Thyme Tea

 Super Timo - Great natural remedy for coughs and even delicious in tea

 

 

Benefits of Thyme Tea

 A cup of thyme tea contains calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and selenium. It also contains flavonoids, vitamins B-complex, C and D and it is a great antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antiviral,also an expectorant and helps fight colds, coughs, sore throats and more..

 

 

 

 

Honey Thyme Tea

1 Tbs fresh or 1 tsp dried Thyme
1 cup water

1 Tbs honey to sweeten 

 

Directions:
Bring water to boil then remove from heat. Add the thyme. , cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Remove thyme and whisk the honey into the water until dissolved ..And… It's done

 

 

 

Much love,
Nonesema ♥

Eggplant Pizzas

 

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

-2 Eggplant

-2/3 tomatoes

-1 garlic clove

-fresh rosemary

-olive oil

-mozzarella cheese

-Salt and black pepper, to taste

 

Preparation

-Wash and cut the Eggplant into slices not too thin.
 

-Brush both sides of the eggplant slices with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, black pepper.

 -Roast the eggplant slices in a preheated oven until it just starts to turn tender, about 15-20 minutes.
 

-Cut the tomatoes into small pieces, chopped garlic, pour everything into a bowl, add oil and salt and mix well.
 

-Top eggplant with tomato mixture,mozzarella and rosemary.
and broil until the cheese has melted, about 3-5 minutes. Serve.

Enjoy!

Chocolate, date & Sesame Balls

Total Time: 20 minutes

 

INGREDIENT:

1 Cup of dates
2 tsp peanut butter or nut butter
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Cup of raisins
1/2 tablespoon water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup of raw sesame seeds (for covering your balls)

 

Method :

1-Add all ingredients in a food processor and mix until everything is thoroughly combined.

2-Make small balls out of the mixture.

3-Then,Roll them in sesame seeds to cover and place on a plate. Let them chill in refrigerator for 10 minutes before serving.

 

Enjoy!

Nutella Cherry Thumbprints

Ingredients:

-1/2 cup butter, softened but not melted
-1/2 cup brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-1 to 2 tablespoon milk (so mixture can be easily rolled into balls)
-1 to 1/2 cups Gold Medal flour
-sugar powdered (to coat cooled cookies)

FILLING:
- Nutella
- cherries

Directions:

1-In a stand mixer, cream softened butter with the brown sugar. Add salt, vanilla and 1 Tbsp milk, and mix until well blended. Add flour and mix until mixture forms coarse crumbs that stick together.
2- Using a spoon, put dough into palm of hand and roll between palms to form a 1 inch to 1-1/4 inch ball. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet.
3-With thumb, form deep indent in each cookie. Bake at180 degrees for 15 minutes until firm but not brown. Remove cookies from sheet to a cooling rack and cool completely.
4-When cookies are cool, roll them in powdered sugar to coat thoroughly.
5- Using a pastry bag or small spoon, fill each cookie indent with a mound of nutella.
Allow nutella to set a few minutes, then add cherry to top of each cookie. Serve immediately

ENJOY 

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Rose Water Lemonade

 

Makes 4 drinks

Ingredients:
½ cup sugar
4 cups water
1 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoon rose water
Rose petals Or slices of lemon for garnish

Method:
1-In a small saucepan, bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil. Simmer and stir until the sugar has fully dissolved. Remove from heat and cool completely.

2-Place lemon juice in pitcher with sugar syrup, 3 cups cold water, and rosewater.  Stir mixture and serve. You can garnish by adding rose petals or slices of lemon.

ENJOY

Nonesema :)

Simple Banana Smoothie

All you need is five minutes and five ingredients to make this recipe.

Total time:5 minutes

makes 1 serving

You Will Need
-1 banana
-1/2 orange, peeled and quartered
-1/2 cup plain yogurt
-1/4 cup water or milk
-1 teaspoon honey

Directions
1-Roughly chop banana and orange quarters then add to a blender. Top with yogurt, water (or milk) and a teaspoon of the honey.

2-Turn blender on and blend until creamy and smooth. Taste then adjust with extra honey if needed.

Enjoy

Pide (Turkish Pizza)

Pide (Turkish Pizza)

Prep time 1 hour
Cook time 20 mins

Serves: 4-6

 Ingredients

- Dough:

3 cups whole wheat flour

1 tbsp instant yeast

2 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 cup lukewarm water

¼ cup olive oil

2 tbsp extra olive oil to brush pides 

- Filling:

3 tbsp olive oil

250g ground beef

1 onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped

A handful of parsley, chopped

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp red pepper flakes

A pinch of cumin

Instructions

1-Mix flour, instant yeast, sugar and salt.

2-Pour olive oil and add water little by little. Use your hand to combine them well until you have a soft dough.

3-Cover it and wait to rise for an hour. 

4-Heat olive oil in a skillet.

5-Add ground beef and onion, cover it so that it releases its water.

6-When it starts to absorb its water, add peppers and spices, stir.

7- Cook it for about 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

8- Let it cool. Add chopped parsley when it cools.

9-Preheat oven at 180C.

10-Dust a little flour on the counter or on a wooden board.

11-Make a log from dough and cut it into 16-18 eaqual balls.

12-Dust the counter again and roll one of the balls out thin giving it an oval shape.

13-Put some filling in it and stick the edges of pide.

14-Repeat the same steps until you finish all balls. 

15-Brush each pide with olive oil and bake them at 180C until golden, for about 20 minutes.

16-You can use a frying pan to cook it. Using medium heat, cook uncovered for 3 minutes then lower the heat and cover and cook for 4 minutes. Lastly, uncover and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Enjoy...

Nutella Hot Chocolate

Nutella Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:

-1 cup of milk.
-2 tablespoons of Nutella.
-1 tablespoon cocoa powder.
-Pinch of cinnamon.
-Mini marshmallows (optional).

Instructions

Pour about 1/4 of the milk into a saucepan on medium-low heat.
Add the Nutella and whisk until blended.
Slowly stir in the remaining milk.
Then add cocoa, a pinch of cinnamon and whisk until hot and frothy.
Add mini marshmallows as desired.

Enjoy!

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:

½ cup cocoa powder
½ cup sugar
½ cup bittersweet chocolate, chopped medium fine
3 cups powdered milk
 

Method :

1.Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl. Store in a cool dry place until ready to use.

2. To make the hot chocolate, add 4 Tablespoons of mix to 200 ml of boiling water and stir well.

3.Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or marshmallows,,

 Enjoy ♥

Quick Banana Milkshake

Quick Banana Milkshake

 This is my favorite milkshake recipe of all time! Super-quick, easy, and tasty

 

READY IN 5 mins

 makes 2 servings 

Ingredients

-2 banana
-4 tablespoons milk powder
-1 cup water
-4 ice cubes
-1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste

Method

Put banana, milk, ice, water ,sugar in a blender; puree until smooth. 

  Enjoy ♥

 

Vegetable Cheese Toast

Vegetable Cheese Toast

READY IN 10 Minutes 

Ingredients

-Plain Bread slices

-Tomato, Chopped finely

-Onion, Chopped finely

-Arugula

-Sweet Corn 
-Olives - sliced

-Chili Flakes \ Black pepper

-Mozzarella Cheese, Grated

-Whatever other toppings you want!

Method 

1-Arrange pieces of vegetable over each slice of bread, sprinkle some Chili  Flakes or Black pepper and lots of Cheese over it .

2-Bake in a pre-heated oven at 250 C till cheese melts and the bread it toasted, approx 5-6 minutes.

   Enjoy ♥

Easy Autumn Apple Fritters

Easy Autumn Apple Fritters

delicious & easy to prepare

prep:10 min

total:30 min

 

Ingredients:
    2 cups plain flour
    ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
    2 large eggs
    1 cup yogurt
    ½ cup water
    2 cups apples, peeled and diced
 
 For the  Guarnishing
  -powdered sugar

Method

    1-Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk well.
    2-Add the eggs, yogurt and water and mix well.
    3-Add the chopped apples and stir.

    4-Heat vegetable oil in a skillet set over medium heat. Using a serving spoon, gently drop the dough into the oil in batches. Fry for 3 minutes then flip and fry for another 2 minute or until golden brown.

5- Remove from the hot oil using a slotted spoon and drain briefly on paper towels. 

Dust powdered sugar on fritters and serve warm.
 

   Enjoy ♥

Quick Peach Juice

Quick Peach Juice 

Quick, Fresh &Delicious

 

prep: 10 mins
total time: 10 mins
servings: 4

Ingredients

-4 peaches, peeled and cut into slices
-2 cups cold water
-Fresh juice of 1 lemon
-5 tbsp sugar
-Ice cubes

Method

1-Place the peach slices in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Add lemon juice, sugar, water and ice cubes. Puree until smooth.

2-Add ice to serving glasses and fill each glass with peach juice. 

Enjoy