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Yesterday was the birthday of the loveliest young girl ever, my best friend’s youngest daughter. Can’t believe how years flew this fast, the small cute baby is turning into a beautiful elegant artistic young lady. Love you dear wish you all the happiness in the world.
Since we’re all going to my friend’s farm I made her a colorful chocolate cake, hope she’ll like it.
colorful happy cake.
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Here’s a video showing how to make a Greek Frappe or cold coffee.
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Back to normal life routine today, went grocery shopping and kitchen started buzzing after a three day vacation.
Since it’s extremely hot and nobody wants to eat something hot or heavy after eating in restaurants past couple of days one feels so full right?
Well end result for lunch was this amazingly cool salad which consists of watermelon cubes, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and sprinkled with green onions, mints and lemon slices, I then added a drizzle of pomegranate sauce and olive oil. Really yummy.
I also made some pasta with white cheese and parsley and tacos. All very delicious.
cool kind of salad.
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An idea just crossed my mind and I did it at once,salty cheesy cookies to serve at Eid cause lots of people will come fed up from eating too much sweets and they turned out really yummy.
# 2 eggs.
# 3/4 cup butter.
# 1/4 cup olive oil.
# 3/4 cup chopped green thyme زعتر اخضر طازج
# 1 cup mixed cheeses any kind you prefer.
# 1 tsp salt.
#1 tsp baking powder.
# 2 1/2 -3 cups flour.
# beat eggs then add all other ingredients.
# add flour last thing 2 1/2 cups first then keep adding till you get a stiff dough ( not soft nor hard) .
# with the help of two spoons make smalls portions of the dough and on an oven pan directly, no greasing or flour needed.
# bake in a medium heated oven for 15 minutes or till bottom is golden.
# roast surface then store in a well closed container when cooled.
As usual I also did rock cookies, a must of course.
cute little things aren’t they 🙂
rock cookies.
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My husband cooked today for a change, his favorites sheep pluck and fried tomatoes.
For those who doesn’t eat it ( only me) I did a salad rich and fulfilling. Normal salad with cubed fried veggies like eggplants, courgettes, potatoes and cauliflowers with tahini sauce on top.
fried veggies salad.
sheep pluck (معلاق)
قلايه بندوره
سلطه مقالي
مساء الخير .
اول مره بعمل معمول بالطحين, الوصفه من صفحه دعد ابو جابر , كتيير زاكي
3 ثلاثة اكواب طحين منخل ( 450 جرام تقريبا
1/2 نصف ملعقة صغيرة من كل من : محلب مطحون , يانسون مطحون او حب و شومر مطحون
1 كوب سمنة نوع ممتاز ( 200 جرام ) / افضل السمن الحيواني
2/3 ثلثا كوب ( تقريبا ) حليب سائل كامل الدسم
2 ملعقتان كبيرتان سكر عادي
1 ملعقة صغيرة بيكنج باودر
الطريقة :
يخلط الطحين مع المحلب واليانسون والشومر ويوضع في وعاء يتحمل الحرارة
تقدح السمنة اي تسخن جدا
فورا تدار على الدقيق وتحرك بملعقة حتى يمتزجا جيدا
يترك الدقيق حتى يبرد تماما
يذاب السكر والبيكنج باودر في الحليب
يدار بالتدريج الى الدقيق مع الخلط باليد حتى نحصل على عجينة طرية متماسكة ( نوع الطحين يحدد كمية السائل اللازم ) قد تحتاج اقل او اكثر قليلا
ملاحظة هامة : يجب عدم الاسراف بالعجن والا اصبح الكعك مثل الخبز , فقط حتى تتماسك
تغطى وتترك مدة ساعة لترتاح
يؤخذ باليد قطعا من العجينة بحجم حبة الجوز تقريبا او حسب الرغبة
تشكل اما الى كرات ويعمل في منتصفها فجوة وتحشى حسب الرغبة , تغلق وتزين اما بالملقط او القالب
الحشوات :
1 كغم تمر بدون بذور مطحون او مفروم ناعم جدا
1/4 كوب زيت نباتي او سمنة ذائبة
2 ملعقة صغيرة قرفة مطحونة
1 ملعقة صغيرة جوزة الطيب مطحونة
1/2 ملعقة صغيرة قرنفا مطحون
حشوة الفستق الحلبلي :
500 غرام فستق حلبي مقشور مغسول ومصفى ( مدقوق ناعم جدا)
1 ملعقة كبيرة زبدة ذائبة
1/4 كوب قطر / شيرة
1 ملعقة كبيرة ماء الزهر
حشوة الجوز :
500 غرام جوز مدقوق ناعم
1/4 كوب قطر/ شيرة
2 ملعقة صغيرة قرفة مطحونة
ملعقة كبيرة ماء الزهر :
وكبعا عملت مقروطه كالعاده
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A member in banancooking posted this dessert last night and directly I thought why not do it today since I have a family gathering.
Very easy specially if you have all ingredients.
Ingredients and method:
* crushed biscuits with butter for the crust.
* filling:
* 3 packs cream cheese.
* 4 eggs.
* 3/4 cup sugar.
* 1/2 cup milk.
* 1/2 cup flour.
* 1/3 cup labaneh.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
Topping:
* 1 cup crushed walnuts and almonds.
* syrup: 1 1/2 cups sugar,1 cup honey,1 cup water,1 tsp cinnamon all boiled together till thick.
* 4 sheets phyllo pastry and butter.
* Make crust as usual then put in in cheesecake pan.
* Mix filling ingredients all together for 7 minutes.
* add over crust then mix nuts with half the syrup and add it as gallops on the filling.
* cover with phyllo pastry coated with butter and some of the nuts mixture if you like.
* bake in a medium heated oven for &0 minutes in a water bath pan.
* cool in fridge and serve with rest of the syrup.
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Today was the last big event in Ramadan,I invited my family to dinner.
I made Fish with rice ( sayyadieh) ,shrimps with garlic tomato coriander sauce, akoob with meat, chicken with veggies and noodles,caprice salad,baba ghanouj and a salad.
fish with rice.
appetizers.
baclava cheesecake.
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Was invited to a small gathering last night at my friend’s house and it happened that her birthday plus another friend of mine was a few days ago.
As always I did a cake for the occasion, didn’t know what to do at first,wanted something simple and nice then I came out with this one, cake was basic Nescafe cake,frosting was vanilla whipping cream then I decorated it with caramel and roasted nuts.
Final look was awesome and taste was light and yummy.
Ingredients and method:
* 5 eggs.
* 1 big spoon Nescafe dissolved in 1/2 cup of water.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 1 1/2 cups sugar.
* 1 cup vegetable oil.
* 4 tsp baking powder.
* 2 cups flour.
* 1 1/2 cups sugar and 3/4 cup almonds for the croquant.
* whipping cream.
* extra Nescafe in water for the cake when done.
* beat eggs with sugar till creamy then add vanilla,oil,Nescafe,baking powder and flour alternatively.
* bake in a medium heated oven in two small baking tins for 30-35 minutes or till dry from inside.
* when cooled, place one layer in serving plate then add some Nescafe on it.
* cover with cream and croquant then add other layer and repeat.
* decorate cake with anything you have .
*Croquant :
* heat sugar and almonds till it caramelize.
* pour in a well greased pan till cold and stiff.
* crush or use food processor to make fine crumbles. ( it actually resembles glass 🙂 )
* leave in fridge to settle before serving.
a beauty.
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Got a nice neat roast beef from Centro Supermarket yesterday and did it for dinner with mushroom sauce to go with it.
Alongside was mashed potatoes,couscous salad and fava beans fatteh.
Did Italian couscous salad and hummus.
roast beef and mushroom sauce.
fava beans fatteh.
Italain couscous salad.