Movie Saturday and a homemade pizza

    Saturday evening and a good movie..wait-wait!Something is missing,yeah that´s right,we need 

    something to snack on!What about making our own pizza?With some ready made dough,rest of the

    process is easy-pick your favorite ingredients and let´s start!

 Since I love mozzarella cheese and rucola,I made a modified version of Pizza con prosciutto di       
 Parma.If you have a chance to buy frozen pizza crust,this takes you no longer than 15 minutes.
 
 * optional pizza crust (4pcs)
 * tomato sauce (4 tb spoons)
 * Parma ham or prosciutto
 * grated cheese
 * mozzarella cheese-sliced
 * cherry tomatoes
 * mushrooms
 * rucola(arugula)
 * oregano(dried)

Preheat the oven on a 250 °C.Allow the pizza crusts to defrost at a room temperature.Spread over the tomato sauce-1 table spoon would be enough for 1 crust.Then you can start with adding a grated cheese parma ham,mozzarella slices,tomatoes and mushrooms.I prefer larger juicy pieces so I have only sliced tomatoes in half and mushrooms into quarters-this way it keeps the lovely flavor and you will enjoy every bite :)
Throw in the middle of an oven for 7-10 minutes,as soon as the cheese is melted and the corners are browned-you can take it out and spread some rucola leaves over.Serve hot and flush down with some
good white wine!

Guilt-free zucchini lasagne

After a long long time I am releasing this wonderful recipe for a carb-free lasagne.No,there is no pasta,
and yes-it tastes great!With mozzarella cheese and sour cream it turns out to be fantastic :)

You will need:
*olive oil
*minced meat
*tomato puree
*onion,garlic
*black pepper,oregano
*bay leave

*zucchini
*sour cream
*grated mozzarella cheese
*parmezan

Get ready..
 § Start with basic lasagne sauce-heat the olive in a hot pan,cut the onion and crush the garlic before
   frying together.Season with bay leave,pinch of oregano and little bit of salt and pepper.Let the onion
   to soften until golden.Place the mince in the middle of the pan and stir to break it up.Add the tomato
   puree and let it cook out for 30 sec.
   Continue until meat has browned nicely.Finally,add the water(milk if you prefer)lower the heat and let  
   shimmer for about 1,5-2 hours.

  When the sauce is nice and thicken,set it aside and peel both zucchinis.Then slice them with a

   cheese slicer for example ;) Put small amount of sauce to a bottom of a baking dish and place

   few slices on the top.

--> Spread some meat sauce on it..

Add the few spoons of sour cream,then grated mozzarella/parmezan,or both like i did :))

And continue until you fulfill the dish.Finnish with a layer of cheese and sprinkle with some 

black pepper.Bake 25-30 minutes on 200dgr until golden brown.

-Voilaa-

ready to enjoy <3

Another healthy meal ideas 

-Omelet from the oven

Whisk few eggs,season with salt,pepper,dill-add shrimps,dried tomatoes,sliced leak and

cheese and throw to the oven for 15-20 minutes on 190dgr.

This recipe has so many variations,basically-you just mix some eggs with whatever you

like,and the result will be great!

I have made two omelets in mini baking dishes,they are my favorite from now on :)

Roasted broccoli & cauliflower topped with parmezan cheese and Viennese onion

I boiled broccoli and cauliflower in a hot water for only couple of minutes,placed on a baking
dish,seasoned with little salt and black pepper,sprinkled with a parmezan-let it bake for 20
minutes and topped with Viennese onion-which is sliced,floured onion fried until golden brown.
Oi,and the final taste is unique!

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I hope you enjoyed the recipes,and find the way to kitchen as well

New Years traditions

While Christmas decorations are still on,family meets on a New Years eve and dine together.First there is a toast,which in our family is shot of liquor and then everyone gets oblátku-the christmas wafer with honey The menu remain the same thorough years-as a starter kapustnica(sour kraut soup with sausages) main course is heavy potato salad with a mayo served with ham and followed by opekance(recipe below) 

http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/recipes/bobalky-opekance/

my moms fabulous sour-kraut soup with mushrooms,homemade sausage and cream

Taking pictures in the middle of the night with no flash seems to be working here :))

Later in the night there is time to celebrate the beginning of a new year-with plenty of fireworks and explosives :D It is always an spectacular show,especially at Donovaly- ski resort in Slovakia where hundreds of people come to celebrate a New Year.

Some late night snack-I strongly recommend the fuet-a catalan sausage that has earned my heart!

Ice cold shots of lime vodka

Trip to Vysoké Tatry(our highest mountains) after getting sober couple of days later ;)

Fascinating views

Thank you guys,for reading my blog,hope you enjoyed! <3

Culinarium in Slovakia

Winter holiday is over and I am back in Finland,therefore is the time to start blogging again after a long break.I have spent beautiful two weeks in my homeland,met my family and friends,visited the capital-Bratislava and our highest mountains-Vysoké Tatry and naturally,took a hundreds of pictures that you are up to see.I was so lucky to get a new camera from Pukki ( haha guy who brings presents in Finland) so I can take this blog to totally new level :))

   The best of Slovak cuisine-strapačky,bryndzové pirohy a bryndzové halušky 

   (http://veronikine.blogspot.fi/2013/11/back-to-traditions.html recipe here)

Our first steps leaded into a Slovak pub,which is a restaurant offering traditional Slovak meals,located in a heart of Bratislava.After a long time,I enjoyed my fave food in a cozy place and could hardly move after I ate all that I ordered :)

    The bridge SNP or UFO bridge (most slovenského národného povstania)dominat since 1972)

A building of the National council and river Danube in a background (budova parlamentu a Dunaj)

   Bratislava castle (Bratislavský hrad) 

Both pictures above are taken the same day,but after a grey cloudy morning sky got brighter and sun showed up from behind clouds for a while.It was really nice to see familiar places once again!

    The original Irish coffee served by native Scot speaking with lovely scottish accent

                            Guinness,oh how i love this beer-I could easily drink it instead of water!

 Wandering in an old town of Bratislava,you always

 find a place you haven´t seen before ;)

   An fabulous grilled pork ribs in a fancy place-Barrock restaurant,where you can eat like an animal!

    Wall decoration in Barrock´

    Controversial commercial ( Fajčenie neškodí zdraviu-Smoking/blowing is not harmful :))

    Evening details (that photo would be so much better without a random guy with a plastic bag)

    And wooden Bethlehem-symbol of Christmas

I hope you enjoyed my post,and appreciate better quality of pictures,though I still have to learn how to use this new thing ;) *pictures also from http://www.bratislavaguide.com/barrock