Food

Blueberries, blueberriiiiies! Is there anyone who does not like them in cakes and desserts, for lunch or dinner … Since it is getting quite hot outside and I still like desserts in the summer, I decided to prepare a simple sorbet for every occasion (even breakfast) ♥ Blueberry sorbet is sour because of blueberries, sweet because of honey and refreshing because of mint − basically everything a sorbet needs to be.

Borovnice, borovniceee! Le kdo jih ne mara v torticah in sladicah, za kosilo ali večerjo … Ker je zunaj že precej vroče in ker imam seveda tudi poleti rada sladice, sem se odločila, da pripravim enostaven sorbet za vsako priložnost (tudi zajtrk)  ♥  Borovničev sorbet je zaradi borovnic kiselkast, zaradi medu sladek in zaradi mete osvežilen − torej vse, kar sorbet mora biti.

Besides a blender we need only four ingredients:

           three cups of frozen blueberries  ♥  five mint leaves  ♥  two big tbsp honey                    

 ♥  3/4 cup water

Blend all the ingredients for a few minutes. If the mixture is hard to blend, you can add more water. In principle, the sorbet could be eaten right away, but it melts really fast. This is why I put it into freezer for about half an hour.

Poleg mešalnik potrebujemo samo štiri sestavine:

trije lončki zmrznjenih borovnic  ♥  pet listkov mete (po želji več)   ♥  dve veliki žlici medu   ♥  3/4 lončka vode

Vse sestavine skupaj z mešalnikom mešamo nekaj minut. Če se miksa bolj težko, lahko dodamo še malo vode. Načeloma bi sorbet lahko jedli že takoj, vendar se zelo zelo hitro topi, zato sem ga dala v zmrzovalnik za približno pol ure.

Serve the sorbet into cups and garnish with a few mint leaves. Bon appétit! :)

Nato sorbet serviramo v lončke in okrasimo z nekaj listki mete. Dober tek! :)

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Last week I prepared hazelnut milk and today I will show you the recipe for hazelnut butter. Technically speaking, this is rather a dessert than butter, since hazelnuts became really dry after blending and needed some “help”. The real butter can be made without any seasoning out of whole hazelnuts, but I prepared mine out of the milk residue.

Prejšnji teden sem naredila lešnikovo mleko, zdaj pa sledi recept za lešnikovo maslo. Tehnično gledano je to bolj sladica kot maslo, ker so lešniki po blendanju postali zelo suhi in so potrebovali malo “pomoči”. Pravo maslo lahko brez dodatkov naredite iz samih lešnikov, jaz pa sem ga pripravila iz ostankov za mleko. 

We need:

hazelnuts  ♥  two tbsp coconut oil  ♥  two tbsp honey

After straining the milk, place the hazelnut residue back in the blender. Then add coconut oil and honey. Blend all together for a couple of minutes.

Potrebujemo:

lešniki  ♥  dve žlici kokosovega olja  ♥  dve žlici medu

Potem ko odlijemo mleko, ostanek lešnikov stresemo nazaj v mešalnik. Dodamo kokosovo maslo in med. Vse skupaj mešamo še nekaj minut.

I am sure I will do it again soon with a different type of nuts, such as cashews. The dessert is prepared in a few minutes and tastes so good! From now on, this will be my “dessert in emergency” :)

Zagotovo jo bom kmalu ponovoila s kakšno drugo vrsto oreščkov, na primer z indijskimi. Ta sladica je narejena le v nekaj minutah, in tako je okusna! Od sedaj naprej bo to moja “sladica v sili” :)

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I have not drunk milk for quite a few years, but I nevertheless want to have it with my coffee sometimes. I usually bought soy milk, but I prefer the nutty one so I decided to make one by myself. Hazelnuts were the only kind I found at home, so I prepared hazelnut milk!

Kravjega mleka že nekaj let ne pijem, vendar mi včasih vseeno paše, da bi ga imela v kavi. Običajno sem kupovala sojino mleko, ker pa mi je boljše mleko iz oreščkov, sem se odločila, da ga bom pripravila kar sama. Doma sem od oreščkov imela samo lešnike, tako da sem naredila lešnikovo mleko!

We will need:

a cup of hazelnuts, soaked overnight  ♥  3 cups water  ♥  blender (can use a hand blender) ♥  kitchen towel  ♥  you can also use honey, cinnamon etc.

Blend the cup of hazelnuts with a cup of water. Then add two cups of water and blend again. Cover a container with a kitchen towel and press it into the container with your hand. Slowly pour your mixture over the towel and wait for a few minutes. Then remove the towel, hold it above the container and squeeze it a little.

Potrebujemo:

lonček čez noč namočenih lešnikov  ♥  trije lončki vode  ♥  mešalnik (lahko tudi ročni)  ♥  kuhinjska krpa  ♥  lahko tudi med, cimet …

Lonček namočenih mandljev zmešano z lončkom vode in dobro zmeljemo z mešalnikom. Nato dodamo še dva lončka vode in ponovno mešamo. Čez višjo posodo položimo kuhinjsko krpo in jo z roko potisnemo v posodo. Notri počasi zlijemo mešanico in nekaj minut počakamo. Nato krpo dvignemo in jo še malo stisnemo. 

Tadaa, our milk is done! I also prepared hazelnut butter out of the hazelnut residue, the recipe will be online next week. I hope you will have a lovely week! :)

Tako, mleko je narejeno! Iz ostanka lešnikov sem pripravila tudi lešnikovo maslo, recept bo verjetno sledil naslednji teden. Prijeten vikend vam želim! :)

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Unfortunately, Ikea does not have a shop in Slovenia yet, so we have to make a short jump across the border every time. Scandinavian minimalism is nevertheless always within reach and each visit of the web site or their shop convince me to buy something over and over again. I have been viewing Ikea collections of bowls and mugs for quite some time and managed to go shopping this week end. I am going to focus on my favorites ♥

V Sloveniji trenutno Ikeje žal še nimamo, zato je za vsak nakup potreben kratek skok čez mejo. Skandinavski minimalizem je tako vedno na dosegu roke in me ob vsakem ogledu spletne strani ali obiska trovine ponovno prepriča. Že nekaj časa sem skrbno ogledovala Ikeine kolekcije posodic in lončkov, vendar sem šele ta vikend dejansko odšla po nakupih. Izpostavila bom res najljubše stvari ♥

I have bought two beige and two pink POKAL mugs. They are bigger than average (they hold 4 dcl) and are great for tea or a big coffee. Next I got two pink bowls from the same collection and two beige bowls from the LUGN collection. I was so happy to finally get the mugs and the bowls that I tested both the same day! I prepared a coffe with homemade hazelnut milk (will make it again at the end of the week!) and a bowl of greek yogurt with a banana, blueberries, pices of coconut and nuts.

Vzela sem po dva bež in roza POKAL lončka. Večji so od običajnih, saj lahko držijo kar 4 dcl, zato so odlični za čaje ali veliko kavo. Poleg tega sem vzela še dvakrat po dve skodelici, roza iz enake kolekcije in bež iz kolekcije LUGN. Skodelic in lončkov sem se res veselila, tako da sem oboje sem že isti dan testirala! Pripravila sem si kavo z doma narejenim lešnikovim mlekom (konec tedna ga bom ponovno naredila!) in skodelico grškega jogurta z banano, borovnicami, koščki kokosa in oreščki.

Aaand because I “by the way” saw a package of four bigger white candles and a package of four glass pots for tea light candles, I carefully put both of them in the basket too. I am already waiting for my next visit and will enjoy the new bowls and mugs until then :)

Ker pa sem “mimogrede” videla tudi paket štirih večjih sveč in paket štirih steklenih lončkov za čajne svečke, sem v svojo košarico skrbno položila tudi to. Zdaj že komaj čakam naslednji obisk, do takrat pa bom uživala s svojimi novimi posodicami in lončki :)

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Blueberry cheesecake. In my opinion, the best cake so far. The recipe is extremely simple, it doesn’t contain any flour and instead of sugar I used homemade honey. Even my boyfriend admitted (and he loves cakes!) that this is the best cake he has ever had. (Unfortunately, I don’t have any picture of the whole cake, I ate one piece only 10 minutes after I took it out of the oven…) 

Borovničeva skutina tortica. Po mojem mnenju najboljša tortica do sedaj. Recept je izjemno enostaven, ne vsebuje nobene moke, namesto sladkorja pa ima domač med. Tudi moj fant je priznal, da je to zanj (pa ima rad tortice!) najboljša tortica do sedaj. (Žal nimam slike cele tortice, ker sem en košček pojedla 10 minut po tem, ko sem jo vzela iz pečice …)

Crust:

2 cups ground almonds  ♥  1/2 cup coconut flour  ♥  40 g of butter  ♥  two tbsp honey

Filling:

500 g cottage cheese  ♥  1 cup sour cream  ♥  2 eggs  ♥  2 big tbsp honey   ♥  1 banana

Blueberry sauce:

1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries  ♥  1 tsp honey

Testo:

dva lončka mletih mandljev  ♥  pol lončka kokosove moke  ♥  40 g masla  ♥  dve žlici medu

Nadev:

500 g skute  ♥  lonček kisle smetane  ♥  dve jajci  ♥  dve veliki žlici medu  ♥  ena banana

Borovničeva glazura:

lonček zmrznjenih ali svežih borovnic  ♥  žlička medu

Crust: We mix the almonds, coconut flour and butter in the same bowl. Then melt the honey with a little bit of hot water. Mix the honey with the rest of the ingredients and spread it on the baking pan for cakes, covered with parchment paper. 

Filling: Mix all the ingredients with a hand blender. Then pour the mixture on the crust in the baking pan.

Blueberry sauce: Cook the blueberries with a spoon of honey for 10 minutes. When a little bit of water evaporates, we blend them with a hand blender until it looks like a jam. If you do not have any blueberries, you can do the sauce in the same way with a different type of fruit. After all, you can use a jam (preferably homemade). We leave the blueberries to cool down for a few minutes.

Testo: V posodo stresemo mandlje, kokosovo moko in maslo. Med zmešamo z nekaj žlicami vroče vode, da postane tekoč. Nato kar z rokami vse sestavine zmešamo skupaj in razporedimo po okroglem pekaču za tortico, ki smo ga prekrili s peki papirjem.

Nadev: Vse sestavine stresemo v posodo in zmešamo s paličnim mešalnikom. Nato zmes prelijemo čez testo v pekaču.

Borovničeva glazura: Borovnice z žlico medu kuhamo  10 minut. Ko malo vode izhlapi, jih zmešamo s paličnim mešalnikom, da postanejo podobne marmeladi. Če borovnic nimate, lahko to napravite s katero koli vrsto sadja, navsezadnje pa lahko uporabite tudi (najraje domačo) marmelado. Zmiksane borovnice nekaj minut pustimo, da se malo ohladijo.

Then we take one spoon of the blueberry sauce and pour it into the middle of the cheesecake. Form the same circles with the rest of the sauce on other parts of the cake. Take a thin knife and start creating: form circles or straight lines through the cake and the sauce. For example, I really like that the circles are connected one to another. 

Bake the cheesecake for approx. 50 minutes on 170/180 °C. When it is done, leave it to cool a little bit and then put it in the fridge for at least four hours or overnight. Cut veeery big pieces and sprinkle with coconut. Bon appétit! :)

Nato zajamemo žlico borovničeve glazure in jo zlijemo na sredino. Ostalo maso po žlicah razporedimo po tortici. Nato vzamemo tanek nož in pričnemo ustvarjati: po borovničevi glazuri in skutinem nadevu delamo kroge, ravne črte … Meni je všeč, da se borovničevi krogci med seboj povezujejo.

Skutino tortico pečemo na 170/180 °C približno 50 minut. Ko je pečena, jo malo ohladimo in v hladilnik postavimo za vsaj štiri ure ali čez noč. Narežemo reees velike kose in posujemo s kokosom. Dober tek! :)

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Oh my, now I’m going to present you the best recipe for crackers. Even though the preparation and “cooking” take quite some time, the result is amazing! These are: (almost) raw mexican crackers! They are “almost” raw because I don’t have the dehydrator for raw food and food is raw as long as it’s not thermally processed above 40 °C. Because I don’t own a dehydrator, I used our oven on the lowest temperature, 50 °C, on the ventilation program.

Oh joj, zdaj pa vam bom predstavila najboljši recept za krekerje. Sicer priprava in “kuhanje” vzameta res res veliko časa, vendar je končni izdelek neverjeten! To so: (skoraj) presni mehiški krekerji! Skoraj presni zato, ker je hrana presna, dokler ni termično obdelana nad 40 °C, in ker doma nimam pravega presnega dehidratorja. Uporabila sem kar domačo pečico na najmanjši temperaturi, 50 °C, na ventilacijskem programu.

Let’s pass to the ingredients:

• 2 cups ground flax seeds
• 2 cups water
• 1 red pepper
• 1 green pepper
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 big onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 tbsp cayenne pepper
• some salt

Mix the ground flax seeds with two cups water and leave for at least five hours.Then we blend all the other ingredients and mix them with flax seeds. The mixture will be split on two trays, covered with parchment paper. Spread the mixture as thinly as possible – it takes much more time to dry otherwise. We put both trays in the oven and dry them for 3–4 hours. When the bottom part is dry enough, turn the mixture on the other side and dehydrate for the next 5–6 hours. As I’ve said before, the dehydrating process is very long. If your mixture is dry after just a few hours (especially if you dry them at a higher temperature), take it out of the oven and break it into pieces. 

Pa pojdimo k sestavinam:

• 2 lončka zmletih lanenih semen
• 2 lončka vode
• 1 rdeča paprika
• 1 zelena paprika
• dva srednje velika paradižnika
• ena velika čebula
• dva stroka česna
• pol žličke kajenskega popra
• malo soli

Zmleta lanena semena zmešamo z dvema lončkoma vode in pustimo, da srkajo vodo vsaj 5 ur. Nato zmeljemo vse ostale sestavine in jih zmešamo z lanenimi semeni. Maso razdelimo na dva dela in vsako polovico razmažemo po pekaču, prekritem s peki papirjem. Pazite – razmazana masa mora biti res tanka, drugače potrebuje več časa, da se dobro posuši. Nato oba pekača potisnemo na različni rešetki v pečici. Najprej sušimo 3–4 ure na eni strani, in ko je dovolj suho, da brez packarije posušeno maso odstranimo s peki papirja, maso obrnemo in sušimo še nadaljnjih 5–6 ur. Kot sem že rekla, sušenje res traja kar nekaj časa. Če se vam zdi, da so vaši krekerji že po nekaj urah popolnoma suhi (zlasti če jih boste sušili na višji temperaturi), jih vzemite iz pečice in še tople nalomite na poljubno velike kose.

Mexican crackers are great as a snack with different mexican dips, but I like them just as they are. Bon appétit! :)

Mehiške krekerje lahko ponudite kot prigrizek z različnimi mehiškimi namazi, jaz pa jih rada grickam kar same. Dober tek! :)

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