strawberry smoothie :)

10 strawberries fresh or frozen
2 low fat yogourt
One orange
Honey
A blender!
Ice cubes

How?
Squeeze the orange juice and mix it with the honey. Throw in the strawberries, the two yogourts, ice cubes and the orange with honey juice. Blend till it becomes "smooth". ( If not sweet enough just add a spoon of vanilla estract or honey - no sugar)

Presentation

I prefer short glasses, either small short glasses or even modern estiqanas!

a true refreshing salad!

I jut reached home starving from a long day at work, so hungry and the heat is just unbearable! I bet a lot of people know exactly what mean.

I was planning to have my salad first, because I had to wait longer for the family lunch, so I was expecting a basic, one of the daily salads.

and to my surprise! I felt so special, it was a salad that I have taught my house helper a while ago and its just perfect, absolutely a taste that fulfilled every sense, its simply:

Ingredients:

Arugula
1 orange
2 tablespoons orange zest
olive oil
salt
pepper
1 handful of fresh walnuts


Method

mix the washed arugula with orange juice, olive oil, salt&pepper, and orange zest, top it with crushed walnuts


I guarantee you a refreshing feeling after that bowl of salad! it was absolutely yummy!

and for those who hate mixing fruits with veggies.... your missing out BIG time!

Surprise! out of the box ;)

White Cake cupcakes.


Betty Crocker White Cake Mix
1/2 Water
1/3 Vegetable Oil
3 Egg Whites
mix it all .....


Frosing
Betty Crocker Cream Cheese Frosting


Just mix the ingredients as the pack says, once they are done just wait for about 20 minutes to spread the icing & the end just sprinkle some "flake chocolate" on them to make them look like on TV...

For those who like it simple, those cupcakes look Yuuuuum!
Thank you for sharing S.B :)

nana banana fun

Banana Octopuses
by Curtis Rist

Give a banana a deep-sea life of its own with one of the simplest creations of artist/coauthor Saxton Freymann ("Play with Your Food").
Ingredients
FOR EACH OCTOPUS:
Banana
Toothpick
2 black-eyed peas
Plastic knife

Instructions
Cut the stem off the banana. "It doesn't have to be an especially ripe banana; any banana will do," says Freymann. Then peel it halfway down from the top, in 4 sections.



Eat the top half of the banana. "After all, you'll need that extra energy to finish your task," says Freymann. Leave the bottom half of the banana in its peel.

To create 8 arms, use a plastic knife (or a real knife with parental supervision) to split each of the 4 sections of the peel in half. "You can also do this without a knife, just by separating the peels with your fingers," says Freymann.



For the face, choose the flattest side of the banana. Make the eyes by pushing a toothpick into the skin and wiggling it around to create 2 holes, then insert a black-eyed pea into each hole

I personally tried it with my daughter and it was absolutly very simple and fun to do together, give it a try!

Thank you for sharing this idea :)

World Cup Fever

The World Cup starts today! A big event for everybody!

Fun food and easy recipes is whats needed while watching the games. Snacks and Nibbles, thats what i like to call it. I will be sharing and posting what i will be preparing to eat while we watch the games. So, if you have any ideas, recipes, suggestions or any fun take out experience go ahead and share!

Write it up, snap a picture and email it to cookwithmeq8@gmail.com

my mud pots

In Srilanka they don't use the normal pots in cooking, they use the mud ones, whether for the oven or on the fire they have two types.
When i first saw them it was in the hotel for breakfast they serve all the food in the mud pots and i fell in love with them immediately! they were perfect!

So the 2 nights that we stayed in Colombo that was the only thing that i wanted to find so while driving and exploring we found the place that sells them in all their shapes and sizes

It was a must buy!!! we wrapped and packed them and i just couldn't wait to reach home to start using them!

I love them :)

Im back!

This has been one long break! Due to my trip to srilanka and comming back and facing technical difficulties with home internet connection and laptop ;( i finally managed to get everything under control and start blogging again! so hello to you all! i have missed posting and sharing those simple meals :)