lifestyle, food, fashion

lifestyle, food, fashion

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Delicious pasta & avocado , basil sauce

  Delicious for avocado lovers,



 Cook some pasta ( your choice)

peel 2 avocados , some basil leaves about a handfull , some brasil nuts or other, one garlic,2 spoon of lemon or lime fresh juice, some olive oil salt and peper , mix all in a mixer pour over the hot pasta decorate with cherrie tomatoes

 Enjoy it !

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Manakish

Manakish which is basically a kind of flat bread baked with Zaatar and olive oil spread over it.







Manakish
How to make 

500g bread flour
10g salt
5g dried yeast
320ml/g water
50g olive oil
1/2 cup za’atar mixed with enough olive oil to make it into a paste.
Put the oven on at 250C.  Mix the flour, salt and yeast,  add the water and olive oil and bring together. Knead until smooth.  Leave to sit for an hour or so , then divide into 10 balls and let them sit for a further 10 minutes.  Flatten and roll with a rolling pin so it’s nice and thin.  spread  zaatar and olive oil on the base is cook it for 10 minutes.  Eat hot or cold 


Labne is a greek  stained yogurt , put the yogurt in a cloth and let it stain for a few hours , add some salt an is ready to eat with the manakish .




Enjoy it !

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Yogurt &lemon zest cake



Delicious moisty cake .






1 1/2 all-purpose flour

1 teaspoons bp
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon zest
3/4 cup greek yogurt
1/2 cup vegatable oil
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract








  • Preheat oven to 350°. butter the cake pan. Dust with flour.
  • Whisk 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and  salt in a medium bowl.
  •  Rub sugar with lemon zest in a large bowl until sugar is moist. Add yogurt, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract; whisk to blend. Fold in dry ingredients just to blend.
  • Pour batter into pan. Bake until top of cake is golden brown and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 50–55 minutes


    Enjoy it 
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    chocolate cake with delicious sauce


    Chocolate delice 







    4 eggs
    2 cups sugar ( cups are 140ml)
    1 cup water
    ½ cup oil
    6 tablespoons cocoa powder
    3 cups flour
    1 tablespoon baking powder

    Sauce

    4 cups of sweetened condensed milk
    2 cups heavy cream
    4 tablespoons cocoa powder
    1 tablespoon butter

    How to make

    With an electric mixer, mix the eggs with the sugar until you get a smooth cream.increased , double the volume
    Add, with constant mixing, water, oil, chocolate, sifted flour (part by part) and finally the baking powder until smooth.
    Bake in a preheated oven (150 ° C) for about 30 minutes.

    Sauce

      In a pan, put the  condensed milk, cream, cocoa, butter, heat  stirring constantly, for about 20 minutes over medium heat. put over cooled cake, you can also put the sauce in between layers

    Enjoy it

    Good advice

    Lettuce will help you to sleep 




    In a saucepan, boil lettuce leaves and press them in their cooking water. Add the water  in your bath (a warm bath before bedtime promotes muscle relaxation, essential to sleep), it will help you fall asleep more easily.


    Good dreams !


    Friday, 26 September 2014

    Chocolate & kidney beans cake






    420 g kidney beans  canned drained

    1 tablespoon water

    1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    70 g unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    125 g Butter or oil
    5  eggs
    180 g sugar


    How to make.



    In your TM puree the beans, water I egg and vanilla until smooth SP 7.
     Set aside.
    Beat the butter and sugar SP 5 for 30 seconds add the remaining eggs  beat for 20 seconds SP 4.
    Add bean mixture SP 4 5 seconds.
    Add the cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and blend SP 4 ,10 seconds.
    Pour batter into greased rectangular  tin pan and bake at 180 degrees oven for 30 to 40minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

      this cake is not a sponge cake , is quite heavy , more to be used as a brownie , but  is gluten freee !

                                              Enjoy it