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Trip to Srilanka, (Nuwara Elliya/ Kandy)

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During the school holidays, we decided to visit Sri Lank, much to the surprise of one of my  friends from the school group. " most parents in our school doesnt go to sri lanka"? I was like , whats wrong with Sri Lanka? ".   We don't visit Sri Lanka that often, the last time we went was two years ago and that was for my father's heart bypass surgery, so it wasn't really a vacation , the kids were stuck in an apart ment and kept them selves entertained indoors. So this time , I booked a tour with Aitken Spence   Travels to tour the hillside towns of Nuwara elliya and Kandy.  The tour operator was very helpful but its pricey so I would advise  parents with slightly older kids to take it so you can go on long hikes and all. Maybe next time I will just book one of the taxi services  like Kangaroo Kabs  to the hill towns, but over all it was a nice trip. Our journey started on a  bright hot sunny day, arrived in Colombo in the afternoon and was me...

White Brigadeiro, Strawberry and Nutella Lasagna

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INGREDIENTS BRIGADEIRO 2 cans of condensed milk 2 tablespoons butter room temperature GANACHE 500 grams of melted milk chocolate 200 ml of cream without milk 1 tablespoon butter room temperature CREAM OF NUTELLA 200 ml of nutella 150 grams of cream without milk Strawberries METHOD OF PREPARATION BRIGADEIRO: Make the brigadier white. Mix the condensed milk in a pan, with low heat When you begin to release from the sides, turn off the fire. Take to freezer for one hour GANACHE: Put the chocolate in the microwave every 30 seconds, to melt. Melt the butter and then the cream. Mix well until smooth Refrigerate for 40 minutes CREAM OF NUTELLA Mix the 200 grams of Nutella with the 150 grams of cream without the serum until diluted. Reserve Cut the strawberry into slices and dry well ASSEMBLY: Here I will advise you to use a bag of confectioners or else, put the fillings inside a plastic bag and cut off one of the tips, turning it into a tube In a dish spread a layer of white brigadeiro Above,...

BLT salad

Any kind of lettuce mixture Cooked bacon crumbled Avocado diced Tomatoes-cherry or chopped or diced Dressing White wine vinegar Olive or avocado oil Honey Honey Dijon mustard Stir or whip together

Tapioca pudding

1/3 cup small pearls 3 eggs 1 1/4 cup coconut or almond milk 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup xylitol Rinse pearls, put milk, water, eggs and xylitol in blender. Put a medium bowl in pressure canner with about 1/2 inch of water in bottom of pressure canner then wire rack and then the bowl. Put pearls and then milk mixture. Cook for 14 minutes, stir, add vanilla. Cool in the refrigerator or eat warm.

Lentil stew

1 cup lentils 2 1/2 cups water 1 bay leaf 1 tsp. salt Beef, turkey, chicken sausage cut in chunks about 1/2 pound 3-4 cups stewed tomatoes or 1/4 cup tomato paste with 2 cups water 1/4 tsp oregano 1 T minced garlic 1 minced onion 1 cup celery Mushrooms sliced Put in pressure cooker for 14 minutes.

Almond bars

1/2 pound almond paste crumbled 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2cups flour Combine ingredients in order given. Bake 350 degrees for about 30 minutes in a 9 x 13 pan.

Cinnamon rolls

5 tsp. yeast in 2 cups lukewarm milk Add 1/2 cup sugar 1 cups bread flour Add 1 tsp. salt 1/2 cup melted butter 4 beaten eggs 4-5 cups flour Put in greased large bowl covered with a clean towel til doubled in size. Divide in half, roll out into a rectangle with dough about 1/2 inch thick. Brush on melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon. Roll up tightly and cut in about 1 - 1/2 inch slices, place in greased baking pan about 1/2 inch apart, let rise about 10 - 15 minutes. Bake 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.