Breakfast/Brunch with Ottoman Style Caramelised Onions with EggsIt was one of those days, I woke up really late and scrolled my phone: first Instagram, then Twitter and finally Youtube for an hour. When I finally got up it was 1pm already. Pushed the button of my old D'elonghi espresso machine, took out my Hario hand grinder and started grinding the beans and thought:...
Breakfast
Roasted Pumpkin Toast and Purslane Salad with Roasted Pumpkin Cubes: My Pumpkin Journey The Unfamiliar Territory
As I'm writing this, my youtube video of pumpkin recipes are being uploaded and I am snacking on the leftover roasted pumpkin seeds. Since the beginning of October, I've been meaning to make different pumpkin recipes but, as usual, I have been procrastinating and delaying the whole thing. Mainly because we usually make a dessert from pumpkins. Cut them into big chunks, pour...
Sugar Pie and Baby Bear Pumpkins I've been testing so many pumpkin recipes with different types of pumpkins last week that I ended up with different types of seeds. And why waste them and throw away when you can easily roast them. Turns out it was so easy. In Turkey, we have an intense snack culture. Each evening, after dinner, there must be a pot...
Eggs with Caramelised Onions is a very old recipe that is famously known belonging to the Ottoman Palace Kitchen. We can also say it is the starting point for Menemen. It is said in the old recipe books that the onions must be caramelised over as low heat as a candle's fire and as slowly cooked as from dawn till dusk. Of course,...
Afternoon Teatime
Silent Vlog | The Yummiest, Melt-In-your-Mouth Mini Apple Pot Pies | A Bake-Off With Cousin
I have been sitting around lazy on my free time and binge-watching show after show. September was so busy, stressful with work I didn't want to do anything this month. The last time I updated my Youtube Channel was the end of July and it's the middle of October now. Talk about slacking... A week ago, my cousin who was under quarantine because...
Everyone has a quick, simple and heartwarming recipe up their sleeves. After a long and tiring day or a sick day, some dishes warm you up and refresh you anew. This one is my favourite. I love the combination of aubergines and tomatoes slowly cooked in low heat. The aroma of this combination is, in my opinion, perfect. Although I have to admit,...
This post is about the recipe on my Youtube video with the same title: Sugar Cravings On A Very Hot Day | One-Pan Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie This one is so so so easy to make and super fun to eat! (or should say "devour"?) It is perfect for sugar cravings! Making everything in one pan was really fun but if you don't have...
So the other day, I bake three different types of bread with the same dough. One of them was these cinnamon rolls with walnuts and butter sauce. The dough is my usual fresh yeast recipe. I totally winged the whole thing and let my cast iron pot do its wonder. As a result, the sugar inside the bread was well caramelised and it...
Pasta
Mac and Cheese with Purple Basil | my first take on the famous Mac and Cheese | Cast Iron Cooking
I've never made mac and cheese before. Is it shocking? It's not something popular in Turkish cuisine. We have so many different boreks with a cheese filling that a pasta dish with cheese didn't sound interesting I guess. But on social media or all the tv series, I've heard the name so many times and it always left me puzzled... like how good...
This post is the detailed instructions of the Silent Cooking Vlog of Blonde Sticky Date Pudding on my Youtube Channel.Usually, a sticky date pudding is really sugary and heavy. I really love Nigella Lawson's Sticky Toffee Pudding, I think it's perfect and was what I was set out to bake. However, with quarantine and all, I didn't have all the ingredients at hand...
This post is about my attempt on making fluffy and light burger buns and juicy and delicious beef burger patties at home. I filmed the whole thing, please go over my youtube channel and watch the video. ^^As seen in the video, I googled light burger buns and found this recipe over at The Clever Carrot Blog of which she actually adapted from a...
Bread
SILENT VLOG | WREATH BREAD WITH A PESTO OF MANY HERBS | TRYING OUT THE RECIPES I SAW ON INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST
This post is about the detailed recipe on my Youtube Video "Braided Bread With Pesto Filling of Many Herbs" I always save/pin/screenshot posts and videos of beautiful food and recipes on Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube etc. but I rarely try them. After all, I'm not picky when it's making boards or folders of anything, I save tons of pictures. But the other day, I saw...
This is a post about my first attempt at bread making. I was shocked by the result. The recipe I clumsily made worked so well that I haven't been tried any other bread recipes so far. How do you like your bread? With a thick crust or thin? In Turkey, we have regular soft bread with a thin crust. The traditional rustic bread,...
