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Chocolate Marquise

Chocolate Marquise

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo If you are a chocolate lover, you are going to adore this recipe. It is decidedly exquisite! INGREDIENTS Chocolate base: - 1 Egg - 100gr Brown sugar - 50gr Oil - 50gr Milk - 100gr Flour - 30gr Unsweetened cocoa - 5gr Baking powder Marquise: - 200gr Dark chocolate - 300gr Milk cream - 50gr Creamed butter - 100gr Sugar PROCEDURE Chocolate base: Place the egg, the oil, the milk and the brown sugar in a bowl. Mix well.Add the flour, the cocoa and the baking powder.Place in an 18cm diameter mold prepared with vegetable spray.Cook in a medium preheated oven at 160 ° C until firm. Let it cool down. Marquise: Chop the dark chocolate.Bring the cream and sugar to a boil.…

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Best activities in Maldives

Best activities in Maldives

We must warn you that once you have being in the Maldives, no other beach will surprise you. The landscape is so incredibly beautiful that can be equaled but hardly beaten by other destination. In the organization of your trip, you must not only contemplate the flight to Malé -which is the capital- but also the cost of the speedboat or the seaplane flight to one of its hotel-islands. It's a Muslim country so keep that in mind if you stay on an island with residents, it will be forbidden to circulate in a bathing suit and drink alcohol (you can only wear a bathing suit on the fenced beaches for exclusive use of tourists). Muslim women bathe fully clothed, including wearing a hijab to hide their hair, for this…

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Snorkel & Catamaran in Maldive Islands

Snorkel & Catamaran in Maldive Islands

Once you are installed in your chosen island-hotel of the Maldives, as soon as you take a bath in the coral beaches of the Indian Ocean you will notice thousands of fish around you, you will even be able to see stingrays and moray eels spontaneously in their natural environment. This experience is priceless, what you feel when you are alone snorkeling and discover these animals for yourself is decidedly better than paying for an excursion with 30 people around. It's one of the things that impacted us the most about the Maldives, in addition to its dazzling hotel infrastructure, you will want to return to these places for sure. We give you a tip to take the best photos: buy a 600ml bottle of soda and when you finish…

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Hot Cakes

Hot Cakes

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo INGREDIENTS - 1 Egg - 250gr Flour - 60gr Melted butter - 300gr Milk - 8gr Baking powder - 150gr Sugar - Vanilla essence Optional: Chocolate chips, strawberries, blueberries, dulce de leche sauce, honey, cream or ice cream PROCEDURE Place the eggs, the sugar, the essence and the milk in the blender. Blend just to break the egg bond and dissolve the sugar.Add the flour and the baking powder, blend until it is completely integrated.Add the melted butter and blend again for 30 seconds.Let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for half an hour.Cook the pancakes in a hot pan brushed with melted butter. Add blueberry or chocolate chips to each Hot Cake, as you prefer.Wait until you can see holes in the…

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Citrus vanilla soufflé

Citrus vanilla soufflé

Made by the Chef Aldo Rivaldi INGREDIENTS (for 4 servings) - 4 Large eggs, separated - 300ml Milk - 50g Flour - 45 Sugar for egg yolks - 15g vanilla extract - 10 Lemon/ lime zest - 1g Salt - 45g Sugar for egg whites - For coating the ramekins baking spray and sugar - Topping powdered sugar PROCEDURE - Preheat oven to 180C - Prepare ramekins: Brush the ramekins with baking spray and then, coat the ramekins with sugar. This will make the soufflé to rise evenly. - In a medium saucepan bring milk to a simmer. - In another saucepan mix yolks with 45g sugar until slightly pale and add flour and whisk to combine. Pour about a third of the hot milk over the egg yolk mixture to…

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Travel with free accommodation!

Travel with free accommodation!

You would love to travel but don't have budget right now? We have good news! There are several alternatives for you to travel around the world without paying for your stays. We present you a group of platforms with people, companies and organizations that can host you for free. We briefly tell you how they work so you can start planning your next trip, even with a very limited budget. FREE STAYS WITHOUT WORKING CouchSurfing (couchsurfing.com) is a platform for hosts around the world offering free accommodation for travelers. You simply have to complete your profile (with your personal data, tastes, lifestyle and occupation), choose your destination and contact your future hosts. When you get in touch, we suggest you introduce yourself, make a request for accommodation and coordinate with…

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What to Do in Bali & Lembongan – Top 10 Attractions

What to Do in Bali & Lembongan – Top 10 Attractions

Clear water beaches, incredible temples, offerings to the gods, excellent massages and a very good gastronomy is what you are going to experience on a trip to Bali, the most popular destination of Indonesia. Bali is just 140 km in east-west length and 90 km from north to south. The mountainous area extends from the center of the island to its eastern side. The highest point of the island is Mount Agung with 3,142 m high, an active volcano that last erupted in March 1963. The island is surrounded by coral reefs, the beaches in the south are of white sand while the northern ones are with black sand. The hotel infrastructure is excellent, it offers different price alternatives for all types of travelers. It is very characteristic of Indonesia…

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Cracked chocolate cookies

Cracked chocolate cookies

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo Learn how to make these incredible cookies at home to eat with a good coffee or with your favorite tea. INGREDIENTS (24 units) - 60gr Oil - 200gr Sugar - 2 Eggs - 150gr Self-rising flour - 60gr Unsweetened cocoa (you can replace with cornstarch if you want to make the cookies with another flavor) PROCEDURE Mix the oil, the cocoa and the sugar.Add the eggs and mix.Add the self-rising flour and the cocoa. Integrate intil you get a soft dough. Cool down the doughAssemble 25 / 30gr balls and take to the freezer. 5. Cover the balls with icing sugar and place on a plate with baking paper, well separated from each other. 6. Cook in a preheated oven at 180 °…

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Ice Cream Bars

Ice Cream Bars

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo Are you thinking of eating one of those gourmet ice cream bars that you love so much? What if you could do them by yourself? With this easy recipe we reveal the mysteries of the ice cream bars so you can surprise your children, your family and friends with this incredible dessert. INGREDIENTS - 400gr Milk - 200gr Cream - 75gr Sugar - 20gr Corn starch - 150gr Flavoring of your choice (white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, dulce de leche (Argentina), caramel or condensed milk) PROCEDURE Mix the starch with 50g of milk. Put the remaining milk, cream and sugar to the heat until it begins to boil on the edges of the pot (it's not necessary to mix or beat at…

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Brookie

Brookie

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo You love brownies and chocolate chip cookies? This recipe combines the best of both, a true delight for the senses. INGREDIENTS Brownie : - 2 Eggs -100gr Butter - 200gr Sugar - 70gr Chocolate - 90gr Multi purpose flour Cookie : - 70gr Creamed butter - 1 Egg - 180gr Self-rising flour - 1gr Salt - 100gr Sugar - 100gr Chocolate Chips - Vanilla essence PROCEDURE Brownie : Melt the chocolate with the butter Mix sugar with eggs, without incorporating airAdd the chocolate, the butter and integrateIncorporate the flour and mixPlace in a mold with baking paper and vegetable spray. The height of the mixture can't exceed 4cm. Place the mold in the refrigerator Cookie : Beat butter, sugar and essence until they…

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Mindful eating
Transforming your relation with food

Mindful eating

  • Post category:WELLNESS
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Mundful is defined as awareness of the present moment, with acceptance and without judgment. Many times we are in a certain time and place, but our minds and emotions are focused on another situation. When we eat it's the same, we don't do it in a conscious way, paying full attention and enjoying our food. Food is closely linked to our social life: in each meeting, celebration or party, we get together to eat and drink. Each individual also generates a particular relationship with food and in this article we are going to analyze some of those variables. For a better extension of the topic, we recommend the book "A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food" by Jan Chozen Bays. Food has an emotional component of…

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Bases of a healthy life
9 Bases of a healthy life

Bases of a healthy life

  • Post category:WELLNESS
  • Reading time:6 mins read

The World Health Organization, psychologists, fitness instructors, doctors, nutritionists and wellness experts give us many recommendations to live a healthy life. So here we go with the bases and tips to work in our habits with a holistic vision, to feel better and live a healthy happy life. Health is defined as a state of well-being not only physical but also mental and social. 1. GOOD REST : Sleeping 7 to 8 hours per day helps us to control hunger and allows our body to detoxify and repair while we sleep. We rest better with a lower temperature and if we eat at least 3 hours before going to sleep, so we finished digestion. In a natural environment we should wake up at dawn and have finished dinner and prepare…

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New Zealand North Island – Best places to go
View from Taupo Lake Trail

New Zealand North Island – Best places to go

New Zealand is a really magical country with awesome landscapes, a beautiful community, a prosperous economy and one of the best's life quality in the world. You can see as soon as you get into the country that people are happy, smiling, they are so friendly, kind and open to tourists. Furthermore, you can see the Kiwis always live in contact with nature, going sailing, biking, doing trails, practicing sports, they separate their personal life from their works, they are not a stressful society, they take time to enjoy, to share with friends and family. You can see aged lovely couples with their house over the lake, with they own organic farm, their animals, living a peaceful perfect live surrounded by their loved ones. You feel really safe in this country,…

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Art Designer dream life

Art Designer dream life

In this interview to Gonzalo Aldana, Graphic Designer, Creative & Street Artist (1984) we will discover that it’s possible to live our lives in a different way, completely out of the matrix. Gonzalo has being living his goal for 4 years: traveling around the world and doing what he loves. He shares with us his unique experience and his awesome work. Why did you choose this style of life?  Well, to be honest I had a dream, a crazy dream about death and life, existence and time and I feel it changed my life: I realized we have only one opportunity to exist!  And when I started asking myself the right questions, if I was fully happy with my life the answers was no, so I decided to leave Mexico…

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Inverted Peach Cake

Inverted Peach Cake

Made by the Pastry Chef Sol Arceo INGREDIENTS - 300gr Fresh peaches - 100gr Sugar - 50gr Butter Coconut and almond dough:- 120gr Sugar - 120gr Oil - 2 Eggs - 140gr Self-rising flour - 50gr Rum (or milk if you prefer) - 40gr Grated coconut - Optional: 50gr Chopped toasted almonds PROCESS 1. Weigh the ingredients for the dough. Join the dry ones in a bowl. 2. Beat the eggs with sugar until you get a foam. 3. Add the rum and the oil alternating with the dry ingredients. 4. Integrate with a spatula and fold in. 5. Prepare the mold, in this case we use a 18 cm mold. 6. Grease the mold. IMPORTANT: place a circle of baking paper on the base and grease it as well. Cover…

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