Life is an adventure

There is a kind of bun in Turkey which is called "acma". My son loves it, when we go to Turkey that is all he wants for breakfast. This past year (2014) we couldn't go to Turkey, so I decided to look for recipes for acma. To my luck, what I found for acma turned out to be a recipe for feta bun, but patisserie style, which is totally different than how you would make it at home. It turned out to be the ultimate recipe for pogaca. Here are the ingredients: 1 egg 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water 1/2 tbsp instant bakers' yeast 1tsp salt 1tbsp sugar 3 1/2 cups flour Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and let it rise for an hour. At the end you make a small disk like shape in the palm of your hand, put crumbled feta to the middle, then fold it in such a way that the feta is inside. Put it on the tray. Once you've given shape to all, brush egg yolk on the top and sprinkle sesame seed. Bake for 30 mins at 325 degrees F.  (Picture modified from  w...

This is a dessert made from semolina. In Anatolia, when a loved one passes away, on the 7th, 40th days and then every year on the day you prepare this dessert and you distribute a portion to your neighbors, or basically to people within your reach by walking, this is the tradition. Although it is yummy just because it is related to a loss makes it attractive to me. We use this recipe on the days we lost our loved ones, distribute it to neighbors, and we also bring it to work and let people enjoy. The tradition is to make people eat rather than you sit down and eat. Its kind of a good deed you do on behalf of the loved one you lost. So here are the ingredients: 2 cups semolina 3/4 cup butter 1 3/4 cups sugar 3 1/2 milk 1 tbsp pine nuts What you do is put all the ingredients in a pot, put the pot on the stow at a very low heat  and stir/mix until the pine nuts are pink. That translates to couple of hours. The tradition is that people in the house for this occasion all giv...

Love cookies, muffins, I know who doesn't! Here is one that is not so bad: 3 tbsp butter 2 tbsp yogurt 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 3/4 tsp vanilla extract just a little over 1/3 cup flour 1/4 tsp baking soda Just a little over 1 cup oats 4 tbsp chocolate chip All you do is mix them, let it stand 5-10 mins, heat your oven to 325 degrees F. Once the oven is ready use a spoon to put them on your tray. It takes approximately 22 mins to bake.

Such an unhealthy thing to eat! I know, but my son loves it, so, not so frequent, we use this recipe on a Saturday or Sunday night in front of a TV program, preferably an animated movie for kids, love them!!! Before you do anything, soak your bamboo sticks (small skewer size) in water and let them stay there until the rest is ready. Here are the ingredients: 1/2 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup flour 1/8 tsp salt 1/8 tsp black pepper 2 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 egg ( I know this is funny) 1/2 cup milk This recipe is for 8 hot dogs. What you do is just mix them, wait for 5-10 mins. Rinse your hotdogs with cold water, dry them. Take your bamboo skewers, dry them, them stick one to each hotdog, dip it into the mix you just prepared, then fry them until the outer surface gets pink.

I use this recipe for my wife as she prefers white sauce over tomato on pizzas. It's quite straightforward and here are the ingredients: 1 tbsp butter 1 1/2  tbsp flour 1/2 cup milk 1/8 tsp salt 1/16 black pepper 1/2 clove garlic (grated) 1 tbsp basil You can add oregano, crushed red pepper. Once you mix these just gently spread over your dough.