It's been a very long time since I last wrote. You may think that I've been improving my Serbian by this time however I'll disappoint you. I've just been too lazy to write anything on here.On the other hand you can trust me that I didn't spend my days napping around. Yes I lied on my back reading books, watching movies, and went out cafes with friends :)) Oh no... I did also spent time in mom's kitchen to satisfy folks' appetites! No need to say that it was nothing to me hah!
Anything I cook turns into something delicious. They say so, and I hope it's not just because I torture them till they moan "oh ummmm sooo delicious"! Hey we all need some support in kitchen at times, don't we? I just let things happen faster in case of possible failure lol
Need to hear what I've been doing?
Well... A big birthday cake for mommy's 47th birthday :) That made her smile at least!
Then a cookie of failure! Why failure? Coz it just didn't give out the cookie I was imagining. I was planning to get a crispy chocolate cookie, damn it just turned into a cake-y cookie! Better not give the recipe :D
Also have been trying to loose some weight so tried something healthy for lunches for a couple weeks. My best meal was whole wheat Turkish tortilla bread rolls filled with light cream cheese, tomatoes and green peppers with a cup of mulled linden tea. I'm using past tense because I realised that it's almost impossible to loose weight for me for now without any exercise. Why I need to look fit is another topic of post ;)
Hmm... anything more? Oh.. one of the most exciting ones! I got a few samples of my teas to home for parents to taste! I guess I haven't mentioned to you all before but I'm about to start a job on gourmet teas with my husband-to-be! Our label and website is ready. We formed our menu which contains different kinds of gourmet teas (like world teas, flavoured, scented green & black teas). Daddy loves Christmas tea the best, and mom mango flavoured green tea. Me? I love all of them lol
What else... what else... Oh yes! Before I share my recipe of grape molasses cake which I baked three times and all swept in seconds I want to announce my very first award on blogosphere!
Be Foodie presents her "E for Excellent" award given generously by Kang of London Eater! I'd rather deserve C of Crap or J of Jester in stead lol So I do thank you Kang a lot for your great support! Oh please read what he wrote for me :D
This lovely award chain has a few simple rules:
Please find 5 blogs, of any kind that you love to read. Write a post about the blogs you picked, linking back to them. Make sure you let them know you gave them an award.
So here my list of E for Excellent blogs!
Cafe Fernando: He will recieve my support forever! Not only because he's a Turkish food blogger but just only because he is really excellent at what ever he does! Go have a check or you may even heard about him before on NY Times or Washington Post ;)
For the Body & Soul: I'm just a silent reader of this blog. But I must say that this blog really deserves capital E letters with excellent photography and recipes!
What Do I Want To Cook Today: My dear Jan! She is the first blogger who invited me to a blog game, and she is a good "over-seas" friend. Moreover she's really good in the kitchen. Go have a look yourself!
Food Blogga: I can't be the first one who gives her the E of Excellent! One must be blind to not to see her great success on food blogging with her great, funny stories!
The Hungry Mouse: Finally sweet Jessie! She's one of the loveliest food blogging girls I've met! Oh and her mouthwatering recipes with detailed descriptions! A big E to her!
And all my blogger friends... You all deserve the biggest E for Excellent in all!
I guess I over-wrote for this post. The recipe of my molasses cake is left for tomorrow then :)
Welcome back me, huh?
xoxox
13 comments:
Awww, thank you so much! I'm honored. :D
And what is that amazing-looking cake at the top of your post? It looks positively divine!
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
How can I thank you enough for all the support and encouragement Banu? Thanks for the award!!!
+ Jessie :) thank you for the cake :D And you deserve better!
Cenk! I'm just looking for my cheer-leader costume! No need to thank! :))
Congrats on your award. I agree with Jessie, that cake looks awesome!
Reeni :) Thank you, too :)
It was a simple cake again.
Creame cheese & melted white chocolate filling between sponge cake slices, garnished with pistachio & raspberries. And covered with some raspberry-added filling :)
Congrats on your award!
Thank you so much for picking me as one of the people to pass it on to!
A lovely lot of food you have here - that cake looks good!
I was so surprised when I read your comment on my blog this morning...thank you so much!!!
I agree about the cake, looks delicious!!!
Hi Bal!
You're launching a tea business? How exciting! I can't wait to see the site.
And thank you so very much for the award and for your kind words. I'm am so glad that we have become such good blogging buddies.
All the best,
Susan
Jan :) Thanks and it was my pleasure dear :)
Karolcia :) I knew that it would surprise you.
I mostly cant find enough time to leave a comment on each blog I read.
This is such a big world and many of you make great master pieces! And I don't like just leaving a note for once and not communucating again.
Food bloggar friends are precious to me :) So I thought that it was time to get in touch with you too :)
Suzi!! You are welcome dear! :) MY simple E award is nothing to your great effort :) And thanks for the encouragement on the business. Btw I just learnt a new word from you: to launch a business :))
I'll let you know when my web site opens. IT will be serving only inside Turkey, however I'd really love to hear your opinions about the website :)
Cheers!!!
Banu, glad to see you're back online and blogging again :D
And you def deserve the award, you're one bright star in the blogosphere and you should spread that happiness around alittle more!
Have a great day!
Kang! :)))) Blushes around here:D
Soooo honoured, thank you! :)
Thank you for your blog. I found it very warming and also quite funny. Congratulations on your award btw. I'm sure it's very well deserved.
I drink more coffee than tea but only because it's quicker to make. The caffetiers on the top pic look very posh.
Send me your cake-y cookies bal if you won't eat them cos I will!
Hey hey :) You're welcome :) Thanks for your nice comment!
Come on.. brewing tea is not difficult than making coffee!
Just use a caffetier or a tea-ball.. but 1-2 tsp of any kind of loose leaf tea you like... brew for 1-3 min.s for greens and 3-5 min.s for blacks... And there you go ;)
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