'Tatinkuv dort'/ 'Daddy's cake'

Je zajimave, jak vznikaji nektere rodinne tradice :-) Pred lety jsme udelaly s Eliskou dort pro tatinka. Eliska ho mela u nasich a moc ji chutnal. Je to dort nepeceny a velmi rychly. A od te doby ho delame kazdym rokem. Je to 'tatinkuv narozeninovy dort'

Co je potreba:
- 1 velky bily jogurt
- 1 zakysana smetana
- 1 - 2 pytliky vanilkoveho cukru
- asi 100g cukru - nemusi byt, zalezi na chuti
- 1 a 1/2 pytliku piskotu
- 1 plechovka mandarinek i se stavou nebo kivi....

Smichame jogurt a smetanu a pridame cukr. Vse dukladne promichame. Pripravime si vetsi misu a na dno dame vstvu piskotu a mandarinek. Pak pridame jogurtovou vrstvu. Stridame vrstvy a koncime piskotovou vrstvou. Dame ulezet do lednice alespon na pul dne. Muzeme jeste ozdobit strouhanou cokoladou :-)

It is interesting how some family traditions start. Years ago Eliska and I made this cake for Daniel. Eliska fisrt had it at my parents'house and really liked it. This cake is very quick to make and very easy! And we have been making it for years now. It is 'daddy's birthday cake'.

What you need:
- 1 big plain yoghurt
- 1 soured cream
- 100g sugar
- few drops of vanilla essence
- sponge biscuits/ fingers
- 1 tin of mandarin segments (also use the syrup) or fresh kiwis

Mix the yoghurt, cream and sugar well. Prepare a big-ish bowl and line it with sponge fingers. Add a layer of mandarine segments and yoghurt mixture. Repeat and finish with a layer of sponge fingers. Refrigerate for at least half a day. You can decorate it with grated chocolate :-)

Menu na tyden/ Weekly menu

Od Noveho roku se ve zpravach objevuji skoro denne zpravy o nedostatku a zvysovani cen jidla. Mam nastaveny budik na 7 rano a budi me tedy zpravy. Nas rodinny rozpocet uz je i tak hodne napnuty a tak jsme s manzelem popremysleli, jak to udret lepe pod kontrolou a zaroven snizit plytvani jidlem a jist zdrave (musim priznat, ze jsem obcas z lednice vyhodila 1 - 2 plesnive/ zkazene veci za tyden). Takze od Noveho roku nakupuji jidlo jen na internetu. Mam tedy nakupni kosik na obrazovce pod kontrolou. Coz se nedalo rict pri nakupu v kamennem obchode. Clovek se vzdycky vratil a shodne vecma, co vubec nepotreboval a utratil mnohem vice, nez chtel. Nejhorsi bylo chodit nakupovat pred jidlem :-DDDD A udelala jsem si rozpis na tyden, co budeme jist. Dalsi vyhoda je ta, ze nemusim porad premyslet, co uvarit..Rada bych se ted s vami podelila o nase menu a pokud se budete nekdo chtit pridat, budu vdecna za inspiraci :-)

Snazim se tam mit jen sezonni ovoce a zeleninu. Jeste musim dodat, ze tam jsou jen vecere - pres tyden. O vikendu oboje. Pres tyden jsem doma jen po-st sama s Alfikem a k obedu si delame polevky plus nejaky domaci chleba a pomazanky.

pondeli - dynove risotto, dynovy chleba a salat
utery - Shepherd's pie
streda - chodime ke tchyni
ctvrtek - spagety a rajska omacka ze Sardinie, salat
patek - curry
sobota - obed v ceskem klubu - sendvice, jogurt a ovoce, vecere - lasagne + salat
nedele - mrkvova polevka s orisky kesu + domaci chleba, vecere - oriskova sekana

Nearly every day we hear on the news about food shortages and the increasing price of food (I have my alarm clock set for 7 and I get woken up by the news.. so it is the first thing I hear when I wake up). As our budget is VERY stretched as it is we thought of ways how to reduce food waste (I have to admit that ocassionaly we would throw food away because it has gone off - 1-2 items every week) and try to save a bit of money - while eating healthy and nutritious food. I only do internet shopping now. That is the best way to keep an eye on the budget. Going to the actual shop meant that we would bring back more than we wanted to buy... The other thing I do now is prepare a menu for the week ahead so I know what we are going to need and only buy that. All I need is a bit of organisation :-D I would like to share our weekly menu with you. If anyone would like to do the same I would be greatful for inspiration :-)

I try to put only seasonal food there. Also - during the week it is only dinners, as Alfie and I are at home for lunches from Monday to Wednesday and we usually have Czech soup and home made bread with spread on it. Otherwise it is lunch at work, school and nursery. Weekends have both, lunches and dinners.

Monday - butternut squash risotto + bread, salad
Tuesday - Shepherd's pie
Wednesday - every Wednesday we eat at my mother-in-law's
Thursday - pasta and Danillo's sauce, salad
Friday - curry
Saturday - sandwiches at the Czech Club, dinner - lasagne
Sunday - carrot and cashew nut soup + bread, dinner - nut roast

Iluze/ Illusion

Mohlo by se zdat, ze bylime ve stale uklizenem a nacincanem byte :-D
You might be beginning to think that we live in a tidy and beautifully arranged flat :-D

Kolo rocnich dob - navod/ Wheel of seasons - tutorial

Co je potreba:
- ctvrtka nebo tvrdy papir z obalu (treba z cerealii)
- kruzitko
- nuzky
- prichytka na papir
- pastelky

1. Kruzitkem narysujeme kruh na ctvrtku a rozdelime na 12 stejnych dilu
2. Vystrihneme, napiseme mesice a rocni obdobi a vybarvime
3. Vystrihneme a pridelame sipku


What you need:
- card or old cereal box
- drawing compass
- scissors
- paper fastener
- pens, crayons...

1. Draw a circle and divide into 12 segments
2. Cut out, write the months and seasons and colour in
3. Cut out an arrow and fasten it onto the wheel

Vanocni poohlednuti/ Looking back

Prosinec byl mesic plny tvoreni, vareni a peceni....a az teprve ted se mi podarilo to vsechno stahnout a prohlidnout :-)
December was full of making, cooking and baking... and I have only just managed to dowload all the photos and have a look :-)

Kralovna Zima/ Winter Queen

Pomalu zacinam balit vanocni vyzdobu a tak jsme zmenily s Eliskou i stolek rocnich dob. Tentokrat ho delala Eliska, ja jsem jen usila kralovnu a ona dodelala zezlo a ostatni doplnky a naaranzovala stolek. Uz je to sikulka!
Stromecek si jeste chvili nechame, az do mych narozenin. Delali jsme to tak i doma, kdyz jsem byla mala. Pretahneme jen o tyden :-)

Jahlove karbanatky

Jsou stalici v nasem jidelnicku, zrovna dneska jsme je meli... a presto je vzdycky zapomenu vyfotit a napsat recept (fotka teda nic moc, ale aspon pro predstavu) :-D...

Co je potreba:
- 3 hrnicky varenych jahel (ziskame varenim 1 hrnicku jahel ve 3 hrniccich vody)
- 1 mrkev - nejemno nastrouhana
- 1 cibule - nadrobno nakrajena
- 1 strouzek cesneku, protlaceneho
- 1 lzicka sezamoveho oleje (nebo olivoveho)

- trochu strouhanky
- 3 lzice sezamovych seminek
- 1 lzice sojove omacky Tamari
- 1/4 lzicky majoranky
- 1/2 lzicky salveje
- hrst cerstve petrzelove nate, nakrajene

Lehce osmahneme mrkev, cibuli a cesnek na oleji. Vse smichame ve velke mise a tvarujeme karbanatky (pokud se to hodne drobi, pridame trochu vody). Peceme v troube na 190C asi 40 minut. Ke konci pridavam na platky nakrajeny syr, aby se opekl.
Podavam v celozrnnych houskach s okurkou, cubuli a kouskem salatu.

Zitra uz jde Eliska do skoly a nam konci leharo - a ja jsem zjistila, ze mam desny studijni skluz :-(((( - a to jsem si do ted myslela, ze to mam pod kontrolou. Ceka me priserny tyden. Den pred narozeninama to mam odevzdat :-((( Studium jsem od pulky prosince zanedbavala, tak dobre mi tak :-DDDDD