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Lemon Yogurt Cake August 3, 2008

I like lemon and I like cake. So I will try this lemon cake- it is from foodnetwork.com. The only change I will do – change all-purpouse flour with gluten-free all-purpouse flour.

Lemon Yogurt Cake Copyright 2006, Barefoot Contessa at Home, All Rights Reserved
Show: Barefoot Contessa

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
3 extra-large eggs
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
For the glaze:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/4 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt into 1 bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, 1 cup sugar, the eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla. Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. With a rubber spatula, fold the vegetable oil into the batter, making sure it’s all incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes, or until a cake tester placed in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Meanwhile, cook the 1/3 cup lemon juice and remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a small pan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is clear. Set aside.

When the cake is done, allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully place on a baking rack over a sheet pan. While the cake is still warm, pour the lemon-sugar mixture over the cake and allow it to soak in. Cool.

For the glaze, combine the confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice and pour over the cake.

 

Polenta July 24, 2008

500g yellow corn meal,
1 1/2 liter water,
1 teaspoon salt

Boil the water in a pot. When the water is simmering add salt and a bit of corn meal. When it boils fully pour more and more of the corn meal, sprinkling little by little, all around the pot, while continuously stirring the mixture with a wooden spoon. When the mix becomes thick enough stop adding corn meal. Take into account that it will become quite a lot thicker when boiling, and that it shouldn’t be too thick in the end so we can still mix it easily with cheese. Keep stirring the pot, pressing the spoon against the side of the pot. You’ll know when the polenta is boiled enough by tasting a bit. It should taste like cooked (boiled) corn, rather than the raw corn meal.

Enjoy!

 

Cabbage quenched July 24, 2008

1 medium cabbage,
1 large onion,
7 tablespoons oil or 3 tablespoons lard,
pepper,
3-4 tomatoes or 2-3 tablespoons tomato paste,
salt

Saute the chopped onion in hot oil until softened. Julienne the cabbage and rub some salt in. Set the cabbage to fry(in the same pot with onion), stirring continuously and adding a little water every now and then. When the cabbage is almost done, add pepper, peeled and thinly sliced tomatoes or the tomato paste, mix well and simmer until there is almost no liquid left.
Serve with polenta and sausages.

Enjoy!

 

Eggplant salad July 23, 2008

2 big eggplants,
1 onion,
3-4 tablespoons oil,
a pinch of pepper (optional),
salt,
tomatoes

Roast the eggplants, peel while still hot and then leave on a slanted cutting board to drain. Chop with a wooden or glass chopper, place in a bowl and then mix, using a wooden spoon, with a little oil at a time, until it whitens and becomes foamy. Add finely chopped onions, pepper and salt. Place in a a salad bowl or on a plate and garnish with tomato slices.

 

Bad news July 22, 2008

Filed under: Celiac disease, Gluten-free recipes — Gurmete @ 9:24 pm
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Hi there,

How are you today? How was your week? Mine – not so well.
I’m a mother of a sweetest baby boy in the whole world. In the last four and a half months I had diarrhea and I lost a lot of weight.
So, finally, I went to the doctor. And he had ordered me some blood tests. He told me that I am suspect of a celiac disease – it means I cannot tolerate a protein called gluten. So my diet will be gluten-free. The doctor said that this is very common for mothers – this usually happened after a child birth.

I’m waiting for my blood tests results. I really hope is something else, like a virus that I can fix it with a simple pill.
Meanwhile I’m looking for the foods to avoid and the ones are allowed when you have to fallow a gluten-free diet.

Please wish me good lock.

 

Cool toilet March 25, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Gurmete @ 7:25 pm

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Make a page for your baby March 25, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Gurmete @ 7:15 pm

Make webpages for your baby using this images:

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I hope you like them!

 

Drawing talent March 25, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Gurmete @ 7:03 pm

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Cartoons March 25, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Gurmete @ 6:45 pm

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Zodiac March 25, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Gurmete @ 6:35 pm

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