Soutzoukakia (Hellenic meatballs)

Soutzoukakia
Ingredients
1 kg minced beef
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
3 slices of bread
1 egg
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon red pepper
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon cumin
5 tablespoon parsley
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (and some for the baking pan)
Preparation
Step1 In a big bowl put the minced beef.

Step2 Put the onion, the garlic and the parsley in the food processor and add it in the bowl.

Step3 Wet the bread and crumble it into the bowl.

Step4 Add egg, salt, black and red pepper, thyme, ground coriander, cumin and the extra virgin olive oil and mash.

Step5 Form soutzoukakia in long and narrow shape and place in the baking pan. Add some extra virgin olive oil and bake in the oven at 170ºC for 30-35 minutes.

Tomato sauce
Ingredients
1 cup of concasse tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
1 onion
1 shot extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
Step1 Chop the onion and put it into a medium sauce pan, over medium heat with the extra virgin olive oil and saute for 4 minutes.

Step2 Add the concasse tomatoes, salt, black pepper and oregano. Boil for 10-15 minutes.

Yogurt Sauce
Ingredients
400g greek strained yogurt
3 tablespoon chopped parsley
Preparation
Mix the ingredients together.

Assembly
You will need some pitas
Step1 Cut the pita into medium pieces.

Step2 Put 3-4 soutzoukakia on the top of pita's pieces.

Step3 Add some tomato sauce

Step4 Add some yogurt sauce

Cretan rusk salad...

Ingredients
1 cretan rusk
1 tomato
1 cucumber
100g feta cheese
7-8 olives
oregano
salt
extra virgin olive oil

Preparation
Step1
Wet the cretan rusk with some water and break into pieces.

Step2
Put the broken rusk in the dish and add some extra virgin olive oil.

Step3
Cut tomato and cucumber into pieces and add in the dish.

Step4
Add some vinegar and some salt.

Step5
Cut the feta cheese into pieces and add it in the dish.

Step6
Add olives, some oregano and some extra virgin olive oil.

Baby girl's poster....

Steps
1. Save this poster on your computer.
2. Print this poster.
3. Write the name of the girl on the dotted line.
4. Put the poster on the wall or on the door.

License Information
This poster is free only for personal use.

Pancakes in a different way...

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
vanilla flavor

Preparation

Step1
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla flavor.

Step2
Add milk and whisk.

Step3
Whisk eggs with sugar and add into the flour mixture.

Step4
Put the mixture into cupcake tins and bake in the oven at 180ºC for 20-25 minutes.

Extra tips
You can add fruits, chocolate, nuts and everything you like in the mixture before you bake it.

Serve with honey, marmalade, chocolate syrup, etc.

Linguine in white sauce...

Ingredients

500g linguine
200g bacon
250g fresh cream
1/2 cup of milk
200g ground cheese
1-tablespoon butter
pepper
salt
ground nutmeg


Preparation

Step1
Boil linguine with some salt for 15 minutes.

Step2
Strain the linguine.

Step3
In a medium sauce pan, over medium heat saute bacon with butter for 5 minutes.

Step4
Add fresh cream and milk and boil for 4-5 minutes.

Step5
Add cheese, pepper, salt and ground nutmeg.

Step6
Remove from heat and put the boiled linguine into the sauce pan and mix with the cream mixture.


 Extra tip
You can add some mushrooms with the bacon.

After Sun Lotion

Ingredients
200g greek strained yogurt
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

Apply
Mix the yogurt with the extra virgin olive oil. Spread the mixture over the body and after 30 minutes wash out with lukewarm water.

Body & Face Scrub

Scrub1

Ingredients
2 tablespoon ground almonds
2 shots orange blossom water
3 drops geranium natural essential oil

Apply
Mix all the ingredients and apply onto your face. Massage with circular movements and wash out with water.


Scrub2

Ingredients
1 cup threshed flax
1 cup bran
some lukewarm water

Apply
Mix all the ingredients and apply onto your skin. Massage with circular movements and wash out with water.

Beef in red sauce...

Ingredients

1kg beef
1 chopped onion
1 chopped clove of garlic
salt
black pepper
red pepper
oregano
1 cup of concasse tomatoes
2 shots extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

Step1
In a medium sauce pan over medium heat add the extra virgin olive oil, the chopped onion and the chopped clove of garlic. After 3-4 minutes add the beef and saute all sides of the meet. Add 1 liter of water and let it boil for 70 minutes.

Step2
Add concasse tomatoes, some salt, some black and some red pepper and some oregano and boil for 20 more minutes.

Serving tip
You could serve the beef with some boiled rice or with pasta.

DIET: 1200 kcal

Breakfast

• 1 glass of milk (1,5% fat) or 200g yogurt (2%fat) or 30g low fat cheese
• 30g cereals or 2 rusks

Snack

• 1 fruit

Lunch

• 120g fish or chicken or veal steak or 2 medium burgers
• 1 small salad (raw or boiled vegetable) with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 slice of bread(30g) or 1/2 cup of boiled rice or 1 medium baked or boiled potato

or

• 1 1/2 cup lentil soup or beans or chickpeas (cooked with 1 tablespoon extra olive oil to each serving)
• 30g low fat cheese
• 1 small salad (raw or boiled vegetable) with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 slice of bread(30g)

or

• 1 1/2 fresh beans or peas or okra (cooked with 1 tablespoon extra olive oil to each serving)
• 1 boiled egg
• 30g low fat cheese
• 1 slice of bread(30g)

Snack

• 1 fruit

Dinner

• 60g meat or fish or chicken or 1 small burger or 60g low fat cheese or 1 boiled egg
• 1 small salad or 1 cup legumes or 1 cup fresh beans or peas or okra
• 1 slice of bread(30g) or 1/2 cup boiled rice or 1 medium boiled potato.

or

• 1 arabic bread with 1 slice of low fat cheese and 1 cooked turkey slice
• 1 small salad (raw or boiled vegetable) with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

or

• 1 glass of milk (1,5%fat) with 60g cereals
• 1 fruit

or

• 200g yogurt(2%)
• 2 fruits
• 1 tablespoon cereals
• 1teaspoon honey

You could lose about 8 kg in two months.

Combine the diet with exercise

You can eat 1 scoop of ice cream one time per week

Cherry pie...

Ingredients
Stuffing
800g pitted cherries
80g sugar
2-tablespoon flour
1 egg yolk
1 egg white
some sugar for sprinkle
Dough
250g flour
185g butter in pieces
50g sugar
50g water

Preparation
Dough
Step1
Whisk the butter and the flour in the mixer until the mixture is homogeneous.

Step2
Add sugar and water and continue to whisk until the dough is ready.

Step3
Conjure up the dough into a ball and put in a cellophane bag in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Stuffing
Step1
Whisk into a bowl the pitted cherries, the sugar and the flour.

Assembly

Step1
Preheat the oven to 210°C.

Step2
Take the dough from the refrigerator. On lightly floured surface, flatten the dough. Roll from center to edges into a sheet thickness of 3mm.

Step3
Transfer pastry into a 20cm well buttered pie dish. Cover to pastry-line pie dish and cut the dough which remained. Conjure up the remained dough into a ball and flatten it again into a sheet.

Step4
Whisk the egg yolk with one tablespoon water and spread with a brush over the dough. Put the stuffing into the pie dish.

Step5
Lay the remained dough sheet on top.

Step6
Whisk the egg white and spread with a brush the dough. Sprinkle some sugar on top.

Step7
Bake in 210°C for 15 minutes and then bake in 190°C for 25 minutes.

Pork on baking paper....

Ingredients

1 big onion
2 cloves of garlic
200ml tomato sauce
50g parsley
2 tablespoon mild mustard
50ml extra virgin olive oil
1300g peeled potatoes
1000g pork
2 tomatoes
2 big peeled carrots
100g sweet peppers
1 cup water
400g feta cheese

Spices
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation

Step1
Place 2 big sheets of baking paper into a cross into the braiser-pan.

Step2
Cut potatoes and carrots into medium pieces and put them on the baking paper.

Step3
Add pork over the potatoes and carrots.

Step4
Put onion, garlic, parsley and sweet peppers into a food processor and add the mixture over the pork.

Step5
Stir in blender the tomato sauce, the water, the mustard, the extra virgin olive oil and the spices. Add the mixture in the braiser-pan.

Step6
Cut the tomatoes into slices and add the half over the mixture into the braiser-pan.

Step7
Grate the feta cheese with your hands over the mixture. Add the other half of tomato slices.

Step8
Wrap the food with the baking paper that left over and put an extra sheet of baking paper on top. Close with the lid and bake it in the oven at 200°C for 1,5-2 hours.

Homemade soap...

Ingredients

1 bar of glycerine
3-4 drops liquid food coloring
8-10 drops essential oil

Preparation

Step1
Melt the bar of glycerine in bain-marie.

Step2
Add liquid food coloring and essential oil.

Step3
Put the mixture into silicone molds.


Note!
It's better not to use this utensils for other uses.


Extra tips 
If you don't want to use essential oils, you could use fresh peppermint or spearmint, lemon or orange zest, some drops from your perfume, several spices and everything else you like.

Strawberry Jam....

Ingredients

(about 3 liters)
2500g strawberries (without the pedicel)
1250g sugar
2-tablespoon lemon juice


Preparation

Step1
Wash out carefully the strawberries and strain them.
Step2
Cut the strawberries into pieces.
Step3 
Mix strawberries and sugar and put them in the food processor to slurried.
Step4
In a big saucepan over medium to high heat boil the mixture until it thickens.
Step5
15 minutes before the end, add 2-tablespoon lemon juice.
Step6
Put the jam into sterilized jars.

Secret
In the middle of boiling remove the foam with a slotted spoon.

Frozen Yogurt

Ingredients

200g greek strained yogurt (the best brand is Total by FAGE)
100g frozen fruits
2-tablespoon honey

Preparation

Step1
Mix together the yogurt and the honey.

Step2
Put the yogurt mixture in the the freezer for 20 minutes.

Step3
Crumble the frozen fruits.

Step4
Put the frozen crumble fruits and the yogurt mixture in a food processor for 3-5 minutes.

Step5
Serve the frozen yogurt.

Extra tip: You could add nuts, chocolate drops, marmalade, cereals, biscuits and everything else you like.

Pastry for double-crust pie

Ingredients

2 2/3 cups all-propose flour
1/2-teaspoon salt
2-teaspoon sugar
1 cup butter (cut in butter into pieces)
6-tablespoon cold water

Preparation

Step1
Stir together flour, salt and sugar. Add butter and continue to stir. Sprinkle the water and gently knead the mixture.

Step2
Divide in half the rough. Form each half into a ball.

Bake the rough as directed in individual recipes.

Delicious Apple Pie

Ingredients

Pastry for double-crust pie
8 cups peeled and roughly apples
2-tablespoon lemon juice
1-teaspoon lemon zest
3/4 cup sugar
2-tablespoon corn flour
1-teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4-teaspoon ground clove
1/4-teaspoon ground nutmeg
2-tablespoon melted butter
15 hazelnuts
2-tablespoon raisins
Some sugar and melted butter for sprinkle

Preparation

Step1
On lightly floured surface, flatten 1 dough ball. Roll from center to edges into 28cm circle or square (depending on the baking pan).

Step2
Transfer pastry into a 25cm well buttered baking pan. Transfer filling to pastry-line baking pan.

Step3
In a big saucepan over low heat, add the peeled and roughly chopped apples and sprinkle the lemon juice. Add lemon zest, sugar and corn flour. Mix and simmer until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and stir together the mixture, the hazelnuts and the raisins.

Step4
Put the mixture over the pastry and sprinkle the ground cinnamon, the ground clove, the ground nutmeg and the 2-tablespoon melted butter.

Step5
Roll remain dough into circle or square about 28cm in diameter.

Step6
Cut slits to allow steam to escape. Place remaining pastry over the stuffing.
or
Cut in several shapes with pastry cutters and fill the surface of the stuffing, but leave some gaps to allow steam to escape.

Step7
Bake in the oven at 180°C for 45-50 minutes.

Extra tip: You could serve the apple pie with a scoop of ice cream.

Hair Loss Therapy

You should do this therapy for 2 months at least...

Weekly schedule

3-5 times per week 2 cups infusion of rosemary and sage
1 time per week sage natural essential oil mask

1 time per week rosemary natural essential oil mask (not the same day with the sage natural essential oil mask)

How to

Infusion of rosemary and sage

Ingredients

1-tablespoon dried rosemary

1-tablespoon dried sage

2 cups of water

Preparation and apply

Boil the water, remove from heat, add the rosemary and sage and let it cool off for 20 minutes.

After the washing hair, massage your hair with the infusion of rosemary and sage.

It's better to let your hair dry normally.

Extra tip: For better results you could try to use a special shampoo against hair loss.

Essential oil mask

1. Sage natural essential oil mask

Ingredients

1 shot of laurel oil (base oil)

5 drops of Sage natural essential oil

Preparation and apply

Mix the ingredients and massage your hair for 10 minutes. Let the mask to stay on your hair for 20 minutes. Massage your hair with some shampoo and wash them with water. Then washing your hair as usually and apply the infusion of rosemary and sage as mentioned above.

2. Rosemary natural essential oil mask

Ingredients

1 shot of laurel oil (base oil)

5 drops of Rosemary natural essential oil

Preparation and apply

Mix the ingredients and massage your hair for 10 minutes. Let the mask to stay on your hair for 20 minutes. Massage your hair with some shampoo and wash them with water. Then washing your hair as usually and apply the infusion of rosemary and sage as mentioned above.

How to polish a diamond ring....

You will need

Lukewarm water
Dishwashing liquid
A soft toothbrush
A medium bowl

Apply

Into a medium bowl put 1 glass of lukewarm water and 1 tablespoon dishwashing liquid.
With a soft toothbrush, brush the diamond ring for 3-4 minutes. Then wash out the ring with lukewarm water. Put it on a cotton towel to dry.

Hair Masks

Shiny Hair Mask

 Ingredients

Juice of 1/2 lemon
500ml water

Apply

Mix the juice and the water and massage it into your hair. Let the mask sit on your hair for 25 minutes. Wash out with your shampoo and let your hair dry normally.


Nourishing Hair Mask

Ingredients

1 egg yolk
4-tablespoon sunflower oil
1/2 avocado
1-teaspoon lemon juice

Apply

Mix the ingredients and massage them into your hair. Let the mask sit on your hair for 30- 45 minutes.
First apply the shampoo on your hair without water. Then wash out with a shampoo and let your hair dry normally.

Something like moussaka by Sophie....

Ingredients

6 medium zucchini

1 big onion

A bunch of parsley

600g ground beef

1-tablespoon tomato paste

6-7 medium potatoes

4 big carrots

500ml hot fresh milk

50g flour

50g butter

1-cup kefalograviera cheese (or parmesan cheese)

Salt

Pepper

Oregano

Grated nutmeg

Extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

Step1: Cut into slices the zucchini and put them on the baking pan. Add some salt and extra virgin olive oil and bake in the oven at 170°C for 25 minutes.

Step2: Peel potatoes and carrots and cut into medium pieces. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring potatoes, carrots and 1 liter of water to boil until they are ready. Drain the potatoes and carrots and put them in a food processor until they become puree. Add some salt and some pepper.

Step3: Chop the onion and the parsley. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, put the chopped onion and parsley to sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add ground beef, some salt, some oregano, some pepper, 1-tablespoon tomato paste and ½ cup water and bring them to boil until the liquid has evaporated.

Step4: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add flour and sauté for 1 minute. Remove the saucepan from heat and add the half of hot milk, use a wire whisk to whisk. Add the other half of hot milk and put it over medium heat and stirring until the mixture is creamy. Remove from heat, add kefalograviera cheese, some salt and pepper and some grated nutmeg and mix them for 3 minutes.

Assembly

In the baking pan over the baked zuchhini, put the puree and over the puree put the ground beef mixture. Finally on the top put the creamy mixture.

Bake in the oven at 170°C for 25-30 minutes.

Passion Fruit Dessert

Ingredients

250g ladyfingers (savoyard) biscuits
100g fresh milk
2 tablespoon rosewater
250g mascarpone cheese
250g whipped cream
60g caster sugar
3-4 drops liquid red food coloring

Garnish
500g frozen passion fruits
100g caster sugar
1 teaspoon corn flour

Preparation

Step 1: Cut each biscuit in half.

Step2: Mix together the fresh milk, the rosewater and the food coloring into a bowl.

Step3: Put the biscuits (one per time) into the bowl to soak for few seconds and lay them in a serving bowl or serving dish.

Step4: In a large bowl, use a wire whisk to whisk together the mascarpone cheese and the caster sugar just until blended. Then with a rubber spatula mix gently together the mixture and the whipped cream.

Step5: Place the mixture on the top of the biscuits and set aside in the refrigerator.

Step6: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the frozen passion fruits and the caster sugar to boil for 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon corn flour and stirring occasionally. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the passion fruits cool to room temperature.

Assembly

Step7: Place the passion fruits on the top of the mascarpone mixture.

Step 8: Refrigerate 2-3 hours before serving.

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