Apple Filled Sweet Buns

2 eggs
250 gr butter/margarine (2 sticks) at room temperature
2 tbsp yogurt
5 cups all purpose flour
½ cup sugar

1 tsp/1 package baking powder
2 tsp/2 package vanilla
½ cup coconut, finely shredded

For Filling:
3-4 apple, peeled and shredded
¼ cup sugar
½ cup hazelnuts/walnuts, crushed (optional)
1 tbsp cinnamon
Syrup:
1½ cup water
1 ½-2 cups sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
First prepare the syrup, because you will use pour cooled syrup over the hot cookies. In a saucepan, place sugar and water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and turn the heat off. Let it cool.
Place all the filling ingredients, but the nuts and cinnamon a saucepan/pot. Cook over low-medium heat, till the mixture gets brownish and thickens (for about 10-12 minutes). Then, stir in nuts and cinnamon. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, mix sugar, melted margarine/butter, eggs and yogurt using a mixer. Slowly add flour, baking powder and vanilla and knead with your hands till the dough gets soft and non sticky as cookie dough. Cover and leave the dough aside for 15 minutes.
Grab walnut size dough pieces and flatten them with a rolling pin or just use your palms for flattening. Place ½-1 tbsp filling in the middle and close it up, giving a ball shape. Then, place it on a greased oven tray upside down (closing side will be touching the tray). Bake them in a preheated 375 F (190 C) oven till they get lightly pink. Do not over bake. Immediately pour the cooled syrup all over the cookies. Or dip them in syrup. Do not leave them in syrup more than 10 minutes, otherwise they will be crumbly. Finally dip and roll the sweet buns in shredded coconut, making sure the tops are covered with coconut.
Then place them a serving plate. You can store them in fridge as long as they are sealed well.
This recipe makes approximately 20 pieces.
ENJOY

Fried Empanadas

For the Argentina Winning last night I am introducing a popular recipe from Argentina
Fried Empanadas
The way of making this food takes 3 steps:
Step 1:
Dough:

3 cups all purpose flour
1 egg (this will be beaten)
1 cup of lard
4 tablespoons of water

Directions:

Mix the flour and lard togther.
Mix the egg thoroughly with a fork (or a mixer).
Stir the egg in to the flour and lard mixture. Mix it in to a dough.
Begin to add the water slowly, one spoonful at a time. Continue until you have a soft dough.
Knead the dough until it is soft and elasticy.
Let the dough sit for 25-35min.

Step 2:
Make the Filling:

1 pound of lean ground beef
2 large onions, diced
2 scallion onions, diced
1 tablespoon paprika
3 hard boiled eggs
green olives (if desired)
Add salt to taste (Argentina food tends to use more salt)
1/2 cup of boiling water or broth


Directions:

Cook the onions until they turn brown.
Add the ground beef to the onions, stir until it changes color.
Add diced scallions, paprika and boiling (broth or water).
Stir until the food forms a thick mixture.
Remove from fire and let cool.
Add chopped green olives, and thinly diced hard boiled eggs.

Step 3:

Finishing the Empanada:

1/2 cup of lard

Prepared empanada filling
Prepared empanada dough

Directions:

Heat the lard in a large iron pan or skillet.
Roll the empanada dough out flat. This can be done on any non-wood surface.
Cut the dough into circles, a small soup bowl can help with the cutting.
Add 1 abundant tablespoon of filling to each circle of dough.
You are going to close the dough around the filling. Wet the edges with water and then press with your fingers to seal the empanada.
Place the sealed empanadas in the hot iron pan and fry until lightly browned

BANANA BRAZIL NUT CAKE

Since yesterday Brazil Football team win the game I decided to make a brazilian cake and it is made with banana and brazilian nuts and here it is:

2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. soft butter
2 eggs
1/4 c. buttermilk
3/4 c. chopped Brazil nuts or almonds
slightly sweetened whipped cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/4 c. mashed bananas (2)
1 tsp. vanilla


In a bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In a larger bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Beat in bananas. Add flour mixture, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until blended. Stir in nuts. Turn batter into 2 greased and lightly floured 9-inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand in pans on wire rack for 5 minutes. Turn out. Turn top side up. Cool. Spread whipped cream on top and sides with remaining cream. Slice. Serve.

Football Food

As now everyone is busy with the football world cup and here is no time to cook I fond some easy recipes for quick food that is really suitable for the time of watching bootball games.

1) Potatoe Dip:

•2 cups frozen Ore-Ida Mashed Potatoes (firmly packed)
•1 cup milk
•½ cup light or regular ranch salad dressing
•½ cup plum tomatoes, chopped
•½ cup red, orange and/or yellow bell peppers, chopped
•¼ cup pitted Kalamata or ripe olives, chopped
•¼ cup red onion or chives, chopped
•¼ teaspoon each salt and freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
Preparation:
Prepare potatoes according to package directions using 1 cup milk for 6 minutes in microwave (3-4 minutes on stovetop). Stir remaining ingredients into potatoes; cover and chill at least 2 hours before serving. Serve with pita or bagel chips and fresh vegetable dippers, such as wedges of bell peppers, carrots and celery sticks. Makes 3 cups.

2) Fast Football Franks

•1 cup Heinz Ketchup ®
•1 pound cocktail franks
•1-2 tablespoons chopped jalapeño peppers
•½ cup grape jelly
•1 can (8 ounces) undrained crushed pineapple in juice
Preparation:
Combine ketchup, pineapple, grape jelly and jalapeño peppers. Cook over medium heat, stirring until jelly is melted. Stir in cocktail franks; heat. Serve warm with toothpicks. Makes 12-15 servings.

3) Touchdown Tuna Pizza

1 pouch (7 ounces) StarKist Premium Chunk White Albacore Tuna
¼ cup olive oil
2 anchovy fillets (optional)
3 large garlic cloves
1 cup fresh basil
2 tablespoons fresh oregano
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pre-baked 12-inch pizza crust
2 cups shredded mozzarella crust
1 can (2 ¼ ounces) sliced black olives, drained
1 large tomato, diced
1 jar (6 ½ ounces) marinated artichoke hearts, drained
½ cup sliced red onion
1 medium green pepper, sliced into rings
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400° F. Puree olive oil, artichokes, garlic, basil, oregano and pepper until almost smooth. Place prebaked pizza crust on foil-covered or greased pizza pan. Brush processed pesto mixture onto pizza crust. Scatter tuna, olives, tomato, artichoke hearts, onions and green pepper rings equally over crust. Top pizza with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and brown. Cool 5 minutes before cutting. Makes 8-10 slices.

Pancakes- exactly like the ones made in resturants

Ingredients:

3 large eggs

150 grams plain flour (or half cup)

2 tablespoons sugar

Cup milk or (375 ml)

4 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil

A small teaspoon of vanilla extrac

Preparation:

1) In a large bowl Beat the eggs. In a separate bowl put flour and sugar and pour it gradually into the milk, stirring constantly Stir well to prevent formation of lumps. Pour the mixture into the bowl of the eggs and stir well. Cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator 30 minutes.

2) Beat the mixture before frying. Melt butter or tablespoon of vegetable oil in a small frying pan, Pour the mixture into the panin a circle shape and fry over medium heat until beginning to bubble over the mixture and then the bottom becomes golden.

3)when it turns golden brown pancakes slide to plate.

Continue doing so until all the mixture prepared and keep the pancakes in one heap.

White shoes for every bride

I saw these great white shoes and want to share it with you enjoy!

Sayadia - Rice with Fish

Ingredients:

2 pieces of fish fillet

2 cups of rice

1 chopped onion and 1 chopped toamtoe

2 garlic cloves

1/4 cup of chopped korianda

Salt and Black Pepper

Fish Seasoning

corcom

Cinnemon and Korianda seasoning

Wash the fish with water and sprinkle salt of it and let it rest aside

after 15 minutes wash with water again and dry with a papper towel

Season the fish with spices and fry it for few minutes

in another pan fry the onion and the tomatoe and the garlic and spice it a little

Add the fish and cover with water till it cover the fish add more salt and the rice and leave it to cook till the water disappers and the rice is done.

Kofta with Tahini Sauce

Ingredients:

900 gram minced lamb

1 finly chopped medium onion

1 1/2 finly chopped parsley

Salt and black pepper

1 t. cinnamon

450 gram potatoe sliced round

1 cup of Tahini

Lemon juice from 3 lemons

Water

Pine nuts for decoration

1 1/2 cup of vegetable oil for frying potatoe

Mix the meat, parsley, salt, papper and cinnemon together in a bowl with the help of your hands

In another bowl mix the tahini and lemon juice and add water to make the tahini sauce

Fry the potatoe slices in the vegetable oil and then place the potatoe slices in the bottom of a pan

above the meat put the round shape meat and put the baking pan in the oven for 15 minutes

after 15 minutes remove it from the oven and pour tahini sauce over the potatoe and meat

Put it back in the oven for another 30 minutes

Decorate it with pine nuts and serve it with white rice.

Tabola Salad

This arabic salad is so easy to make and healthy and so tasty

Ingredients:

Chopped Parsely - 3 cups

Washed Grits- 2 cups
Chopped Green onions - 1 cup
Chopped Mint -1 cup
1 cup of lemon juice
1/2 cup of olive oil
1 T. of salt

3 chopped tomatoes

3 choped cucumbers

Mix these ingredients together and enjoy the best salad ever.

Iced Vanilla Coffee Milk

Whipped topping turns this coffee milk into a satisfying, rich-tasting dessert. The cinnamon stick stirrer adds a light spiced flavor. You can also sprinkle some ground cinnamon on top, if you like

It is great for hot summer days and you dont need to count calories on this

Ingredients:

• 3 cups strongly brewed decaffeinated coffee, chilled
• 1 cup fat-free or 1% milk
• 2 teaspoons granular sugar substitute
• Ice cubes
• 1/2 cup fat-free or light whipped topping
• Pinch ground cinnamon for garnish (optional)
• 4 cinnamon sticks for garnish (optional)

• Directions:

  1. In a pitcher, combine coffee, milk, vanilla, and sugar substitute; stir well. Fill 4 (10-ounce) glasses with ice. Pour coffee mixture over ice. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the whipped topping into each glass.
  2. Stir gently so that some topping mixes with coffee and some remains at the top of the glass. Garnish each with a pinch of ground cinnamon and a cinnamon stick, if using

  
  

  
  

  

Chicken Roll- Can't resist it

Ingredients:

4 / 1 cup or 60 ml lemon juice

3 garlic cloves, grated

4 / 3 teaspoon of chili powder

2 / 11 teaspoon cumin powder

2 / 1 teaspoon black pepper

500 g chicken breast, cut into thin slices

150 g or 1 grain of a green pepper sweet medium-sized, sliced and one red pepper sliced thin

150 g or 1 medium onion, cut into slices

2 tbsp olive oil

2 cube of chicken stock

4 / 3 cup or 190 ml water

2 / 11 teaspoon corn flour

For the sauce:

2 / 1 cup or 125 g of sour cream

Loaves of bread, a thin

1 meanness small, leafy and chopped finely

How to prepare:

Mixing lemon juice with grated garlic and chili powder and cumin powder and black pepper in a bowl.

Add the chicken with sliced sweet peppers, onion slices, and mix the ingredients well to blend with each other. Soak the chicken for at least two hours.

Heat olive oil in a frying pan large non-stick and add the chicken fillet with sliced sweet peppers and onions. Move components on a medium heat for a period ranging between 6 and 8 minutes or until cooked well.

Mix chicken stock cube with water and cornstarch in small bowl to form a sauce. Pour the sauce over the ingredients in the pan. Boil and cook for two minutes or until the sauce becomes thick.

Soaking one teaspoon of sour cream on the bread and add lettuce, chicken, then wrap the loaf and it is a rap.

enjoy

Chinese Eggs

I love eggs and I love Chinese Food and so I decided to make a chinese eggs :))

So for 4 servings we will need the following:

3 T. soy sauce

3 T. brown sugar

1/2 t. monosodium glutamate

1/4 cup oil

8 eggs

2 T. onion minced

1. Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, monosodium glutamate and 1/4 cup water in a bowl.

2. Pour oil into hot skillet.

3. Drop 2 eggs in oil, sunny-side up. When edges turn light brown, fold eggs in half, remove to a plate.

4. Repeat with remaining eggs.

5. Stir onion into oil and fry a few minutes, Replace floded eggs in sillet.

6. Add soy sauce mixture and heat.

My very first cooking lesson

I haven't start cooking indeed until I got married and even then it was not really cooking but just trying out some things and see if me and my husband can cook something but I had to learn cooking when my first baby girl turned out one year and had to start eating for the first time.

So I decided that I want to be the best mom in this world and started looking for all kinds of recipes and ways to cook food for her that she can eat.

However, one of my very first successful recipes was Meat Pita Pizza and want to share it with you.

So here we go:

for 2-3 servings

1/2 pound ground beef

1/2 onion chopped

1 can tomato paste and water

oil

1 tablespoon of oregano

3/4 teaspoon of salt

1 large size pita

1/4 cup green pepper chopped

2 tablespoon olives chopped

some yellow cheese

First brown ground beef in oil in a frying pan and add onion and salt

Then add tomato paste and water , oregano and salt and simmer 25-30 minutes

After that place pita on a large flat pan or cookie sheet and spread meat mixture on top and

sprinkle green pepper pieces and olives also on top and bake it in moderate oven 15-18 minutes.

at the last 5 minutes add the cheese and have a great time eating it

My favorite breakfast

Whenever I am home in the mornings and have time for breakfast I love to spoil my self with my favorite recipes I have for breakfast but of course I have some that I do most of the time like: my vegetables salad with boiled eggs in it (it is so delicious that you will want to eat it everyday)

and there is my breakfast pizza that delights my daughter everytime I do it.

So lets start the work and begin with my breakfast Pizza recipe

:Ingredients

5teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
4cups of packed spinash

2 pitas
2large tomatoes thinly sliced
4large eggs

1/4teaspoon salt
1/4teaspoon black pepper
1/3cup feta cheese

Preperations:

Preheat oven to 450 F

In a lrge non stick skillet heat 1 teaspoon of oil add spinach and cook for 2-3 minutes

Brush inside of each Pita 1 teaspoon of olive oil, Place the Pita rounds on a large baking sheet and bake in the over for 5 minutes until it is brown

divide tomatoe and Spinach among Pita halves leaving an empty space in the center for the egg. Crack one egg into the center of each pita, sprinkle with salt and pepper and put it back in the oven and bake for 10 minutes sprinkle with cheese and put it back into the over for another 2 minutes.

it is done and ready to be eaten.

Vegetables and boiled eggs Salad

For this Salad We will need:

2chopped tomatoes into small cupes

3chopped cucumbers into small cupes

1small chopped onion

lemon juice from 1lemon

1tablespoon salt

1teaspoon black pepper

1teaspoon chopped mint leaves

1/4cup black or green olives

1tuna can

2boiled eggs that is divided into slices

Directions

Mix everything together and just enjoy

Food that children really eat

After two years of many attempts and failures I finally found out what really works and I picked up few recipes that I think children will love

Home make Hamburger

it's areally fun recipe that kids will enjoy doing their own mini hamburger

Components :

500 gram ground Beef

Salt

Black Pepper

1/2 cup of Soda

8 bread rolls of a bite side

ketchup / Mayonnaise / or any other Sauce that you like

1 chopped Tomatoes into 8 slices

4 leaves of Lettuce that are washed

The preperations:

Season the meat with salt and pepper and then add it to the Soda water while stirring and mixing.

Make 8 hamburgers out of the whole meat and make each hamburger flat and small as possible (my daughter prefer flat one) (Look at the photo)

I'd rather not fry the meat ina pan but instead i uses a Teflon pan that doesn't stick and heat it really well and then cook the meat in it with out oil until it is brown on both sides about 3 minutes each side.

Before serving arrange the vegetables and the sauces and the meat ina nice way on the table in individual plates so each child can make his hamburger.

A Home made Pizza

In our house this Pizza is a great success and my daughter asks for it all the time especially that she can help me making it and she can choose whatever she wants on it.

Ingredients

The Dough

80gram Yeast
41/2cups of regular water

2teaspoon of sugar

2kg flour

2teaspoon of salt

1cup of olive oil

The Ingredients for the Tomatoe Sauce

3big cans of Chopped Tomatoe

1chopped onion

4grated carrots

1teaspoon of salt

1spoon of sugar

1/2cup of water

4cups of any kind of yellow cheese

some parmeson cheese (everything is good with parmesan cheese

Vegetables for the decoration on the top of the Pizza as black or green olives

tomatoe rings or pepper rings

mushrooms or corn or basil leaves

The preperations

Mix the yeast and sugar with a glass of water and allow the mixture for 10 minutes until it starts bubbling and add the flour and salt and stir you get a smooth dough.

Flour the work surface and place the dough on it

Divide the dough into two parts and rub it with olive oil and then put it back into two seperate bowls and let it rise for an hour

After an hour grease the overn pan with olive oil and divide the dough into a number of small balls of dough that you can make personal pizzas out of it

We move to prepare the Tomatoe Sauce

Put all the ingredients of the tomatoe sauce in a pan and boil it until it became thick

Heat the over to a high temperature and put a baking peper into the oven pan

Flour the working surface and ask for the help of the children

Roll out the the dough in your hands into circles to the size you want.

Spread the sauce on the daugh and sprinkle the cheese every chhild can do it and can put the vegetables that he prefer on his pizza

Bake for 10 minutes in the over and it is ready to eat

Spaghetti Wires with Tomatoe Sauce

Ingredients

One backage of Spaghetti wires

1/4cup of olive oil

3garlic cloves

1chopped small onion

3chopped tomatoes

1small can of tomatoe paste

1/2spoon of sugar

salt and black pepper

3-4chopped basil leaves

3/4cup of water

The preperations

Cook the Spaghetti in water with some salt and while it is being cooked prepare the tomatoe sauce

In a pan heat the oil and fry the chopped garlic and the chopped onion

peel the tomatoe and chopp it and add it to the pan

Stir and cook the mixutre for 5 minutes

Add the tomatoe paste and sugare and pepper and salt and the chooped basil leaves mix well and add the 3/4cup of water and cook until the sauce become thicker.

Pour the souce over the Spaghetti and you can eat and licking your fingers