Valladolid, Yucatan, very pretty city. Centro De Valladolid En El Parque
On August 30, 2012, Valladolid became part of the Pueblo Mágico El Programa Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Villages Programme") which is an initiative led by the Mexican tourism dept.to display influential towns in Mexico based on their natural beauty, cultural riches, or historical relevance to the country (Wikipedia).
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Buttermilk Blini
These blini can be served with different fillings: meat, fish, vegetables, mushroom, fruits, berries, sweet filling like jam, chocolate, whipped cream, or honey, or simply with sour cream on top.
Celebrating maslenitsa
Baked Salmon
This salmon can be cooked on the grill in foil as well as in the oven in parchment paper. You can use a cedar board soaked in water for 4-8 hours instead of foil. Different herbs can be used depending on your taste, such as rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme, tarragon, sage, basil, or lemon grass. The sauce is aromatic...
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‘Italian Wontons’ with Balsamic Sauce
Cannoli
This deep fried crispy waffle tube-shaped shell, with sweet cream cheese and chocolate inside is a traditional Sicilian dessert and very popular in Italian-American cuisine. Usually containing ricotta cheese, but you can add mascarpone cheese or whipped cottage cheese to it as well.
I thought about making cannoli for a long time and finely it happened! I ordered stainless steel cannoli forms...
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Beaches in Playa del Carmen (part 1)
Breakfast time!
last time when we were here, we found a really nice place close to us for breakfast. They sell fresh bread, pastries, cakes, croissants, cookies , macarons, empanadas, and more. Here are some pictures of what we had for a couple days: Dos leches with strawberry, Capuchino tiramisu, Empanadas with ceso, and Tres leches. They also have a delicious...
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Winter can be like this
Smoked Salmon on a Gas Stove-Top
Our family loves fish and especially smoked salmon. In the summer we often smoke fish on our grill! However, now that it’s winter and very cold outside, of course it doesn’t work (well it does but no one wants to watch the grill for hours when its 0 degrees outside) but we were really hungry for smoked salmon...
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