Movie Saturday and a homemade pizza

    Saturday evening and a good movie..wait-wait!Something is missing,yeah that´s right,we need 

    something to snack on!What about making our own pizza?With some ready made dough,rest of the

    process is easy-pick your favorite ingredients and let´s start!

 Since I love mozzarella cheese and rucola,I made a modified version of Pizza con prosciutto di       
 Parma.If you have a chance to buy frozen pizza crust,this takes you no longer than 15 minutes.
 
 * optional pizza crust (4pcs)
 * tomato sauce (4 tb spoons)
 * Parma ham or prosciutto
 * grated cheese
 * mozzarella cheese-sliced
 * cherry tomatoes
 * mushrooms
 * rucola(arugula)
 * oregano(dried)

Preheat the oven on a 250 °C.Allow the pizza crusts to defrost at a room temperature.Spread over the tomato sauce-1 table spoon would be enough for 1 crust.Then you can start with adding a grated cheese parma ham,mozzarella slices,tomatoes and mushrooms.I prefer larger juicy pieces so I have only sliced tomatoes in half and mushrooms into quarters-this way it keeps the lovely flavor and you will enjoy every bite :)
Throw in the middle of an oven for 7-10 minutes,as soon as the cheese is melted and the corners are browned-you can take it out and spread some rucola leaves over.Serve hot and flush down with some
good white wine!

Guilt-free zucchini lasagne

After a long long time I am releasing this wonderful recipe for a carb-free lasagne.No,there is no pasta,
and yes-it tastes great!With mozzarella cheese and sour cream it turns out to be fantastic :)

You will need:
*olive oil
*minced meat
*tomato puree
*onion,garlic
*black pepper,oregano
*bay leave

*zucchini
*sour cream
*grated mozzarella cheese
*parmezan

Get ready..
 § Start with basic lasagne sauce-heat the olive in a hot pan,cut the onion and crush the garlic before
   frying together.Season with bay leave,pinch of oregano and little bit of salt and pepper.Let the onion
   to soften until golden.Place the mince in the middle of the pan and stir to break it up.Add the tomato
   puree and let it cook out for 30 sec.
   Continue until meat has browned nicely.Finally,add the water(milk if you prefer)lower the heat and let  
   shimmer for about 1,5-2 hours.

  When the sauce is nice and thicken,set it aside and peel both zucchinis.Then slice them with a

   cheese slicer for example ;) Put small amount of sauce to a bottom of a baking dish and place

   few slices on the top.

--> Spread some meat sauce on it..

Add the few spoons of sour cream,then grated mozzarella/parmezan,or both like i did :))

And continue until you fulfill the dish.Finnish with a layer of cheese and sprinkle with some 

black pepper.Bake 25-30 minutes on 200dgr until golden brown.

-Voilaa-

ready to enjoy <3

Another healthy meal ideas 

-Omelet from the oven

Whisk few eggs,season with salt,pepper,dill-add shrimps,dried tomatoes,sliced leak and

cheese and throw to the oven for 15-20 minutes on 190dgr.

This recipe has so many variations,basically-you just mix some eggs with whatever you

like,and the result will be great!

I have made two omelets in mini baking dishes,they are my favorite from now on :)

Roasted broccoli & cauliflower topped with parmezan cheese and Viennese onion

I boiled broccoli and cauliflower in a hot water for only couple of minutes,placed on a baking
dish,seasoned with little salt and black pepper,sprinkled with a parmezan-let it bake for 20
minutes and topped with Viennese onion-which is sliced,floured onion fried until golden brown.
Oi,and the final taste is unique!

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I hope you enjoyed the recipes,and find the way to kitchen as well

New Years traditions

While Christmas decorations are still on,family meets on a New Years eve and dine together.First there is a toast,which in our family is shot of liquor and then everyone gets oblátku-the christmas wafer with honey The menu remain the same thorough years-as a starter kapustnica(sour kraut soup with sausages) main course is heavy potato salad with a mayo served with ham and followed by opekance(recipe below) 

http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/recipes/bobalky-opekance/

my moms fabulous sour-kraut soup with mushrooms,homemade sausage and cream

Taking pictures in the middle of the night with no flash seems to be working here :))

Later in the night there is time to celebrate the beginning of a new year-with plenty of fireworks and explosives :D It is always an spectacular show,especially at Donovaly- ski resort in Slovakia where hundreds of people come to celebrate a New Year.

Some late night snack-I strongly recommend the fuet-a catalan sausage that has earned my heart!

Ice cold shots of lime vodka

Trip to Vysoké Tatry(our highest mountains) after getting sober couple of days later ;)

Fascinating views

Thank you guys,for reading my blog,hope you enjoyed! <3

Culinarium in Slovakia

Winter holiday is over and I am back in Finland,therefore is the time to start blogging again after a long break.I have spent beautiful two weeks in my homeland,met my family and friends,visited the capital-Bratislava and our highest mountains-Vysoké Tatry and naturally,took a hundreds of pictures that you are up to see.I was so lucky to get a new camera from Pukki ( haha guy who brings presents in Finland) so I can take this blog to totally new level :))

   The best of Slovak cuisine-strapačky,bryndzové pirohy a bryndzové halušky 

   (http://veronikine.blogspot.fi/2013/11/back-to-traditions.html recipe here)

Our first steps leaded into a Slovak pub,which is a restaurant offering traditional Slovak meals,located in a heart of Bratislava.After a long time,I enjoyed my fave food in a cozy place and could hardly move after I ate all that I ordered :)

    The bridge SNP or UFO bridge (most slovenského národného povstania)dominat since 1972)

A building of the National council and river Danube in a background (budova parlamentu a Dunaj)

   Bratislava castle (Bratislavský hrad) 

Both pictures above are taken the same day,but after a grey cloudy morning sky got brighter and sun showed up from behind clouds for a while.It was really nice to see familiar places once again!

    The original Irish coffee served by native Scot speaking with lovely scottish accent

                            Guinness,oh how i love this beer-I could easily drink it instead of water!

 Wandering in an old town of Bratislava,you always

 find a place you haven´t seen before ;)

   An fabulous grilled pork ribs in a fancy place-Barrock restaurant,where you can eat like an animal!

    Wall decoration in Barrock´

    Controversial commercial ( Fajčenie neškodí zdraviu-Smoking/blowing is not harmful :))

    Evening details (that photo would be so much better without a random guy with a plastic bag)

    And wooden Bethlehem-symbol of Christmas

I hope you enjoyed my post,and appreciate better quality of pictures,though I still have to learn how to use this new thing ;) *pictures also from http://www.bratislavaguide.com/barrock

Lost recipes part 1

I was planing make more of Christmas-theme posts,but with all going on right now there was basicaly no time.But since I have like million pictures of meals and haven´t made single post lately,I am gonna make it up for you!This post will be dedicated to clean eating and healthy recipe ideas,which I hope you enjoy.I have prepared for you three different meals-breakfast,lunch and a dinner,that are rich in a protein,fiber and vitamins,low in carbs,here you go!

Banana-kiwi smoothie
Fast,yummy and healthy,full of vitamins and fiber.This make your morning,i promise ;)
You will need : 1/2 banana,1 kiwi,100 ml of coconut milk and a pinch of cinnamon
How? -blend everything together and serve fresh,
extra tip: to add some protein you can add 100g of quark as well

Pork sirloin with side of a sweet potato and salad
Perfect for lunch,colorful and healthy-and so easy and quick!
You will need: pork sirloin,1 sweet potato,2 carrots,1 tbs of cream,black pepper,garlic
How?the sliced carrots and potato bake in oven for 20-25 minutes(250°C)when ready,spread over small amount of cream.
Meanwhile fry slices of pork on a coconut oil-cca 2 minutes from both sides(just so meet is not raw)!do not use a salt yet!season only with black pepper and a garlic.
Extra tip: serve with fresh salad made of lettuce,spinach,avocado and cherry tomatoes

 Burrito salad
Suitable for dinner,with no carbs,and high in protein,You will love it :))
Ingredients: mixed salad(ruccola,spinach+something red-more colors,better),tomatoes,cucumber
minced beef,sour cream,homemade salsa and the most important-jalapenos!!

 How?fry the beef on a coconut oil-cca 5 minutes,spread over the salad leaves,top with sliced cucumber,tomato and add sour cream,salsa and jalapenos-easy

15 days until Christmas

Okay.All right-my plan didn´t work :P I was quite busy last five days,so I didn´t get a chance to sit few minutes behind the laptop..therefore I did not post anything since last Wednesday.I apologize :) And I didn´t manage to take any proper pictures(screw me!!)

Thursday 5th

 I went to burn my ass off to the gym :)) and later in evening I was babysitting Kasperi and Vertti.We    

 had much fun together,playing hide and seek and baking ginger breads and decorated them with loads 

 of sugar paste and pearls(I got suspected that some of the decorative past ended up in Vertti´s mouth,he just could not keep his hands of it :)

Friday 6th
The 6th of December is Independence day in Finland.Every market is closed,so you better buy your milk one day before,if you don´t want to drink a morning coffee black :) That´s what happened to us.

Later in a day,family meets for a dinner-I celebrated itsenäisyyspäivä,how they call it,with my boyfriend and his family.We had a glögi,which is form of a wine,heated up and served with almonds and raisins inside the cup.Mäti-salmon eggs with sour cream and rye bread,as an appetizer,then smoked salmon,turkey,reindeer ham,liver casserole with butter potatoes and all the different delicious food.I love Finland when it comes to traditions and cuisine <3 Some day I have to make a post related to this topic ;)
 

After our stomachs got fulfilled,we trundled ourselves to the sofa and watched the official parade,with Finnish president Sauli Niinistö-shaking hands with hundreds of people..that has gotten quite boring at some point,but I didn´t want to be rude,so I watched it until the end :P

These are Duudsonit- Finnish jackass,and what they wore at the parade :)) I adore their jackets!

Saturday 7th
Right after breakfast I went to a ´cave´ with my Brazilian friend Benoit,climb some walls.I only started about a month ago,but I really got into it,it´s kind of addictive sport.And great workout for shoulders and back.

*to be continued

20 days until Christmas

I don´t really like all the Christmas commercials and markets selling Christmas stuff already in October..that is so annoying,and it makes me furious!BUT-when It turns to December,then I get excited and start to count days-I decorate our home (candles and red always works ;) bake some gingerbreads and enjoy the warm atmosphere.This year,I decided to make a Christmas special and unforgettable :) Every day,I share with you,,what am I doing and how do I prepare for a most beautiful time of the year!

Today I enjoyed my day-off,actually I got whole week-off,cos my host family went for a vacation.So therefore,I can use this time for cleaning and getting ready for my trip back home.The 20th December I am flying to Slovakia to spend holiday with my family and love ones(after two previous Christmas here in Finland) I caaan´t wait to come home and have all the beautiful food my mom prepares and just enjoy our cozy home for couple of days.Not that Finnish Christmas wouldn´t be good enough-I love Finnish traditions and meals,but it´s time to be home this Christmas and New Year!

 

Here is what I did today-after waking up late(oh you have no idea how much I like to sleep :)) I started the day with breakfast and a Gossip girl marathon-I have to admit,I might be too old for this series,BUT I just love scenes from NY city,costumes and most of all-the gorgeous Blake Lively and charismatic Ed Westwick.So yeah,I am watching the 3rd series for a second time now-NO comment ;) Then I did some to do list,which includes to get a new TV-stand and some other things we still need to our apartment.I especially like the one from the picture above.      

 

After a gym session we went to a shopping mall with my boyfriend-guess what was the first place to visit?To satisfy two hungry stomachs-there was only one option-SUSHI,I can´t think of anything else to eat rather than a beautiful sushi with a hint of wasabi-that is always a BIG TIME for me,I keep smiling like a fool and feel so happy :))

This is what we got from our shopping for a Christmas decoration.The furry pillow and a poinsettia-or a Christmas star.Something is still missing,but about that next time ;) Dot.How was your day?
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