Heatlhy recipe: Amaranth muffins / Mafini z amarantom

Do you ever listen to other people's conversations? Maybe I should have used the term "eavesdrop". You know when you're on the bus, for example, and two guys that are sitting behind you, are talking about something and even if you want to disconnect and not listen,you can't resist it. You listen, because the bus drive is boring, or because it's fun to peek into the life of someone else and be part of that moment. I admit it, I do that, I listen other people's conversation. Ah, Admit it, you are doing it too! =) On Monday, Truffle and I  grabbed books and went to the lake, to lie on the pier. .. to read. Ahh, it's so nice to be outside, the sun, people, water, and I didn't mind that we were without  a blanket or something to put under our tushy, wooden pier was so inviting to sit on it. We start to read (I was reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Truffle was reading some kitesurfing stuff) ... "This is it, this is the stuff..ahh so nice" .. I think to myself..we are finally hanging out together, I plan all the time to go out to read a book, but then I never do it .. . ahhh. Well, I read one paragraph, when close to us sat a woman with her daughter, it turned out that she knows the gentleman who sat next to us .. and it started. Loud talk about dance rehearsals, real estate, carrot juice ... and basically I enjoyed listening to this conversation ... a woman and that gentleman seemed nice and I liked them. Truffles asked me if we move, I said that this will be too obvious (I don't want to be rude and offensive to people), he said that we live in a free country, but still we stayed. I know that none of us knew what we're reading, because we couldn't focus. The sun was not really that warm, I read three pages, we were cold .. "Ugh, we were good, at least we made that step and came here, let's go home."  So we went home.

I don't know how to do this transition to today's recipe, so I won't even try, I hate those fake   transitions anyway =). Okay, this is the situation: some time ago I bought a bag of amaranth because I was so passionate about healthy living and I wanted to include healthy foods in the diet ... but this bag was waiting and waiting. Because I have  cupboards full of partly open bags and because chaos drives me crazy, I decided to finally make something of amaranth. I searched for recipes and I amaranth is very useful grain (I prepared a third dish with amaranth today). It is a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals, good news for those who have celiac disease is that it is gluten-free. Um yeah, expect that the following recipes will include amaranth =).

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour

7 tablespoons of amaranth popcorn (here's a video about it, how to make popcorn if you do not succeed, and you burn the amaranth, you can use cooked amaranth)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon coconut fat / oil (or any other oil)

2 tablespoons honey

1 banana

3 slices of pineapple

juice of 1 lemon

¾ cup water

cinnamon

2 teaspoons of chia seeds (optional)

The process

1. Pour water into the blender , add chia seeds and let it soak.

2. Prepare the amaranth popcorn (video) or instead use cooked amaranth. Amaranth and water ratio is 1:2, in this case, combine half a cup of amaranth and a cup of water, let it boil, lower the heat and let it simmer for  20 min.

3. In a blender, add banana, pineapple, coconut fat / oil, honey, lemon juice, blend it.

4. In a large bowl, combine the whole-wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt. Pour wet ingredients into large bowl with dry and fold until well mixed. Fold in popped amaranth.

5. At 180 ° C, bake for 20-25 minutes.

Ali kdaj prisluhnete pogovorom drugih ljudi? Mogoče bi morala uporabiti izraz "prisluškujete".  A veste, ko ste na primer na avtobusu in se dva, ki sedita za vami, pogovarjata in tudi, če se hočeš odklopiti in ne prisluškovati, se nekako ne moreš pripraviti do tega ali pa upreti temu. Prisluhneš, ker je vožnja dolgočasna ali ker je zabavno pokukati v življenje nekoga drugega in biti del njegovega trenutka. Priznam, da velikokrat padem v kakšen pogovor. Ah, priznajte, tudi vi to počnete! =) V ponedeljek sva s Tartufijem pograbila vsak svojo knjigo in odšla k vodi, ležat na pomol. ..da bova malo brala. Prispeva, pomol je lepo zapolnjen...ahh, kako lepo je biti zunaj, sonce, ljudje, voda in prav nič me ne moti, da seboj nisva vzela nič za pod rit, lesen pomol me vabi, da se prilepim nanj. Začneva brati (jaz Pijevo življenje-Yann Martel, on neke kajtarske stvari)..."To bo to"..si mislim, končno bova skupaj brala zunaj, vedno planiram kako bom šla ven brati knjigo pa se mi nikoli ne da...ahhh. No, prebrala sem en odstavek, ko se je blizu naju usedla ženska s hčerko, izkazalo se je, da pozna gospoda, ki je sedel zraven naju..in se je začelo. Glasen pogovor o plesnih vajah, nepremičninah, korenčkovem soku... in v bistvu sem kar uživala pri poslušanju tega pogovora...ženska in gospod sta se mi zdela simpatična in delovala sta mi domače. Tartufi je vprašal, če se presedeva, jaz sem rekla, da bo to preveč očitno (nočem biti nesramna in žaljiva do ljudi), on je rekel, da živiva v svobodni državi, ampak vseeno sva ostala. Vem, da nihče od naju ni vedel kaj bere, ker se nisva mogla skoncentrirati. Tisto sonce je bolj slabo grelo, prebrala sem 3 strani, zeblo naju je.."ahh, saj sva bila pridna, vsaj naredila sva korak., vsaj iz fleta sva šla, greva domov". In sva šla domov. 

Ne vem kako naj iz tega naredim prehod na današnji recept, zato ga niti ne bom, tako ali tako sovražim sfejkane prehode =).  Okej, situacija je taka: že nekaj časa nazaj sem kupila vrečko amaranta, ker sem bila tako  zelo zagreta za vključitev zdravih živih v prehrano...ampak ta vrečka je čakala in čakala. Ker imam omare za hrano že tako polne napol odprtih vrečk in ker me kaos spravlja ob živce, sem se odločila, da končno nekaj pripravim iz amaranta. Malo sem pobrskala za recepti in ugotovila, da je amarant zelo uporabna žitarica (danes sem že tretjo jed iz amaranta skuhala). Je dober vir beljakovin, vitaminov in mineralov, dobra novica za vse, ki imajo celiakijo pa je, da je brez glutena. Amm ja, pričakujte, da bodo naslednji recepti vsebovali amarant =).

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Sestavine

2¼ skodelice polnozrnate moke

7 žlic amarantove pokovke (tukaj je video o temu, kako se pripravi pokovko, če vam to ne uspe in se vam amarant zažge pa uporabite kuhan amarant)

1 žlička sode bikarbone

1 žlička pecilnega praška

1 žlička soli

1 žlica kokosove masti/ olja (ali drugo olje, po želji)

2 žlici medu

1 banana

3 rezine ananasa

sok 1 limone

¾ skodelice vode

cimet

2 žlički chia semen (po želji)

Postopek

1. V mixer zlijte vodo, dodajte chia semena in jih pustite, da se namakajo.

2. Pripravite amarantovo pokovko (video) ali pa namesto tega uporabite kuhan amarant razmerje amaranta in vode je 1:2, v temu primeru združite pol skodelice amaranta in eno skodelico vode, počakajte, da zavre, znižajte ogenj in pustite da vre 20 min. 

3. V mixer dodajte banano, ananas, kokosov mast/olje, med, limonin sok, zmiksajte. 

4. V veliki posodi združite polnozrnato moko, sodo bikarbono, pecilni prašek, sol, premešajte. tej mešanici dodajte zmiksano maso in amarant.

5. Pri 180°C pecite 20-25 min. 

Original recipe

Healthy recipe: Spaghetti with lemon, spinach, peas and garlic / Špageti z limono, špinačo, grahom in česnom

It rains and rains, the sun shines a little, oh YES! I can go running and get some fresh air,  ... I wasn't a good girl when it comes to running this week anyway... aaaaand no, it is dark & cloudy again. Jesus why??! A couple of times I was caught by a total downpour, you know,  when you're all wet, and I really did not like that=). Therefore, I'm really reluctant to go running, when the weather is so unstable as it is today ... I am kinda unstable today, as I dug my spoon into Nutella and peanut butter and eat it straight out of the jar at least 20x ... ammm, yes, at least, probably even more. Maybe. No, definitely. Oh, Truffle will be mad at me again, when he finds out about this. I think I order him every month that he can't allow me to eat sweets, under any circumstances, no matter how I try to convince him that there is no need to panic, that I have everything under control, how I'll bite just once and things will remain balanced, that is not necessary to exaggerate and to treat me as if I am in the military training, but in the end I always go nuts and eat  200g of chocolate in 15 minutes. And then I go crazy and cry and scream: "Why, of why did you let me eat that shit??!" Ha ha, the drama, it really is all quite theatrical. Ahhh, hell, chocolate makes me happy and drives me crazy at the same time!

But I was a good girl on the day when I threw together these spaghetti. I love all kinds of sauces and I always thought that the pasta without a sauce sucks. Well, this recipe contains no sauce that is full of unhealthy flour but just lot's of vegetables , and you know what, I loved it!

Ingredients 

spaghetti 

olive oil

2 onions

8 garlic cloves, crushed or minced

zest of one lemon

juice of one lemon

200g of peas

spinach

salt and pepper to taste

The process

Use the fat of your choice (I use coconut fat) and fry chopped onion and garlic, add the lemon zest and juice. Add the cooked peas and spinach-to cook for two minutes, salt and pepper to taste. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti. Mix together spaghetti and the mixture, and add a few drops of olive oil.

Dežuje in dežuje, malo posije sonce, uf TO! Lahko se grem zluftati, pognati v gibanje...ta teden že tako ali tako nisem bila preveč pridna, kar se teka tiče...iiiin Ne, spet se stemni. Jezus  zakaj??! Parkrat me je med tekom ujel totalen naliv tak, ko si cel moker in bi se te dalo ožeti in to mi ni bilo ravno všeč =). Zato se res nerada odpravljam na tek, če je vreme tako nestabilno kot danes...in kot sem danes sama nestabilna, saj sem žlico potopila v Nutello in arašidovo maslo vsaj 20x...ammm, ja vsaj, verjetno večkrat.  Morda. Ne, zagotovo. Oh, Tartufi me bo spet kregal, ko izve za to. Mislim, da mu vsak mesec ukažem, da mi niti slučajno ne sme pustiti grešiti s sladkarijami, ne glede na to, kako ga prepričujem, da ni panike, da imam stvar pod nadzorom, da bom samo enkrat ugriznila, da bodo stvari ostale uravnotežene, da mu ni treba pretiravati in me obravnavati tako, kot da sem na vojaškem urjenju, ampak na koncu se mi vedno utrga in pojem 200g čokolade v 15 minutah. In potem norim: "Zakaj, o zakaj si mi dovolil jesti sranje??!"  He he, cela drama, res je vse precej teatralno.  Ahhh, hudiča, čokolada me osrečuje in spravlja ob živce!!! 

Ampak na dan, ko sem na hitrico vrgla skupaj tele špagete, sem bila pa pridna. Obožujem omake in vedno sem mislila, da so testenine brez omake zanič. No ta recept ne vsebuje nobene omake polne moke ampak izključno samo zelenjavo in veste kaj,  bilo je dobro!

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Sestavine

špageti

oljčno olje

2 čebuli

8 strokov česna 

nastrgana lupina ene limone

sok ene limone

200 g graha

špinača

sol in poper po okusu

Postopek

Na izbrani maščobi (jaz uporabljam kokosovo mast) popražite sesekljano čebulo in česen, dodajte nastrgano limonino lupino in sok. Dodajte kuhan grah in špinačo-da jo podušite. Solite in poprajte po okusu. Medtem skuhajte špagete. Skupaj zmešajte špagete in pripravljeno mešanico, ter dodajte par kapljic olivnega olja.

Healthy recipe: Veggie burgers with sweet potatoes / Veganski burgerji s sladkim krompirjem

Last week I discovered a new running trail. I ran and instead of turning to the right, as usual, I went left. O Mary, a whole new world opened up! I know I'm being weird, but running can become boring if you always run on the same trail. You have to mix it up! Therefore, I constantly change my trail. The funny thing is that I live in this area for almost 7 years and I've never been there. It's crazy beautiful there .. Outdoor Fitness, bridges ... there is this one area where they recently cut down bunch of trees so the air there is full of that typical smell of sawdust. I love that scent! Right now I'm on the way to go running, even though my entire body hurts! After a long time I started doing crunches again and oh boy do I feel my one pack =)! I'm quite beat because of this. It's really obvious that a long time has passed since I did them the last time. But (!), I said to myself that I must be a good girl and workout, no matter what! ohh yeaah!

Along with exercise a change in the way of eating is also important. I'm not vegan or vegetarian, but I really like vegetables (I sound like Gwyneth Paltrow in the commercial for Spar =)), and so I will probably publish many recipes from now on that are full of vegetables and more high-quality nutrition. Like this  veggie burgers for example. Seriously, I'm not kidding, they really are good. I love sweet potatoes, it contains beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamins B , potassium ... and the taste is sooo good. Avocados .., do I even need to say more? A source of unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin C, B vitamins ... spinach also full of vitamin K and other vitamins and minerals .. cooked spinach contains more vitamins and minerals but hey..better this than nothing =).

Ingredients

400 g white beans

1 sweet potato

Onion

Spinach

Avocado

1/4 cup Wholemeal flour

Crumbs

Whole grain bun

Cayenne pepper

1 tsp of agave syrup

The process

1. Bake sweet potato (200°C 40 min). Peel, place in large mixing bowl.

2. Add  beans to mixing bowl. Mash beans and potato together.

3. Mash in cayenne pepper, agave syrup, flour and any additional seasoning. Your mixture will be quite soft and moist. But you should be able to form a patty. Add more flour or a scoop of breadcrumbs.

4. Heat oil in the pan.

5. Form a patty from mixture and coat in crumbs. Thick coating. Then drop the patty in the pan. Repeat until the pan is filled. Cook until browned on both sides. 

6. Transfer cooked patties to paper towel to soak oil. 

7. Serve on bun, add spinach, onion, avocado and add a few drops of olive oil to avocado.

Prejšnji teden sem odkrila novo tekaško pot. Tekla sem in namesto, da bi zavila desno, kot ponavadi, sem šla levo. O Marija, kot, da bi se cel drug svet odprl! Vem, da sem smešna, ampak tek lahko postane dolgočasen, če vedno tečeš po isti poti. Zato stalno menjam te poti. Najbolj smešno je to, da živim v temu območju že skoraj 7 let pa še nikoli nisem bila tam. Noro lepo je tam.. fitnes na prostem, mostički...na enem predelu so ravno pred kratkim očitno požagali kup dreves in je zato v zraku čutiti tisti značilni vonj žaganja. Obožujem ta vonj! Ravno sedaj se odpravljam na tek, čeprav me vse boli! Po dolgem času sem se spet lotila trebušnjakov (na fitnesu na prostem) in čisto sem crknjena zaradi tega. Pozna se mi, da jih nisem povohala že dolgooo, dolgo. Ampak (!) rekla sem si, da moram biti pridna in vztrajati, ne glede na vse! ohh yeaah! 

Skupaj s telovadbo gre tudi sprememba v načinu prehranjevanja. Nisem veganka ali vegetarijanka, imam pa zelo rada zelenjavo ( zvenim kot Gwyneth Paltrow v reklami za Špar =) ) in zato bom verjetno veliko takih receptov objavljala, ki so polni zelenjave in bolj kvalitetno hranilni. Super primer je tale vegi burger. Resno, ne zafrkavam se, res je hud. Sladki krompir obožujem, vsebuje betakaroten, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamine is skupine B,kalij... in okus je konkreten. Avokado..uff, a moram sploh kaj reči? Vir nenasičenih maščobnih kislin, vitamina K, B vitaminov... špinača prav tako polna vitamina K in drugih vitaminov ter mineralov..sicer jih več vsebuje kuhana, vendar hej, bolje to, kot pa nič =).

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Sestavine

400 g belega fižola

1 sladki krompir

Čebula

Špinača

Avokado

1/4 lončka polnozrnate moke

Drobtine

Polnozrnate bombete

Kajenski poper

1 žlica agavinega sirupa

Postopek

1. Specite sladki krompir (200°C 40 min. Olupite in položite v veliko skledo.

2. Dodajte fižol v skledo. Pretlačite fižol in krompir skupaj.

3. Dodajte kajenski poper, agavin sirup, moko in vse dodatne začimbe po želji. Mešanica bo precej mehka in vlažna. Vendar se bo vseeno dalo oblikovati polpet. Dodajte več moke ali drobtine, če vam ne gre.

4. Segrejte olje v ponvi.

5. Polpete povaljajte v drobtine. Debel premaz. Nato jih položite v ponev in pecite na obeh straneh.

6. Ko so polpeti spečeni jih prenesite na papirnato brisačo, da posrka olje. 

7. Postrezite v polnozrnati bombeti, dodajte špinačo, čebulo, avokado in dodajte nekaj kapljic olivnega olja na avokado

Original recipe

Healthy recipe: Homemade cereal / Domača mešanica kosmičev

Cereal. Today's post will not be a recipe but more of an idea. I remember Saturday mornings at the supermarket. How old? I do not know, a kid. A kid who is eager to throw the chocolate cereals  in the shopping cart. And banana  yogurt. Plus  mortadella with olives, mayonnaise and salad ....for sandwich of course. At evenings, in front of TV I loved eating banana yogurt, in which I stuffed (max, really as much as it was possible) corn flakes that were sprinkled with chocolate. Then I waited 10 minutes so the flakes were totally soft. I prepared  3 cups of yogurt like this .. well, at least two. Damn ... Best unique thing ever. That only I ate. Ahhhh, but today ... eh, eh, that's not healthy. Today, I don't eat chocolate flakes but ordinary oatmeal. Anyone can make a  ​​much healthier mix  of cereals at home, then those bought ones are, full of sugar. Just add nuts, raisins, flax seed, banana / coconut chips  to oatmeal / spelt cereals.... When I prepare them for breakfast I always add fruit and pour them with plant milk. The most often I choose rice or oat milk.

Ingredients

Oatmeal/ spelt cereals

Almonds

Hazelnuts

Macadamia

Flax seed

Coconut chips

Banana chips

Raisins

Cranberries

Goji berries

Kosmiči. Današnji zapis ne bo recept ampak bolj ideja. Spomnim se sobotnih juter v supermarketu. Stara? Ne vem, otrok pač. Otrok, ki komaj čaka, da zabriše čokoladne kosmiče v nakupovalni voziček. In bananin jogurt. Absolutno še mortadelo z olivami, majonezo in solato..za sendvič seveda. Doma sem zvečer pred TVjem najrajši jedla bananin jogurt, v katerega sem natlačila (maksimalno, kolikor se je dalo) koruzne kosmiče poškropljene s čokolado. Potem sem čakala 10 minut, da so se kosmiči zmehčali. Kakšne 3 lončke jogurta sem si takole pripravila..no, vsaj dva. Hudiča... najboljša unikatna pogrutavščina ever. Ki sem jo samo jaz jedla. Ahhhh, danes pa... eh, eh, to vendar ni zdravo. Danes ne jem čokoladnih kosmičev ampak že dolgo meljem tiste navadne, ovsene kosmiče. Vsak si lahko doma naredi veliko bolj zdravo mešanico kosmičev, kot so tiste kupljene zadeve v škatlah, polne sladkorja. Ovsenim / pirinim /... kosmičem dodajte oreščke, rozine, laneno seme, bananin / kokosov čips.... Ko si jih pripravim za zajtrk vedno dodam sadje in prelijem jih z rastlinskim mlekom . Najpogosteje z riževim ali  ovsenim. 

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Sestavine

Ovseni / pirini kosmiči

Mandlji

Lešniki

Makadamija

Laneno seme

Kokosov čips

Bananin čips

Rozine

Brusnice

Goji jagode

Comfort food: Pizza muffins / Pica mafini

Do people ever make you angry? I assume they do. Yesterday someone made me angry and put me in a bad mood with his patronizing and testing me. I really don't like when people provoke me. I think this is so negative, and I simply can't understand why even be negative. Oh, I was very stressed out. Not only because of this, but because this person is soooo different than me. Really, I am realizing that I get extremely annoyed if someone is different than me. All this could be described with the word disconnection. I don't feel connected with such person and to me connection is very important. That whole scene was bothering me so much, that I just had to get it out and talk about it to people who understand me, are like me and can make me smile again. I got all that frustration and negative energy out with running too. I ran a lot better than days before ... I know why .. uff anger. And audio book that I listened to while running, it was just perfect. When I stopped running I stepped into dog poop. Maybe it wasn't a dog poop (?). I don't know =). But I do know one thing .... everything you need to get rid of negative emotions are people who feel with you, sports and books. It helps me. I love positivity, good people and laughter ... not just like, I need =).

Savoury muffins? Pizza muffins? Very simple, quick and the process is no different from preparing pizza. And mmmmm who does not like everything that tastes like pizza? One layer of dough and  on top of it all what fits you best .... Artichokes? Tuna? Gorgonzola? Paprika? Rocket? Prosciutto? Asparagus? You tell me =).

Ingredients

DOUGH

400g flour

teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons oil

20g of yeast

2 ounces of lukewarm water

tablespoon sugar

OTHER INGREDIENTS

mushrooms

pizza ham

grated cheese

cherry tomatoes

mozzarella

oregano, thyme

ketchup

+ baking paper, muffin pan

The process

In a bowl, combine the warm water and yeast and let stand for 10 minutes. Add flour, salt, sugar, olive oil and the remaining water. Using your hands mix the ingredients  into a homogeneous mass. Brush the dough with olive oil, place in a bowl and cover it and let stand 1 hour. Cut baking paper into squares and then put them in the  muffin pan. Tear off a bit of dough  and put it at the bottom of the pan. Brush with ketchup, place the ham, grated cheese, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, sprinkle with spices. Bake 20 minutes at 200 ° C.

Se vam kdaj zgodi, da vas kdo razjezi? Predvidevam, da ja. Včeraj je mene nekdo razjezil in spravil v slabo voljo s svojim pokroviteljstvom in testiranjem. Res ne maram kadar me ljudje provocirajo. To se mi zdi tako negativno in preprosto ne morem razumeti zakaj sploh biti negativen. Oh, čisto sem bila v stresu. Ne samo zaradi tega, tudi zato, ker je ta oseba zelooo drugačna od mene. Res opažam, da me skrajno moti, če je nekdo drugačen od mene. Vse skupaj bi lahko opisala z besedo nepovezanost. Ne čutim se povezano s tako osebo, to mi je pa TAKO zelo pomembno. Vse skupaj me je tako spravilo s tira, da sem preprosto mogla zbruhat ven vse misli v zvezi s tem par ljudem, ki me razumejo, so mi podobni in me na koncu spravijo še v smeh s svojimi smešnimi izrazi. Zvečer sem s tekom odstranila vso to negativno energijo. Tekla sem veliko boljše kot dneve prej...vem zakaj.. uff jeza. In avdio knjiga, ki sem jo poslušala med tekom, je bila ravno pravšnja. Ko sem odtekla svoje sem povrhu vsega še v pasji drek stopila. Mogoče niti ni bil pasji (?). Kaj pa vem =).  Vem pa eno.... vse kar potrebuješ, da se znebiš negativnih čustev so ljudje, ki čutijo s teboj, šport, knjige. Meni pomaga. Rada imam pozitivnost, dobronamernost in smeh...ne samo rada, to potrebujem =). 

Slani mafini? Pica mafini? Zelo preprosto, hitro in postopek ni nič drugačen od priprave prave pice. In mmmmm, kdo ne mara vsega, kar je podobno pici? Plast testa, na vrhu pa vse tisto, kar vam najbolj paše....Artičoke? Tuna? Gorgonzola? Paprika? Rukola? Pršut? Beluši? Vi mi povejte=).

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Sestavine

TESTO

400g moke

žlička soli

2 žlici olja

20g kvasa

2 dcl mlačne vode

žlica sladkorja

OSTALE SESTAVINE

gobice

pica šunka

nariban sir

češnjevi paradižniki

mozzarella

origano, timijan

kečap

+peki papir, pekač za mafine

Postopek

V posodi si zmešajte toplo vodo in kvas ter pustite stati 10 minut. Dodajte moko, sol, sladkor, olivno olje ter preostalo vodo. Z rokami premešajte surovine v homogeno maso. Premažite testo z olivnim oljem ga dajte v skledo ter ga pokrijte in pustite stati 1 uro. Narežite peki papir na kvadrate in jih namestite v pekač za mafine. Odtrgajte malo testa in ga s prsti lepo oblikujte na dno pekača. Premažite s kečapom, položite šunko, nariban sir, gobice, češnjev paradižnik, mozzarello, posipajte z začimbami. Pecite 20 min na 200°C.

LIEBSTER award No. 2 and 3

I was nominated again for LIEBSTER award. I love this!! I love Blog nation, we are all in the same house..well..kinda =). Two bloggers that nominated me are LOLLISTICK and MANCA. Thank you both. I couldn't decide among all blogs I like so I picked 12 instead of 10. Please forgive me=). Here they are:

A IS FOR Abs

mikstejp

ANGEL BEAUTY

Culinary journey by me 

Drobtinice

Fabulous & Classy

first BLUE SHOES

IMAGINATION OF KIWI

LIFE.STYLE.FUN.

Moj svet kuhanja in priprave sladic 

ONE GIRL WITH CAMERA

pink diamond

And here is a little about what the award is all about:

This award was designed to be a blog award in the "pay it forward" fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to five blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these blogs.

The rules for accepting this award are:

You need to thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

Next you need to PAY IT FORWARD!

Comfort food: Brownies / Browniji

Ever get nostalgic? I myself ...very often. I love to store photos, greeting cards, postcards, letters, words ... I will never throw away words. Never. When I sit comfortably on the floor (?!?), I shake the box full of this things in front of me..and there you have it... words that were meant for ME, photos.. and on them caught moments from the past,  with people that might not be in my life anymore. And what they say is true, all true ... in the end you remember only beautiful and good things. I am thankful for all the people who have been part of my life in a given period.

I prefer to sit on the floor. On the floor, everything is more magical ... because you are almost like a child. Adults do not sit on the floor, children sit anywhere. In a tree, in the middle of mud, in the middle of corn maze ,on a pile of snow on the dusty attic floor , really everywhere .... I like that. What would I save in a case of fire? Words and photos. If I threw away these things I would definitely have a big hole in my heart. I just couldn't do that. Really. It would be like I wiped away everything that has ever happened to me. It's true that my memories would remain, but I forget a lot of things. You can find in this memory boxes a lot of random stuff: .... bills from lunches, drinks, tickets to concerts, cinemas, theaters, stones from the beach, empty lipstick, which I used back in the day, empty perfume bottles, dried flower, a map from some trip, written note from someone ... I am amazed that I don't save even chewed gum from some date. And I love notebooks. Having a notebook seems almost romantic to me and they sell really cool notebooks. I can write down in a notebook sudden thoughts, ideas, tasks that lie ahead .... or some emotions that bother or comfort me, quotes, song lyrics, titles of books that I must read. If you hang out with me, it is recommended that you are good with words, in a sincere way of course. I will like you more.

I wanted brownies. That's it, full stop :). This time I finally baked them. This recipe is more basic, I expected more, more concretely chocolate experience. I will find some recipe that really shocks you..you know..a real chocolate bomb. This recipe could also be used for a cake base. Brownies go best with ice cream, vanilla is ideal.

Ingredients

250g butter

250g plain dark chocolate

2 cl rum

250g brown sugar

10g vanilla sugar

180g flour

50g cocoa powder

5 eggs

20g butter for the pan

The process

In a saucepan together melt butter and chocolate to form a smooth mixture. Remove from, stir in rum and leave to cool a little. In a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, vanilla sugar, flour and cocoa powder. Pour in  chocolate mixture and add the eggs. Mixed well using a mixer to obtain a smooth mixture.

Pre-heat oven to 180 ° C. Brush baking pan well with butter and pour chocolate mixture. Push it in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Cooled brownies cut into squares and serve.

Ste kdaj nostalgični? Sama sem to zelo rada. Nadvse rada shranjujem slike,  čestitke, kartice, pisma,  besede... nikoli ne zavržem besed. Nikoli. Ko se komfortno usedem na tla (?!!?!), stresem pred sabo škatlo polno besed, namenjenih MENI, slike, kjer so ujeti trenutki preteklosti, na katerih so osebe, ki jih morda v mojem življenju ni več. In drži kar pravijo, vse drži...na koncu se spominjaš samo lepih stvari. Hvaležna sem za vse ljudi, ki so bili del mojega življenja v določenem obdobju. 

Najraje sedim na tleh. Na tleh je vse skupaj bolj pravljično...ker si kot otrok. Odrasli ne sedijo na tleh, otroci sedijo povsod. Na drevesu, sredi blata, sredi koruznega labirinta, na kupu snega, na zaprašenih podstrešnih tleh....povsod in to mi je všeč. Kaj bi rešila, če bi gorelo? Besede in slike. Če bi stran metala te stvari, bi v meni nastajala luknja. Ne morem, res ne. Kot bi s tem brisala vse, kar se mi je kdaj zgodilo. Je že res, da mi ostanejo spomini, ampak vseeno veliko pozabim. V kakšnih takih spominskih škatlah in skrinjah se znajde vse.... računi iz kosil, karte iz koncertov, kina, gledališča, kamni iz plaže, prazna šminka, ki sem jo včasih uporabljala, prazna steklenička parfuma, posušena roža, zemljevid iz kakšnega izleta, popisan listek od nekoga, ...čudno, da ne shranim še prežvečenih žvečilnih gumijev iz kakšnega dejta. Rada imam tudi beležnice. Imeti beležnico se mi zdi skoraj romantično pa še tako cool beležnice obstajajo. Vanje lahko zapišem nenadne prebliske, ideje, opravila, ki me še čakajo....ali pa stresem kakšno čustvo ven iz sebe, citate, besedila pesmi, naslove knjig, ki jih moram NUJNO prebrati. Če se z mano družiš, je priporočljivo, da si iskreno spreten/na z besedami. Tako te bom imela rajši. 

Brownije sem si želela. To je to, pika :). Tokrat sem jih končno tudi spekla. Sicer je tale recept bolj osnoven, pričakovala sem več, bolj konkretno čokoladno izkušnjo. Bom drugič izvohala kakšen bolj bombni recept. Ta recept bi lahko uporabili tudi za biskvit za torto. Poleg brownija idealno paše sladoled, še najboljše vanilija. 

Z ljubeznijo, Neja

Sestavine

250g masla

250g navadne temne čokolade

2 cl ruma

250g rjavega sladkorja

10g vanilijevega sladkorja

180g moke

50g kakava v prahu

5 jajc

20g masla za pekač

Postopek

V kozici skupaj stopimo maslo in jedilno čokolado, da nastane gladka zmes. Odstavimo, vmešamo rum in nekoliko ohladimo. V večji skledi zmešamo rjavi sladkor, vanilijev sladkor, moko in kakav v prahu. Prilijemo čokoladno zmes in dodamo jajca. Vse skupaj dobro premešamo z mešalnikom, da dobimo enotno in gladko zmes.

Pečico ogrejemo na 180 °C. Pekač dobro namažemo z maslom in vanj vlijemo čokoladno zmes. Potisnemo ga v ogreto pečico in pečemo 15 minut. Pečene brownieje dobro ohladimo. Ohlajene narežemo na kvadratke in postrežemo.

Original recipe