Kulinarski rečnik, Food glossary, Glosar alimentar

 

Orasnice

A long time has passed since I posted some recipes on my blog, and I began to miss it. So here it is 🙂 This is the version of the traditional Serbian cookies called orasnice, but these ones are a bit different as they contain Plazma biscuits.

Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 250 g sugar
• 200 g ground walnuts
• 150 g ground Plazma biscuits
• half walnuts to decorate

Procedure: Whisk egg whites and then add sugar and stir about 5 minutes. Add walnuts and biscuits and stir them with a spoon. Wet your hands to form balls, it will be easier this way.

On the top of each ball gently squeeze half of a walnut. Bake at 150°C for about 15 minutes.

 

From March

I have been absent from my blog for some time. Many things happened meantime and still are going on. We moved to our new home, and there are many things to do around the apartment, renovating, adapting to our needs.

Well I have a lot of pictures I took over the time, so let’s start with the ones from March 🙂

We went to a Japanese restaurant to celebrate our anniversary 🙂 ah ramen was excellent!

 

Sneak peek into December

People often say find happiness in small things. Well is it always possible? When the unpredictable occurred and pushed you to doubt the things you were sure about. It’s hard to leave the safe zone when you don’t know what the future brings. It feels like the best is to stay safe but how to make some progress then? Yes I will believe in myself but I also count on some luck 🙂

The first picture is from the Christmas party, we ate great food and danced till late 🙂

The chocolate Santa is from my sister M and the other Santa my husband got from his chief from the USA 🙂

 

Some thinking

Life in a city certainly has many advantages, but sometimes you wish to spend more time in nature.

In Tm we have the place which is intended primarily to be place for picnic, and the zoo is near, but I didn’t see some path where you can take a walk through the woods. And walking in the woods is very relaxing, it gives you strength to see some things more clearly.

Hehe I know the best it would be to live in some suburbia 🙂 And suburbia is not always some luxury place where only rich people live, like in some movies. Suburbia can be pretty modest in this part of the world.
The idea of tiny house sounds so appealing to me, something like this

 

October in all its glory

Walking in the rain on the way home.

This scenery caught my attention, it’s in one of the parks in the city center:

 

Some lady things

This will be my first post about cosmetic products I like. Well I like for my blog to be fusion of different things.  I put some make-up very rarely, simply I prefer the natural look, but I do like to pamper my body with creams, gels, lotions,..
For some time I have been using Yves Rocher products and each one I tried I liked. Though I didn’t take picture of all of them 😉

This shower gel is with rose fragrance…and its perfume stays on your skin for a long time. It’s also very gently to sensitive skin like mine is.

Then the 2nd one on the picture is body lotion with organic oats. Skin becomes very smooth after applying, it has a delicate smell and is absorbed in skin pretty quick.

Hand cream with arnica montana. I have a mild eczema on hands and many other creams I tried irritate my skin even more but this one doesn’t 🙂

And the beautiful bracelet was for free.
New things:

 

One exciting day

…Spent with mom and sis. That day it rained lightly so it was comfy for a walk, with umbrella of course.  

There were not many people on the streets, not many people like rain. I felt full of energy and I could walk more but it would n’t be considering to my mom. After some time we decided to take a break in the cozy restaurant we all like.

We could enjoy a live piano concert there, for which sis told me it somehow happens only when she is there with me. Happy coincidence 🙂  

Well I did some shopping later and was very happy with my catch, but all that exciting  and strong emotions caused me to get anxious at the and of the day. Maybe too much adrenaline is not good for me..

 

My first decoupage

This was my first try to do decoupage and it’s not as hard as I thought it may be. You just need patience and a steel hand 😉 So I did it on wood but you can do it on any hard material, like glass, ceramic,..
I used a paper napkin but next time I’ll try with rice paper.

I found this on the Internet: The origin of decoupage is thought to be East Siberian tomb art. Nomadic tribes used cut out felts to decorate the tombs of their deceased. From Siberia, the practice came to China, and by the 12th century, cut out paper was being used to decorate lanterns, windows, boxes and other objects. In the 17th century, Italy, especially Venice, was at the forefront of trade with the Far East and it is generally thought that it is through these trade links that the cut out paper decorations made their way into Europe.

 

A couple of past months in pictures

While going through some my pictures on the laptop I realized there are some I almost forgot about and I wanted to share them with you. Instead of searching for happiness we should enjoy and appreciate the small things that happen every day. Let the happiness find us ❤

With sister in a confectionery “Pelivan”

The best krempita I ate 🙂

The beautiful flower i got from friends. It’s still blooming 🙂

From my darling

One day on my way back home I saw these two storks.

 

Živeo život

Hello, I guess it will take some time to get used to the new place. I came from My Opera and hope to continue talking with my friends from there, also I would like to meet new people.

While going through some old photos I found some pictures from July which I wanted to share with you. I was in Serbia and I went to visit the exposition called “Živeo život”. The goal of this exposition was to show the life of an ordinary man in Yugoslavia since 50s till 90s, including cars, fashion, music, movies, food,..For many people it was the moment to recall the past time, for the young to learn something new. I am not an Yugo-nostalgic but I like some things from that period like the music.

Let me show you some of the pictures I took back then:

Then we went in Hotel Moskva to enjoy some nice coffee 

And some beautiful flowers:

Lady’s Bedstraw or Yellow Bedstraw