neděle 28. dubna 2013

Ham cooker


Pred nedavnem mi dosel balicek z ceska. Sunkovar nemecke vyroby, ktery jsem si objednala u pana Jiriho Dytrycha. Po prozkoumani trhu jsem zjistila, ze vyber neni veliky a protoze nechci varit sunku v igelitu v hlinikove forme, tento nerezovy sunkovar u me 100% vyhrava.  Kupovane uzeniny skoro nejime, vzhledem ktomu,  co vse obsahuji a proto me nadseni bylo velike :)

My package from Czech arrived last week. German made ham maker, that I ordered from Jiri Dytrych.  After some research I realized that there is not much to choose from. I didn't want to cook my ham in plastic bags in the aluminum form so this stainless steel model was the best on the market. We do not eat much of  sandwich meat for the ingredients they contain and this was the perfect solutions. 


 Do vareni sunky jsem se pustila okamzite. Prvni, veprova, me poucila, ze mezi kostkami masa musi byt i dostatek mleteho (jemne nasekaneho) masa aby se vse dobre spojilo. Proto tedy ty otvory (diry) v mem prvnim "vytvoru". Na chuti to ale  neubralo.
 Recept (od oka :)) na moji veprovou sunku:
veprove maso,
nasekane bylinky - rozmarin, bazilka a oregano
cesnek, sul, pepr, paprika, lzicka medu - chutove vytecne! 

I started right away and learned a lot from my first trial of making a pork ham. The most important thing is to have enough binding in the meat. Not just cube meat, but also some ground meat to keep the ham together. even though, there were holes in my pork ham, it was delicious! 
My recipe: 
lean pork meat
herbs - rosemary, basil, oregano  
garlic,salt,pepper,  paprika, tsp. of honey



Druha na radu prisla sunka kureci. Vzhledove uz o moc lepsi i kdyz tu a tam je jeste v mase trhlinka. Premyslela jsem jake pouzit koreni a ingredience a nakonec vznikl tento recept:
sul, pepr,paprika
hrst nasekanych sušenych (sun dried) rajčat nalozenych v oleji
nasekane, nalozene zelene fazolky (v ostren nalevu, take jsem nasekala feferonku, kterou pridavam- zavaruji si je sama)
hrst rozdrobeneho balkanskeho syra

The next one was made from chicken meat. I  came up with this combo to flavor it:
salt, pepper,, paprika
handful of chopped sun dried tomatoes (in evoo)
chopped beans that I caned (with halupino pepper)
handful of feta cheese

It was really good and better in the appearance too.


Dalsi byla sunka kruti. Stejne ochucena jako kureci, protoze ta moc chutnala a proto jak se rika "nac menit to, co funguje"  Vzhledove nejlepsi a jako u dvouch predchazejicich se po ni jen zaprasilo :)

Last one I made from turkey meat. Some ingredients, because like they say " don't change what's working" I use the same recipe as for the chicken one and this one came out perfect! It was gone in no time and so were the other ones :)



Vsechny recepty jsou upravene z originalnich receptu na vebove strance pana Jiriho. Mnozstvi masa, delka vareni atd, dalsi uz je opravdu jen na vas!  Tohle neni placena reklama! Jsem jen velice spokojena! Pan Jiri objednavku vyexpedoval behem nekolika dnu a  z ochotou odpovidal na me nescetne :) emailove dotazy. Timto mu moc dekuji.

I created all these recipes from the basic one at the ham maker website. I am very happy with it and my girlfriend already ordered one too after sampling my creations!   This is not a paid endorsement!
I am just very happy with this product as it allows us to eat healthy.

pátek 5. dubna 2013

Rabbit softie

Presto, ze jsou velikonoce za nami,  me zajici jeste neomrzeli  :)
 
Even though Easter is over, I am still in the "rabbit" mode  :)


Vyrobaba strihu a vymysleni obliceje byla zabava, vysivani uz tolik ne! Nekolikrat jsem se pichla a nakonec musela latku prat, protoze na ni byly skvrnky od krve  :(

 Making the pattern and face futures was fun. Embroidering not so much as I pricked myself more then 
once and at the end I had to wash out few little blood stains :(



Jeste spichnou kalhoty......

Now some pants.....


.....a je hotovo!

.....and he is done!
Jmenuje se Kit, tak se anglicky rika zajecim mladatum.

Do you know that the male rabbit is called a buck and the female is called a doe. Baby rabbits are called kittens. So I decided to call him Kit.
 Co delate tento vikend vy? Ja  budu vyrabet dalsi vycpane postavicky.....

What are you doing this weekend?  I'll be making  more of these critters........

neděle 31. března 2013

Happy Easter to all my friends who celebrate .... ❤

Vesele Velikonoce vam  vsem, kteri je slavite.

 

 Zajic letos dostal novy kabatek.......

Bunny got a new coat .....


Minuly tyden jsme oslavili  narozeniny  zete,  pochutnali si na sushi a uzivali si krasneho pocasi To se mimochodem jeste zlepsilo a cely velikonocni vikend je nadherne. Proto take zase takova pauza zde na blogu - slunisko nas tahne ven :)

We celebrated our son-in-law birthday last week and enjoyed sushi and really nice weather.  That's why I am not blogging lately since we spend our days outdoors :)



Ja krajela ingredience, Tereza a Neil pilne rolovali a snad ani nemusim podotykat, ze sushi mame vsichni moc radi!

I was cutting the ingredients, Tereza and Neil were rolling and I guess there is no need to say that we LOVE sushi!






A jestli mate jeste trosku casu, tady je inspirace dnesniho dne.....

If you, by any chance, still  have a spare moment, here is today's inspiration....





pátek 15. března 2013

healthy chocolate ice cream-mousse recipe

Cokoladova zmrzlina zdrave. Tak by se dal nazvat tento recept, na jehoz vyzkouseni jsem se uz delsi dobu chystala. Nadoba"vyrobniku" zmrliny musi byt predchlazena v mrazaku a ja zapomela, ze jsem ji tam po minulem pouziti nedala. Takze cokoladova hmota putovala tentokrat do formicek a do "vanicky, kde jsem ji  behem tuhnuti jednou za hodinu promichala aby se nevytvorily ledove krystaly. Tento recept je take vyborny nemrazeny, vychlazeny se da podavat jako dezert,  tzv. cokoladova pena. 

 Recept:
2 vyzrala avokada
2 vyzrale banany 
2 hrnky kokosoveho mleka
3/4 hrnku medu
1 lzicka ruzove vody ( nemusi byt)
4 lzice kakaa
Vse rozmixujeme v mixeru do kremove konzistence.

I made this chocolate ice cream yesterday and I couldn't stop eating it when I was filling the forms. It would be really good chocolate mousse dessert as well. Just chill it before serving it and garnish with some coconut flakes. I didn't use my ice cream maker because I forgot to put the container into the freezer after the last use, but the ice cream turned out really well just stirred  :)


   






 Navijec prize v akci. Tentokrat jsem si vyzkousela Navajo spradani, to znamena, ze jsou smotane tri nitky z jedne. Na nazorne video se muzete podivat zde.

My wool winder in action, this time I tried Navajo plying. You can watch good video tutorial here.


Dnes jsem  narazila na tyhle videa. I kdyz v  anglictine, presto krasne priblizi atmosferu minuleho stoleti. Prvni je z Ostrova Vancouver, mesto  Victorie a z mesta Vancouver, rok 1935.  Druhe je prochazka Prahou

I came across these videos today and liked the old images very much. One is From Vancouver Island and Vancouver, the other is from Prague. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did :)




čtvrtek 7. března 2013

Uz je to vic jak mesic od meho minuleho prispevku, cas leti! Uzivame si hezke pocasi a prochazky po okoli, zahrada a sklenik se uz take probouzi.

It's been more then a month since my last post, time flies!  We are enjoying nice weather and  I love walks  through our neighborhood. Our  greenhouse is "waking up" too. 







Posledni "varka". Jeste nez jsem pred par dny onemocnela, stihla jsem jeste umotat tohle pradenko. Hlidala jsem o vikendu vnuka ktery byl nemocny a tad sama dva dny lezim. Nastesti jemu uz je lepe.

Before I've got sick after babysitting our grandson this weekend, I finished this batch.  He is much better now, but  I am in bed  with the same cold and stuffy nose he had :(




pátek 1. února 2013

not just Ricotta cheese ....

Poslednich par dnu jsem  po delsi dobe opet predla a take barvila. Odstiny zelene, hnede a i trosku te fialove se tam vloudilo, se promenily v barevne pradeno.  Prirodni, cokoladova barva je ma oblibena a mam jeste hodne ovcich kozisku ve stejne barve pripravenych ke zpracovani.

I am back to spinning for the last few days. I love the natural chocolate color and I am so happy to have more of this fleece. I just have to wash it and card it and, and, and.....  I also experimented with dyeing again and ended up with shades of green, brown and even few bits of purple. I like the finished skein.









 Poklady ze "sekace".
 Treasures from the second hand store.


 Zkusili jste si nekdy udelat ricotta syr? Jak rika tahle bogerka, jestli ho  nekdy ochutnate, uz ho nikdy nekoupite v obchode. Ja si ho udelala do zeleninove lasagne a malem jsem nemela dost, protoze jsem stale ochunavala :) Recept je opravdu jednoduchy a syr jsem mela hotovy za 15 minut.

Potrebujete :
4 hrnky plnotucneho mleka
1  hrnek podmasli
1/3 hrnky smetany ( ja pouzila cerstve nadojene mleko a tak jsem smetanu vynechala)
spetku soli

 Tekutiny dejte do hrnce a zahrejte na 185 C. Jestli nemate teplomer nevadi, kdyz vidite, ze se vam vytvorily "hrudky" je hotovo. Precedte prez platno, nebo gazu, osolte (nebo ne) a nechte chvilku vykapat na hustotu, jakou mate radi. Ja mam plateny pytlik a ten jsem na chvilu zatizila a ricotta bylo skoro moc sucha, takze opatrne, jde to opravdu rychle :)

Zbylou syrovatku muzete pouzit  misto vody pri peceni chleba, ja ji pridavam do mych  ovocnych a zeleninovych stav, ktere si kazdy den delam. Muzete sni zadelat treba vdolecky a jiste najdete i dalsi pouziti. Pri nejhorsim ji rozredim a zaliju kytky. Zde najdete vic informaci o syrovatce.


 I made ricotta cheese following this recipe and as she says, if you try it and taste it, you will never go back to store bought ricotta. I made veggie lasagne with it and had a hard time to stop sampling so I would have enough for my dish :) It was truly the best I ever tasted, especially made from fresh raw milk!  


Makeef  v novem Cowichan svetru.
Makeef wearing his new Cowichan sweater.


neděle 27. ledna 2013

finished doll

 Vcera vecer jsem dodelala a oblekla mou hackovanou panenku ale nejsem si jista, jestli se mi jeji saty libi. Nejsou to rozhodne me barvy , zvolila jsem je mimodecne nejspis kvuli jejim cernym vlasum. Co  myslite,  mam se pustit do novych, mozna hackovanych?


I finished my doll last night and dressed her up, but I am not sure if I like her dress. These are definitely not my colors but with her black hair this is what I picked. What do you think, should she have a new dress, perhaps a crochet one?





Preji vam krasny tyden pratele.....
Have a great week my friends.....

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