Hello everybody.
Though I believe love should be celebrated daily not on a specific day or time, but it’s becoming a festive day.
We celebrated my way, simple healthy breakfast full of love with little heart-shaped tomatoes and strawberries.
Then I made this lovely berries cake and took it to a family gathering with all my lovely cousins.
Hello everybody.
Second attempt to make something nice for Valentine’s day, this time a velvety full of chocolate cookies.
Found this recipe on my favorite application Pinterest, only thing I altered was that I used Toblerone dark chocolate chunks instead of the usual chocolate chips, taste is amazing specially that it’s moist and crunchy.
Ingredients and method :
* 1 egg.
* 3/4 cup brown sugar.
* 1/4 cup sugar.
* 1/2 cup butter.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 1 1/2 tsp red food coloring.
* 1/4 cup cocoa powder.
* 1 1/2 plus 1 tablespoon flour.
* 1/2 tsp baking soda.
*1 tablespoon milk.
* 1 cup chocolate chips ( I used crushed dark Toblerone)
* beat butter and sugar well till creamy then add egg,vanilla and food coloring.
* add all dry ingredients and mix well.
* fold in chocolate chips.
* keep the dough in the fridge for 3-4 hours, it’s very important to cool it very well so as not to stick in your hands.
* form dough into medium sized balls then bake for 10-13 minutes in a medium heated oven.
* leave to cool completely before handling.
Happy Valentine’s everybody 💝💝
Hello everybody.
Planning to cook this dish a month ago or actually since my cousin posted it in my group,this is a traditional Yemini dish usually bought ready here from several restaurants.
My husband bought a pack of ready mixed Mendi spices and I added a bit of the spices originally in the recipe, I also used local chicken that my husband brought from the farm.
I also made this super easy dessert cause I have some cream left from yesterday’s cupcakes thought I’d use them, you simply stack plain digestive biscuits with cream in between,I added some coconuts also , then you cover all with cream, leave to cool completely then top with chocolate ganache all over and decorate, looks a lot like Christmas Log Cake and looks very elegant , a nice idea for Valentine tomorrow right?
Ingredients and method of Mendi:
* Marinade for chicken:
* Ketchup.
* olive oil.
* salt,pepper,coriander,cardamon,cloves.
* bay leaves.
* copped onions and garlic.
* Marinade chicken pieces in all these for two hours then cover and leave in a medium heated oven 1 1/2 -2 hours then roast till golden.
* Rice:
* saute some sliced onions and garlic till golden.
* add one grated carrot.
* wash the rice and add it on them.
* add same spices as above then add add water and leave to simmer till rice is done.
*Note: use basmati rice or long .
* When rice and chicken are done arrange all in a deep serving dish then heat a piece of coal till very hot and red then add some oil on top and place it in the middle of rice chicken dish and cover for 15 minutes so as to give a smoky flavor to the whole dish.
* serve with roasted raisins,Tabasco and green salad.
smoked chicken and rice.
fumed charcoal.
original recipe in Arabic.
I also made this super easy dessert cause I have some cream left from yesterday’s cupcakes thought I’d use them, you simply stack plain digestive biscuits with cream in between,I added some coconuts also , then you cover all with cream, leave to cool completely then top with chocolate ganache all over and decorate, looks a lot like Christmas Log Cake and looks very elegant , a nice idea for Valentine tomorrow right?
yummy biscuits log.
stacked biscuits and cream.
Hello everybody.
No cooking today so I decided to do some cute dishes for Valentine’s Day which is coming up in the next few days or you can even make them in anniversaries or birthdays.
I made these cute little pies with beets and remaining pieces turned to a small salad then made Red Velvet cupcakes and used smashed beets instead of food coloring but seems I over baked beets cause color turned so dark not red, results looked like a chocolate cupcake rather than a red velvet, taste was pretty good .
Ingredients and method of beet pies:
* puff pastry squares.
* some olive oil,salt and pepper.
* boiled or baked beetroot.
* feta cheese or blue cheese as you prefer.
* walnuts.
* balsamic vinegar.
* make heart shapes ( small or big) with cookie cutters.
* spread puff pastry squares on wax paper then prick them with a fork so as they won’t puff a lot.
* brush with olive oil,salt and pepper.
* line up the beets then bake in a medium heated oven for 30 minutes or till puffs are golden.
* sprinkle feta cheese or blue cheese, walnuts then drizzle with condensed balsamic vinegar.
As for the red velvet I took the recipe from a nice food blog called little sunny kitchen , very easy recipe that uses beets instead of food coloring.
Happy Valentine <3
aren’t these cute?
beet hearts before baking.
finished dish topped with yummy cheese and dressing.
though not red enough but overall taste and looks was great.
