Herbal Tea

Snow..... time for a tea!  I love mixing my own teas. I dry skins from organic citrus fruits, and use organic ingredients as much as I can. I am lucky to have a herb garden (yes, I planted stinging nettle in my yard too ,lol) and I collect and dry my herbs. You can "play" with your teas and add what is pleasurable to your pallet. I like the hot ginger  and the taste of cloves a well as mint (this time pineapple mint) and lately I am adding turmeric not just to my teas, but to my smoothies as well.

Snih....cas uvarit caj! Moc rada si micham sve vlastni bylinkove caje. Dnes je to :
1. zazvor
2. citrusova kura
3. kurkuma
4. hrebicek
5. mata
Snazim se pouzivat bio  ingredience, mam stesti, ze mame zahradku, kde si pestuji bylinky. Vysadila jsem si dokonce i koprivu, protoze nikde okolo nas nerostla.

 You have to have something sweet with your tea, or at least I do ;)  Do you remember this recipe? Believe it or not, I still have a few jars left, so cherry pie it is.......... 

K caji potrebujete neco sladkeho, tedy alespon ja ;) Pamatuje si tenhle recept? Verte,neverte ale par sklenicek mam jeste ve spizi, takze ....tresnovy kolac.

Hope you are all doing well, keeping warm and cozy!
Doufam, ze prozivate pohodove dny v teple domova!
 

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling

Zavarovala jsem tresnovou napln na kolac, tzv. "pie". Chtela jsem vyzkouset neco jineho,protoze mame jeste stale lonskou urodu v mrazaku. Je to rychle a do druhe davky jsem pridala cerny rybiz, ktery miluji a napln byla take vyborna.  Davku v receptu jsem znasobila,  po uvareni naplnila do sklenic a 20 minut povarila ve vodni lazni.

I've been busy making cherry pie filling. I though I'll try something different this summer since we still have frozen cherries from the last season in the freezer :) It's easy and fast and I made a second butch adding black current, which I love! It turned out deliciously good as well. I multiplied the ingredients, filled the jars and processed them in the boiling water bath for 20 minutes.

 image by "my baking addiction"




Recept:
5-6 hrnku vypeckovanych tresni
1/2 hrnku vody
2 lzice citronove stavy
2/3 hrnku cukru (podle kyselosti tresni muzete upravit)
4 lzice kukuricneho skrobu
1/4 lzicky mandlove treste

Vsecny ingredience ( mimo mandlove treste) smichame a asi 10 minut povarime, nakonec pridame trest. Po vychladnuti muzeme okamzite pouzit, par dni vydrzi v lednicce  a jiste by se dala napln  zamrazit i kdyz to nemam odskousene.

 Nadivku muzete pouzit okamzite, bez zavarovani. Ja neodolala a musela vyzkouset jak se povedla, pridala jsem jeste par prave natrhanych malin :)

You can use the filling without canning and I had to try right away and since I had few freshly picked raspberries I added them as well :) 

 Mnnnnn, byla to dobrota!

Mnnnn, good!

 Doufam, ze si vsichni uzivate leta plnymi dousky, omlouvam ze, se prispevku neni posledni dobou vic, snazim se limitovat cas traveny na pocitaci ale rada vzdy zaskocim na vase blogy, podivat se co je noveho!

I hope you are all enjoying summer and I want to apologize for not posting much lately, I am trying to cut down my time on the computer. I appreciate all you comments  and I still love to come and visit your blogs!

strawberry-rhubarb crumble

 Dnes jsem delala ovoce zapecene se zmolenkou. Nepamatuji si, ze by se takovehle  " kolace " pekly v cesku, mozna se pletu ale u nas doma se rozhodne nedelaly. Nasla jsem si recept na internetu a trochu si ho upravila. Zmolenku delam od oka a davam bilou a celozrnnou mouku. 
Zmolenka podle receptu
1 1/3 hrnku mouky
1 lzicka prasku do peciva
3 lzice cukru
3 lzice nerafinovaneho cukru ( ja vynechala )
nastrouhana citronova kura
14 dkg masla

Napln
jahody a rebarbora ( ja dala i mango a mrazeny cerveny rybiz )
3 lzice skrobove moucky
1/2 hrnku cukru
nastrouhana citronova kura
spetka soli

Ovoce nakrajime na kousky a smichame vsechny ingredience, dame do vymazane a moukou vysypane formy a posypeme zmolenkou. Peceme  na 190 C.   40 - 50 minut, do zlatova. Podavame teple, nejlepe z vanilkovou zmrzlinou. Tento zakusek se dopekl presne po veceri, Dominik jeste stacil na kole dojet pro zmrzlinu a pak jsme si uz mohli pochutnat.  Na zaver vecera jsme se vypravili do kina na film "The avengers" natoceny na motivy komiksu, plny specialnich efektu,  ktere jeste vice vynikly v 3D podani. Asi ne film pro kazdeho ale mi si to uzili  ........

I wanted to make fruit crumble today, so I looked up some recipes and more or less followed this one. I often change the ingredients to my liking  and this one was not different.  I  substituted  half of the white flour with whole wheat and used only 3 tbsp. of sugar. I also just eyeballed the quantity and I think that mine was more crumbly, which means less butter,  and that's ok with me.  I picked rhubarb in the garden and used frozen red currant  from last summer crop, I also put in mango, that I had on hand and of course strawberries.  It was ready just in time for desert after dinner. Dominik hoped on his bike and got  vanilla ice cream at the close by store. By the time he was back, the crumble cooled down slightly and was ready to be served.  I was really, really good.  After that, we went to see the new " The Avengers " 3D movie. The effects are amazing and we all enjoyed the show.........