Hola Guayabitos!

Hola from Rincon de Guayabitos, Mexico 2019

We made it back to this "laid back" Mexican Fishing Town

after 7 years!

It's changed a bit but thankfully not too much.
Here is a link to 7 years ago!

Staying at the DeCameron, Los Cocos all inclusive resort made for

a relaxed Winter Get-Away.

Walks on the beautiful beach, no cooking, reading, and eating

3 square meals a day - oye!

While there, we took a Casa Cooking class in Betty Nunez's cozy kitchen in La Penita, 

a town adjacent to Guayabitos.

She taught us and our travel mates how to make the most delicious enchiladas

served with authentic sauces of green tomatillos and red plum tomatoes.

She also made and shared a family recipe of Guacamole - what a treat!

Thanks Betty - you are amazing.

Here we are enjoying  a home-made Mexican dinner. 

Guacamole made in the traditional molcajete (mortar & pestle)

Each day our beds were made, our room was cleaned and there

was some "towel art" left on our bed!

How do the maids do this?

  

While hearing reports from home

of -20C's or more, we enjoyed +20C's here!

Bedtime came early for us most nights but we stayed awake long enough to view the lunar eclipse on January 20th.

There was a surprising extreme high tide the next morning on our beach walk,

all due to the full moon eclipse?

We had early morning walks on the beach each day, where the fishermen

sold their daily catches,

enjoyed the buffet of foods at the resort and tried to get "our" same table

and waiter every meal.

Selfie lessons needed!!!

The Monday market shopping in the town square was so much fun.

Bought some great sun dresses (Mexican made by two sisters - TY Bikinis),

 and gifts to take home. The "TY" booth was always packed with women trying on dresses

as the men stood back in the shade.

Thankfully we had lots of suitcase space to take home our treasures.

La Penita also has a fabulous market on Thursdays and there we had a good feed

of fresh made churros (deep fried long donuts rolled in sugar - oh yum).

I need to learn how to make these!

This resort and area seems to attract mostly Canadians and lots from the Western Provinces.

We visited with some friends that we met here in 2012 who hail from Saskatoon area

and now rent a bungalow for 6 weeks in town. So great to see them again.
(I missed getting a picture of them - Ev and Leonard)

Many folks come year after year to this wonderful place.

Good times were had with our "old" friends forever from home!
Gary and Anita

Our meeting place! Let's do this again some year.

Till next time ....... Adios and stay warm!

A "CHILI" January Day!

Chili Con Carne for a cold day in January!  I made a big batch yesterday and it's so handy (why don't I do this more often?).

I use a recipe that was on the label of a can of Red Kidney Beans back in the 1970's - that's when I was first married and learning how to cook!  I still use this same basic recipe now, with a few additions.  I didn't have red kidney beans on hand so I used a can of black beans.  Need to stock up on those beans!  I also added some crushed garlic.





Brown in 2 Tbsp. fat:
1 Cup chopped onion
1/4 Cup chopped green pepper
1 lb. ground lean beef
Add:
1 Can Red Kidney Beans
1 3/4 Cups stewed diced tomatoes
1 to 2 Tbsp. Chili Powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. vinegar
Simmer for one hour stirring frequently
I always add a can of mushrooms - drained, a can of corn niblets, a can of chick peas or white kidney beans, and sometimes a can of pork and beans.  We like this served with a garnish of fresh chopped peppers and small chunks of cheese!

It's hard to believe that just a few days ago we were

enjoying the warm sights, sounds, smells,

and tastes of Mexico!

Warm thoughts to you till next time.............

Rosella

Life is Good Indeed!

What a week!

Guyabitos

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett - What a great book and the best part of all is I got to read it on the beach in Mexico!!!

How privileged I am to have such a wonderful get-away time to celebrate the big 6-0!!!  We had an amazing relaxing time and met some awesome folks!  Most of the guests at the resort were from CANADA and not only that - the majority were from the Western Provinces.  We walked on the beach, ate the best shrimp I've ever tasted, went to a colourful Mexican Market, read and lounged for a whole week!

La Penita Market

Salvador's famous Coconut Shrimp!

We had such fun with our new friends Ev and Leonard from Saskatchewan!  It was like we've known them forever.....miss you guys already!

I've added avocado, lime, pineapple, nachos, and tortillas to my grocery list for this week!

Life is good..........even though we are back to reality with a dusting of white snow on the ground.