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VOCNI KOLAC OD GRIZA February 18, 2009

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Evo jednog jednostavnog i jako ukusnog kolaca.

Jednostavnost i brza priprema je ono sto cijeni svaka domacica.

zato pocnimo.

POTREBNO JE.

  1. 5 JAJA
  2. 1 SALICA GRIZA
  3. 1 SALICA SOKA OD NARANCE
  4. IZRIBANA KORICA 2 LIMUNA I 2 NARANCE
  5. SAKA LIMUNCINA I ARANCINA
  6. KRUPNO NARIBANA COLKOLADA/JEDNA JUSNA ZLICA/
  7. SALICA BRASNA TIP 500
  8. PRASAK Z APECIVO
  9. ZLICA MERMELADE OD MARELICE
  10. MALO SOLI
  11. SALICA SECERA
  12. VANILIN SECER
  13. 1 SALICA ULJA

PRIPREMA

  • U JAJA DODATI ULJE
  • ZATIM SECER,SOL,NARIBANU KORICU
  • SVE DOBRO MIJESATI
  • U MEDJUVREMENU NATOPITI GRIZ S SOKOM OD NARANCE
  • GRIZ DODATI SMIJESI
  • DODATI BRASNO
  • PRASAK ZA PECIVO
  • USITNJENE ARANCINE I LIMUNCINE
  • GRATANU COKOLADU
  • ZLICU MERMELADE
  • IZMIJESATI RUCNO
  • STAVITI U ZAMASCENI OBLIK ZA TORTU
  • NA LAGANO 160 STUPNJEVA PECI 40 MIN
  • TOPLO POSUTI STAUBOM
 

April 12, 2008

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Rozata-caramel pudding March 14, 2008

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Rozata-Croatian type of Caramel pudding/but much better/


All my American friends who live and work here in Croatia love this traditional caramel pudding!!This pudding is prepare with eggs and without flour!Here is the recipe:

Description
As the title states, this one gives you that caramel flavour. Not much ingredients needed for this one. The stirring part is a bit time consuming, but its worth all the effort.
Ingredients
Milk – 600ml.
Eggs-6
Sugar – 6 tsp for caramel, 1 Cup for pudding.
Butter – 1 tsp.
vanilla essence – 1tsp.

Preparation
Steps:

*Take a pan, Add butter and sugar & stir till the sugar is caramelized.

* Add 600ml milk into it and keep stirring till the caramel dissolves.

* Now take a cup and add the remaining milk into it, add the eggs and stir until dissolved. Add this to the caramel mixture !

* Put this prepared mixture into a pot and put that pot in the bigger one with water!You have to cook this pudding on vapour for 2-3 hour until milk and eggs became like a pudding!/if you have special pot for cooking on vapor,use it!/After cooking on the vapor you can put all for 10 min. in warm oven!!The pudding will be richer!Now you only have to wait to became cold or you can put it in fridge!

* Add a little bit of caramel syrup into it and keep it in the fridge to set, say for about 5-6 hours.

* Finally, Its time to Eat!

How to prepare caramel syrup:
Melt sugar in a pan, once you achieve that golden brown color, add a little bit of water and stir well. Caramel Syrup is ready for use.

 

Family Film Reviews March 13, 2008

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Family Film Reviews

Jane Horwitz

“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who!” (G, 1 hr., 26 min.)

True, they’ve had to expand this classic Dr. Seuss storybook to make a movie, but unlike the bloated and slightly grim live-action Seuss features “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (PG, 2000) and “The Cat in the Hat” (PG, 2003), this computer-animated take is a hoot-and-a-half. The animators have stayed true to the Seussian look, but given characters a three-dimensional feel — a furriness to the high-haired Whos and a weight to Horton the Elephant and his pals in the Jungle of Nool. There’s a neat contrast between the rainbow-hued jungle and Whoville, which looks like a Rube Goldberg-designed city done in clay-mation. It is the tiny city-on-a-speck whose denizens Horton hears faintly as it wafts by. He rescues the speck and places it on a clover, promising to find it a safe place — all based on faith and good elephant ears. The voices are fine, too — Jim Carrey as an ebullient Horton, Steve Carell as the slightly ditzy Mayor of Whoville. The two communicate by a miracle of sound convergence and each must overcome the ridicule of his peers and prove the other exists. In the jungle, it is snooty Kangaroo (Carol Burnett), who hates it that Horton’s belief in Whoville encourages youngsters to use their imaginations. For the Mayor it’s the Whoville town council, which calls him a boob. And for the Mayor’s silent son Jo-Jo (a brother among 96 sisters), it is his own father who doesn’t understand him. In the end, there’s no deeper moral than Horton’s “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”

Mostly “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who!” is pure fun, but there are moments that could scare kids 6 and younger. A scraggly, swooping bird of prey, Vlad (voice of Will Arnett), chases Horton to snatch and destroy the Whoville speck and the clover it rests on. Horton barely makes it across a rope bridge over a gorge as the bridge falls apart under his weight. Late in the film, a mob of jungle animals riled up by Kangaroo — including the Wickershams, blue monkeys who act like a gang of bullies — capture and cage Horton and don’t back down until the Whos finally make enough noise in tiny Whoville for Horton’s tormentors to believe they exist. Intercut with the harrowing rope bridge scene is a scary-funny bit with the Mayor of Whoville at the dentist and a hypodermic needle.

“Never Back Down” (PG-13, 1 hr., 54 min.)

This gloomy teen saga offers a phony peace ‘n love preachment about a hero who fights the good fight so he never has to fight again. In actual fact, it’s all about pounding and getting pounded — in slow-motion, with blood flying from smacked faces and bodies crumpling with cracked ribs. In between, it’s about the loner teen protagonist (Sean Faris) training intensively in mixed martial arts under the eye of a tough, somber master (Djimon Hounsou) and sharing steamy glances at school with the prettiest girl (Amber Heard) who, of course, dates the biggest bully. If “Never Back Down” had an ounce of humor or truthfulness it might be bearable. Instead, it feels like you are getting beaten up along with the hero. Jake (Faris), his mom (Leslie Hope) and tennis prodigy kid brother (Wyatt Smith) have moved to Florida from Iowa, following the drunk-driving death of his dad. They are a blue-collar family in a townful of rich folks in McMansions. The high school’s “mixed martial arts” champ and number one bully Ryan (Cam Gigandet) goads Jake, then beats him up. Jake starts training — at least two montages set to music — then he and Ryan face off at a “beat down.”

Apart from intense fight mayhem, the film contains midrange profanity and crude language, sexual innuendo, implied toplessness, a make-out scene, gay jokes, a homosexual slur, and high-schoolers at a party where they seem to drink beer from plastic cups. A bullying father offers margaritas to his son’s high-school friends and smacks his son. Jake has flashbacks about the death of his father and feels responsible because he didn’t stop him from driving drunk.

Beyond the Ratings Game: Movie Reviews for various ages

– OK FOR KINDERGARTNERS ON UP:

“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who!” (NEW) — This cracklingly good computer-animated take on Dr. Seuss’ beloved storybook expands the tale without ruining it, and it is a hoot-and-a-half. The animators stay true to Seussian style, but add a three-dimensionality — a furriness to the high-haired Whos of Whoville and a weight to Horton the Elephant (voice of Jim Carrey) and other creatures in the Jungle of Nool. And there’s a neat contrast between the pastel jungle and the Rube Goldbergesque look of Whoville, that microscopic city-on-a-speck that Horton rescues, based on a faint sound he hears as it wafts by. (There’s no moral deeper than Horton’s: “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”) Horton and the ditzy Mayor of Whoville (Steve Carell), with his 96 daughters and one silent son, communicate by sound convergence. They must overcome the ridicule of their peers. Snooty Kangaroo (Carol Burnett) really hates it that Horton’s faith in the Whos sparks Nool’s youngsters to use their imaginations. A few moments could scare kids 6 and younger: Vlad (Will Arnett), a scraggly bird of prey, chases Horton and the speck, causing Whoville to shake. As Horton tries to carry it to safety, he crosses a rope bridge that crumbles. An angry mob captures Horton. There’s a scary-funny scene with the Mayor of Whoville at the dentist and a hypodermic needle.

– OK FOR KIDS 8 AND OLDER:

“College Road Trip” (NEW) — If this family comedy were played any more broadly, the cast would be in clown outfits. Part slapstick farce, part sentimental saga about an overprotective dad (Martin Lawrence) who can’t let go of his college-bound daughter (Raven-Symone), the movie is good-hearted, but painfully silly. It’s geared more to young kids, starting around 7 or 8, who dream of being grown-up. Lawrence plays a police chief in suburban Chicago and Raven-Symone his college-age daughter, who is wait-listed at Georgetown and eager to go there for an interview. He insists on driving her. He thinks they have a great relationship, but she can’t wait to get her freedom. Both actors mug and Raven-Symone seems especially stuck in sitcom land. There’s little to scare youngsters, though some of the slapstick stunts may startle them: a potbellied pig going nuts on coffee beans (a don’t-try-this-with-your-pet moment) and tearing through a wedding party; father and daughter sky-diving and screaming in terror; Dad getting tasered by an overcautious sorority mother.

– OK FOR KIDS 10 AND OLDER:

“Penelope” PG — This zingy modern-day fairy tale lets a fine cast loose on a clever mix of physical comedy, verbal wit and a touch of magic. “Penelope” should charm kids 10 and older. It is a nice parable about self-love, too. Christina Ricci plays Penelope, the latest descendent of an aristocratic family to inherit a curse — a pig nose that can only be dispelled by the kiss of an upper-crust suitor. She has lived hidden from the world. Her mom (Catherine O’Hara) brings in potential fiances, but they run off screaming. A tabloid reporter (Peter Dinklage) hires a broke, blue-blooded gambler (James McAvoy) to woo Penelope. An edgier PG, the film has a brief, stylized suicide in the prologue — someone jumping off a cliff. The “pig nose” is a dainty snout — just nonhuman enough. There is drinking, smoking, mild sexual innuendo and semi-crude language.

“The Spiderwick Chronicles” (PG) — The idea of kids visiting fairy realms is neat, but this film only captures some of the magic. It may be too intense for kids under 10 because it lacks enough humor to temper the scary bits. The magical creatures are mostly slobbering goblins, ogres, and trolls, all trying to kill the child protagonists, while the beautiful sprites and sylphs don’t hover long enough to lighten the mood. Young Jared (Freddie Highmore), a boy with anger issues, moves with his twin brother Simon (also Highmore), teen sister (Sarah Bolger) and mom (Mary-Louise Parker) into an house inherited from an ancestor, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn in flashback). Jared discovers Spiderwick’s “Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You,” opens it and unleashes a dangerous magical dimension. There are scary chases and swordplay. The kids get gashes in their arms and we see lots of green goblin blood. There is a divorce theme.

– PG-13s OF VARYING INTENSITY:

“Never Back Down” (NEW) — This gloomy saga of a hero who fights the good fight so he never has to fight again pretends to be about peace ‘n love. In fact, it’s about pounding and getting pounded — close-up or in slow-motion, with blood flying from smacked faces and bodies crumpling with cracked ribs. Jake Tyler (Sean Faris), a strong silent loner haunted by the recent drunk-driving death of his dad, moves with his family from Iowa to Orlando. The new school’s “mixed martial arts” champ Ryan (Cam Gigandet) goads Jake, then beats him up. Jake hones his skills with a somber trainer (Djimon Hounsou). Ryan’s girlfriend (Amber Heard) drops the bully for the hero and the rivals face off in a “beat down” contest. Apart from intense fight mayhem, “Never Back Down” has midrange profanity, sexual innuendo, gay jokes, a homophobic slur, implied toplessness, a make-out scene and a party where teens seem to drink beer. A bullying dad offers cocktails to his son’s friends and smacks his son.

“10,000 BC” (NEW) — Whatever thrills and eye candy this prehistoric adventure flick offers to teens, it negates them with intellectual loopiness. Many people already think dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth simultaneously. Now, thanks to “10,000 BC,” they’ll also think it’s only a couple of days on foot between the the snowy peaks of Central Asia and equatorial Africa, and that the pyramids of Egypt were built 8,000 years before scholars say they were, with woolly mammoths doing the heavy lifting. An Ice Age hunter (Steven Strait) and two comrades (Cliff Curtis and Mo Zinal) track the “four-legged demons” (marauding slave traders on horseback) who violently raided their village and abducted his beloved (Camilla Belle). They pass into balmy lands, forge an alliance with African warriors and go after the pyrmid-building slavers. Wounds from spear, ax and bow-and-arrow are not graphic. The abductors make an implied threat of rape. A giant ostrich-dinosaur hybrid stalks the jungle and rips into humans, mostly off-camera. OK for most teens.

“Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” — High-schoolers who like romantic comedies with a continental flair ought to smile at this confection, which teeters on the edge of too-cute, but mostly charms. Set in late 1930s London as World War II looms, it follows a dowdy middle-aged governess, Miss Pettigrew (wonderful Frances McDormand), who is suddenly jobless, homeless and hungry. Rebuffed by her employment agency, she steals the address of a client — a dithery, promiscuous young actress (Amy Adams), in need of a social secretary. Miss Pettigrew spends the next 24 hours helping the actress untangle her love life and navigate cafe-society, acquiring a little glamour and romance herself along the way. There is much sexual innuendo, most of it frisky but not raunchy, and implied nudity. Characters smoke, drink, throw punches and use rare profanity. The film has an anti-promiscuity theme and a feminist subtext.

“The Other Boleyn Girl” — Part epic, part bodice-ripper, this lush film does a decent job of working in factoids about King Henry VIII’s early reign, but don’t let high-schoolers think it is accurate on the personal level. The film merely imagines how a conniving Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) and her naive sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) compete to seduce the young king (Eric Bana) in order to increase their family’s status. The film shows no explicit sexual situations, yet it includes a strongly implied rape and depicts consensual encounters in a stylized, steamy way. It includes frank, though nonexplicit talk of sex and out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and strongly depicts births and miscarriages with a hint of blood. There is also an incest theme. Of the inevitable beheadings, we never see blade touch neck, but there is a distinct sound. Not for middle-schoolers.

“Vantage Point” — A neat little thriller with a clever conceit, “Vantage Point” doesn’t hold up under plot analysis, yet it works. Dennis Quaid plays a tense Secret Service agent assigned to protect the U.S. president (William Hurt), in Spain to sign a peace accord. During the public ceremony there is a terror attack. The movie keeps doubling back to tell the story from different angles, each time revealing a bit more. Forest Whitaker is fun as a tourist who witnesses it all. There is a suicide bomber, other bombings, shootings, a child shown in mortal danger. There is some midrange profanity. The depiction of wounds and corpses is never graphic, but there is too much terror imagery for many middle-schoolers.

– R’s:

“The Bank Job” — Inspired by a famous 1971 London bank vault break-in, this caper flick is smart, quick, wry and rich in atmosphere, though occasionally hard to follow. It cleverly blends fact and fantasy to imply that news coverage of the break-in was stifled because scandalous photos of prominent royals and government bigwigs were in the safe deposit boxes alongside the jewels and cash. Jason Statham plays a blue-collar Londoner drawn into the break-in gig. Soon he and his co-burglars are hunted by secret agents and thugs. There are scenes of implied torture, a gun murder, scantily clad, sometimes topless women depicted as prostitutes, nonexplicit sexual situations — including in a brothel and a porn film — strong profanity, smoking, drinking, drug references and crude humor. Not appropriate fare for most under-17s.

“Semi-Pro” — In comedy, as in sports, if your timing is off, you’re in trouble. This tedious, unfunny Will Ferrell sports farce — yes, another one — misfires consistently. It is 1976 and Jackie Moon (Ferrell), the buffoonish owner of an American Basketball Association (ABA) franchise in Flint, Mich., is determined that his hapless team survive after NBA swallows up the ABA. “Semi-Pro” is full of crude sexual slang and humor, strong profanity, an explicit sexual situation, voyeurism, an infidelity theme, drug and toilet humor, drinking and smoking. Preferably no one under 17.

(c) 2008, Washington Post Writers Group.

 

Wine and Wine- Cellar Pictures March 11, 2008

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My Recipe for a long and happy marriage March 11, 2008

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Hello Dear Friends,As i can see on Digg.com Members Profile I am much longer in marriage than lot of members have ages!
Now I can say,i am happy women with 32 years of marriage internship!
With my experience I feel that i have something to say about good and long marriage!
Here is my Recipe:/for women only,i cant speak for men/

  1. You have to be in love
  2. Ask Your Parents and Family what they think about Your choice/they know ,believe me/
  3. From the First Day You have to think that You will be whole life with him
  4. You have to respect him and his job
  5. Dont think about what you need,think what he need
  6. Try to be happy when he is at home
  7. cook as his mother cooked for him
  8. Dont be angry when he goes out with friends!
  9. Respect his parents,family and friends
  10. Dont forget that mens like clever womens ,womens dedicated him and family!

I hope this will help You to have long and happy marriage!

 

Bread!!What kind of Bread You like? March 11, 2008

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Few months ago I asked this questions my on line friends!
I received 43 answers!!
Here they are:

43.
I used to love bread, but now fresh bread makes me sick.
Sometimes I toast the bread, that is okay for me, and I always use Whole Grain bread.
My partner likes black bread, but he loves all sorts of bread.
Cheers
Nola:)

42.
I can survive on bread and cheese forever. I just love it. Bread with ham, bread with cheese and potato wafers (that’s mine invention lol..) are just great. My mom fries bread pakoras (bread roll with alluring stuffings) and serves it with parsley and mint chutney (pickle). I just love it during rains. You should try it once – you gonna love it, I am sure.

41.

I love to make bread! I always add whole grains, herbs or seeds of some kind. I mix and proof it in my bread machine, then bake it in the oven. I make a very good garlic bread with instant mashed potatoes in it, and also a dark rye bread that I make into rolls. I hollow out the rolls after they’re baked and fill them with fried corned beef, cabbage, and onions. Its SO good on a cold day!/alamonde/

40.

I too prefer bread and eat it as my morning breakfast..i can just eat the plain roasted bread along with some butter and jam..my favourite is garlic bread and i love the taste of garlic..

i also take bread along with egg hamlet most times..

39.

Hi friend, I prefer to take wheat bread with butter and fruit jam for my breakfast daily. We also make bread Bajji a south Indian snack using Bengal gram Flour, chilli powder, pepper, salt, oil. If you tak Coconut ground chutney along with that it will be tasty.
We also make sandwiches using sliced tomato,sliced capsicum,cucumber,pepper powder, sliced onion and salt.
happy eating.
Bread

38.

Right friend, breads are universally liked by all ages and i have given here some of the recipe names
“# Southern Sourdough
# Gluten-Free Green Tomato Bread
# Bob’s Hearty Peasant Rhy Bread
# Dilly Bread
# Tim’s Cocoa Bread
# Bob’s Restaurant Bread
# Gooey Pumpkin Bread
# Spring Street Prosciutto Bread
# Banana Raisin Peanut Bread
# Tim’s Blueberry Bread
# Bjørn’s Norwegian Bread
# Charlene’s Oatmeal Bread
# Cyndi’s Apple Fall Harvest Bread
# Earl’s Home Made Bread for Kitchenaid Mixer
# Jack’s SuperBread MARK 2
# Mary Ann’s Cottage Cheese Dill Bread
# Potato Bread
# Cyndi’s Zucchini Bread
# Hutzelbrot – Black Forest Fruit Loaf
# Irish Brown Bread
# Mom’s Farm Bread
# Nana’s Beer Bread Recipe
# Carmen’s Quick Sourdough Bread – No Starter Needed!
# Cheffrey’s Best Ever Sunflower Seed Bread
# Thanksgiving Pumpkin Bread Recipe
# Slow Rise Bread Recipe
# Easy Bread Recipe
# Sourdough Six Grain Bread
# Finnish Cardamon
# P i z z a
# Neil’s Harbor White Bread
# Michele’s Sandwich Bread
# Soda Pop Bread?
# Kent’s Potato Oat Buns
# Cantaloupe Bread with Praline Glaze
# Gwendolyn’s Unleavened Garlic Cheese Bread
# Gwendolyn’s Unleavened Bread
# Kim’s Never – Fail White Bread
# Linda’s Potato Rolls

Interesting is not. happy appetite.

37.

i love pandesal, philippines number 1 bread.

36.
i like it simple but tasty……garlic bread!

35.

Oh, I like all kinds of bread, too. For everyday, I like whole wheat bread with sunflower seeds in it. Other days I like loaves of bread with cloves of garlic baked in (great with soups or hummus). Sometimes I have sun-dried tomato bread, sometimes zucchini, or pumpkin. Always whole wheat, though, because I like that flavor much better than white, and it is better for me. I love bread

34.

I like our traditional bread, which is called steamed bread. It is made of flour. We usually have it for breakfast in the south of China, but people in the north have it as their main food.

33.
I like white bread, with cheese.

32.

Hi Silvana I would not a Balkan girl If I dont eat bread now would I. The bread in Australia is ok but not as good as back home. I remember waiting at the bakery for the bread to be ready and by the time I got home 1/2 would have been gone I did that all the time.
I love my mother in law’s bread its just old fashioned bread baked outside in the dirt oven baked with wood just thinking of it makes me houngry. In fact any bread made this way taste great to me. I used to go to my aoun in summer she lived in this small vilage and baked her own bread I will get it hot put sugar on top and water I used to live on that whole summer. Geee you made me hungry now.

31.

I like homemade bread. It really doesn’t matter the kind, as long as it’s homemade. I have a recipe for an egg bread that I make in the bread machine that is probably my absolute favorite!:)

30.

My fave type of bread would have to be home made zuchinni bread. I grow a lot of fruits and veggies in my yard and zuchinni is one of those veggies. I make a few loaves a year. Now store bought breads would have to be French Baugette. Crunchy outside crust yet soft as can be inside.
HAPPY POSTINGS

29.
I like all kind of bread. However I try to don’t eat a lot of bread during the lunch and during the dinner because I think it’s better to don’t eat a lot of bread if you eat the pasta.

28.

I like all kind of bread. I like the one with whole grains. i love them. They are so tasty and moreover so healthy. It is really a filling type.

27.
When I’m making a sandwich, or I’m ordering a sub or sandwich somewhere, I always get whole wheat. My mom buys white bread though. I don’t like it too much but I’m used to it. I DO love raisin bread though! It’s my favourite. I use whitebread when I’m eating stew or soup.:)

26.

I love bread too! Toasted bread with real butter is one of my favorite snacks! Right now I am loving sourdough bread. I also love sweet cornbread, zucchini bread and banana breads!

25.

i love bread also here is my favorite the mongo bread, raisin bread,banana bread,cheese bread,pandesal, enseymada and lot more i can only eat bread even no rice in a whole day with my hot coffee or my hot soup:-)

24.

I love breads of most types. I am eating bread with everything lately. I am making a fresh loaf of white bread right now. I think my favorite breads are Italian and French bread and my least favorites are rye and pumpernickle. I think they are too strong for my tastebuds.

23.

I love all kinds of breads. And there are many different kinds. I would like to get a bread machine and make my own. Maybe for christmas you never know.LOL I have been very good this year!

22.

love naan bread and roti with curry! They are my favourite breads:D

21.

Homemade bread! my mom’s homemade bread is the best! hehe..

Good day!

20.

i love home made bread. i wish i had a bread maker, that would be awesome. but since i dont i have to buy store bread. and i usually buy sara lee, or any kind of honey wheat bread, now that is yummy to me!

19.

I also like to eat bread but now im eating it in moderate,i especially like garlic bread with my spaghetti, i like our traditional pan de sal, and pan de leche with coffee is heaven.

18.

Mmmmmm. Fresh baked bread still warm from the oven. Especially with sunflower seeds. It is so hard to have a favorite, but I used to make a wonderful sourdough with rosemary. Then it was not possible to go to the store and buy “artisan” breads. If you wanted decent whole-grain bread you had to make it yourself. I bought winter wheat and rye and tritical and buckwheat and ground it fresh and kept my own sourdough culture growing. I don’t really much like to cook but I love to eat and wanted good nutrition for me and hubby. Now we usually buy bread at the store because they have so many nice whole grain products that are close to home-made. A lot has changed in the supermarkets in the last few years.

17.

I like bread too. I like wheat bread. It’s the most healthy kind of bread. Even in the bible, the Lord Jesus Christ ate wheat bread or unleavened bread with the disciples. Back then they really had a very healthy diet. People who eat this kind of bread will have a healthy heart. And besides that it is really healthy, It will not really make us fat unlike other bread which will make us too fat. And I will say that for every loaf of wheat bread you will have a healthy amount of vitamins and minerals which you will not find in others.
And this kind of bread will make us feel full more with less eating. While white bread, you will not really feel full after eating the whole loaf of bread. It’s really like eating some air or putting some air into you stomach when you eat white bread. And white bread has so many chemicals in it. And it will make you fat.
So a lot of experts in health recommend this wheat bread. I recommend it too. Besides this wheat bread, I like bread. Like raisins bread. With additional raisins on our bread, the life span of our bread usually is longer. Raisins add more preservatives on the bread. It is really more natural preservative. It really adds some flavor on the bread. There are now some wheat bread that have some raisins added in it.
And besides that I like banana cake and some carrot cake. Though it’s really not a cake it’s really a bread. I like the banana cake or bread. It tastes great. And it’s really healthy. Since banana contains lot of potassium which are really good for those who has goiter problems. While carrot cake contains carrots, carrots are good for the eyes. And it is really good for our skin too.

16.

I like bread. Plain bread, bread with butter, peanut butter, jam, cheese, spreads, vegetables, meats. bread can go with anything. But beware, if you eat to much white bread, you get a high sugar level. Whole grain breads are healthy because they don’t have any sugar.

15.

In this discussion the word ‘bread’ refers to the traditional bread. But generally, here tortilla, paratha are also known as bread. I actually prefer tortilla, stuffed paratha over bread. The bread causes acidity .So I take this less frequently.

14.

I like rasison bread toasted with butter on it that is always good. I always buy wheat bread for things like sandwhiches as white bread is always so dried out. I love homemade bread and them smell of it cooking yummm.

13.

i like garlic bread,brown bread with mustard sauce

12.
In the family of five only my son and I are the big fans of bread. Both of us can take only bread as meals for the whole day. The others prefer to take rice and noodles for their meals. I like bread with fried egg and also bread spread with spicy tuna. To take bread with chicken curry is my most favorite food. There are various types of bread and all are attractive and delicious.

11.

I love whole wheat bread, dark rye bread, pumpernickel bread, raisin bread, and fruit bread. I like it with honey or butter and honey and sometimes jam, but the raibread and fruit bread I like it with butter, but butter is more expensive so we have to use margarine. We get the kind that is good for you with olive oil mixed in. I have made whole wheat bread recently, but I cannot make it with margarine.
Lots of Canadians like Canadian rye is really mostly unbleached flour with a little rye flour mixed in, and they live white bread and raisin bread, but I prefer whole wheat bread and dark rye bread the best and raisin bread is for special ocassions.

10.

I am also a whole wheat fan, and not the most available commercial brand, either. I want to be able to to actually chew on whole grains, not have them grinded to a quantum particle existence …

There was a recent foreign film about Sicilian immigrants going to America. Their bread on Ellis Island, according to one character, was like “eating a cloud.”

I haven’t perfected bread-making yet. I think I have a tendency to overwork the dough. – I think. One of these days I’ll get it.

09.

dear aaidjs, i enjoy indian bread the best, like nan, or puris. puris are my favorite!! i also like cornbread, which as a child my favorite thing was corn muffin toasties. my mother used to have a cast iron baking pan and it had corn cob shapes on it. she would make little corn breads in it. that was heaven and a big treat for me, i can still taste them, warm from her oven, as i think about it now, even. stanzi

08.

I LOVE any kind of ‘Rye’ bread. It makes such a great tasting sandwich! & Pattymelts are to die for!!

07.

I love bread too…..sometimes just plain bread and butter but love hot rolls….there is hardly any I don’t like! LOL

06.

I like bread too. Back home there’s wonderful bread and I love it specially the rye bread and the corn bread.
Here in Canada there’s good bread too. It’s a bit different but tasty as well.
I like to eat bread as a snack, but not with the meals unless there is a nice sauce that I can dip the bread in:)

05.

our country has its very own uniqur bread and its also called the bread for the masses. out very own pan de sal. right now there are new bread innovations like the whole wheat bread and the regular ones. i like something from a bakery known as pan de manila. they have what’s called a pesto cheese pande sal. and ireally love it. its so yummy!

04.

Homemade bread has always been an important part of our meals. I make alot of homemade wheat, white and other kinds of breads, rolls and biscuits. We never purchase any bread at the market. It is just filled with preservatives. We try to stay away from anything artificial

03.

I like most all breads but store bought white bread which is too mushy and pasty for my tastes. I especially prefer hardy breads with whole grains and seeds. these are heavier though and feel you up nicely

02.

I like bread as well but I seldom prepare bread at home. I like the local made white bread or whole meal bread. I always try to get the bread fresh from the oven. That is usually just after 2 pm. Both my husband and I love to take bread with fish curry or chicken curry. To take toast together with fried egg and bacon is another favorite of mine. I do like to take bread spread with butter when having a cup of coffee.

01.

My preference is granary bread with seeds in it. For those in the UK, Warbutons seeded batch is a favourite. I also love walnut bread and ciabatta bread with olivesin it.

 

How To Enjoy Croatia March 11, 2008

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Croatia is the closest Mediterranean destination to central Europe. It takes 2 hours by plane from London, 45 minutes from Munchen… Croatian natural beauties are significant and amongst the best preserved in the world ( over 5,800 km of coast, over 1,000 islands, numerous national parks … ). How To Enjoy Croatia1. Why Croatia ?Croatia is the closest Mediterranean destination to central Europe. It takes 2 hours by plane from London, 45 minutes from Munchen… Croatian natural beauties are significant and amongst the best preserved in the world ( over 5,800 km of coast, over 1,000 islands, numerous national parks … ). More about Croatia find on the official web site www.croatia.hr2. How to Croatia ?Traveling by car you have to keep in mind that the traffic is increased in summer season. National ferry line is Jadrolinija and the national airline company is Croatia Airlines3. Where in Croatia ?Although the inland of Croatia is beautiful as well, lot of tourists decide for one of the places along the Croatian coast. Most of the beautiful places in Croatia are located on the Adriatic sea coast ( National Park Brijuni islands, Roman arena in Pula, National Park Kornati islands, old towns Dubrovnik, Zadar, Trogir, Sibenik, Split, National Park island Mljet … ). Having one day trip in inland you can visit more Croatian beauties like National Park Plitvice lakes, National Park on river Krka, National Park Paklenica, … )4. Stay (sail) in Croatia ?Usually tourists rent a hotel room or an apartment and spend a week laying on a beach not aware that there are plenty other places around worth to be visited. Instead of changing hotels and moving your stuff from one place to another trying to see as much as possible , you can rent a boat ( skipper if necessary ), visit all the places along the Croatian coast and islands and have an extraordinary holidays. Croatian coast has 1000 of islands so there are no big waves and high sea. The conditons are perfect for nice and easy sailing. There are no long distance routes across the open sea. You can achor anytime you want and take a swimm. The price for sailing holidays in Croatia is equal to price for a hotel accomodation. There you can find a complete yacht charter offer in Croatia: more than 1500 charter yachts belonging to all relevant charter companies in Croatia ( having at least 10 to 100 boats in their fleet). You can compare the prices for different boat models and select the most appropriate one.To answer the question how to enjoy in Croatia – sail in Croatia!

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How Do Small Blogs Make It Big? March 11, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — aaidjs @ 11:47 am

What do you want out of your blog? A solid readership, a recursive income. Mert Erkal, from Turkey, has managed to do this. All he had to do was play by the rules that the market has established in the last decade.

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My TOP list-The Best Recipe from My Friends March 10, 2008

Filed under: recipes — aaidjs @ 10:01 pm


Hello Dear Friends,
Here on Digg.com site I can read about all kind of top lists!
I would like to share My Top list of The Best Recipes From My Friends at Group Recipes site!
The recipes are from all over the world!

10.Pasta with Pumpkin and Parmesan Cheese


Ingredients

  • Pasta
  • pumpkin
  • Parmesan cheese
  • olive oil
  • salt


Directions

  1. Cut pumpkin and saute with olive oil (add salt to your preference)
  2. Boil water (1 litre of water each 100 grams of pasta)
  3. When the water is boiling add salt and pasta (cook for the time the package indicates)
  4. Grate Parmesan cheese
  5. Put in a large bowl pasta, pumpkin and grated cheese to mix all ingredients

09.Rag alla Bolognese-
Ingredients

  • 250 gr. of ground meat (beef)
  • 1/2 carrot, onion and celery
  • 1 spoon of olive oil
  • 1/2 glass of red wine
  • 1/2 litre of tomato sauce
  • 400 gr. pasta
  • a pinch of salt
  • grated parmesan cheese


Directions

  1. Chop onion and carrot
  2. Put olive oil and chopped onion, celery and carrot in a pot and and cook for about 5 minutes
  3. Add ground meat and salt and cook till the meat is well done
  4. Add the wine and let it dry
  5. Pour over the tomato sauce and cook for about 30 minutes keeping the cooker low
  6. In the meantime, boil abundant salted water to cook pasta (add pasta when water boils and remove it when “al dente”, i.e. when the pasta is slightly underdone)
  7. Put pasta in the dishes and pour over sauce and grated parmesan cheese

¸08.Sweet Orange Bread

Ingredients

  • 1. 1 and half kg of farina tip 500 or 550
  • 2. 1 kg of orange/juice and grated peel/
  • 3. 250 gram of brown sugar
  • 4. 2 pack of vanilla sugar
  • 5. 1 tea spoon of sea salt
  • 6. 30 gram of fresh barm or you can use instant
  • 7. 1 pack of baking powder
  • 8. 200 gram of butter
  • 9. 4 eggs + 1 egg for decoration+few cubes of sugar


Directions

  1. # first put farina in big pot
  2. # add warm orange juice and peel
  3. # add cut butter and eggs
  4. # add barm
  5. # add sugar,vanilla sugar and baking powder
  6. # now mix it all,mix well with hands like when you bake ordinary bread
  7. # put all on warm place
  8. # when all became twice bigger bake again
  9. # make 3 smaller parts
  10. # put it on warm place and wait until became twice bigger
  11. # decorate it with eggs and sugar
  12. # bake it in warm oven on 160 Celsius for 45 min
  13. # serve cold

07.Portuguese Sweet Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs. butter
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 tps. salt
  • 3 cups bread flour
  • 2 1/2 tps. active yeast


Directions

  1. 1 Add ingreduents in order suggested by tour manufacturer.
  2. 2- Select “sweet bread” setting.

06.Tried and True Pasta with Feta Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 large yellow onion diced
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil separated
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 4 cups dried pasta
  • 1 butternut squash
  • 1 cup crumbled feta cheese


Directions

  1. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon butter and onion to large frying pan.
  2. Turn heat to high until butter melts then reduce heat to low and spread onions in a thin layer and cook uncovered stirring occasionally.
  3. Add a bit more olive oil if it seems dry.
  4. But butternut squash into 3/4 inch cubes and steam until just tender about 15 minutes.
  5. Boil water in deep pot with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Boil pasta for 8 minutes.
  6. Once onions are golden add squash to pan and fold together, trying to leave the chunks of squash whole.
  7. Drain pasta and place in bowl.
  8. Add remaining olive oil and stir.
  9. Fold in onion and squash then fold in feta cheese.

05.Prosciutto Tortellini

aIngredients

  • 1 pkg.(19oz.)frozen cheese tortellini
  • 1T. all purpose flour
  • 1c. half and half cream
  • 1/2c. shreaded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2c. shreaded parmesan cheese
  • 10 thin slices prosciutto,chopped
  • 1 pkg.(10oz)frozen peas
  • 1/4t. white pepper


Directions

  1. Cook tortellini according to pkg. directions.
  2. Meanwhile,in large skillet,combine flour,and cream until smooth:stir in the cheeses. Bring to a boil;cook and stir for 2 mins. or until thickened. Reduce heat.
  3. Drain tortellini;add to cheese sauce. Stir in the prosciutto ,peas and pepper. Cook 5 mins. till heated thru.

04.Stuffed Baked Potatoes

aIngredients

  • 6 baking potatoes
  • 8 oz light cream cheese
  • 3 tbsp minced garlic OR 1 tbsp minced garlic if making “cheesy” version
  • 1 cup low-fat or fat free sour cream or plain yogurt
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups low fat shredded cheddar cheese (for “cheesy” version), divided
  • Paprika (for “Garlic” version)


Directions

  1. Clean and bake the potatoes at 350 F until done, approximately 1 hour.
  2. Slice a thin layer off the top of each potato and set aside – we put cheese and bacon bits on these as a snack.
  3. Carefully scoop out the insides of each potato, leaving the skin intact. I hold the potato with an oven mitt while cutting and scooping because it is easier to do when the potatos are hot rather than letting them cool first.
  4. Mash potato insides with cream cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, and sour cream or yogurt until creamy. Stir in 1 cup of cheese if making the cheesy version.
  5. Spoon the potato mixture back into the skins, heaping each slightly.
  6. Sprinkle with paprika or the remaining cheddar cheese.
  7. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.
  8. Serve hot.

03.Garlic Bread Deluxe

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf italian bread
  • 4 large cloves garlic minced
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 3 Tbsp mayonaise
  • 1/2 c fresh grated parmesan
  • 1 tsp dried tarragon


Directions

  1. Preheat broiler
  2. Split the loaf of Italian bread lengthwise
  3. Mix together garlic, mayonaise and butter until blended
  4. Spread on the cut sides of the bread
  5. Sprinkle cheese on top of garlic mixture, then sprinkle with tarragon
  6. Place under broiler until bubbly and slightly browned
  7. Slice and serve

02.Asian Turkey

aIngredients

  • Turkey
  • 1 jar Black bean with garlic sauce (found in Asian market)
  • 1 round onion
  • 1 bunch green onion
  • 1 bunch (about 5 stalks) lemon grass (must be fresh)
  • salt
  • 2 T vinegar


Directions

  1. rub the outside and the cavity of the turkey with salt and set aside
  2. slice the round onion, green onion (into 1 inch strips). Pound the lemon grass with a mallet bottom to top to release the flavor and cut into 1 inch strips and mix it all into the black bean garlic sauce. Add vinegar into the mixture.
  3. Stuff this mixture into the cavity of the turkey. Any residue left on your hands rub on the outside of the turkey.
  4. Bake turkey as instructed for it’s size.
  5. Caution: This stuffing is not to be consumed!! It is just for flavor
  6. Bonus: Take the drippings in your roasting pan and add water being careful not to dilute it too much. This is a highly flavorful dripping and will be dark brown due to the black beans. Mix some corn starch and water n a bowl and add to the boiling mixtur

01.Peanut Cream-filled Perfectly Chocolate Cake

aIngredients

  • CAKE:
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1 3/4 c. flour
  • 3/4 c. cocoa
  • 1 1/2 t. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c. milk
  • 1/2 c. vegetable oil
  • 2 t. vanilla
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • PEANUT BUTTER CREAM:
  • 2 c. whipping cream, divided
  • 1 10 oz pkg peanut butter chips
  • GLAZE:
  • 3 T. margarine
  • 3 T. cocoa
  • 1/4 t. vanilla
  • 3 T. water
  • 1 c. powdered sugar


Directions

  1. CAKE:
  2. Heat oven to 350 deg.
  3. Grease and flour two 9-in round pans.
  4. Combine dry ingredient in large bowl.
  5. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.
  6. Beat 2 min on medium speed.
  7. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
  8. Pour into pans, bake 30 – 35 min.
  9. Cool 10 min, remove to wire racks.
  10. Cool completely.
  11. FILLING:
  12. Cook 1/2 c. whipping cream and peanut butter chips over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
  13. Cool to room temp.
  14. Beat 1 1/2 c. whipping cream until stiff.
  15. Stir 1/3 c into peanut butter mixture.
  16. Fold in remainder.
  17. Spread half of the Peanut Butter Cream between the cake layers, the remainder on top.
  18. Refrigerate for 30 min.
  19. GLAZE:
  20. Melt margarine in saucepan
  21. Add cocoa and water, stirring until thickened.
  22. Remove from heat.
  23. Gradually add powdered sugar.
  24. Whisk until smooth
  25. Add 1/4 t. vanilla.
  26. Drizzle glaze over refrigerated cake.
  27. Store cake covered in the refrigerator.