tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152011572024-03-19T09:48:32.828+01:00Rosa's Yummy YumsExperimental journeys through the vast foodlands…Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-77657745708337069182016-02-05T16:45:00.000+01:002016-02-05T16:45:03.255+01:00ANNOUNCEMENT - A NEW BEGINNING<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Dear Readers,</i><br /><br /><i>I have some exciting news to share with you today.</i><br /><br /><i>After much deliberation, I have decided to put </i><b style="font-style: italic;">Rosa’s Yummy Yums</b><i> to rest. This blog has brought me a lot, yet nonetheless I feel that the time has come to make changes, find other means to express my creativity and take a step in a different direction. Within a decade, many things have happened and I have metamorphosed into the person that I am now (my spirit and soul are still the same, yet I have come a long way and I am growing a little stronger and wiser every day). Transformation is inevitable and solutions have to be found…</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But this doesn’t mean the end of me as a blogger. As a matter of fact, you’ll still be able to continue reading my thoughts and gazing at my pictures on another platform which I am overjoyed to present to you.</i><br /><br /><i>Ladies and Gentleman, I give you </i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.reveriesbramblesscribbles.com/" target="_blank">Reveries, Brambles & Scribbles</a></span></b><i>!!!</i></span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am grateful for your support and readership over the last 10 years, and I would be so pleased to welcome you to my new abode. Hopefully you will appreciate <b><a href="http://www.reveriesbramblesscribbles.com/" target="_blank">R B & S</a></b> as much as <b>Rosa’s Yummy Yums</b> and it would mean a lot to me if you would follow me on my latest internet adventure.</span></i><br />
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-50602534306776126012015-08-08T19:04:00.001+02:002015-08-08T23:58:26.332+02:00AN ODE TO COFFEE: WITHOUT YOU, WE ARE NOTHING / HAPPY 10TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY TO MY BLOG<div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coffee, a marvelously fragrant, suavely bitter, darkly intense and dreamily frothy brew that has the power to instantly uplift your mood and make you see things from a different perspective. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A devilishly magical potion that immediately confers happiness, helps us wake up from the deepest of slumbers and stay active all day long.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A social and ritualistic drink that brings people together around a table, seals friendships and creates warm memories. A romantic beverage that inflames baristas and java aficionados from all the corners of the world. A unique decoction from Ethiopia without which we pathetic humans cannot survive. An elusive glimpse at paradise. A confidant and a muse. A delight to the senses. A crutch on which to rely. Cement that keeps our lives together. An euphoric stimulant. High octane. Fuel for the body. Muddy water. An ink black drug</span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for the soul. </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nectar of the gods; sacred, bewitching, psychedelic, ethereal and therapeutic. Pure gold.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>What would our mornings be like if we couldn't rely on a strong cup of joe? Would we be able to get rid of our head fog and start work normally? Would we still be enchanted at the prospect of "going out for a coffee" if we would be deprived of our espressos, lattes or cappuccinos? How would we feel if meals ended with an uninspiring glass of orange juice or water? Would we enjoy Tiramisù or moka cake as much if they were deprived of their star ingredient? Probably not!</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Coffee rules our existence. Whether we want it or not, i</i></span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t is omnipresent in daily life (at home, at the office, at the restaurant, on the train, etc...) </i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>and is part of our culture (m</i></span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ost countries nowadays have a deeply rooted relationship with it)</i><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. We are addicted to this precious liquid and there's no way of escaping its seductive grip or subjugating call.</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It really feels surreal to think that I first hit the publish button a decade ago, when I was considerably younger (in my late twenties), naiver and the whole blogging universe was a great deal more laid-back, uncomplicated and friendlier than nowadays.*</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I can't believe that I have made it so far, even if this activity has cost me a lot of blood, sweat and tears! It would be a lie if I told you that I hadn't had restless nights because of my blog and that Rosa's Yummy Yums has only made me happy. All the contrary. </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There were/are times when </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">it seems that all my efforts are in vain and </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I want to throw it all away, and hide in a corner and cry.</span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> But thanks to my readership whose </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">faithful and encouraging support means the world to me, </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and despite my meltdowns, ups and downs and vacillating commitment, I have persevered. Every follower's kind word, sincere compliment and visit gives me the energy to continue putting one foot in front of the other and makes me want to try to push beyond my boundaries. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each little encouragement fuels my hope and prevents me from capitulating, so I wish to thank you all for being around, regularly checking on my posts and always finding the right way to motivate me. </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I owe it all to you!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* Money, stardom, superficiality and over-sized egos had not yet corrupted the small community of enthusiasts that we were and </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">transformed that seemingly simple milieu into an absolute jungle</span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">... I'm not saying it is all bad, but a bit of the authenticity and honesty of the blogosphere has died the day foodism became hugely (and unreasonably, might I add - in 2015 it appears that everybody's a gourmet) fashionable and big corporations have discovered that they could benefit from bloggers (we all know how profit and trends can kill things).</span></i><br />
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-55863222459839288582015-04-04T15:45:00.000+02:002015-04-04T15:45:00.046+02:00LET US REJOICE! OSTARA IS UPON US AND SPRING IS UNFOLDING...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Every time a season comes to an end, I enthusiastically greet the next one with open arms. After three months of the same regime, it always feels good to see nature promptly metamorphose itself again and offer us a completely different experience. A real breath of fresh air.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I'm pretty sure, we would go bonkers if we were stuck in the same boring rut day in and day out. Routine kills us at a slow pace. On the other hand, change is positive, inevitable, primordial and constant. </i></span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It infuses our existence with vivid colours and gives us perspective as well as hope. T</i><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ransition is life and and life is all about transition.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Like an enthusiastic child beginning to discover the world surrounding him, I am bubbling with exhilaration and trepidating with anticipation, and I get excited about anything and everything. The late afternoon song of blackbirds sends tears to my eyes, crows tearing off branches in order to build their nests bring a large smile to my face, primroses blooming crazily pour joy into my soul, the sweet caress of the warm west wind delights me intensely and longer daylight hours motivate me in my daily chores. Oh, what a glorious feeling!<br /><br />However, while the flora and fauna are brashly awakening and general frenzy is palpable everywhere, we humans are still sluggishly emerging from slumber. The endless weeks of darkness and bone-chilling cold have taken a toll on us and all the slothing around has transformed us into rusty and pasty caricatures of ourselves. But with the sunshine hitting hard on our skin and the loud chirping of birds, our torpor is fastly chased away and new energy starts to flow in our body once more. Slowly yet surely, at our own pace, we join the celebration of renewal, embarking on this wonderful adventure that is called spring.<br /><br />Get your t-shirts out, let your hair down and merrily dance in circles for euphoria is prevalent !</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The brown waves of fog toss up to me<br />Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,<br />And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts<br />An aimless smile that hovers in the air<br />And vanishes along the level of the roofs.<br /><i>- T.S. Eliot</i><br /><br />So dull and dark are the November days.<br />The lazy mist high up the evening curled,<br />And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze;<br />The place we occupy seems all the world.<br /><i>- John Clare</i><br /><br />What a fog! Plane been buzzin' around overhead for the last half hour. Must be like trying to find your way through the inside of a cow. I never did see such a country. Even the birds are walkin'.<br /><i>- Dalton Trumbo</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Residing in the Geneva area or in a Swiss valley isn't always fun and can have its downside. As a matter of fact, winters in Calvin's city are mostly known for being gruesomely bland, appallingly dark and hideously characterless. So if you are a person who loves light and azure firmaments, and if winter blues are your nemesis, then you'd better not stay there during the cold season, otherwise chances are high that you’ll go loopy and depression will creep on you frequently.</i></span><div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In my opinion, there's nothing really comparable to bright hazy November days, radiant December afternoons, jovial January mornings and fiery February sunsets! This period of the year can be so joyful provided that our brightest star blesses us with its reddish rays, vivifying power and soothing warmth which's impact on our mental wellbeing is far superior to that of any drug and a hundred times more healing than any chemical medicine. The perfect cure for a numb and bruised soul!</i></span></i></span><br />
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<i><i>But what do we do when the heavens above refuse to open up and we are stuck under a persistently funereal blanket of clouds? Well, there are many ways to fight against the negative side effects of this irritating nebula. For example, you can listen to pleasant music, have a relaxing bubble bath, read a book, cook a uplifting meal or bake a comforting treat, dance madly to your favorite song, light scented candles and meditate, meet friends, go out for a reinvigorating walk, break out of a rut, cozy up your home, wear bright colours, take up a project, host a movie night or visit museums. The options are endless.</i></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><i><i>On the condition that you keep busy and peel your limp body off the sofa, things can only get better in the little head of yours. Physical and intellectual activity will reduce your receptivity to the greyness outside and will push the gloomy thoughts out of your mind. </i></i></span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And remember to smile (think positive) and eat lots of healthy vitamin-laden foods as both impact on your overall welfare and help you cope with melancholy. </i><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In this manner, time will pass a lot faster and the vernal equinox will be at your doorstep before you know it.</i></i><br />
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-75316989154872626402014-12-23T12:00:00.000+01:002014-12-23T12:00:05.359+01:00SEASON'S GREETINGS<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All across the virgin snow<br /> And through the naked trees<br /> On a cold winter's night<br /> His song is on the breeze<br /> Where the moonlight paints the frost<br /> Upon the robin's song<br /> He's come a-calling for us all<br /> Now the summer's gone!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hark! Hear the children sing<br />Glory to the Holly King!<br /><i>- Hail The Holly King by Inkubus Sukkubus</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wishing you and yours a Merry Holiday Season and a joyful celebration!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May 2015 bring you happiness, joy, peace, harmony, inspiration, successs and health.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you for your support and interest in my humble work!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>P.S. As I am in desperate need of recharging my batteries, living life less virtually and getting my creative mojo back, I henceforth announce that Rosa's Yummy Yums is going on a hiatus (until further notice)... But don't worry, I will not let my blog lie fallow forever and you'll still be able to find me online via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rosas-Yummy-Yums/221344508238?ref=hl">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RosasYummyYums">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RosaMaylandRosasYummyYums/posts">Google+</a>, <a href="http://rosasyummyyums.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>, etc...).
</i></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-13501062138604461422014-12-17T17:00:00.000+01:002014-12-17T20:34:26.484+01:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #153 - HAZELNUTS: KERNELS OF JOY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hazelnuts are very common at British Neolithic sites, being probably the most frequently represented of the "other plants" mentioned by Whittle. Nutshell fragments are often not counted but are just mentioned as being rare or numerous, and in such instances we record "few", "some" or "many"...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>- Sue Colledge and James Conolly, The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asian and Europe</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Corylus avellana. A word that sounds like music to the ears. Also know as hazelnut, cobnut or filbert, </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">this </span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">little fruit full of promise, and </span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">ancient symbol of peace and health</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span> </span></i></span></span>is a kernel of joy</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"> and a gourmet's best friend.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Rare are the people who don't like hazelnuts and it is quite understandable as they are extremely versatile, wholesome and a wide variety of desserts, confectioneries as well as savory dishes can be prepared with them. From gianduja and cakes to spice mixes, condiments, soups and salads, there are large quantities of recipes that employ this delicacy.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Whether this nutritious nut is eaten raw or roasted, taste is always at the rendez-vous.</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></i></span></span>The elegant, luxurious, earthy, sweet and buttery aroma of hazelnuts is quite addictive and intoxicating (especially when they have been toasted), and j</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">ust like cocoa, its preferred partner in crime, not only are they good for the body, but also </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">for the soul.</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Hazelnuts have a very distinctive flavor and that's why they are highly regarded by pastry chefs and cook all around the world. They pair beautifully with dried and fresh fruits, mushrooms, root vegetables, bread, pasta, legumes, fish, meat, cheese, wine, spirits, and more particularly with chocolate (the Holy Grail!) for which this culinary hero has a particular affinity.</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Their popularity is universal and many countries have been cultivating orchards since centuries. Hence, hazelnuts are rooted deep in our food culture and their use is widespread.</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">In Switzerland, we love to bake with those fragrant nuts and we have an abundance of hazelnut-based treats (cookies, tarts, cakes, chocolate bars, etc...). Around Christmas time, stores sell gargantuesque quantities of whole and ground hazelnuts and Swiss people enjoy preparing traditional hazelnut "biscuits de Noël/Weihnachtsguetzli" such as "Berner Hasselnussleckerli (Leckerli Bernese-Style)", "Hasselnussrollen (Hazelnut Rolls)", "Hasselnussmakronen (Hazelnut Macaroons)" and "Totenbeinli (Leg Of The Dead Cookies)" with their family and friends...</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">My Hazelnut Recipes</span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Apple Tart With Hazelnut Frangipani (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2010/02/apple-tart-with-hazelnut-frangipani.html">link</a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Beetroot And Orange Salad (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2013/02/beetroot-and-orange-salad-salade-de.html">link</a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Chocolate Ganache-Glazed Hazelnut Cake (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2012/08/chocolate-ganache-glazed-hazenut-cake.html"><span style="color: #999999;">link</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Cornflake Terrine (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2012/08/chocolate-ganache-glazed-hazenut-cake.html"><span style="color: #999999;">link</span></a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Hazelnut Date Truffles (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2014/04/hazelnut-date-truffles-truffes-aux.html">link</a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Hazelnut Meringue Clusters (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2012/08/chocolate-ganache-glazed-hazenut-cake.html">link</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Hazelnut Nougatine (<a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2008/09/hazelnut-nougatine-nougatine.html">link</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Great Hazelnut Recipes Found On The Net</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Baci Di Dama </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">(<a href="http://food52.com/recipes/27314-baci-di-dama-chocolate-filled-hazelnut-cookies"><span style="color: #999999;">Food 52</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Baked Apples With Hazelnuts, Maple Cream and Crème Fraîche (<a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/2013/02/baked-apples-with-hazelnuts-maple-cream.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Bread Pudding Cake (<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://en.julskitchen.com/breakfast/bread-pudding-cake">Juls' Kitchen</a></span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Butternut Squash Ravili With Oregano-Hazelnut Pesto (<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Butternut-Squash-Ravioli-with-Oregano-Hazelnut-Pesto">Saveur</a></span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Cauliflower With Brown Butter, Pears, Sage And Hazelnuts (<a href="http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/cauliflower-pears-brown-butter.aspx"><span style="color: #999999;">Fine Cooking</span></a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Celery, Blue Cheese And Hazelnut Slad (<a href="http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/celery_blue_cheese_and_hazelnut_salad/">Simply Recipes</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Espresso And Chocolate-Hazelnut Swirl Ice Cream With Coffee Tuiles (<a href="http://lisaiscooking.blogspot.ch/2013/07/espresso-and-chocolate-hazelnut-swirl.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Lisa Is Cooking</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Fig, Halloumi And Hazelnut Salad (<a href="http://www.cooksister.com/2010/11/fig-halloumi-and-hazelnut-salad.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Cooksister</span></a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Hazelnut Fruit Cake (<a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/749709/hazelnut-fruitcake"><span style="color: #999999;">Good Food</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Hazelnut Meringue Cake With Berries (<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://lifesafeast.blogspot.ch/2013/07/hazelnut-meringue-cake-with-berries-and.html">Life's A Feast</a></span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Individual Hazelnut And Chocolate Clafoutis (<a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/individual-hazelnut-and-chocolate-clafoutis/"><span style="color: #999999;">Jamie Oliver</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Mini Piedmontois (<a href="http://almondcorner.blogspot.ch/2012/03/mini-piedmontois-or-eric-lanlards.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Almond Corner</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Orechiette With Squash, Chiles And Hazelnuts (<a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/orecchiette-with-squash-chiles-and-hazelnuts"><span style="color: #999999;">Bon Appétit</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Quinoa Salad With Hazelnuts, Apple And Dried Cranberries (<a href="http://food52.com/blog/8703-quinoa-salad-with-hazelnuts-apple-and-dried-cranberries"><span style="color: #999999;">Food 52</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Shredded Brussel Sprouts With Bacon And Hazelnuts (<a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/shredded-brussels-sprouts-with-bacon-hazelnuts"><span style="color: #999999;">Cooking Light</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Swiss/Berner Hasselnussleckerli (<a href="http://sweetartichoke.com/2011/06/10/swiss-hazelnut-gluten-free-cookies-leckerli-bernois-aux-noisettes-sans-gluten/"><span style="color: #999999;">Sweet Artichoke</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Swiss/</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Bernese Hazelnut Tart (<a href="http://vagabondbaker.com/2012/12/09/bernese-hazelnut-tart-berner-hazelnusskuchen/"><span style="color: #999999;">Vagabond Baker</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Swiss Dairy-Free Hazelnut Crescent Rolls (D<a href="https://dairyfreeswitzerland.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/hazelnut-crescent-rolls/"><span style="color: #999999;">airy Free Switzerland</span></a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Swiss Totenbeinli (<a href="http://linno-yum.blogspot.ch/2011/01/totenbeinli-hazelnut-cookies.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Linno-Yum</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Torta Di Nocciole (<a href="http://www.domenicacooks.com/2014/12/torta-di-nocciole-hazelnut-cake-from-piemonte/"><span style="color: #999999;">Domenica Cooks</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-42748458529477171472014-12-12T17:00:00.000+01:002014-12-12T17:00:00.299+01:00REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART IV<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15977922786" title="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants" height="1024" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8561/15977922786_9815568065_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB">There is a
way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not
patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">
<i>- Linda Hogan</i></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/16001727381" title="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7567/16001727381_1d6511d89b_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">There is a pleasure in
the pathless woods,<br />
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,<br />
There is society, where none intrudes,<br />
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:<br />
I love not man the less, but Nature more” <br />
<i>- George Gordon Byron</i></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15384083673" title="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants" height="1024" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8589/15384083673_98d75054fd_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he
can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her
seniority.<br />
<i>- E.B. White, Letters of E. B. White</i></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15816292298" title="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer 2014 - Flowers & Plants" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7583/15816292298_b063e89b13_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-4669690116922068622014-12-05T17:10:00.000+01:002014-12-05T17:10:00.157+01:00REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART III<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15943971381" title="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7530/15943971381_0b7e4cbaaf_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15323704914" title="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer
Pas-de-l'Echelle" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7467/15323704914_6b6daa7b62_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15944006701" title="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7462/15944006701_16d1988434_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15323671194" title="Summer Pas-de-l'Echelle by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer
Pas-de-l'Echelle" height="1024" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8564/15323671194_a7a9cac728_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-63652844794070812392014-12-03T17:10:00.000+01:002014-12-03T17:10:00.046+01:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #152 - FRAGILE<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15317842113"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7491/15317842113_0228a7da29_b.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no
matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side
of the egg. Why? Because each of us is an egg, a unique soul enclosed
in a fragile egg. Each of us is confronting a high wall. The high
wall is the system which forces us to do the things we would not
ordinarily see fit to do as individuals . . . We are all human beings,
individuals, fragile eggs. We have no hope against the wall: it's too
high, too dark, too cold. To fight the wall, we must join our souls
together for warmth, strength. We must not let the system control us --
create who we are. It is we who created the system.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Haruki Murakami, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Jerusalem Prize acceptance speech, JERUSALEM POST, Feb. 15, 2009.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture was submitted to "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan <span style="font-weight: normal;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/">The Well-Seasoned Cook</a>". This week it is hosted by </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aparna at "</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://storiesfromthemahecoast.blogspot.it/">Stories from the Mahe Coast</a><a href="http://pocketfullofspices.blogspot.fr/"></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">"</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/">here</a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-46409726425233394512014-11-28T17:10:00.000+01:002014-11-28T17:13:35.141+01:00REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART II<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15842537782"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7571/15842537782_99e58cc5fc_b.jpg" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15220885894" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva
Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/15220885894_2e3f435c24_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15657389627" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7506/15657389627_549300cf4d_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15841190721" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7522/15841190721_43ca24985d_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-17568840453260022172014-11-21T17:10:00.000+01:002014-11-24T13:06:09.075+01:00REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART I<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15841154641" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7465/15841154641_aa663d021c_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Spring passes and one
remembers one's innocence.<br />
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.<br />
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.<br />
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance. <br />
<i>- Yoko Ono</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Although I love autumn's ravishing beauty and serene atmosphere, I must admit that this year, and for the very first time in my life, I am missing the warm season. Having had a grim spring and a depressingly glum July as well as August, I just wasn't ready for fall's arrival. Much to my regret, i</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">t came surprisingly early...</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">You see, I am the kind of person who needs to fully enjoy summer in order to get sick of it and look forward to cooler and moodier weather - in fact, it is exactly the same as with food; one needs to eat a few savory dishes before the urge for dessert makes its appearance. Hence, I feel nostalgic for summer's suffocating exuberance and insolent nonchalance.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Having said this, I am nonetheless really thrilled that autumn's here and that winter's on our doorstep as I am particularly fond of this time of the year. So, bring on the cold weather, frosty sunlight and snowstorms!</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15220925214" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7511/15220925214_105bf2d62e_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15843140775" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva
Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7563/15843140775_0bba15853d_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15841200761" title="Summer - Geneva Countryside by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer - Geneva
Countryside" height="1024" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/15841200761_56190223b3_b.jpg" width="683" /></a> </span></span></span></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-1495641324761332442014-11-19T17:10:00.000+01:002014-11-19T17:10:00.825+01:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #151 - CONCEALED<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15641614257"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7560/15641614257_33c906780d_b.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Grape Before The Harvest -</span></span></span></i></b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of what is concealed can
also be revealed.<br />
<i>- Pushpa Rana, Just the Way I Feel</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sanhita at "<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://pocketfullofspices.blogspot.fr/">Pocket Full Of Spices</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;"></span></a></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-80576669007259226692014-11-14T17:10:00.000+01:002014-11-14T17:28:10.439+01:00HERMANCE'S HIDDEN TREASURES PART II<div style="text-align: center;">
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-85682940443377316402014-11-07T17:10:00.000+01:002014-11-07T17:10:00.151+01:00YUMMY SUPPER COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY WINNER & HERMANCE'S HIDDEN TREASURES PART I<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #444444;">Many thanks to all of you for entering my </span><a href="http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.ch/2014/10/hazelnut-meringue-clusters-giveaway.html"><span style="color: #999999;">YummySupper Giveaway</span></a><span style="color: #444444;">.
I was delighted to read your lovely comments and to see that so many
people from all over the world took part in it. Your participation
really means a lot to me...</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I am very happy to announce that the lucky winner is</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Regula Melo-Jocknevich</b> of "<a href="http://www.mollymell.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Molly Mell</span></a>". </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Congratulations, you just won a copy Erin Scott's cookbook, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"<a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/p/blog-page.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper - 100 Fresh, Luscious & Honest Recipes From A {Gluten-free} Omnivore</span></a>"</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">!!!</span></span></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-17514185251730332014-11-05T17:15:00.000+01:002014-11-05T21:20:11.552+01:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #150 - AUTUMN'S FINEST FRUIT<div style="text-align: center;">
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Your seeds shall live in my body,</span></span></span><br />
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And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,</span></span></span><br />
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And your fragrance shall be my breath,</span></span></span><br />
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<i>And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.” </i></span></span></span><br />
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- Khalil Gibran</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by Cinzia </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Cindystarblog</span></a></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-53915528303430126282014-10-31T17:15:00.000+01:002014-11-01T00:09:09.534+01:00HAZELNUT MERINGUE CLUSTERS & A GIVEAWAY + BOOK REVIEW: YUMMY SUPPER BY ERIN SCOTT - BISCUITS MERINGUÉS AUX NOISETTES & UN CONCOURS + UNE CHRONIQUE: YUMMY SUPPER PAR ERIN SCOTT<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Picture by Erin Scott.</span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Yummy Supper -</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">100 Fresh, Luscious & Honest Recipes From A {Gluten-free} Omnivore.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I can't excatly recall when I discovered <b><a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper</span></a></b>, but one thing that I am totally sure of is that the day I first layed my eyes on this unique blog, I knew it was going to get a name sooner or later.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper</span></a></span></span></i></b> has it all. The food is wholesome, mouthwatering, fabulous and beautifully staged, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">the photography is stunning</span></span> and the site is graphically pleasing. Besides, the talented and charming lady behind it is a kind and enthiusiastic blogger who takes pleasure in interacting with her followers and who treasures what she does.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">As my gut feeling is rarely misleading, Erin Scott has managed to capture public attention with her gorgeous award-winning blog and she has just released (on the 19th of August 2014) a magnificent publication of her own via <a href="http://www.rodaleinc.com/products/books"><span style="color: #999999;">Rodale Books</span></a>.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">True to her generous nature, Erin proposed to send me a copy of her cookbook. What an awesome surprise! Being a big admirer of her work, her alluring offer made me extremely happy and there was no way I was going to refuse it...</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Erin Scott is based in Berkeley, California where she lives with her</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">husband and two children. This </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">passionate advocate for food that is healthy, local and sustainable</span></span> is highly influenced by her legendary neighbors <a href="http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/"><span style="color: #999999;">Alice Waters</span></a> and <a href="http://michaelpollan.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Michael Pollan</span></a>, and her work has been featured in <a href="http://www.kinfolk.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Kinfolk</span></a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Huffinghton Post</span></a>, <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/homeVer"><span style="color: #999999;">Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution</span></a>, <a href="http://food52.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Food 52</span></a>, <a href="http://gourmet.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Gourmet.com</span></a>, <a href="http://www.tastespotting.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Tastespotting</span></a>, <a href="http://foodgawker.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Foodgawker</span></a> and <a href="http://www.finecooking.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">Fine Cooking</span></a>.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">A voracious eater and home cook, Scott was devastated after she was diagnosed with celiac disease several years ago (her two kids also suffer from the same condition). But, as she is a fighter, instead of giving in and purchasing the easy and bland packaged gluten-free fares, she decided to take her situation in hand and stop aiming her attention on what she couldn't eat and instead, embraced all that she could eat. Her diagnosis was an impetus for her kitchen habits to become richer and more varied. The limitations of her diet forced her to use her creativity and expand her approach of nutrition. As a result of that, she teared out her lawn and transformed her tiny backyard into a lush organic garden.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>- Alice Waters</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Erin's first cookbook is sublimely crafted, refreshing and offers covenient as well as family-friendly recipes that are original, genuine, soulful, delicious and which focus on seasonality and vibrant natural ingredients. Every dish that is presented in her 256 pages paperback is extremely appealing, colorful and full of oomph.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Organized into whimsical chapters ("Slurp", "Egg", "Veg", "Sea", "Butcher Shop", "Grain + Seed", "Nut", "Fruit", "Kid Favorites" and "Odds + Ends"), <b>Yummy Supper</b> transcends the gluten-free genre and will inspire you to cook real food and motivate you to extend your culinary repertoire.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This book is for conscious people who respect their bodies and the environment, but who also want to find comfort at the table and savor a soul-uplifting meal without restraining themselves or getting involved in overcomplicated culinary projects.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>I have really enjoyed going through the pages of this delightful cookbook as I can wholly relate to Erin's philosophy and lifestyle. Even if I am not celiac and I love to cook or bake with wheat (and related grains), I nonetheless try to nourish myself with as little gluten-based products as possible since I take my health seriously and aspire to stay slim. In addition, it is important for me to respect the seasons, feed mindfully, have environmentally friendly habits and serve food that is not only eye-catching, but also tasty, whole and lively.</i></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And of course, let's not forget to mention Erin's marvelous </i><i>pictures which never fail to enlighten me and make me drool.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Choosing a recipe to share here with my readers wasn't an easy task (</i></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>everything looks ever so good and enticing)</i></span></span>. As a matter of fact, I had to go through the book more than 6 times until I finally made up my mind. So, after a lot of debating, I have decided to prepare "<b>Hazelnut Meringue Clusters</b>".</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Also known as "Brutti Ma Buoni" which literally translates as "ugly but good", these hazelnutty meringue bites are a classic Italian treat and despite their rustic looks (uneven shape and cratered surface), they taste absolutely divine and have a ton of personality.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This biscuit is definitely a keeper and so is Erin's recipe. Aside from needing more baking time (is it my oven?), my cookies turned out perfect. They were so exquisite that we could not stop digging into the metallic container for more!</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Hazelnut Meringue Clusters (aka Brutti Ma Buoni)</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Recipe by Erin Scott @</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> <a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper</span></a></span></span></i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> (and slightly adapted by myself).</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ingredients:</i></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 Cup (120g) Raw Hazelnuts</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 Lemon</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 Egg whites, at room temperature</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 Cup (105g) Castor/superfine sugar</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">A pinch of fine sea salt</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 Tsp Pure vanilla extract</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Method:</i></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Preheat the oven to 190°C (375° F). Line 2 baking sheets with parchement paper for baking the meringues later.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. In a smalll, dry cast iron pan (I used a baking sheet), toast the hazelnuts in the oven for 7 to 10 minutes. Let the nuts cool, then rub off the skins using a clean kitchen towel. Coarsely crush the hazelnuts with a mortar and pestle, or use a heavy chef's knife. Set the nuts aside, and turn the oven to 180° C (350° F).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Get out a medium bowl and hand mixer, or a standing mixer with the whisk attachment (it is key to have your blowl and whisk completely grease-free in order to make successful meringues: rub the lemon half all around the inside of your mixing bowl and on the whisk attachment itself). Vigorously whisk the egg whites until soft peakes form. While the mixer is still running, gradually add the sugar, salt and vanilla. Continue high-speed whisking for a few more minutes, until the eggs have formed stiff peaks and become beautifully glossy. Gently fold in the crushed hazelnuts.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Scoop small mounds of batter onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes (I baked mine for about 20-25 minutes), then turn off the oven and let the meringues continue to crisp in the warm oven for an hour or so.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remarks:</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Store the cookies in an airtight container to preserve crispness.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Serving Suggestions:</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Serve with a cup of coffee or a glass of the alcohol of your choice (liquor or dessert wine).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15045687733" title="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7504/15045687733_3b906c9582_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Biscuits Meringués Aux Noisettes (ou Brutti Ma Buoni)</span></b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><i>Recette par Erin Scott @ </i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://yummysupper.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Yummy Supper</span></a> </span></span></i>(et légèrement adaptée par moi-même). </i><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Ingrédients:</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1 Tasse (120g) de Noisettes entières</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1/2 Citron</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">3 Blancs d'oeufs, à température ambiante</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1/2 Tasse (105g) de Sucre semoule</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Une pincée de Sel de mer fin</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1 CC d'Extrait de vanille pure</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Méthode:</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1. Préchauffer le four à 190° C. Tapisser 2 plaques à pâtisserie de papier sulfurisé.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">2. Dans une petite poêle en fonte (j'ai utilisé une plaque à pâtisserie), torréfier les noisettes au four pendant 7 à 10 minutes. Les laissez refroidir, puis </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">les frotter avec un torchon propre pour les monder</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">. Dans un mortier, concasser grossièrement les noisettes (ou en utiliser un gros couteau). Mettre de côté et régler la température du four à 180° C.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15480225020" title="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/15480225020_32ee9afbae_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">3. Déposer les blancs d'oeufs dans le bol de votre robot de cuisine (pour réussir vos meringues, il est important que votre bol soit propre et exempt de graisse: frotter la moitié du citron à l'intérieur de votre bol et sur le fouet lui-même). Fouetter énergiquement les blancs d'oeufs jusqu'à formation de pics mous. Ajouter graduellement le sucre, le sel et la vanille. Continuer à fouetter à grande vitesse pendant quelques minutes, jusqu'à ce que les œufs forment de pics fermes et que la masse soit brillante. Incorporer délicatement les noisettes concassées.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">4. Déposer des petits tas de meringue sur les plaques à pâtisserie. Faire cuire au four pendant 15 minutes (j'ai fait cuire mes biscuits pendant environ 20-25 minutes), puis éteindre le four et laisser les brutti ma buoni sécher dans le four chaud pendant une heure ou deux (celà les rendra croustillants).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Remarques:</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Conserver les biscuits dans une boîte hermétique pour préserver leur croustillant. <br /><b><i><br /> Idées de Présentation:</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Servir avec une tasse de café ou avec un verre d'alcool de votre choix (liqueur ou vin de dessert).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosas-yummy-yums/15480232260" title="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies by Rosa, on Flickr"><img alt="Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies" height="1024" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7508/15480232260_93d9e6d015_b.jpg" width="683" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Lately, I have been suffering from a serious burnout which has left me exhausted and dispirited. I feel completely drained and find no solace in the things I used to enjoy. As result, blogging has become a chore and photography a torture. Instead of being relaxing hobbies, those activities are causing me stress and I can't seem to be able to pull myself together...</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">You rest now. Rest for
longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of
peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.<br />
- Peter Heller, <i>The Painter</i></span></span></span></div>
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person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously
separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends
can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess,
they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>As
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pamper myself and unwind. So, Rosa's Yummy Yums will be on a <b>two weeks
hiatus</b> (during this short period of time I'll also be less present
online - Facebook, Twitter, Google +, etc...). But please don't worry, I
will <b>resume my activities on the 29th of October 2014</b>... </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as <i>cackling farts</i>, on the basis that chickens cackled all the time and eggs came out of the back of them.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Mark Forsyth<i>,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by Cinzia </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Cindystarblo</span></a>g</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-17180673353566290342014-10-03T17:10:00.000+02:002014-10-03T17:10:00.305+02:00A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - BOATS ON LAKE LÉMAN<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">Oh the brave Fisher's life, It is the best of any, 'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd of many: Other joys Are but toys; Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure.<br /> <i>- Izaak Walton</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB">Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-88971739027949517872014-10-01T17:30:00.000+02:002014-10-01T19:34:16.446+02:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #145 - PRODUCE OF OUR TERROIR<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>- Luscious Grapes -</i></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Grapes are the most noble and challenging of fruits. <br />Malcolm Dunn, Head Gardener to the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, c 1867 </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by Cinzia </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">Cindystarblo</span></a>g</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span></div>
Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-56826904763734309742014-09-26T17:15:00.000+02:002014-09-26T17:15:00.045+02:00WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS...<div style="text-align: center;">
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and I'm losing my mind, it's time to move on.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span class="st">- Tom Petty</span></i></span></span></span></blockquote>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sometimes when all else fails, breath in, breath out, brew a cuppa and let go. There's no need to torture yourself any longer as no positive outcome will be reached if you get worked up and stressed.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Unfortunately, that's easier said than done! Since I am an obstinately determined person, I have difficulties to call it quits and move on or press pause, and I generally obsessively continue trying to finish what I had started, although I am tense, flustered and in a murderous mood.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I guess it has to do with the fact that I hate to sit on things and leave unresolved problems clog my life as confusion and chaos make me depressed, anxious, irritable and fidgety. Nothing will calm me down and the only way to find peace is to rid myself of the cause of my troubles!</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Speaking of issues, lately I have been going through a rough phase with my photography. Since I received a new and slightly more upmarket DSLR camera (no high-end camera though), my worries are endless. Nothing seems to go right anymore and picture shooting has become my nemesis - not that it wasn't already, but it has got even worse.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></i>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Every shot I take is unsatisfying and mediocre. This situation sickens me and makes me feel extremely frustrated, unsure, blocked and down. I know my equipment is ridiculously basic (one camera, one lens - 50mm - for food photography and a very outdated processing software, plus a balcony that serves as "studio") and I still have a lot to learn about this art, but I have the impression that the little "talent" I possessed is fading away and all I can produce now is bad.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Nowaydays, photoshoots are excruciatingly strainful, exhausting and I need to mentally prepare myself for days before I dare grab my camera again. Pleasure and playfulness have been replaced by self-doubt, desperation, pain and aversion. As a result, I no longer have fun while snapping pictures and on certain days I just want to throw away my Nikon, retire from blogging and dig a hole and hide in it.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></i>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">The more nervous I am, the less I'll be capable of creating photos that make me happy and the more my inclination towards depression and disquietude will grow. A vicous circle.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, thankfully, I can still take refuge in another great artform: writing. To me, words are worth a thousand pictures and even if poignant images convey millions of emotions, the same can be said about an artfully written story...</span></span></span></i><br />
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-58038928437394996412014-09-24T17:00:00.000+02:002014-09-24T17:00:00.937+02:00 BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #144 - HERMANCE FISHERMAN, GENEVA<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>- Fishing In Style -</i></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Simona at "<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.pulcetta.com/">Briciole</a><a href="http://www.cafelynnylu.blogspot.it/"></a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-37675539138971911732014-09-19T17:00:00.000+02:002014-09-19T17:00:03.078+02:00A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - MY FAVORITE CYCLING SPOTS<div style="text-align: center;">
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necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and
tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a
form of slow death.<br />
<i>- Esther Meynell</i></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Henri Rousseau</span></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally
renewed evidences of the determination to live.</span></span></span></div>
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<i>- Vita Sackville-West, Country
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Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-31056529565109093042014-09-17T17:30:00.000+02:002014-09-17T17:30:00.565+02:00BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #143 - MY CLASSY ITALIAN WINE JUG PART II<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i>- Decadently Stylish -</i></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This picture wa</span><span style="color: #444444;">s submitted to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">at "<a href="http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">The Well-Seasoned Cook</span></a>"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">. This week it is hosted by </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lynne at "<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.cafelynnylu.blogspot.it/">Cafe Lynnylu</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (click <a href="http://cindystarblog.blogspot.ch/"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a> in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).</span></span></span></span>Rosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15201157.post-1938058832657453022014-09-12T17:00:00.000+02:002014-09-12T18:25:01.265+02:00SPICY MIDDLE EASTERN-STYLE CHICKPEA, BELL PEPPER, EGGPLANT, TOMATO AND TAHINI STEW (VEGETARIAN) - RAGOÛT MOYEN-ORIENTALISANT AUX LÉGUMES D'ÉTÉ, POIS CHICHES, ÉPICES ET AU TAHINI (VÉGÉTARIEN)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">If you follow me via my Facebook page, you might be familiar with my daily " light & healthy supper" posts*. Well to make a long story short, I use this space to share </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">with my fans</span></i> the detailed desription of </span></i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>the humble, yet delicious, budget-friendly, wholesome and totally improvised meals I cook every evening.</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Against all expectations, my quotidian dinner ramblings have become quite popular and a few of the people who enthusiastically read them have told me that I inspire them greatly. Many have even asked me whether I'd consider putting my recipes on the blog.</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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creativity is self-doubt.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Of course I'd love to be one of those hyperactive bloggers who publishes on a day-to-day basis</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i> and always feels the urge to put pen to paper or grab his/her camera</i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span>, but unfortunately that's not me. You see, I'm a self-doubting perfectionist who has anxiety issues and suffers from chronic bouts of depression, so unlike many creative souls, I generally cannot be put under any kind of pressure or else my inspiration and mojo disappear. S</i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>tress and mood swings kill me and tame my inner fire</i></span></span>. As a matter of fact, I am only capable of producing quality material</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i> when that big black cloud has ceased to hover over my head and I start to regain my self-confidence as well as my serenity</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>.</i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span>..</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Anyway, I have nonetheless been able to quickly take pictures of one of my modest creations that I'm happy to present to you today. This summery </i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"<span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><b>Spicy Middle Eastern-Style Chickpea, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato And Tahini Stew</b>" is really flavorful. Not only is it pleasantly fragrant, but it is also hearty, seasonal, inexpensive and easy to put together.</span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Nothing artsy-fartsy here, just straight-forward vegetarian grub for foodlovers who care about their well-being, the environment and the state of their bank account without compromising on taste and quality.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">* I</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">n case you absolutely don't know what I'm talking about, I invite you to visit my "fan page" by clicking on this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rosas-Yummy-Yums/221344508238"><span style="color: #999999;">link</span></a></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rosas-Yummy-Yums/221344508238"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>.</i></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> </span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Spicy Middle Eastern-Style Chickpea, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato And Tahini Stew</span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><i>Recipe by Rosa Mayland, September 2014. </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i>Ingredients:</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Tbs Olive oil</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Onion, chopped</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Cloves garlic, chopped</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Red bell pepper, cubed</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Eggplant, cubed</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1/2 Tsp Ground cumin</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1/4 Tsp Ground allspice</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1/6 Ground black pepper</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">2 Tomatoes, chopped</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1 Tsp Tomato paste</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">400g Cooked chickpeas </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">3 Tbs Tahini mixed with 5 Tbs Water</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">3 Tbs Yogurt</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">A few drops of red Tabasco</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1/2 Tbs Fresh mint, chopped</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Fine sea salt, to taste</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Method:</span></span></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">1. Heat a frying pan over medium heat, add the olive oil and then the onion. Cook the onion until translucent.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">2. Add the garlic and cook for 1/2 a minute.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">3. Add the bell pepper and stir-fry for about 4 minutes, then add the eggplant and stir-fry for another 5 minutes.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">4. Add the spices, quickly stir and add the tomatoes as well as the tomato paste. Cook for 10 minutes, until the juices of the tomato have evaporated.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">5. Incorporate the chickpeas, the tahini sauce, the yogurt, the Tabasco and the mint. Cook for another minute.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">6. Season with salt and serve.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Remarks:</span></span></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The tomatoes should not have dissolved completely - pieces should remain. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">If you find that the dish/sauce is too thick add a little water.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The mint can be replaced by fresh coriander (a handful).</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Serving Suggestions:</span></span></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Serve this dish alone, or with couscous or basmati rice.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><b>Ragoût Moyen-Orientalisant Aux Légumes d'Été, </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Pois Chiches, </b></span>Épices Et Au Tahini </b></span><br /><i>Recette par Rosa Mayland, Septembre 2014. </i><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i>Ingrédients: </i></b><br />1 CS d'Huile d'olive <br />1 Oignon, haché <br />1 Gousses d'ail, hachée <br />1 Poivron rouge, coupé en dés <br />1 Aubergine, coupée en dés <br />1/2 CC de Cumin en poudre<br />1/4 CC de Tout-épice (poivre de la Jamaïque) en poudre<br />1/6 de CC de Poivre noir fraîchement moulu <br />2 Tomates, hachées grossièrement<br />1 CC de Concentré de tomate <br />400g de Pois chiches cuits <br />3 CS de Tahini mélangé à 5 CS d'eau <br />3 CS de Yogourt <br />Quelques gouttes de Tabasco rouge <br />1/2 CS de Menthe fraîche, hachée <br />Sel de mer, selon goût</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i>Méthode: </i></b><br />1. Faire chauffer une poêle à feu moyen, ajouter l'huile d'olive, puis l'oignon et faire cuire ce dernier jusqu'à ce qu'il soit translucide. <br />2. Ajouter l'ail et cuire pendant 1/2 d'une minute. <br />3. Ajouter le poivron et le faire sauter pendant environ 4 minutes, puis ajouter l'aubergine et continuer à faire sauter (en remuant régulièrement) pendant 5 minutes. <br />4. Ajouter les épices, remuer rapidement et ajouter les tomates ainsi que le concentré de tomate et faire cuire pendant 10 minutes, jusqu'à ce que les jus des tomates se soit évaporé. <br />5. Incorporer les pois chiches, la sauce au tahini, le yogourt, le Tabasco et la menthe. Laisser cuire encore une minute. <br />6 Assaisonner avec le sel et servir. <br /><br /><b><i>Remarques: </i></b><br />Les tomates ne doivent pas s'être dissoutes - des morceaux doivent rester.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Si vous trouvez que le plat est un peu sec, ajouter de l'eau afin d'obtenir la consistance voulue. <br />La menthe peut être remplacée par de la coriandre fraîche (une poignée). <br /><br /><b><i>Idées De Présentation: </i></b><br />Servir ce plat seul, ou avec du couscous ou du riz basmati.</span></span></span><br />
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