Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients:
 1 pack Betty Crocker yellow mix cake.
 1 box Butter Scotch (Brand Jell-O) from Sultan Center.
 ½ cup poppy seeds.

Procedure:
First, mix the Betty Crocker yellow mix cake as mentioned on the box with oil and eggs.
Then, add to the mixture the Butter Scotch Jell-O.
Mix well and then add the Poppy seeds.
Prepare the baking tray, and spread some flour so it will not stick
Follow the baking instructions on the Betty Crocker box.
After baking, keep it a while to cool, then sprinkle it with icing sugar to perfect it.


Enjoy Shushu

Kitchen Activities

My little one and I have been doing loads of fun kitchen activities.



She loves it! The fact of letting her mix, experiment and taste the results always carries the element of surprise



So let me share the basic fun kitchen activities that you can do with your toddler :)







STUFFED APPLES



1 apple, cored but not peeled







Then stuff the apple with peanut butter,and any of your favorite toppings raisins, drizzle with honey, sprinkle coconut or crushed cornflakes.

(use whatever is available and your little one likes)



Dig in with a spoon or have fun trying to eat with your hands!



My little one enjoyed preparing it more than eating it to be honest, filling up the apple with peanut butter was a challenge! Its a great activity, give it a try!








will be posting more of our toddler kitchen experiments :)

Fatayer Cheese balls

I always had a thing for Fatayer, especially they way they smell while in the oven baking, to me I always wanted my house to smell like Fatayer, might sound wierd really but it gives the house a very warm, fun and inviting felling! it truley does:)

Those cheesy warm fatayer balls are to die for. They are perfect with tea after a good evening nap :)
This dough reciepe is the same one that i have previously posted for the "Arugla Pizza"

Ingredients:

1 Kilo brown flour
8 tablespoons powder milk
6 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons yeast
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 cup water

Cheese spread:
Feta Cheese
Tomato
mint
zatar

mash the feta cheese with the rest froming a spread

Directions
In a large bowl, combine the flour, powder milk, salt, white sugar, yeast, baking powder, and water; stir well to combine. Knead the dough with your hands pushing and folding. Knead just long enough for the dough to take in a little more flour, and until it no longer sticking to your hands.Cover and rise until doubled in volume, at least 8 hours in a warm room, for best results leave over night.
Turn dough out onto a well floured surface. Form dough into a round and roll out, place the feta cheese mix in the middle and close it forming a round ball, place it in an oven plate brush egg yolk on the top of the balls and sprinkle seasme seeds on the top of the balls.

Preheat the oven, place the dish in the oven for 35min until the balls have golden color



very simple onceyou have the right dough you can do all the differant stuffings and shapes :)

enjoy a good dough recipe, as i have said in an older post, you can fridge the dough for 1 week.

Sahuaro: Mexican Cuisine @ your Steps

Time for some Mariachi!

Sahuaro ... authentic Mexican cuisine in town! and I am not talking about nachos and burritos here.. I'm talking about enchiladas, mole, ceviche.... if you are not really familiar with Mexican cuisine this would be the right place to start!

Fortunately enough I came across this amazing team of Mexican ladies known as Sahuaro.Saguaro or Sahuaro is a majestic species of cactus most commonly found in the “Sonoran dessert” which includes the state of Baja California and state of Sonora in Mexico and in the U S States of California and Arizona.

Ive tried them personally and its a must!!! but word of advice make sure you specify how spicy you want your food because those jalapeno's are deadly!!!

Enjoy and ARRIBA ARRIBA !!!!

Visit them @: http://www.sahuarokw.com

Baked eggplant with a hint of pesto sauce.

As a guest writer I try to learn as much as possible form "Cook with Me Q8" and let me tell yo that my cooking skills have improved in deed!!!



Tnnnxxx.. here we go another one on trial.













Ingredients



Cherry Tomatoes

5 baby Eggplants

Home Made Pesto Sauce (check older post Pesto)

Home Made Pasta Sauce (or again.. i prefer Ragu when Im on a hurry)

Salt & Pepper

Oregano

Parmesan Cheese (i prefer Almarai Mozzarella shredded cheese )



Method



Wash eggplants and cut into slices Cut the tomatoes into slices Brush the baking tray with a small portion of Olive oil, not more than a tea spoon. (The pesto sauce will make it oily). Place the sliced Eggplants into rows, add a tea spoon of pasta sauce and pesto sauce to each. Top it up with the sliced tomatoes.

Let it bake for over 10 minutes, on low fire. Before we are done.. you should add the cheese on top and change the oven to bake from the top level until the cheese becomes golden .

We are done... place them on a flat plate and enjoy our mini eggplants with pesto sauce.



They are a must and it wont take you more than 12 minutes :) great for appetizers as well.



Regards ... S.B

Garlic Bread

A bowl of spaghetti is just perfect while watching a movie, but I always feel that it is missing a crunch. A garlicy, moist, crisp crunch to bite whith every mouthful spaghetti... Garlic bread just completes it all dont you think? As my friend once said Spaghetti seems lonely without garlic bread! It's so easy to make, so there is no trouble in having it on the side!

There are a lot of ways making garlic bread, the easiest way that I do:

crush a couple cloves of garlic, mix it with softened butter, add salt and pepper, I usually add chili flakes and parsley and form a spread. Spread it over slices of French bread, wrap it with foil and heat in the oven for 10-15min depending how you like it either toasty or soft. I like to wrap it with foil and toast it cuz it makes the bread moist with the garlic spread when removeing the foil later I add the parmesan cheese then put it back in the oven for a couple of minutes for the cheese to slightly melt, and crisp golden color.

Garlic Bread Recipe

1 French bread

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

4 large cloves of garlic, smashed

1 tablespoon of chopped parsley

grated parmesan cheese

Question from a Blogger

HELP !!!! I need a good easy quick healthy vegetarian meal!!!

Hi .. I'm trying to have healthier choices at home.. therefore vegetables and fruits are my new main ingredients. My first attempt was roasted veggies: green beans, mushroom and tomatoes ... I placed them on a baking tray with some olive oil and garlic... however it turned out not to be so "Dietetic" as I would of liked. Do you have nay suggestions on how to truly have a Dietetic vegetarian meal, or snacks too with fruits if possible?



Thank you