Home made Dulce de leche / Manjar / Caramel

Source: http://laylita.com/recipes/2013/03/04/manjar-or-dulce-de-leche/

There is this sweet creamy thing I met already when I was a child and I loved it. We called it caramel. Then I moved to Spain and I met it again under the name of "Dulce de leche" (something sweet from milk). Mhhmmm. I was told it is a big deal in Argentina, but when I went to Chile and Argentina I realized it is not just a big deal. Almos every cake and cookie was made with this this. :) It taste like heaven, but is soo sweet I can eat only a little at a time. Still this technique deserves a blog entry. So in Spain you can buy it in a supermarket for sure. In Argentina it is called Dulce de Leche, in Chile they know it as Manjar (manhar) and it is known on many other names across South-America. If you did ever taste it and you love it, but you can't find anywhere near by I have some news for you. 

You can make it at home! :)

Here you can find the original home made recipe, but I want to share something else with you. When I was in Thailand I stayd in a hippie communitie as a colunteer for a week. It was great, we barely had any civilization around, we made our food every day on camp fire, we had a shover in the garden, and the water came from a river from the mountains, the buildings were built from mud....stuff like that. They say there was an argentinian guy before and he did teach them how to make dulce de leche, and since then they were crazy for it. :)

All you need is a can of condensed milk. Take a cooking pot or crockpot, place in the can and fill it with water. It has to comepletely cover the can. It is very important otherwise the can could explode....yeah we don't want that, it only happens if you do not fill the water above the can. Set the fire on low and cook it for 8 hours. When the time is up you have to let the water and the can cool down, and you may open the can only after this.  Set the fire on low and cook it for 8 hours. We'v made it originally on camp fire and it took only 3 hours.

This is the very easyest way to make it, but if you want to get more safe there is another way to make it in a canning jar.

Before

Source: http://growingnaturals.com/archive/recipes/recipe-milk-sweet-condensed-milk-alt.php

After

Source: http://www.mangiodasola.com/2010/01/crockpot-dulce-de-leche.html

The 2-ingredient cookie Thya style

Today I have to introduce you a new friend. I found it just 2 weeks ago, and we are crazy about it. Actually it is all over the internet lately because is is:

Healthy

Low carb

All natural 

Easy

Quick

Vegan

DELICIOUS !!!

The 2 ingredients cookie:

Take 2 bananas

Banana


A 3-4 spoons of oat

Oat

Spice it up! :) I added cinnamon and maple syrup. Anyway it is still delicious without those. You can add other things like chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, cocoa powder...etc.

Spice it up

Mash it with a fork

Mash

Place them the onto a greased cookie sheet with a spoon. Put it in the oven for 15 minutes on 350 Fahrenheit / 180 Celsius. 

Ready to the oven

Sevre it. :) I like it better if it is cooled down. 

Eat

As far as I know, instead of bananas you can use pumpkin, apple, peaches or even avocado! :) 

I am telling you it is just great! :) So have fun with cooking and enjoy!

Random vegetables a la oven

Hello there Beauties! 

First of all Happy Valentines to you!

And if you do not like it, well then happy Friday! :)

And if you hate this day, well happy vodka/beer/ whatever day. And don't cry if you are lonely today, you will be tomorrow as well. So no pressure. :) Maybe next year will be different you can never know. :)

I made a little experiment yesterday, and this is my gift for you. :)

The issue was this: 

I has not really hungry, but still a little, I felt like eating some vegetables, but there were other things in the fridge that we should've finished off. This is the situation when we have to get creative. And I almost forgot to mention that I am kind of lazy....this is my motivation to be creative. I like to spend hours in the kitchen to create some really amazing things....once a month...or if I really don't have anything else to do. But not every day. Those times are over when a woman can afford to spend all day in the kitchen.

I have some rules in my kitchen:

No sugar, flour, bread, pasta, potatoes, white rice, corn 

Lots of vegetables and fruits, lots of meat but non-processed if possible, some milk products. 

Not too much brown rice, some millet, some oat. The rest varies. :) It would be too long to explain all those things at once, but more or less that is it. I am never starving, and I feel great in my skin so no problem on this side. 

Once I have all the correct ingredients the rule is: 

There is no rule !  Please play with the food! :)

So..here is the result.
You will need ..

Some left over brown rice

Spring onions (yes they had to go as well) 

Frozen broccoli and cauliflower ( this I just LOVE, add some salt and pepper to it or anything else you desire and cook it until it is defrosted)

Step 1 2 and 3

Take a roasting tin and put everything inside :) Vegetables, rice on the top, the spring onions, you can also mix them if you like. 

It is a good idea to roast them a little bit before you put the cheese on the top, this way the cheese won't burn. Anyway all of the ingredients are ready to eat so it depends on your taste how long you want to roast it. 

Put the cheese on the top of it, and it is ready to go. Roast it until the cheese gets nice golden brown or whichever way you like it. :)

Happy Valentines!