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Vegetable broth cubes

  Homemade vegetable broth without any chemicals big companies adding in. This is the best way to prepare it! Not my recipe, but super easy and you can definitely add more or take out what you like or dislike! I add carrot and parsnips. Im not really salt person, so it's up to you how much salt you add for your own taste. Ingredients: 4 carrots 1 leek 3 parsnips 2 root parsley 1 onion 2 cloves of garlic 1/2 kohlrabi 1/2 celeriac and its leaves 1 turmeric root handful of parsley vegetables oil 80 grams of salt (do your own taste level) Directions : Washing all the vegetables, p eel the carrots, parsnips, root parsley, and kohlrabi, onion, garlic, and turmeric root. Chop the peeled vegetables into large, even chunks. This helps them cook evenly and infuse the broth with maximum flavor. Slice the leek lengthwise, rinse it thoroughly to remove any dirt trapped between the layers, and chop it into large pieces. Roughly chop the celeriac and its leaves, ensuring you include both the root

Chleba - Sourdough bread

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I'm going to take you through the process of making homemade a sourdough bread, this recipe takes some time, but it is a simple one and for those of you, who do not have food scales it's perfect, because we are going to with measuring cups so let's get it to it it's just a long process.   Ingredients: 4 cups of flour (bread flour, wheat flour…) 1/4 cup active sourdough starter  2 teaspoons fine ground sea salt  1 1/2 cup filtered water or bottled water Steps: 1. Pour 1 ½ cups of filtered water into bowl with ¼ cup of starter 2.   Mix  it well together 3. Add 2 teaspoons of salt, mix it up into the starter liquid 4. Add 4 cups flour and plus 2 tablespoons of flour 5. Knead all together, this just needs to come together, just making sure that it's all gathered up 6. Let it rest for 1h 7. “Strech and a fold” start our first stretch and fold divide your bowl into four quarters and you will grab one side of the dough, you will stretch it o

New year 2024 self distraction

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This past year has been very, but very busy. I decided to change my location and begin new adventures. Not only I moved from MA to FL, but traveled cross the FL for business purposes and personal reasons.  I had the pleasure enjoy my company opportunities be in Miami and Tampa help opening new stores. I spend my vacation on Key West, beautiful place with many many things to do for single visits and for vacation.  Went to Dry Tortugas national park for a day trip. Breath taking place. Not much to do besides snorkeling and go around this small island or you can stay over and camp. But very unforgettable experience feel and see history on own eyes. Snorkeling was my own challenge, I never did before! It was fun, even had underwater camera. Now im waiting for these photos come out. Lets talking about Distract yourself by focusing on a few of these true gifts this gorgeous planet earth giving us and our life we are creating for ourselves. 1. Begin to talk positively about your situation.  2

Advent a věnce

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Vánoce patří k nejkouzelnějším okamžikům v roce. Ať jste malí či velcí, o vánocích je vždy na co se těšit…na cukroví, dárky, vánoční pohádky a mnohem více. Nezáleží na tom, jak moc jste si blízcí, jak dobře se znáte či jak moc času spolu trávíte, vánoční pohoda a příjemné okamžiky můžeme prožít dohromady. Kde se vzaly věnce Historie, která předcházela vzniku tradice s adventním věncem, je skutečně bohatá.  Zvyk mohl inspirovat židovský svátek světel neboli Chanuka, o které lidé postupně zapalují osm svíček na speciálním svícnu. Křesťané se mohli vzhlédnout i v dávném zvyku germánů, kteří v zimě zapalovali oheň uprostřed zeleného kruhu, aby tím znázornili Slunce. Na konci  19. století pak přišel zdánlivě nenápadný, ale klíčový nápad. Habsburský pedagog a kněz Johann Hinrich Wichern tehdy učil malé sirotky a před Vánoci je chtěl trochu potěšit. 30. listopadu, na svatého Ondřeje, proto  nechal zavěsit kolo od vozu ozdobené po okrajích celkem 23 svícemi, které symbolizovaly 23 dní do přích

Old fashioned cook book

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 Enjoying old cooking books? Here is one I recently found online after researching for Apple strudel recipes and history. Enjoy 😉  https://books.google.com/books/about/Aunt_Babette_s_Cook_Book.html?id=bPDCUESSiJ8C

Pão de Queijo - Cheese bread balls

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Cheesy gluten free parmesan bites made with tapioca starch! So addictive!  They're great to have for tea or snacks as they do in Brazil for breakfast, my friends told me. Popular snack and breakfast food . It is a traditional Brazilian recipe, originating in the state of Minas   Gerais. Enslaved people would soak and peel the cassava  root and make bread rolls from it. At this time, there was no cheese in the rolls. At the end of the 19th century, more ingredients became available to the colonial community such as milk and cheese later on. They added milk and cheese to the tapioca making what we now know as pão de queijo. Inexpensive,  delicious, very cheese bread. Best eaten warm. Do try these super easy delish cheesy bites. Many people will use yuca flour, but tapioca is just fine. TIP💡 If you won't bake everything at the same time but want leave something for next day, then just put the pre-made balls in fridge. Make sure you pre-make the balls, otherwise it is pretty hard

ONION AND TOMATO CURTIDO SALAD/SALSA

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This is my easy recipe for curtido de cebolla y tomate or onion and tomato curtido salsa/salad.  Curtido is a Latin style lime pickled red onion and tomato salad or lime marinated onion tomato salsa. Most South American main meals will be served with a small salad, and many times this salad will be a curtido or a lime marinated based salsa. It so easy to make that everyone will do without any big preparations. Very delicious refreshing. Ingredients 2   small red onions Juice of 3 limes 1   tablespoon   oil   light olive oil or avocado oil 3   tomatoes 1   tablespoon   finely chopped cilantro 1   tablespoon   salt + more to adjust taste Instructions Slice the red onions very thinly using a sharp knife or a mandoline slicer. Sprinkle the sliced onions with 1 tablespoon salt and rub the salt into the onions. Cover the onions with cold water and rinse well until the salt is removed. If the onions are very strong, then you can let them rest in the water for 5-10 minutes. Drain the onions an

ENCEBOLLADO DE PESCADO

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E ncebollado de pescado is one of my favorite soups NOW and recently eat in FL from my very close family, literally it could be translated as oniony fish soup. It's very authentical Ecuadorian cooked dish grandma makes. When i eat it for first time I was very surprised with the taste of the onion salsa on the top of the dish, like really? Is it good idea put salsa in soup?  But wait...it gives you totally different dimension of taste experience and very unique combination od lime taste with fish. Encebollado is made with fresh tuna, yuca or cassava root, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, spices and is served with pickled onions and tomatoes on top or mixed in with the soup. The pickled or lime marinated red onions are what give it the name “encebollado”. It is a typical soup from the coastal region in Ecuador. Very refreshing and yummmiiii This Ecuadorian tuna fish soup is very versatile and can be served for lunch, dinner and even breakfast or brunch. In fact, it is known as the best ha