Nuts

6 pounds of nuts- the result of today´s walk.
Cannot wait to get nut-"strudel"- a pastry filled with nuts, rum and raisins;)))
Here a recipe, a typical X-mas pastry here in Europe, especially in Austria and Germany.
But I hope, I don´t have to wait till X-mas to get it.
So I´ll bake it with my mum soon;)
Yummy!

Book-corner:
The Man Booker Prize 2011 - Julian Barnes

Heaven;)



 The simple things often are the best.

Such as bread.

But I couldn´t resist eating some cheese, olives and Parma-ham yesterday. Yummy!!

Add a glass of good wine and some great background-music. This could be heaven for everyone!

Give it a try! And try to bake this focaccia - recipe from Jamie Oliver;)

Or try the bread with smoked trout or salmon, or with avocado, or  blue cheese, or simply with butter and cress or ...., ok I´m hungry, have to get some food.

Today I have to get some writing done- all I need is "sitzfleisch" and patience ( with me and my laptop), that´s all. Sounds so simple but it will be such a challenge.

Music-corner: Queen- see above;)

Make the best out of your day as well! See you around,

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Ahhhh!

If you ever feel cold, just use too much ginger for your carrot-soup.Wow! I know about the possibility to stretch the soup with water- result:I have enough soup for my whole family now;-) But it´s healthy as well and I need to stay healthy anyway. I used not only carrots, potatoes, ginger and savory- I added some cinnamon, too. Despite the fact that it is too hot, it´s really tasty.

I´m just wondering whether I should be glad about the technical problems of the Wrimo site or not. The slowness in the evening brought me back to writing more words for my novel.
Novel seems to be a too big word for my writing, but anyway...

Have a great weekend!

Music-corner:
Here´s another writing song for you- Beatles, Paperback Writer

Hot-new medias-refreshing- nature;-)

Remember last week- when I told you about the cold and wet weather with 53°F? 7 days later it´s the other way round- temperature 90°+F! What a difference, now summer has started.


It´s a bit hard to concentrate on reading or writing in this heat but I make progress.

BTW- I bought my first item on ebay- an electronic dictionary for less than 2 $! Hope it works, too:-) I´ll see. I love books but for the new course I prefer the new medias. Smaller than a calculator.So I don´t have to carry the thick old dictionary with me.

And for those of you who like to eat (and bake and cook) as much as I do- here ´s the perfect page for you---> http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/

Just tried the strawberry spinach salad- yummy!! I have never combined strawberries and salad before-but it´s refreshing. So let´s cook, bake and enjoy!!

Hungry?

If you´re looking for a vegetarian quick dish, cook Potato Goulash- it´s very easy to cook and tastes good. And another advantage- you can do other things while cooking-like writing a blog-post.
Bon appetit! No, it´s an Austrian dish- so "Mahlzeit"!

Recipy taken from http://www.virtualvienna.net/main/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=322


Erdäpfelgulasch - Potato Goulash
2 oz. vegetable oil
2 oz. diced bacon (You don´t need)
10 oz. finely chopped onions
2 lbs. peeled potatoe cubes (Just cut them into quaters)
1 teaspoon hot Hungarian paprika (My family just takes the hot one, which isn´t so hot in my
opinion)
2 teaspoons sweet Hungarian paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground caraway
1 teaspoon majoram
1 tbsp. vinegar ( It isn´t necessary)
1 bay leaf (If you want;-))
salt and pepper

Fry diced bacon, add chopped onions, fry until golden brown, add spices, vinegar, salt and potato cubes.

Fill with water so that the potatoes are completely covered, and simmer slowly until they are done.

And now--enjoy!

Music-corner:
And if you want music now-check this out--> running down a dream-->
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