|cuisine| :: BANANA CAKE WITH WALLNUTS ::

I was in sauna a few days ago and a friend had a magazine wit her, so while she was reading, I was just glancing over the pages and I saw this recipe that looked super delicious, so I took a photo of it and this is how I came to this post about banana cake with wallnuts. :)

I actually made three of them in the last week! What can I say, I have friends with good taste that like to try out my cooking masterpieces. :)

Anyhow, Banana cake + Lemon cake = winwin! :)

So, if you want to make a banana cake of your own, you`ll need:

3 ripe bananas (3 zrele banane)

300g spelt flour (300g pirine moke)

125g butter (125g masla, jaz sem uporabila kokosovo)

100g brown sugar (100g rjavega sladkorja)

2 eggs (2 jajci)

100g walnut kernels (100g orehovih jedrc)

1/2 baking powder (1/2 pecilnega praška)

2 tbs sour cream (2 žlici kisle smetane)

cinnamon (cimet), a pinch of salt (ščepec soli), nutmeg (muškatni orešček)

SLO: Model namastite z maslom, ostalo maslo pa zmehčajte. Grobo sesekljajte orehova jedrca in z vilicami pretlačite banane. Te zmešajte z zmehčanim maslom in jim dodajte še jajci ki ste jih razžvrkljali s sladkorjem.

Moko presejte v skledo in ji dodajte pecilni prašek, cimet, muškatni orešček in sol. Suhe sestavine dobro zmešajte s preostalimi in na koncu dodajte še orehe - nekaj si jih pustite, da jih boste potresli po vrhu. Testo vlijte v namaščen pekač in pecite okrog 45 min v pečici, segreti na 180 stopinj.

ENG: Grease the cake model with butter, soften the rest of it (I just "cooked" it, so I got liquid out of it). Mash bananas with a fork, add butter,sour cream & eggs, which you have mixed with sugar. Next step is to sieve the flour into a bowl, add baking poweder, cinnamon, nutmeg and that pinch of salt. Mix the dry ingridients with the rest and on the end add the wallnuts - leave some, for the decoration. Bake 45 minuts at 180 degrees. Sorry, I discovered that my english is not so good when it comes to the cooking expressions, but I think, you`ll still be able to make a damn fine banana cake! ;)

xo, M.

|recipe| :: CAULIFLOWER CALZONE / CVETAČNI CALZONE ::

|ENG|

Through a friend of mine I found out about the "The Iron You" - A healthy living blog with tasty recipes and since then I`m totally hooked on it. I already made the "Cauliflower Crust Calzone", which turned out delicious! (I actually made it twice last week) :) 

I never thought that Cauliflower can be so good! Anyhow, if you are a sporty person and you like to eat healthy than I definitely recommend you to visit "The Iron You"... and than, who knows, you might even apply for the Ironman competition. :)

I decided not to write the recipe since you can find the english version here, but I`ll do it in a slovenian way for a change. :)

|SLO|

Prijateljica me je seznanila z blogom "The Iron You" - kjer lahko najdete nasvete za zdravo življenje, mene pa so predvsem očarali okusni recepti. Blog mi je sicer čisto pisan na kožo, tako, da me je popolnoma prevzel. Odkrila sem ga prejšnji teden in takoj naslednji dan sem že preizkusila recept za cvetačni calzone. Vam povem, odlično je uspelo! (dvakrat v treh dneh) :)

Jutri pa se lotim tistega čudovitega chia čokoladnega moussa...Mmmm.

Skratka, recept za cvetačni calzone bom zapisala samo v slovenščini, ker v angleščini ga najdete tukaj.

Sestavine za "testo": 

• cvetača (1)
• jajce (1)
• mozzarella (50g)
• sol, poper, origano

Sestavine za nadev: 

• mozzarella (50g)
• sveža bazilika
• paradižnikova omaka

Cvetačo (surovo) narežite na drobne kose in jo zmeljite, da dobite cvetačni riž, ki ga nato postavite v mikrovalovno za 8min, da se skuha. Cvetačni riž je nato potrebno ožeti, namreč vsebuje veliko vode in če želite, da bo skorja hrustljava, se je potrebno potruditi in jo izstisniti čim več. Torej, na kuhinjsko krpo zvrnite riž in počakajte par minutk, da se zadeva malce ohladi, da si ne opečete rok pri ožemanju. :)

*Med kuhanjem riža, na pladenj pripravite peki papir, ki ga rahlo naoljite z olivnim oljem in postavite v pečico na 220 stopinj, da se segreje.

Ko ste vodo izstisnili, v cvetačni riž dodate jajco, 50g mozzarele (naribane), sol + poper, ter po želji še kakšne začimbe (origano, česen,..) in vse skupaj dobro zmešajte. Iz pečice nato vzamite pladenj in na papirju oblikujte "palačinke" (2 ali 3 - odvisno od velikosti cvetače, jaz sem dobila dve), ter jih postavite v pečico za točno 10min. Po 10min vse skupaj vzamite ven (delajte hitro) in na polovičko nadevajte paradižnikovo omakco, mozzarello (naribano) in liste bazilike (nasekljane), ter si z lopatko pomagajte, da prazno polovico prevrnete čez, da dobite calzone. S prsti si pomagajte, da lepo zaprete robove (jaz sem to pozabila, kar se vidi tudi na sliki) in postavite v pečico še za 12min.  

Servirajte vroče in mogoče ob kakšni dobri solatki. Je res ful dobro in tudi nasitno, čeprav ne izgleda veliko. 

To je to, upam, da vam je všeč, tako kot je meni. Sprobajte in mi podajte kakšen feedback. 

Pozdravček, 

M.

:: | BREAKFAST | ::

Yes, I can (have breakfast and not be late for work) ! 

French toast with avocado + cherry tomato + olives + feta cheese + tomato spicy sauce + creamy cheese sauce

+ today`s song for the good start of the day

:: YES, IT`S MONDAY ::

Yes, it`s Monday and everybody are complaining about it. But hey, why not make the best out of it, even though it`s cloudy, foggy and a bit depressing? :)
Take it as a fresh start of the week, that gives you a lot of opportunities to make great things. :)

Have a good one!
xo, Maja

:: UP`S & DOWN`S ::

Instead of doing all the things I`ve planed for this week, I`m at home drinking tea and consuming antibiotics. I guess I should really start to listen to that sentence my mom is always saying : "Maja, you should really start taking care of yourself, because I you won`t, than who will!? " And she is not the only one saying me that. I have problems with taking time for myself lately. I`m always busy and rushing and being nervous....and than my body strikes back with sickness and than I realize I took it a step to far again. It`s frustrating! I`m so used of being active, than when I`m in this passive mode, I`m fine with it, but like just for a day or maximum two. If it`s more than that and if the fever is gone, I instantly feel the urge of catching up of all the things that I`ve missed. Damn it, I even missed the fashion week :( I really wanted to go (even though I`m not a fashionista or anything) but I got the ticket and why say no to that?! Well, until the next time... 

And on the photo there`s my morning  "the only thing I can eat right now"  breakfast (cuz I kind of lost my appetite and I`m eagerly waiting for it to come back!). 

Hope you have better days than I do! Cheers (with a big cup of tea)! xx 

+ I feel in the mood for Bon Iver this morning. I love this song. x

:: THE PERFECT AUTUMN BREAKFAST ::

I mentioned in this post, that I`ll make one label just for breakfast, so it`s time to start working on that! :) I`m really busy this week, because a lot of things is going on and some of them are really big for me. I`ll keep it a secret untill the next week and than I`ll share the news with you guys as well. 

This is a healthy, good and quick breakfast. 

Ingredients : 

~ Yogurt ~

~ Cinnamon ~

~ Apples ~  

~ Spelt with honey ~

~ Maple syrup ~ 

All you have to do is to cut apples, put it in a pan with a bit of maple syrup (if you like it sweet) and leave it for about 4 minutes, but dont forget to stir it! Than you just need to mix all the ingredients and voila, you are ready to eat. 

Bon appétit !

:: AUTUMN SMELLS LIKE CINNAMON ::

Autumn smells like cinnamon - at least to me, but than again also Winter smells like cinnamon! :) What does Autumn smells like to you? :) I love when leaves are falling down and you go for a walk through the forest picking up chestnuts. Than the only reasonable thing is to go home, make some tea + roast the cheastnuts, make yourself comfortable on the couch under a blanket and just enjoy the moment. If there is a fireplace in your house/flat even better! :) Ok that has nothing to do with the title, but it kind of fitted in. :)

Yesterday I went with my friend on a "small trip" to Ikea. After we did all the shopping & walking, we went for a lunch there + I took one Kanelbullar with me, cuz I knew I want to have it for breakfast today! ;)

I think I`m going to start a new thing, a label just for breakfasts. What do you think? 

+ Pravjo` da po jutru se dan pozna! 

xo, Maja ☼

:: THE PERFECT BREAKFAST ::

This morning I woke up and I knew I want to make myself a good breakfast, that I`ll enjoy in while sitting on the balcony. If you are following my FB page, you already know that I`m a big fan of cute&good breakfasts, cuz there is a whole album with the breakfast ideas.
Anyway, what I wanted to say is that during the week I somehow never manage to wake up soon enough to enjoy the `joy of breakfast`, cuz im always rushing through the doors trying not to be late to work.
I love breakfast, but I love to sleep even more, so I try to even that out on the weekends. :) Do you ever take time for this kind of breakfast, just for yourself? What`s usually on the menu?

xoxo, Maja  ♥