tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83341514417613423372023-11-15T23:36:27.837-08:00Sweet And Spicymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-8343408653714780652009-12-11T10:48:00.000-08:002009-12-11T10:56:59.549-08:00Busy<div align="center">I wish I could spend more time cooking and blogging but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">unfortunately</span> I am much to busy!</div><div align="center">I have my internship at a hotel 5 days a week, I go to school one day a week, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">off course</span> keep my house clean and do all the financial stuff.</div><div align="center">An then I have my little girl who I don't see enough!!!</div><div align="center">So I'm going to feed her now!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">byebye :)</div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-29696795040208037822009-11-28T10:43:00.000-08:002009-11-28T10:47:52.791-08:00Honey<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3PXuSOoCJE2kYdKwc7b4dkmYID0nbdguSJJNZFrtgDILLACkrjkG9CK-R_UIGCy0Z0H-W5ERFIHDO2ZTia3Eo3XUAmavnOdgGhXcbf7bbgIVPb8QU95nJVSw2E06fToFew8qh3yb89I/s1600/Honeyy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409227845178196562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3PXuSOoCJE2kYdKwc7b4dkmYID0nbdguSJJNZFrtgDILLACkrjkG9CK-R_UIGCy0Z0H-W5ERFIHDO2ZTia3Eo3XUAmavnOdgGhXcbf7bbgIVPb8QU95nJVSw2E06fToFew8qh3yb89I/s400/Honeyy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-13293100236650004692009-11-26T17:44:00.000-08:002009-11-26T17:46:23.239-08:00Babyfood, Mango!I've let my daughter taste mango... the really loves it!<br />(she is now 4 mothes and 2 weeks old)mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-5996463304875840142009-11-21T12:19:00.000-08:002009-11-26T18:01:50.699-08:00Almond rice<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzNBZBW44zIman6NOqlWzNK3scZAk2Xg6Acn9lg5MUlHFqCKlWlCY9lTdAFkAPU3Bv6kGW0Fb0eb3f5__zm0A4Kc-XA4gsz2uneLCuw00-SirKBhtyUPQWlPXIkDR-eH6sKB-fLHr7AM/s1600/lllllllllllllllll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406655150351809218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzNBZBW44zIman6NOqlWzNK3scZAk2Xg6Acn9lg5MUlHFqCKlWlCY9lTdAFkAPU3Bv6kGW0Fb0eb3f5__zm0A4Kc-XA4gsz2uneLCuw00-SirKBhtyUPQWlPXIkDR-eH6sKB-fLHr7AM/s400/lllllllllllllllll.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've had some almonds left over from my <a href="http://sweetandspicyfood.blogspot.com/2009/11/dutch-speculaas-and-almond-cookies.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">speculaas</span> cookies</a> so I made some almond rice and decided to to a quick post on it.</div><div> </div><div>So what you'll need it:</div><div>3 cups of rice</div><div>3 cups of hot water</div><div>100 grams of almonds</div><div>1 small tablespoon of salt (according to taste off course)</div><div>and some oil</div><div> </div><div>So what I did was, I put the oil in the pan and added the almonds. keep stirring and keep your eyes on it. As soon as they get a tan add the salt. give a quick stir and put in the rice. Then carefully stir again and the water.</div><div>Bring it to a boil and then turn the heat as low as possible.</div><div>Cover the lit with tin foil ore a towel, place it on the pan.</div><div>Let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes.</div><div>turn of the heat and let it rest for another 5 minutes......DONE<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406656928580716354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadkK9xyPTItc3aRC4z6B8624YTyHdEjYbuCpmjM5epS-31ZP8KgyTqAlZZfWBjpIyLq6p-i44su00Z3E3DTjYZcKI7_bQnnaZj9TkhqxzAy7_jFFmH3eT2SQlZTyxjuVVw_odSb3EVO8/s400/almondricemmm.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">If this isn't easy....</p>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-82213979772010940312009-11-19T16:07:00.000-08:002009-11-26T17:36:10.627-08:00Dutch Speculaas and Almond Cookies<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLuCmg5WF7JzsriwxuXbCwhocaoIpqGFJKGFDFrH8SUEnoi7zD1tXVEKQViInQaY7PYzhC1bbmPNeof0ynJ2siArVFjg-bnSFqZyzJkvYmBxJ7nkq5vIYLqAYeg-CBKQsidfcUs1ZbC8/s1600/Onlangs+bijgewerkt5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406652598266574690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 408px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLuCmg5WF7JzsriwxuXbCwhocaoIpqGFJKGFDFrH8SUEnoi7zD1tXVEKQViInQaY7PYzhC1bbmPNeof0ynJ2siArVFjg-bnSFqZyzJkvYmBxJ7nkq5vIYLqAYeg-CBKQsidfcUs1ZbC8/s400/Onlangs+bijgewerkt5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love reading food blogs! And I just have to say that I´m so jealous at some of you... Beautiful lay-out, great writing ability and amazing pictures. I obviously am an amateur compared to alot of you. When I was doing this recopy I had trouble making pictures that wear at least clear. Are you all professional photographers ore something!<br /><br />Anyway, I did the best attempt I can do and I hope you'll like it anyway and maybe even make it... if you do, let me know how it turns out.<br /><br /><div align="center">This is a Dutch recopy, the Dutch may not be known for there great food but I wonder why. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgXw7hzKUioNqiL-HRgBVReH3r0bVdsXongaKvqpdab_4dj3wwVvUgIZxu8IbyP2EiJZhild2umOCut8gYF_6wELpdv-aiozCJ97sUPEr6SkeXec6-DuCl8Gu8zbwHAIzChUfCjyqQyg/s1600/793px-Speculaaskruiden.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405973680394902514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgXw7hzKUioNqiL-HRgBVReH3r0bVdsXongaKvqpdab_4dj3wwVvUgIZxu8IbyP2EiJZhild2umOCut8gYF_6wELpdv-aiozCJ97sUPEr6SkeXec6-DuCl8Gu8zbwHAIzChUfCjyqQyg/s200/793px-Speculaaskruiden.jpg" border="0" /></a>They have great foods for cold winter evening. Like these cookies with the main ingredient speculaasspices. A mix of spices that always give me a warm feeling, a bit like cinnamon always does.</div><br /><div align="center">If you are not able to find speculaasspices you can make it yourself , there are some variations but it's basically cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardemom and white pepper. Now don't think this recipe would be to much work, you probably have all ore most of these spices at home allready!</div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">If you would like to know more I suggest you visit </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculaas"><span style="font-size:85%;">wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> ore </span><a href="http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=5698"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dutch girl cooking</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Ingredients</span><br /></span>300 gr self raising flower</div></div>150 gr brown sugar<br />20 gr speculaasspices<br />salt<br />200 gr unsalted butter<br />2 tbs milk<br />50 gr almonds<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">And this is how you do it:</span><br /><br />Whisk together the self raising flower, brown sugar, speculaas and salt<br />Then add the butter and use 2 knives to cut the butter in to the mixture (ore use a mixer, but I don't have one)<br />Flatten the dough into a round (using cold hands), wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least a couple off hours, if it's possible 24 hours would be perfect.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406645794282034434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1l0sH16v17imXlC4469uv0yLVup7k5u1sKl9EQRg-kc2YUD1do0coWeTl7AtrbPsD3BvnL4L2v0U8r9uWGes-M8awtDFP9PJaMXfUFieEUdaiKYS2_lpDattfafAz-8SXMYzLr1UwTFg/s400/speculaascookies.jpg" border="0" /><br />Get the chilled dough out of the refrigerator (the dough is hard right now) and wait until it is at room temperature<br />preheat oven op 160 degrees C (300 degrees F)<br />Flour your work surface and press your dough into an even, flat layer of about 0,5 cm (I believe that's 1/4 inch)<br />place the dough on the baking paper and make little squares by cutting lightly in the dough. (So not all the way through)<br />Use the milk to brush the top of your dough then sprinkle the almonds over it.</p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406649254341952290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWiaz4aw0v5KbaKEsRTDWw0c8MDQR-8wuLs8Ia_ao_WJn0Kz8271U3NUwSnYPhleEw_I-i9zDkRJp7uHYnbTTc048K0ZBpac2PtTYQzKm3TPb16CXRtst4-nKcWD-iT108ajHOFAe4QE/s400/speculaascookies1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Place it in the oven and leave it for about 30 minutes<br /><p>Allow it to cool,you should wait until it gets hard (but please taste some when it's still a bit warm!!!)<br />As soon as it has cooled off u can break it in squares.</p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Eet smakelijk!</span></em></p>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-65698158494731356062009-11-17T14:43:00.000-08:002009-11-17T11:42:11.967-08:00Babyfood, Apple - the first time!<div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ai1c0tpQ1VA&hl=" width="445" height="364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" border="1" color1="0xcc2550&color2=" fs="1&rel="></embed></div><br /><p></p><div align="center"><br />Now that my little girl is 4 months old I started thinking about how I´m going to handle things when it comes to food. When I was looking around on coffeeandvanilla.com I came across <a href="http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=6928&cpage=1#comment-9442">these tips Margot give </a>on her blog and I agree with her for 100%.<br /><br />These are her tips: </div><br /><br /><blockquote><br /><div align="center">*Feed them with fruit and veg before they know they don’t like it, before they can walk or talk.<br />*Don’t give up, with older children it can take few years, it is hard to change old bad habits.<br />*Engage little ones in your shopping and cooking, let them choose and help to prepare.<br />*Reduce ready foods and sweets but let them have it from time to time.<br />*If you cook and eat healthy yourself, your children will follow you.<br />*The sooner you start introduce your child to all kind of healthy foods the better, hopefully later<br />those childhood experiences will change into healthy eating habits and love for<br />good food<br /><br /></div></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The only thing I'd like to add is having family dinners, it gives them an example and you have an excuse to be together.<br />I hate eating alone! And it happens to me alot do to irregular working hours.<br /></div><div align="center">but, I hope I can live up too these tips and avoid something like <a href="http://current.com/158dm4c">this</a>:<br /><br /></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 468px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 448px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/28/article-1174210-04B0E631000005DC-0_468x448.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">I feel bad for those children, I don't have to tell you how bad this is in so many ways!</span><br /></p><br /><p align="center">Anyway,I think it´s time to introduce her to some real food now. I know that she doesn´t "need" it yet and opinions might be different on this subject, but I would like to allready let her taste some things. I've been reading on the Internet and according to different sources it's best to give your baby one kind of food for about 2 weeks to get used to the taste (they might not like it at first) and if they turn out to be allergic you know immediately to what. I´ve also been told is best to feed your baby pure ingredients first before start mixing them up, so they will know what the fruits, vegetables etc taste like individually. I wanted to start out with apples, so I peeled and cut an apple then cooked it with about a tablespoon of water and just stirred and mashed it.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405100970603209954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggT5VlfBWrJRZAyoCGnO3cGk0cYTwOP2KlsJMmDEAq1HXJB5Yd623ylMg8xzdV5sK1eBfwp6Qs57F1WB6BQvtpXJX5B4rvuho8NEt-p4mv7lP4LJF1-XO7R3r1PymVHFWRpKB4ebuWZ8/s200/DSC02563.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405104267221394818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ewMOEO9QDM-VMqwIzaeGPgVpEJMdTjEBTrYxEb-EmX2agNBfmFoS62FMn2KMwdifSDjGnsntNjGL7kPBpUfXfh8ray18brpZ6wDhF7_z31ixJfajXATz3oGGZIEHBl9-2IQho-BWHCE/s320/DSC02579.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405106163492080210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITfshoBmMBOmzU2Y4XfS4VelVnF6O5m5pwztw4y9nGBxnWatEv2YUG-0Z3BVemjaR17l0QLbVHfyogw1t_YXc3qcoAsacCu5HBjdxtYlUCmGjNGMqWVwUCjdCgUSkYS46Yj-Xdfdtu7A/s320/DSC02575.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />She didn't really give a struggle ore spite it out, but she looked grossed out though! haha she did eat some bits eventually so I'm proud. How do you think I'm handling this? What did you do different? As a first time mom with NO experience (no baby's in my family) I would appreciate any advice!mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-2475816592875548802009-11-16T12:29:00.000-08:002009-11-16T12:45:33.272-08:00Broke<div align="center">As you may have noticed I have not been posting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">alot</span> since I have this blog.</div><div align="center">The reasons for that are lack of time and money.</div><div align="center">My boyfriend just lost his job and I´m doing my internship (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">un</span>-paid) so all the money we do have is spend on our daughter.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Anyway, I won't bore you guys with the whole story and I promise to post a recopy this week!</div><div align="center">Not that anyone is reading my blog... (I think) but I'm promising myself!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-60003116475270645382009-10-28T17:30:00.000-07:002009-11-04T14:24:23.529-08:00Dolma - part 1<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOo8wnUjKYGz5T9jiwT64SXQ3N4ZnFAukLcldSGDKfje8S0pGEgY-sjNMnsWWm5lGu-xE1Roe7e_vKrXLuHV_fsmlynsUIvxmPS6Qyeqjc-YUg3Rm7Zy_tT95H65pBh3Sd0ovTazMQuw/s1600-h/DSC02388.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOo8wnUjKYGz5T9jiwT64SXQ3N4ZnFAukLcldSGDKfje8S0pGEgY-sjNMnsWWm5lGu-xE1Roe7e_vKrXLuHV_fsmlynsUIvxmPS6Qyeqjc-YUg3Rm7Zy_tT95H65pBh3Sd0ovTazMQuw/s320/DSC02388.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">I'm a BIG fan of Turkish food because they use allot of ingredients that I love so much, like eggplants, onions, garlic, beans, tomato's, walnuts, oregano and yogurt.</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">And on top of that the Turkish cuisine is healthy and has alot of variety, even picky eaters and vegetarians can enjoy Turkish food.</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">The Turkish people should be proud of there kitchen, and I know they are because looking around for recopies I came across disheses with names like 'women's-thighs' and 'women-bellybutton'. </div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">So now you know what the 2 most important things in the life of a Turkish men are!</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Now dolma is not only made by the Turkish.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">The Greek, Armenian, Iranian and the Kurds are several others that make dolma´s.<br />So you can inmagine how many veriations there most be.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">They can be cooked either in water ore tomatosaus. ore in a pan ore in the oven. You could use rice ore bulgur. beef ore vegetarian. You could add splitbeans if you like and so on!</div><br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">So yesterday I did an attempt to make my own veration and it turned out pretty good so...... come back soon if your curious about my recope.</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399693063000950642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkvP37oLiOTgDwoGRatKPStR-9LrEQz2Oguc2v6DiV-wXKM55lK63m3PCDUzoOoqQOfkbC3C_8Hc_q6x8QSiwmrL6HNrLt4gdaKaUMr810aqEzkSQ2eNX7mX1bKsUEGPwYy_wonjy9Cw/s400/food1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-79011784309279137822009-10-22T07:34:00.000-07:002009-10-23T15:49:08.959-07:00Greek Apple Pie<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnoMNE9EBu7K4mFk8gQjdrF-Cqs7NiRbS18s7oNKZpcDh7hzqklQB46eFZBnih9wl8r5CiHUKJOxv5vdTpL7V5XBxFCidneZjBi2fKoOpPxlev_Lt8h3QxRrKJKQSsKbDRkfl-GKwHe0/s1600-h/DSC02258.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395895712422163330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 344px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnoMNE9EBu7K4mFk8gQjdrF-Cqs7NiRbS18s7oNKZpcDh7hzqklQB46eFZBnih9wl8r5CiHUKJOxv5vdTpL7V5XBxFCidneZjBi2fKoOpPxlev_Lt8h3QxRrKJKQSsKbDRkfl-GKwHe0/s400/DSC02258.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Original recipe from Sonja Stampoulidou </em></span><br /><div align="center">I found this recipe in a magazine I thought it just looked really different from the ordinary apple pie that I know. The article was about 3 types of apple pies, a Dutch one, a French one and a Greek one which I chose to make because of it looks. (I'm so shallow!)</div><br /><div align="center">I'm very sorry I didn't make a better picture so you can see how beautiful it really is but I was in kind of a hurry at the last moment.</div><br /><div align="center">I hope next time I will be able to spend more time on it and make a better afford.</div><br /><div align="center">Anyway, here is the recipe and I hope someone will try it out and let me know what he/she thinks.<br /></div><div align="center">It takes about 2 hours totally to make this recipe (including 70 minutes baking time)<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395909480565687778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOd3-XxVktK-aabdTESbMmSsGlXv5YCNAQTaZzI-BQVgStWfnoKxyR6zaskctHkAtObJNJ7O-gLhLqX1ftRkArta_3uggH9MbFOtXFgmIf_mUtZboUXh0HYrB1yZdSVXsirN-3IRd_WM/s320/Golden.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="left"><em>You'll need:</em></div><div align="left">-3 Apples (I recommend "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Delicious">golden delicious</a>" because of it's sweet taste)</div><div align="left">-1 tbs of cinnamon (ore more if you like ;) )</div><div align="left">-130 grams of sugar</div><div align="left">-3 table spoons of honey</div><div align="left">-150 grams of walnuts (you can chop them in to big pieces if you want)</div><div align="left">-Grated lemon zest of one lemon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJiA5w2ucQdXz0jQNOHhY1Nk5YTXCiNMbhMof-0W4ZXJzu-j8aAIMuEqi7Q59dzhgZKaysODvINYJ7A5JCzoYzhxnW4B4oysQC-mNeMxZeMq_iiLvpGBMStN9_ISQwydfbvYDihob3iI/s1600-h/filopastry.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395907426349916690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJiA5w2ucQdXz0jQNOHhY1Nk5YTXCiNMbhMof-0W4ZXJzu-j8aAIMuEqi7Q59dzhgZKaysODvINYJ7A5JCzoYzhxnW4B4oysQC-mNeMxZeMq_iiLvpGBMStN9_ISQwydfbvYDihob3iI/s200/filopastry.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left">-100 grams of butter + some more for buttering the spring form</div><div align="left">-3 eggs</div><div align="left">-125 grams of flower</div><div align="left">-1 tsp of baking powder</div><div align="left">- frozen <a href="http://www.hub-uk.com/tallyrecip03/recipe0149.htm">filo pastry</a> about 10 sheets<br />-icing sugar<br />-baking paper</div><div align="left">-tin foil<br />-salt</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>OK let's start!!!</em></span></div><ol><br /><li>Cut the apples like in the picture <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395910827124313330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu9fmdvZOLyyWYywCH1QxkYQMFuUCgH_W5VqXyV20LNzqfmnCDbb3UOjpc0jVFTkRWj-5sRAeTrQJx-aKHKOqP24aymqJ6TkZaKaqDrbkscHfT9bHWnmG2rg5i7orTqfHPTKN32pNu8U/s200/DSC02224.JPG" border="0" /></li><li><div align="left">put them in a bowl together with the Cinnamon, 30 grams of sugar, honey and the walnuts</div></li><li><div align="left">pre-heat the oven at 160 degrees.</div></li><li><div align="left">mix the butter, lemon zest, 100 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, 2 eggs, the flower, and the baking powder using a mixer (I did it by hand because I don't have one!!!)</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw1JkDCj3nl1M22MgBhoGPeiTo-JiFh8Zm_PfJOIKvdu6sq_psPhJ30Q_Np-R-7-QOpLlCF0DOb0xoWJG5izpqRpXtiSGk6PSNHv9rAaV3eYsUdqtqjM3sUG85QOGarhVQL2Yk6Rn4qE/s1600-h/Onlangs+bijgewerkt1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395915833047137698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw1JkDCj3nl1M22MgBhoGPeiTo-JiFh8Zm_PfJOIKvdu6sq_psPhJ30Q_Np-R-7-QOpLlCF0DOb0xoWJG5izpqRpXtiSGk6PSNHv9rAaV3eYsUdqtqjM3sUG85QOGarhVQL2Yk6Rn4qE/s320/Onlangs+bijgewerkt1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cover the bottem of the spring form with the baking paper. An easy way to do that is like I did in the picture (I wasn't really precise but I don't think that's necessary anyway)</div></li><li><div align="left">Beat the egg</div></li><p align="left"><br /><br /></p><li><div align="left">Put the first sheet of pastry in on top of the baking paper and put some <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_6RBZZACvsbymZfXNnYAJ_kO_We9ocL1giUrzqZ5HGzq09aHD0IztKGrqhn6om-2aeOVvmhhgYpiWAFelOL99pRNIPpoCGhEiiyAWCIFTDlmEUv3RkQVo5n2IJLQ7ZFibIqWrNm0F_E/s1600-h/star.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395919052815656018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_6RBZZACvsbymZfXNnYAJ_kO_We9ocL1giUrzqZ5HGzq09aHD0IztKGrqhn6om-2aeOVvmhhgYpiWAFelOL99pRNIPpoCGhEiiyAWCIFTDlmEUv3RkQVo5n2IJLQ7ZFibIqWrNm0F_E/s200/star.jpg" border="0" /></a>of the egg over it with a brush, then put an other sheet over it so it forms a star. and also cover with the a bit of egg.</div></li><li><div align="left">cut all the sheets of pastry you got left over in 3 strokes and then one time horizontally</div></li><li><div align="left">cover the side of the spring form with the strokes and go higher each layer (I did 3 layers)</div></li><li><div align="left">put in the dough and on top of that the apples</div></li><li><div align="left">fold the pastry to the inside and leave a big hole in the middle.</div></li></ol><p align="left"></p><ol><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395920853137592466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyNZr1qh10FlD2TC5w4jF7CK8x3BCMoONcERnTP5ylNfvVo4d5djkGhcE-GijSmJPe67nFujek9YX3_V7_8H9DpIhhzwuKC5ZgkviP_zmcsl-Fxw1m5eXvlpfi8rdEuOYDwW0lsZqy08/s400/Onlangs+bijgewerkt3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO6h_Smz0sht78XsRYtHosv4d8Auxe5Y-gVTdAl4KAEe1H68-FUD8eALT7pU0zwSDO0-ygD2RcrUj32cAKL6Y6G-Q7iigjqg9XenQwfb30YgZYfLjKyX5c399zFtANUiAabM0EHVthDY/s1600-h/Onlangs+bijgewerkt4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395920858142015010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO6h_Smz0sht78XsRYtHosv4d8Auxe5Y-gVTdAl4KAEe1H68-FUD8eALT7pU0zwSDO0-ygD2RcrUj32cAKL6Y6G-Q7iigjqg9XenQwfb30YgZYfLjKyX5c399zFtANUiAabM0EHVthDY/s400/Onlangs+bijgewerkt4.jpg" border="0" /></a>12. Bake the pie for about 70 minutes in the oven. If you think the browning process is going to fast, put some tinfoil over it<br />13. Finish it of with some icing sugar!!<br /></p><p align="center">Hope you've enjoyed it and any comments are welcome!<br />Especially about the language, I'd love to improve.</p><p align="center">Thank you very much!<br /></p></ol></div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-48264659982601092682009-10-21T10:26:00.000-07:002009-10-21T10:59:01.010-07:00Twitter<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;">I now...</span><a href="http://followmebutton.com/auth.php?user=sweetandspicyfo"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"><img src="http://followmebutton.com/_buttons/twitter_logo_header.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;">!!</span></strong></div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-6648013652546494172009-10-14T05:56:00.000-07:002009-11-16T12:47:18.418-08:00Free vegatbles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy9CAyLfXS93Zq200j523l6W-io4RkuKSnTqeM0xF_O86iZZ4eUzy1KbuGl33CejOtWeX6Whx_HRp1loYCN1SWCDtJMeMCPZY8yxgz4BBYMd7FtYh86YBa22oReHcuzqqk9-qG3HTLAg/s1600-h/food.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392440824159790066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy9CAyLfXS93Zq200j523l6W-io4RkuKSnTqeM0xF_O86iZZ4eUzy1KbuGl33CejOtWeX6Whx_HRp1loYCN1SWCDtJMeMCPZY8yxgz4BBYMd7FtYh86YBa22oReHcuzqqk9-qG3HTLAg/s400/food.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">I'm pore as hell right now and vegetables are pricey so I was very happy when neighbores gave us zucchini's, tomatoes and red peppers from there own garden!</div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-52307318018590565342009-09-22T08:09:00.000-07:002009-10-21T11:15:40.312-07:00Red Bulgur Pilaf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSVOhmQsxwfTvxyKkBrBu8gB_FENCHo2uGnAwY6VhdV15_gb-3vCcVEL08q4cjs6uz_qOxnizojcNRW-wAlc9FN0w0ACq3IjJtD8lTvakMT5u-Bd3NMkfEc89qhz7GAHoMJi590krbdQ/s1600-h/Bulgur+(2)-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395027517120179394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSVOhmQsxwfTvxyKkBrBu8gB_FENCHo2uGnAwY6VhdV15_gb-3vCcVEL08q4cjs6uz_qOxnizojcNRW-wAlc9FN0w0ACq3IjJtD8lTvakMT5u-Bd3NMkfEc89qhz7GAHoMJi590krbdQ/s400/Bulgur+(2)-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is a pretty basic bulgur pilaf recope that I make regularly because it´s so easy. Sometimes I add something I have laying around and cook it with the pilaf like, potatoes, parsley, different kinds of stocks and so on. You can variate endlessly!<br />This time I've added some red onion and zucchini at the and.<br /><br />Here´s my first recope on this website! Please let me know what you think and don´t hesitate to leave a comment! (I'm also very curious about your bulgur recope!)<br /><br /><div align="left"><br />Serves about 4<br /><br />3 cups of Turkish bulgur<br />3 cups of hot water<br />2 tbsp of oil<br />1 big onion<br />70 grams of tomato paste<br />200 grams of canned diced tomatoes<br />tbsp of salt<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">First saute the onion with the oil on low heat until it's softened but not brown.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Add the tomato paste, caned tomatoes and salt, stir this for about a minute. then add the bulgur. mix it up and add the water.<br /></div><div align="left">Cook the bulgur over very low heat with the lid on. Continue cooking for about 20 minutes until the bulgur is done. (if your not sure just taste, if it's soft it's done) all the liquid has to be evaporated. Let it rest for 5 minutes.<br /><br />At the and (this is optional) I sliced up some zucchini and red onion, bake them on medium heat with some salt and olive oil until they go soft.<br /><br />I always eat this with some yoghurt, it makes it really fresh!</div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334151441761342337.post-76728224015229602642009-09-18T03:47:00.000-07:002009-10-21T11:15:00.057-07:00The First Post ever!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7Klq3h2xfw6W8H4_lJ7nB7vUpvnTznqcU8aoL3_jiKELXiX5l6B6nMvrCde443deM1Qjwy20myGPhGHCLqU6SXXvKouREXY7RbVoelfzCfQ7s5F_9TcNtB-6BzBGME0ARuyEwERB7To/s1600-h/thee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382757349116592194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7Klq3h2xfw6W8H4_lJ7nB7vUpvnTznqcU8aoL3_jiKELXiX5l6B6nMvrCde443deM1Qjwy20myGPhGHCLqU6SXXvKouREXY7RbVoelfzCfQ7s5F_9TcNtB-6BzBGME0ARuyEwERB7To/s320/thee.jpg" border="0" /></a> Finally, I´m starting my own blog!!</div><br /><div align="center">Right now I'm sitting here thinking about what recope to post first (while drinking earl grey and eating candy!) hmmm...... what will it be?!?! a sweet dessert with chocolate?? Something with chicken??? A nice soup?!?!</div><br /><div align="center">Come back soon... </div>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430761029475944474noreply@blogger.com0