Lazy Expat shares more than recipes. It’s a conversation about expat life, its adventure and challenges that will also prepare you for cooking in a country where availability, packaging, and even the taste of staple ingredients is different.
You’ll get over 150 dishes focusing on Superfoods common to both countries. None require any gadgetry fancier than a soup pot - perfect for those who want to eat healthy when working from a rental or unfamiliar kitchen.
Former food blogger and contributor Fabiola Rodriguez Licona has added Mexic0-inspired recipes such as her mom’s Easy Pozole to the slate of home food with healthy modifications such as Healthy Chicken and Dumplings and Chocolate Chili. Ingredients in every recipe are translated into Spanish, making grocery shopping much easier.
The cookbook teaches how to shop in Mexico, what to have in the pantry, what can and can’t be found in grocery stores, Mexican cheeses, how beef is butchered in Mexico and much more.
The Lazy Expat: Healthy Recipes That Translate in Mexico is the only cookbook you’ll ever need to eat simply, healthy and well - no matter which side of the border you’re on.
Also available in ebook format for easy packing.
Find it on Amazon.com, Amazon.com.mx, Google Play, Apple books and Kobo.
The Mexico Solution: Saving your money, sanity, and quality of life through part-time life in Mexico
A book that offers a game plan for creating a successful expat life in Mexico, along with cultural insights gained through the author’s personal successes and mistakes.
Each story is selected to make crucial points about how to adjust and live the best life in Mexico.
Forming a plan for Mexico can be overwhelming. The Mexico Solution offers a time-line to break down the intimidating goal of moving to Mexico into bite-sized tasks spread out over a year. You can do it. This book will show you how.
If Only I Had a Place, A Guide to Renting Luxuriously in Mexico for Less
Gives the aspiring expat the information realtors don't want you to know, the inside track, the cultural nuances that give you an edge when renting.
Don't be fooled by articles that gloss over the subject. Renting is different in Mexico. If Only I Had a Place lays the foundation for your best expat life.