Monday, October 24, 2011

This always makes me feel healty and great! 
Fresh and good smoothie! Serve ice cold and fresh.  Enjoy! :)



Ingredients for two:

 2 kiwis
 1 / 2 galia (melon)
 2 cups yogurt with melon
 2 1 / 2 cup apple juice

Make ice cubes of apple juice - 6-8 pcs. or use the juice as it is.

 Peel and section the fruit into chunks and run everything in a blender.

Kiwis should not run too long because the stones can then be turned into pieces and tastes like pepper.

 Serve at once.

Indian chicken soup

A great friend made this for me a stormy autumn night, and it has been my favourite ever since!
A fantastic soup with lots of good flavours. Perfect as dinner or a rich lunch. Enjoy! :)


Ingredients for 4 people:

 800 g grilled chicken
 2 l chickenbroth
 3 dl cream
 5 g of fresh ginger
 3 cloves of garlic
 1 red chilli
 3 carrots
 1 apple
 2 onions
 2 tablespoons butter
 1 teaspoon salt
 1 / 2 teaspoon white pepper
 4 fresh coriander
 1 tablespoon curry


Peel the carrots and apples and grate them on a grater.
Peel the chicken free of skin and bones. Share it in strips.
Peel and finely chop onions. Peel and grate ginger root.
Remove the seeds in the chilli by cutting off the top and roll it between your hands to the seeds fall out, or divide it in half and scoop out with a teaspoon.
Chop the garlic and chili.
Add the ginger, garlic and chilli gently in melted butter in a roomy pot.
Add the grated carrots, apples and onions. Sprinkle over the curry. Add the chicken juices or broth.
Leave everything to simmer. Boil for 10 minutes.
Add the chicken meat and cream.
Season with salt and pepper.

Sprinkle with fresh coriander before serving.

 Serve with bread.
 

Tips: About Honey

  To substitute honey for sugar in recipes, start by substituting
 up to half of the sugar called for. With a little experimentation,
 honey can replace all the sugar in some recipes. 
  When baking with honey, remember the following:
 Reduce any liquid called for by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used. 
 Add l/2 teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used. 
   Because of its high fructose content, honey has a higher
 sweetening power than sugar. This means you can use less honey
 than sugar to achieve the desired sweetness.
  When measuring honey, coat the measuring cup with non-stick
 cooking spray or vegetable oil before adding the honey.
 The honey will slide right out.
  To retain honey's wonderfully luxuriant texture, always store
 it at room temperature; never in the refrigerator. If your honey
 becomes cloudy, don't worry. It's just crystallization, a natural
 process. Place your honey jar in warm water until the crystals
 disappear. If you're in a hurry, place it in a microwave-safe
 container and heat it in the microwave on HIGH for 2-3 minutes,
 stirring every 30 seconds. Remember, never boil or scorch honey.
(From: http://www.e-cookbooks.net/)

(Tips) Make Your Own Spice Mixes

  FIVE SPICE POWDER
    1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
    1 tsp. Ground cloves
    1 tsp. Fennel seed
    1 tsp. Star anise
    1 tsp. Szechwan peppercorns 
 
  ITALIAN HERB SEASONING
    1 tsp. Oregano
    1 tsp. Marjoram
    1 tsp. Thyme
    1 tsp. Basil
    1 tsp. Rosemary
    1 tsp. Sage 
 
  CINNAMON SUGAR
    7/8 cup Granulated sugar
    2 Tbsp. Ground cinnamon 
 
  TAMARIND PASTE
    1 tsp. Dates
    1 tsp. Prunes
    1 tsp. Dried apricots
    1 tsp. Lemon juice 
 
  CHILI POWDER
    3 Tbsp. paprika
    1 Tbsp. ground cumin
    2 Tbsp. oregano
    1 tsp. red or cayenne pepper
    1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Dessert: Blondies


 Brownies blond sister, a delicious coffee cake flavoured with peanuts and white chocolate.


Ingredients

 100 g butter

 150 g peanut butter

 1 teaspoon vanilla

 175 g brown sugar

 1 egg

 75 g chopped white chocolate

 125 g flour

 1 teaspoon baking powder



Preheat the oven to 175 ° C

 Beat together butter and peanut butter to a creamy consistency. Mix in vanilla, sugar and eggs. Beat in chopped chocolate, flour and baking powder in the end.

 Spread batter into a well greased dish (20 x 30 cm).

 Cooking time: 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy!:)

Salad (seafood): Bean salad with scampi

 This is a simple and filling salad that serves both as lunch and dinner. You could replace haricot beans with other white beans, like for example butter beans.


 
 Ingredients

 1 can (400 g) white haricot beans

 1 finely chopped clove of garlic

 3 finely chopped spring onions

 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

 sea ​​salt and black pepper

 12-16 scampi

 olive oil for frying

Rinse the beans and mix in the garlic, scallions, salt, pepper and olive oil with a tablespoon. Cover it with plastic and let rest in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

 Cook the prawns for 2-3 minutes on each side in olive oil and arrange watercress on 2-3 plates and spread over beans. Arrange the prawns on top of salad and grind over some pepper.

Dessert: Cognac Chocolate

To these it is especially good to use Hennessy. You can choose to make them in paper forms or just chill on the tray. You may well roll the balls in coconut instead of almonds as on the picture.


Ingredients:

 300 g marzipan

 3 oz cognac

 125 g dark chocolate

 100 g chopped almonds or coconut (for garnish)



Roll the marzipan thin and put out 25 small circles with a small glass, etc.

 The marzipan leftovers are mixed with cognac and rolled into small balls. Place the balls on top of the circle.

 Melt chocolate and dip the candy into it. Add the almonds before the chocolate hardens.