Black rice salad

Pocasi se konecne umoudrilo a teploty se uz druhy tyden splhaji ke tricitce. Bazen je napusteny, zahrada se meni v dzunli a ja pripravuji jidla hlavne z cerstve zeleniny a ovoce. Dnes vam nabidnu salat z cerne ryze.

Temperatures are climbing close to thirties last two weeks, the pool is up, the garden is a jungle and we are eating fresh veggies and fruits. Here is my black rice salad recipe.

 Repu dam varit do "papinaku", mezitim pokrajim rapikate casti listu repy,  mrkev a povarim.

I put the beats to cook in the pressure cooker,  meanwhile a cut the carrots and the stems of the beats  and steamed them.

Na kosticky nakrajim okurku, papriky a avokado.
Cut peppers, cucumber and avocado. 

Zelenina  a nastrouhana cervena repa.
Veggies and grated beats.

Uvarena, vychladla cerna ryze.
Cooked black rice. 

 

Vse dam do misy, pridam jeste balkansky syr, nasekane cerstve cilantro (koriandr). Osolim, opeprim, zakapnu olivovym olejem a dochutim balsamickym octem. Dobre promicham a  serviruji s kousky osmazeneho kureciho masa. Tento salat je dobry i bez kureciho masa, muzete ho jist jako samotne jidlo nebo jako prilohu.

Put everything in a bowl, add feta cheese and chopped cilantro. Salt, pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste. Mix well and serve, it is good just like that, but I like to top it with chicken.

Smazena kureci prsa.
Stir fried chicken breast.

Dobrou chut!
Bon Appetit!

Dalsi dobroty letni kuchyne. Bramborovy salat me dcery z cerstvou, nevarenou zeleninou. Zeleninovy salat s quinoa a grilovana zebirka. Prijemne posezeni, pohoda......

More yummy  food. My daughters potato salad with fresh, uncooked veggies, Greek salad with quinoa  and BBQ ribs. Relaxing dinner with family, bliss....

Vnuk se zetem a jejich fenkou Luno na zahrade trhaji "bobulky" podobne boruvkam.
Grandson with his dad and their dog Luna picking berries in our yard.

Preji vam vsem krasny vikend!

Have a great weekend everyone! 

Oven-baked Chicken Fingers

V troube pecene kureci prsty.

 2 kureci prsa

1 hrnek srouhanky

1/4 hrnku sezamovych seminek

1/3 hrnku nastrouhaneho parmazanu

sul,pepr, italske koreni

 2 chicken breast

1 cup bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/3 cup sesame seeds 

seasoning salt, pepper, Italian seasoning 

 

 1 cejce

1 strouzek cesneku

1egg 

1 garlic clove

  Kure nakrajime na kousky. V jedne misce smichame suche ingredience a v druhe rozslehame vejce s cesnekem. Kureci kousky namacime ve vajicku a pak obalime ve strouhance. Narovname na pecicim papirem vylozeny plech.

 Remove tenders from chicken breasts and cut the remaining meat in  strips. Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl and the egg with crushed garlic in another. Dip chicken strips in the egg then coat with the bread crumb mixture. Place  on baking sheet line with baking paper.

 Oloupejte a nakrajejte sladke bramboty ( yams)

Peel and cut yams.

 

Pridejte sul,pepr, trosku hnedeho cukru a lzici olivoveho oleje. Promichejte a rozprostrete na plech. Troubu predehrejeme na 190 C  a kure i brambory  peceme 20-30 minut. Plechy asi po deseti minutach stridave menime z horni na dolni mrizku.

Season the yams with seasoning salt, pepper, little bit of brown sugar and about 1 tbs. of olive oil. Mix and spread on  baking sheet.  Preheat the oven to 375F  and bake the chicken and yams for about 20- 30 minutes. Alternate the baking sheets( top/bottom )  every  10 minutes.


Mezitim si pripravte salat.
listy salatu
nastrouhana mrkev
nastrouhana varena cervena repa
nastrouhana okurka
Zalivka:
1 lzice olivoveho oleje
1 lzice citronove stavy
1 lzice pomerancove stavy
spetka bazalky
strouzek cesneku
sul, pepr
1 lzicka pikantni marmelady
Vse dukladne protrepeme, nejlepe v zavickovane sklenici a tesne pred podavanim promichame se salatem.

 Meanwhile you make the salad.

salad greens

grated carrot

grated cooked red beet

grated cucumber

For the dressing;

I tbs olive oil

1 tbs lemon juice

1 tbs orange juice

dash of basil

garlic clove

salt,pepper

1 tsp jam (to your liking)

Mix vigorously in a jar and dress the salad just before serving.

 

 

Kureci kousky a bramborove "hranolky" pecene v troube  jsou zdravejsi alternativa nez  olejem nasakla clasicka verze.

Healthier oven - bake  chicken strips and potatoes fries are a better alternative to the pan fry version.

Dobrou chut!

Enjoy!

 Timto se take zarazuji do souteze u Lenky  " VRAŽ DO TOHO KOPU LÁSKY "


Me nove hobby.  Vcera jsme z Neilem domu dovezli tuhle nadheru - kolovratek - mou novou lasku! Bude to chvilku trvat, nez se do vseho pustim.  Potrebuji nakoupit dalsi pomucky, nez budu moc doopravdy zacit ale zaklad uz mam - kulnu plnou ovci vlny, kterou se chystam postupne zpracovat. Je to zdlouhavy proces, vlna se nejdrive cisti, potom pere, pripadne rovnou barvi a nakonec se sucha musi pripravit na predeni. Je to dost delikatni zalezitos, protoze vlna pri nespravnem procesu muze snadno zfilcovated a tim se znehodnoti.

My new hobby :) Yesterday, we brought home this beauty  - spinning wheel - my new love!  I still have to get a carder before I can start spinning but I have a full truckload of sheep fleece in our shed already. I am planing to work through it slowly, It's a long  and delicate process, you have to clean it, wash it, ( eventually dye it at this stage ) and when it's dry you carder it. I did wash a bunch just to try it out, you can felt the wool very easily if you not careful, but I turned out really well.

 Ma Valentynska kyticka dnes rano, stale jeste vplne krase :)

My Valentine bouquet this morning, still holding :)

Az se zima zepta......

Asi jsem se zblaznila ale letos jsem uz zpracovala (kompoty,dzemy,drene,catni,nakladana zelenina) :

27kg tresni (a vsechny vypeckovala)
40kg broskvi
10kg svestek
18kg hrusek
20kg boruvek
30kg okurek
20kg zelenych fazolek
11kg cervene repy

Na zitrek mam nachystany dalsi 11kg pytel cervene repy.Ted nam zacinaji dozravat jablka,z tech delam jablecnou dren a most a pak uz jen nalozit zeli.Pri nakupu bio ovoce a zeleniny (neco je z nasi zahradky) z mistnich zdroju vime ze nekonzumujeme chemicky osetrene plody a ja si rikam,ze se vsechna ta prace s tim spojena vyplati.

I must be crazy but this year I already processed (jams,relishes,can fruits and pickled veggies) :

60 lbs cherries

90 lbs peaches

20 lbs plums

40 lbs pears

45 lbs blueberries

65 lbs cucumbers

45 lbs green beans

25 lbs red beets

I have one more 25 lbs bag of red beets waiting for me to do tomorrow.The apples are ripening in the garden.I usually make apple sauce and juice and after that I'll make sauerkraut. When you buy(some we grow) organic fruits and veggies locally I think that at the end all this work is worth it.

Recept na Cuketovou kari polevku najdete tady a Salat z cervene repy zde.

You can find the recipe for Curried zucchini soup here and Red beet salad here.