Bug & Berry Cake

Made this cake for my sister and thought I would post even though I did not make the cake, it is a mix.   I called it my bug berry cake. 

Ingredients:

• 1  Chocolate Mix Cake. 
• 1 Chocoloate icing.
• A small box of gooseberries (grosellas).
• 2 boxes of raspberries.
• 1 small of fresh cranberries.
• ladybugs candies.
• Marmalade.

Steps:

So I was in a rush for this cake so I had to buy the mix and the chocolate icing. So ....

1. Step one: Make the cake with the mix cake. 
2. Put the frosting on top. This frosting really works like glue with the fruit.
3. Wash the berries and dry them a bit so that they stick to the icing. 
4. Distribute them evenly, don't just throw them without any order...it has to look varied and the cool thing about this cake it's the many red tones that go from bright red till almost black.
5. Place the ladybugs or whatever cool candy you have on top.
6. Stick in on fridge so that it solidifies.

This cake really worked I have to say.....it saved me big time, cause it looked awesome and very elegant and fun, perfect for December. My nephews couldn't stop looking at it and kept looking for the ladybugs. 

Also the combination of rich dark chocolate and acidic fruits really worked, as it balanced it out.   Lastly, try to find reasonable berries because they are expensive. I bought the canadian fresh cranberries in El Corte Inglés (posh supermarket of snobbish Madrid) but the rest I got them in LIDL and was just glad for the extra walk there.

I should probably cook like my hero Julia Child. How cool is that outfit?  

Garlic&Ginger soup with fish

I am going to make this recipe tonight for my Bible Study based on the recipe of the Jaden from Steamy Kitchen. Jaden, you are awesome!

INGREDIENTS:

-1/2 yellow onion, finely diced.
-1/2 teaspoons of grated fresh ginger
-1 garlic of glove, crushed through a garlic press.
-Oil
-2 tablespoons of soy sauce
-1 litre of vegetable broth.
-Half a lemon squeezed.
-Fish, half a kg of frozen fish, like cod.
-Some shiitake mushrooms
-1 or 2 carrots
-Some cilantro if you have some
-Some green onions if you have some. 


STEPS:

1. Sautee onion, garlic and ginger.

2. Put 1 litre of vegetable broth onto the work.

3. Now add the soy sauce and squeeze half the lemon.

4. Now put the fish and let it cook in medium heat.

5. After 10 minutes of cooking, add the carrots and mushrooms, and green onions, and cover another 5 minutes. 
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6. Voila, done, beautiful gorgeous dinner, that is warm and easy to make perfect for a cold dinner.

Bok Choy and Pork Asian Soup

Made this great soup last night and magically it came out like tasting incredible. 

Ingredients:

-2 bok choys.
-3 pork sausages.
-1 chicken stock.
-A little bit of grated ginger.
-1 and 1/2 litres of water. 
-A dab of chinese wine. 

Okay,  seriously, it was amazing. Clear, warm and flavorful asian soup. Also with the grease of the sausages it gave the stock the perfect consistency.

Pork and bok choy really go great together. 


Ahhh guess what my Bible Study is having tonight!? 
;)
 
Pictures of rice fields in Bali

Crunchy Chicken Salad

Hey readers!

I skipped an entire season! but my spring has been so crazy full!

Here is a great salad for summer time that I had been wanting to do for about a year, and finally got round to doing it on tuesday for my Bible Study! 

The original recipe comes from A cup of Jo, thank you Joanna! I love your blog! My Bible study really loved this salad, and so did I!

Here are the ingredients:

-1/4 shredded cabagge.
-1/4 red cabbage.
-5 carrots sliced.
-1 cup of mint leaves.
-1 cup of cilantro leaves.
-500 grs of chicken in stripes.
-1 cup of cashew nuts.

For the salad dressing:
-1 can of coconut milk.
-1 lemon or lime.
-2 teaspoons of sugar.
-2 teaspoons of fish sauce.

Steps:

1. Just chop up the cabbage, slice the carrots and break in smaller pieces the mint and cilantro  ingredients and then add everything into a bowl.
2. Cut the chicken in stripes and saute it.
3. Do the dressing and add to the salad.

Honestly this is one great recipe. 

I understand it is a bit annoying to have to buy mint and cilantro (here they are 1 euro each bunch), but it is a great recipe so colourful and with so many flavours and textures: crunchy, soft, coconuty, acid, fishy, it really has everything and you can also add a little bit of cayenne pepper to the dressing to give it a spicy kick! 

Don't you love summer???? I sure do!

Crepes

Happy new year friends!

A comforting recipe for these cold months ahead. Crepes a classic from all over Europe, but especially every time I go to France, it's like...duh--crepes, how amazing are they and why do I not make them, like everday of my life?

INGREDIENTS:

1. 2 large eggs
2. 3/4 cups of milk
3. 1/2 cups of water
4. 1 cup of flour
5. 3 tablespoons of melted butter
6. 1 tablespoon of sugar.
6. butter for cooating the pan


STEPS:

1. Mix all the ingredients together and then distribute evenly in a saucepan thinly.
2. When the sides gets golden turn it around.

3. Enjoy! ahhhhh they are so good with Nutella, jam, cheese and a good book.

Happy new year sweet friends and readers.

These pictures are France, Paris on the left, Strassbourgh to the right.