<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332</id><updated>2012-02-17T06:25:52.300+02:00</updated><category term='bucataria indiana / Indian cuisine'/><category term='bunatatile orientului mijlociu / Middle Eastern cuisine'/><category term='tehinca servetelului/decoupage'/><category term='bauturi / drinks'/><category term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><category term='bucatataria asiatica / Asian cuisine'/><category term='inlocuitori / substitutes'/><category term='in familie / family time'/><category term='pe langa casa / around the house'/><category term='Tex-Mex'/><category term='umor american'/><category term='pizza'/><category term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><category term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><category term='paine de casa / homemade bread'/><category term='deserturi cu ciocolata / chocolate desserts'/><category term='sarbatori / holidays'/><category term='placinte / pies'/><category term='prajituri'/><title type='text'>Micuta casa...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>87</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-9136227513322248669</id><published>2011-06-04T13:24:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T13:24:48.842+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Splendoare rosie de vara - A summer adorned in red</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6i92hGd6J9Y/TeoGXb7mbRI/AAAAAAAABDI/JwYhkJebpAo/s1600/poppy1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6i92hGd6J9Y/TeoGXb7mbRI/AAAAAAAABDI/JwYhkJebpAo/s640/poppy1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O-NguV5S9m0/TeoGZMGwpjI/AAAAAAAABDM/JIlYOqiu_wI/s1600/poppy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O-NguV5S9m0/TeoGZMGwpjI/AAAAAAAABDM/JIlYOqiu_wI/s640/poppy2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QUqOoK5-A8A/TeoGaMoz8OI/AAAAAAAABDQ/rxbXgrj4z_I/s1600/poppy3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QUqOoK5-A8A/TeoGaMoz8OI/AAAAAAAABDQ/rxbXgrj4z_I/s640/poppy3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In afara Bucurestiului, campurile s-au inrosit de maci! Ca niste rochite delicate in vant, superbii maci stralucesc in soare, printre ierburile verzi si margaretele albe. A venit vara!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The fields outside the metropolitan Bucharest area are filled with poppies. The red beauties, sparkling between the green grasses and white daisies are a joy to behold. Summer is here!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-9136227513322248669?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/9136227513322248669/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/06/splendoare-rosie-de-vara-summer-adorned.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/9136227513322248669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/9136227513322248669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/06/splendoare-rosie-de-vara-summer-adorned.html' title='Splendoare rosie de vara - A summer adorned in red'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6i92hGd6J9Y/TeoGXb7mbRI/AAAAAAAABDI/JwYhkJebpAo/s72-c/poppy1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-8852502398029969979</id><published>2011-06-04T12:34:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T12:42:02.009+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Granola sau muesli - homemade!</title><content type='html'>Multi copii mananca cereale cu lapte dimineata, si poate va intrebati cum ati putea sa-i faceti sa opteze pentru variante mai sanatoase, fara a sparge insa pusculita. Pe piata exista o multitudine de variante de cereale, multe pretind ca au vitamine sau ca te ajuta sa slabesti, insa nu stii niciodata ce ingrediente ascunse au si cat de sanatoase sunt cu adevarat. Iar cele pe care le credem a fi de mai buna calitate sunt destul de piperate ca pret. Iata o varianta de cereale pe care le facem noi foarte des acasa. Copiilor le place atat de mult, incat mananca din ele si la gustare sau in loc de desert. Aceast tip de cereale se serveste in doua variante: muesli (in varianta natur, fara adaos de zahar) sau granola (muesli acoperit cu un sirop dulce care face cerealele crocante si delicioase). Bineinteles, ai mei prefera varianta granola, dar cand nu am timp sa mai fac si siropul, las tot mixul in varianta natur si dispare la fel de repede, numai ca mai aud din cand in cand: "Dar de ce nu le-ai facut cu sirop?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Many kids eat cereal in the morning so you might be one of those moms wondering how to make them go for healthier options then the boxed stuff you find at the supermarket. I know I am! There are so many kinds of cereal, and all of them claim to make you healthier, prettier, smarter and slimmer, but you never know what's really inside that box. Because my kids like the type of cereal that is usually pricy, I tried to find a way to make it at home, on a homemade budget. We eat this as muesli (no sugar added to the grains and no toasting) or granola (toasted in a yummy sweet syrup that makes them golden and crispy delicious). Of course, my guys prefer the granola version, but I am going to list the ingredients and leave this up to you and your preferences.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;MUESLI/GRANOLA - HOMEMADE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGxAo4pHpIc/TdV1m6Si6TI/AAAAAAAABCs/Pw-kOnlmpm4/s1600/granola6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGxAo4pHpIc/TdV1m6Si6TI/AAAAAAAABCs/Pw-kOnlmpm4/s640/granola6.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inainte sa trec la lista de ingrediente, vreau sa precizez ca aceasta depinde pur si simplu de gusturile tale. Pastreaza insa proportia de cereale, ingrediente sarate si ingrediente dulci, si ai sa ai o formula care te va tine departe de rafturile de cereale premixate de acum incolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Before I go into listing the ingredients, I want to mention that they are entirely up to you and your taste. Simply maintain the grains, salty and sweet balance, and you'll have a combination that will keep you out of the premixed cereal isle after you've tried this.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;8 cani muesli ovaz (simplu)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 cani muesli grau (simplu)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 cani muesli secara (simplu)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;2 1/2 cani corn flakes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;3 cani fulgi nuca de cocos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cana seminte floarea soarelui (neprajite, nesarate)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cana stafide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;70 gr. papaya deshidratata (bucatele) *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;70 gr. mango deshidratat (bucatele)*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;70 gr. caise deshidratate (bucatele)*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;70 gr. banane deshidratate (bucatele)*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;70 gr. macese deshidratate *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;*o cantitate totala de 350 gr. fructe deshidratate care pot fi selectate dupa gust, in orice combinatie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cana alune de padure sfaramate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sirop pentru granola:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 cana zahar brun&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;3/4 cana miere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cana ulei vegetal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 lingura rasa scortisoara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 lingura esenta vanilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 lingurita rasa sare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;300 ml apa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;** cana folosita pentru masurare este de 240 ml.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;8 cups oats&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 cups wheat cereal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 cups rye cereal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;2 1/2 cups corn flakes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;3 cups coconut flakes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cup sunflower seeds (unsalted)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cup raisins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1/2 cup dried papaya bits*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1/2 cup dried mango bits*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1/2 cup dried apricot bits*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1/2 cup dried banana bits*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1/2 cup dried cranberries*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;* a total qty. of &amp;nbsp;2 1/2 cups dehydrated fruits than can be chosen, mixed and matched as desired&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cup hazelnuts (bits)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Syrup for granola:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 1 cup brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;3/4 cups honey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 cup vegetable oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 Tbsp. cinnamon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 Tbsp. vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/2 tsp. salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1 1/4 cups water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;2 tsp. maple extract (optional)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Cum se prepara / Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MiasbqfJoic/TenqqCc-iBI/AAAAAAAABCw/UMy7fUGUOT4/s1600/granola1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MiasbqfJoic/TenqqCc-iBI/AAAAAAAABCw/UMy7fUGUOT4/s640/granola1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;1. Se pregatesc ingredientele, se rup in bucatele fructele deshidratate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Get the ingredients ready, break up the dehydrated fruit in small pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-th__F4-bulQ/TenrTM_ZKnI/AAAAAAAABC0/dX-6eScarsE/s1600/granola2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-th__F4-bulQ/TenrTM_ZKnI/AAAAAAAABC0/dX-6eScarsE/s640/granola2.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;2. Se curata stafidele de codite si uscaturi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Check that there are no stems on the raisins or other foreign objects in the seeds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vEyFsqoYQ3Y/TensTRhATdI/AAAAAAAABC4/DUUS7ESB7wY/s1600/granola3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vEyFsqoYQ3Y/TensTRhATdI/AAAAAAAABC4/DUUS7ESB7wY/s640/granola3.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;3. Se pun cerealele intr-un vas mare (eu le pun intr-un lighean pe care-l folosesc in bucatarie) pentru ca reteta produce o cantitate substantiala si e nevoie sa spatiu pentru mixat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Put the cereal in a very big bowl (or cooking pan), so you can mix without spilling over. This recipe produces a lot of granola.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E24rRHEl8Yo/TentXHoSKhI/AAAAAAAABC8/Qb0lakQVI7s/s1600/granola4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E24rRHEl8Yo/TentXHoSKhI/AAAAAAAABC8/Qb0lakQVI7s/s640/granola4.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;4. Se adauga deasupra restul de ingrediente. &lt;/span&gt;Add the rest of the ingredients.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O7hkofqRGsM/TentsXuGMVI/AAAAAAAABDA/ApUIGr7NJiM/s1600/granola5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O7hkofqRGsM/TentsXuGMVI/AAAAAAAABDA/ApUIGr7NJiM/s640/granola5.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;5. Se mixeaza cerealele bine, astfel incat amestecul sa fie uniform. Daca se doreste varianta muesli, cerealele sunt gata: puneti intreaga cantitate intr-un borcan mare de sticla, inchizandu-l etans. (Eu am un borcan mare de vreo 4, 250 ml, cumparat initial pentru muraturi, dar acum este borcanul nostru de cereale si este nelipsit din dulap).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mix the cereal well, so that the grains mix is nice and uniform. If you prefer the muesli version, your cereal is ready: place it in a airtight container to keep its freshness. (You'll need a pretty big one - I have a gallon glass jar and we keep our cereal in there)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFWzeAOI7jg/Tenv1YduzqI/AAAAAAAABDE/A4MoTFAACJA/s1600/granola5a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFWzeAOI7jg/Tenv1YduzqI/AAAAAAAABDE/A4MoTFAACJA/s640/granola5a.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;6. Daca se doreste varianta granola, preparati siropul din ingredientele listate, puneti la foc pana da intr-un clocot. Se toarna usor peste cereale, mixand intr-una, astfel incat sa nu ramana cereale care sa nu fi fost acoperite cu sirop. Este foarte important ca toata cantitatea sa fie uniform acoperita.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; If you prefer the granola version, prepare the syrup, mixing all listed ingredients, then put it on the stove, on medium heat, bringing it to a boil. Pour slowly over your cereal, making sure it is all well coated. Mix again, making sure the syrup coat is even and there is no dry cereal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;7. Se imparte compozitia in doua. Se acopera o tava de cupt cu hartie de copt, se presara jumatate din cereale si se da la cuptor (incins la 165 C) pentru aprox 20 min. Dupa 10 minute se amesteca usor, ca sa nu se arda pe o parte. Se procedeaza la fel si cu cealalta jumatate. Se raceste si se pune in borcanul (sau containerul) inchis ermetic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Divide the mixture in half. Line an oven tray with baking paper, place half of the mixture on the baking sheet, spreading it evenly. Bake in the preheated oven (325 F) until crispy and toasted (about 20 minutes). After about 10 minutes in the oven stir to make sure it bakes evenly. Repeat with the other half. Cool and store in the airtight container.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-8852502398029969979?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/8852502398029969979/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/06/granola-sau-muesli-homemade.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8852502398029969979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8852502398029969979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/06/granola-sau-muesli-homemade.html' title='Granola sau muesli - homemade!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGxAo4pHpIc/TdV1m6Si6TI/AAAAAAAABCs/Pw-kOnlmpm4/s72-c/granola6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5690171449961467683</id><published>2011-05-05T01:27:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T01:43:00.064+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Tort de morcovi / Carrot cake recipe</title><content type='html'>Nu, nu am gresit titlul. Chiar voi posta reteta unui tort delicios facut din morcovi. Este tortul traditional de Pasti in bucataria americana si unul din torturile noastre favorite! In acest an am optat pentru varianta briose in loc de blat de tort, pentru ca sunt mai usor de servit si nu ma mai complic cu taiatul portiilor egale... Reteta este extrem de simpla si nu, nu vei simti gustul de morcovi copti. Indrazneste si incearc-o, nu iti va parea rau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; I will post today our favorite carrot cake recipe. It is the traditional American Easter Cake. This year I chose to make carrot cake cupcakes, because they are easy to serve and faster to eat :). The recipe is simple and straightforward and it always turns out perfect. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwfuYawfaWE/TcHFJJ0eS8I/AAAAAAAABCc/aRG35_34pLw/s1600/carrotcupcakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwfuYawfaWE/TcHFJJ0eS8I/AAAAAAAABCc/aRG35_34pLw/s640/carrotcupcakes.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata si varianta tort, facuta acum ceva timp..&lt;i&gt; / Here's the cake version I made some time back...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5cc0XBZAzs/TcHFb-20L7I/AAAAAAAABCg/jQvHwMoZ600/s1600/carrotcake2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5cc0XBZAzs/TcHFb-20L7I/AAAAAAAABCg/jQvHwMoZ600/s640/carrotcake2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;INGREDIENTE BLAT:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4 oua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 1/2 ulei vegetal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;225 gr. zahar alb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;225 gr. zahar brun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3&amp;nbsp;lingurite esenta de vanilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;220 gr. faina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 lingurite rase bicarbonat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 lingurite rase praf de copt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/2 lingurita sare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 lingurite rase scortisoara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 cani morcovi rasi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Optional*:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/4 lingurita nucsoara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/4 lingurita ienibahar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/4 lingurita cuisoare pudra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;120 gr. nuca pisata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4 eggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 1/2 cup vegetable oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1&amp;nbsp;cup white sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 cup brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3&amp;nbsp;teaspoons vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 teaspoons baking soda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 teaspoons baking powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3&amp;nbsp;teaspoons ground cinnamon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 cups grated carrot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Optional*:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/4 tsp. nutmeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/4 tsp. allspice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1/4 tsp. cloves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 cup chopped pecan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*Aceste condimente confera blatului o aroma mai pronuntata, dar reteta merge facuta si fara ele. Nucile pisate sunt si ele optionale. / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;These spices give the cake a stronger spice cake aroma, but you can make the cake without them just fine, if you do not have them handy. The walnuts are also optional.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-532JcOkkmG8/TcHFeyFrKzI/AAAAAAAABCk/tIfZJdybd7I/s1600/carrotcake3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-532JcOkkmG8/TcHFeyFrKzI/AAAAAAAABCk/tIfZJdybd7I/s640/carrotcake3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; display: inline !important; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;tr style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;td style="display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;INGREDIENTE CREMA:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;INGREDIENTS FOR FROSTING:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;110 gr. unt, la temp camerei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;450 gr. crema branza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;330 gr. zahar pudra (220 daca vrei crema mai putin dulce)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1&amp;nbsp;lingurita esenta de vanilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 cup butter, softened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 - 8 ounce cream cheese, softened&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 cups confectionary sugar (use 2 if you like it less sweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 teaspoons vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MOD DE PREPARARE / DIRECTIONS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Se incalzeste cuptorul la 175 grade C. Se unge tava cu ulei si se tapeteaza cu faina. (Daca optezi pentru varianta briose, pregateste hartiutele in tava speciala de briose.) /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour your pan or get your muffin pans ready placing the muffin liners in the pans.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;e bat ouale, zaharul, uleiul si esenta de vanilie. Se amesteca separat faina cu bicarbonatul, praful de copt si sarea. (Daca optezi pentru condimentele optionale, adauga-le acum la faina). Se incorporeaza usor, fara a mixa prea mult compozitia. Se adauga morcovii dati prin razatoare (si nucile daca este cazul). Se toarna in forma dorita./ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, apple sauce, white and brown sugar and&amp;nbsp;3 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg&amp;nbsp;and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Se coace in cuptor cca 40-50 minute in cazul tortului sau 15-20 min in cazul brioselor sau pana cand trec de testul scobitorii. Timpul de coacere difera de la un cuptor la altul, asa ca atentie! / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;ake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes if you are making a cake or 15-20 minutes if you are making muffins, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Every oven is different, so keep an watchful eye on your dessert.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Pentru a face crema: se combina intr-un vas untul si crema branza (ambele la temperatura camerei), zaharul pudra si vanilia. Se mixeaza doar pana cand crema se omogenizeaza. Pentru rezultate bune, foloseste o crema branza de calitate - variantele ieftine tind sa se transforme intr-o crema care curge si nu sta la decorat. Se pune la frigider sa se intareasca putin inainte sa fie folosita la decorat. / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost the cooled cake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YswPkG46raY/TcHSiW8C-aI/AAAAAAAABCo/meYRX65HpDA/s1600/carrotcupcakes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YswPkG46raY/TcHSiW8C-aI/AAAAAAAABCo/meYRX65HpDA/s640/carrotcupcakes1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5690171449961467683?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5690171449961467683/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/tort-de-morcovi-carrot-cake-recipe.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5690171449961467683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5690171449961467683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/tort-de-morcovi-carrot-cake-recipe.html' title='Tort de morcovi / Carrot cake recipe'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwfuYawfaWE/TcHFJJ0eS8I/AAAAAAAABCc/aRG35_34pLw/s72-c/carrotcupcakes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5332293487595998794</id><published>2011-05-02T23:46:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T00:04:05.780+03:00</updated><title type='text'>La gratar de 1 mai... / Labor Day barbecue</title><content type='html'>Desi am realizat doar duminica dimineata ca e 1 Mai, am reusit sa incropim un gratar traditional, numai ca, in loc de mici, am mancat asta: / &lt;i&gt;Although we realized during the morning that it's actually Labor Day, we managed to put together a traditional barbecue. However, we didn't have the "mich" the Romanians are normally eating on Labor Day. Instead, we had these:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74_VV7i0uAw/Tb8Q269vZZI/AAAAAAAABCQ/_DisPMmQL_o/s1600/hamburger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74_VV7i0uAw/Tb8Q269vZZI/AAAAAAAABCQ/_DisPMmQL_o/s640/hamburger.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ai fi crezut ca-i ameninta cineva ca le fura mancarea... Cred ca trebuie sa fie &amp;nbsp;o magie intre copii si hamburgeri... / &lt;i&gt;Looking at them stuffing their faces you would have thought somebody threatened to run away with their food. There must be something magical between kids and hamburgers...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dc2InRWZXnk/Tb8Xsj0ymjI/AAAAAAAABCU/htgPiqck7dQ/s1600/laborday.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="230" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dc2InRWZXnk/Tb8Xsj0ymjI/AAAAAAAABCU/htgPiqck7dQ/s640/laborday.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mmmmm.... mirosul de gratar! Rupt din rai! /&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Mmmm.... the smell of barbecue....Divine!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wHGknhw5pr8/Tb8a21Kb3SI/AAAAAAAABCY/wppspClTBY0/s1600/grill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wHGknhw5pr8/Tb8a21Kb3SI/AAAAAAAABCY/wppspClTBY0/s640/grill.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5332293487595998794?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5332293487595998794/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-gratar-de-1-mai-labor-day-barbecue.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5332293487595998794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5332293487595998794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-gratar-de-1-mai-labor-day-barbecue.html' title='La gratar de 1 mai... / Labor Day barbecue'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74_VV7i0uAw/Tb8Q269vZZI/AAAAAAAABCQ/_DisPMmQL_o/s72-c/hamburger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-348135857934398944</id><published>2011-05-01T14:36:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T14:36:39.015+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tehinca servetelului/decoupage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pe langa casa / around the house'/><title type='text'>Decor nou in bucatarie / New kitchen nicknacks</title><content type='html'>Si daca tot v-am aratat cum m-am jucat cu tehnica decupajului in aceasta primavara, haideti sa va arat si cum am transformat o ladita de paine banala si placuta de lemn de la un puzzle vechi in noi accesorii pentru o bucatarie cu un decor rustic. / &lt;i&gt;Since I got around to showing you how I played with the decoupage technique this spring, let me show you how I transformed two old boring objects (a plain breadbox and the back of an old wooden puzzle) into new accessories for my rustic kitchen:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QMrkjgJBkdY/Tb09bC8R7xI/AAAAAAAABCE/aVwF5Ulor4c/s1600/breadbox.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QMrkjgJBkdY/Tb09bC8R7xI/AAAAAAAABCE/aVwF5Ulor4c/s640/breadbox.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lada de paine a fost vopsita cu doua nuante de acrilice, astfel incat sa aiba un aspect vechi, antichizat. Si pentru ca bucataria mea este rustica, insa usor whimsy, am ales decupaje din 3 servetele diferite ca sa realizez design-ul dorit. / &lt;i&gt;The bread box used to be plain and mahogany color, so I repainted using two shades of acrylic paint. And since my kitchen is rustic, but with a touch of modern whimsy, I used cutouts from three different napkins to achieve the look I wanted.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UbD3j3ueYi8/Tb0-4RV1XqI/AAAAAAAABCI/DPtUeyZ25ik/s1600/breadbox1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UbD3j3ueYi8/Tb0-4RV1XqI/AAAAAAAABCI/DPtUeyZ25ik/s640/breadbox1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canutele de langa ladita nu sunt pictate de mine, le-am cumparat din Brasov acum doi ani, si - desi sunt obiecte de decor traditional romanesti - datorita culorilor cu care sunt realizate, cred ca se imbina cu stilul eclectic rustic-modern din bucataria mea. /&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The two little cups are not painted by me - they were bought from artisans in the Brasov area during a summer vacation two years ago. Although they are traditional Romanian pottery, I think they go well in my eclectic kitchen with a rustic and modern blend.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Placuta este realizata cu ajutorul sabloanelor decupate cu un cutter special in plastic transparent care se foloseste la indosariere. Nu am facut altceva decat sa printez modelul dorit pe o hartie obisnuita A4, dupa care am suprapus plasticul transparent si am taiat cu cutter-ul. Am pictat fondul in aceleasi nuante ca si cutia de paine, iar modelul l-am aplicat cu o pensula rotunda speciala pentru realizarea picturii cu sablon. La final, am antichizat-o folosind lacuri de crapare speciale. Placuta are aspect rustic americana. / &lt;i&gt;The kitchen sign was painted on the back of an old wooden puzzle whose pieces were all lost. I used stencils I made myself using transparent plastic sheets over a printed design. The stencils came out a bit choppy, as it is hard to go cut perfectly straight lines using an exacto-knife, but I think that adds to the rustic feel of the sign, so I don't worry about the imperfections. I went for the americana rustic look on this sign and I antiqued it using special crackling glazes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GCT4sv4miWg/Tb1ApmNzY4I/AAAAAAAABCM/-9WSMIa91kY/s1600/kitchenhelpneeded.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GCT4sv4miWg/Tb1ApmNzY4I/AAAAAAAABCM/-9WSMIa91kY/s640/kitchenhelpneeded.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gata pentru ziua de azi. Ma asteapta gratarul in curte, asa ca va las. Acum incepe familionul sa strige: Ne e foame!!!!!! / &lt;i&gt;Well, that's all for today. I have a barbecue waiting in the backyard, so I better go before the kids start screaming: we're starving!!!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-348135857934398944?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/348135857934398944/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/decor-nou-in-bucatarie-new-kitchen.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/348135857934398944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/348135857934398944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/decor-nou-in-bucatarie-new-kitchen.html' title='Decor nou in bucatarie / New kitchen nicknacks'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QMrkjgJBkdY/Tb09bC8R7xI/AAAAAAAABCE/aVwF5Ulor4c/s72-c/breadbox.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6240615142317445542</id><published>2011-05-01T13:31:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T13:47:39.645+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tehinca servetelului/decoupage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pe langa casa / around the house'/><title type='text'>Primavara in gradina / Spring is in my garden!</title><content type='html'>Visez de mult timp la o casuta pentru pasarele la mine in curte, dar nu am ajuns sa ma bucur de ea pana in aceasta primavara. Am cumparat o cusca pentru hamsteri pe care am modificat-o, pictat-o si decorat-o prin tehnica servetelului (sau tehnica decupajului, cum mai este ea numita). Cei mici au asezat cu grija semintele si acum asteptam noi chiriasi. Pana acum n-am observat pe nimeni sa se inghesuie - poate le este teama ca e chiria prea mare pentru o garsoniera deja decorata si mobilata...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ha2O5xBOPtY/Tb01BzOnvlI/AAAAAAAABB4/ID1QsjPQ2D0/s1600/birdhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ha2O5xBOPtY/Tb01BzOnvlI/AAAAAAAABB4/ID1QsjPQ2D0/s640/birdhouse.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I always wanted to have a birdhouse in my yard, but I never got the chance to own one up until now. I bought a wooden hamster's hiding little house, I modified it, painted it and decorated it using the decoupage technique. Voila! Now we are waiting for renters. I keep looking out the window, but no birds seem to have notice it so far. They are probably discouraged thinking about the price tag for an already decorated and fully furnished bird pad... Oh, well...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata si alte proiecte de primavara realizate prin tehnica decupajului: / &lt;i&gt;Here are some more decoupage projects around my house:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W3Texa1TG4w/Tb05GiyxkzI/AAAAAAAABB8/GBB9uEHvtLc/s1600/cyclamen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W3Texa1TG4w/Tb05GiyxkzI/AAAAAAAABB8/GBB9uEHvtLc/s1600/cyclamen.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KhT4cmB2U7Q/Tb06GwJNcJI/AAAAAAAABCA/MNDNXITY_Hc/s1600/ivypot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KhT4cmB2U7Q/Tb06GwJNcJI/AAAAAAAABCA/MNDNXITY_Hc/s1600/ivypot.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6240615142317445542?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6240615142317445542/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/primavara-in-gradina-spring-is-in-my.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6240615142317445542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6240615142317445542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/primavara-in-gradina-spring-is-in-my.html' title='Primavara in gradina / Spring is in my garden!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ha2O5xBOPtY/Tb01BzOnvlI/AAAAAAAABB4/ID1QsjPQ2D0/s72-c/birdhouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-1497637529515426448</id><published>2011-05-01T12:51:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T13:07:18.738+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Dupa Pasti...</title><content type='html'>Zilele acestea am realizat ca nu am mai apucat sa postez nimic pe blog de la Craciun incoace! Si a trecut si Pastele pana sa ma dezmeticesc dupa sarbatorile de iarna... Deja ma gandesc la serbari de sfarsit de an si vacanta de vara - este incredibil cat de repede trece timpul. Nu stiu cum sunt altii, dar eu - de vreun an-doi incoace - simt ca timpul trece cu viteze cosmice pe langa mine. S-au intamplat enorm de multe de la Craciun incoace, dar nu am reusit sa le impartasesc aici, pe blog, la timpul lor. Asadar, voi incerca sa-mi fac timp sa va tin la curent cu preocuparile mele in ultima vreme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Va doresc un 1 Mai cu soare si bucurie in suflet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;These days I just realized I haven't posted anything on the blog since Christmas! Easter is gone now, too, and I have barely gotten the chance to recover after the holidays season. Before I know it, I have to think end of school year recitals and summer holiday. I don't know about you, but time simply seems to fly by me with cosmic speeds t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;hese days.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;So many things happened since last I wrote here, but I never had the chance to share them with you. I will try to make more time and be more consistent with my blogging.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have a sunny Labor Day all of you here, in Romania!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TWBkwTIux40/Tb0s2506axI/AAAAAAAABB0/jKO_0DW9oUU/s1600/tablearrangement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TWBkwTIux40/Tb0s2506axI/AAAAAAAABB0/jKO_0DW9oUU/s640/tablearrangement.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-1497637529515426448?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/1497637529515426448/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/dupa-pasti.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/1497637529515426448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/1497637529515426448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/dupa-pasti.html' title='Dupa Pasti...'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TWBkwTIux40/Tb0s2506axI/AAAAAAAABB0/jKO_0DW9oUU/s72-c/tablearrangement.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5552815116821765643</id><published>2010-12-21T21:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T21:32:22.192+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Craciun fericit! Merry Christmas 2010!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TREAb2EuFyI/AAAAAAAABBI/KEQwtDil8cM/s1600/Christmascard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TREAb2EuFyI/AAAAAAAABBI/KEQwtDil8cM/s1600/Christmascard.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5552815116821765643?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5552815116821765643/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/craciun-fericit-merry-christmas-2010.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5552815116821765643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5552815116821765643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/craciun-fericit-merry-christmas-2010.html' title='Craciun fericit! Merry Christmas 2010!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TREAb2EuFyI/AAAAAAAABBI/KEQwtDil8cM/s72-c/Christmascard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4493026834397416766</id><published>2010-12-05T11:25:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T11:49:48.247+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Umplutura pentru curcan / Stuffing for the Thanksgiving turkey</title><content type='html'>Iata reteta promisa de umplutura de curcan. Este o reteta simpla si nu necesita mult timp de pregatire:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHI3vElqI/AAAAAAAABBE/lK44tdAmzH8/s1600/turkeystuffing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHI3vElqI/AAAAAAAABBE/lK44tdAmzH8/s640/turkeystuffing.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 cepe taiate marunt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;120 gr. unt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 cub condimente pui &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 cani apa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1/2 lingura patrunjel proaspat      maruntit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 tulpina telina Apio      taiata marunt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;2 lingurite salvie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 lingurita sare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 lingurita condimente      pentru pui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;½ lingurita piper negru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;12 cani crutoane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;200 gr. ciuperci proaspete, taiate cubulete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 cana apa calda de rezerva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     2 finely chopped onions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     1/2 cup butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     1 bouillon cube &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;2 cups of water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     1/2 tablespoon fresh parsley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     1 celery stick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;                     2 tespoons sage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 tsp. salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 tsp. chicken seasoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1/2 tsp black pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;12 cups croutons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;200 gr. fresh mushrooms, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1 cup extra warm water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Intr-o tigaie se prajeste in unt ceapa taiata marunt. Se dauga telina si ciupercile si se mai prajeste putin, pana cand legumele se inmoaie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In a frying pan, melt the butter and then add the onions cooking until the onions get soft. Add the finely chopped celery and mushrooms. Cook a bit longer, until all vegetables are soft.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Aceasta compozitie se presara peste crutoanele puse intr-un vas mare. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; When done, sprinkle the vegetables over the crutons (make sure you have a big bowl, so you can easily mix the stuffing)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se dizolva cubul de condimente gaina in 2 cani de apa fierbinte si se toarna usor si uniform peste crutoane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Dissolve the bullion cube in 2 cups of hot water and sprinkle carefully over the croutons.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se mai presara apa daca este nevoie, cat sa se inmoaie putin crutoanele, fara a se exagera, altfel umplutura se va inmuia si nu va mai avea un aspect frumos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; If necessary, add a bit more plain warm water - you do not want to add too much as the stuffing will become soggy. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Se amesteca crutoanele rapid, ca la salata, avand grija sa nu le strivim prea mult. Se acopera repede vasul cu folie, lasand timp crutoanelor sa absoarba lichidul. Umplutura astfel preparata se poate folosi pentru a umple curcanul, sau se poate servi ca atare, ca o garnitura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mix the stuffing quickly and carefully, making sure your don't crush the croutons, making it look like mush. Cover de bowl immediately, to allow the bread to moisten evenly.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Voila! Umplutura de curcan pentru masa de Anul Nou!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Atentie! Reteta nu mentioneaza telina radacina, ci tulpina de telina verde care se mai vinde in Romania sub denumirea de celeriac sau apio. Se vand manunchiuri de tulpini de telina la punga, iar tulpinile au si ceva frunze. Acelea nu se folosesc, ci doar partea cea mai tanara si mai buna a tulpinii, care se afla aproape de radacina (partea de sus este mai batrana si mai atoasa).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4493026834397416766?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4493026834397416766/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4493026834397416766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4493026834397416766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html' title='Umplutura pentru curcan / Stuffing for the Thanksgiving turkey'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHI3vElqI/AAAAAAAABBE/lK44tdAmzH8/s72-c/turkeystuffing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-8316307801183280036</id><published>2010-12-05T10:57:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T12:49:28.615+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Curcan umplut / Michigander Style Stuffed Turkey</title><content type='html'>Saptamana trecuta, in familia noastra s-a sarbatorit "Ziua Recunostintei" (Thanksgiving Day) sau Ziua Curcanului cum o mai numesc americanii in gluma. Cum nu am acum timpul necesar postarii unui scurt istoric al acestei mari sarbatori americane, voi trece direct la postarea retetei, pe care multi dintre cunoscutii mei au solicitat-o pentru masa de Anul Nou, aici, pe meleaguri romanesti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHD7gpriI/AAAAAAAABA0/j5cOCpEqkL0/s1600/turkey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHD7gpriI/AAAAAAAABA0/j5cOCpEqkL0/s640/turkey1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un curcan de aprox. 5.5 kg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;90 gr. unt rece, taiat in 6 cubulete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;950 ml. apa calda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3 cuburi condimente gaina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 linguri rase patrunjel uscat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 linguri ceapa tocata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1.5 linguri rase de sare pentru gatit + 1/2 lingura condimente pui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     1 (12 pound) whole turkey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     6 tablespoons butter, divided&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     4 cups warm water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     3 tablespoons chicken bouillon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     2 tablespoons dried parsley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     2 tablespoons dried minced onion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;                     2 tablespoons seasoning salt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;1. Preincalzeste cuptorul la temperatura de 200 grade Celsius (eu l-am pus chiar la 220 grade). Clateste si curata bine curcanul, scotand mai intai maruntaiele (daca ele exista).&lt;/span&gt; Atentie! Daca observi o bulina de plastic rosie pe pieptul curcanului, nu incerca sa o scoti de acolo! Este un termometru care iti va indica la sfarsit daca este gata sau nu curcanul (vezi explicatia mai jos)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse  and wash turkey. Discard the giblets. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;2. Pune curcanul intr-un vas rotund mare sau o tava de lasagna. Eu folosesc vase din inox, nu am incercat sa fac curcan in alt tip de vase (ceramica sau sticla). Cresteaza taieturi micute in diferite zone ale pieptului (3 pe o parte si 3 pe cealalta parte) si desprinde, introducand degetul, pielea de pe carne. In aceste buzunarase se introduc cubuletele de unt. Din aceasta simpla operatiune va rezulta o carne frageda si gustoasa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Place turkey in a Dutch oven or roasting pan.  Separate the skin over the breast to make little pockets. Put 3  tablespoons of the butter on both sides between the skin and breast  meat. This makes for very juicy breast meat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHGe3276I/AAAAAAAABA8/OS97FMahfHU/s1600/turkey3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="448" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHGe3276I/AAAAAAAABA8/OS97FMahfHU/s640/turkey3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;3. Daca doresti sa faci curcan umplut, acum este momentul sa introduci umplutura, indesand-o bine in carcasa. &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html"&gt;Reteta mea&lt;/a&gt; pentru umplutura de curcan se gaseste &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt;. Leaga picioarele curcanului cu ata groasa sau sfoara mai subtire, pentru a nu permite &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html"&gt;umpluturii &lt;/a&gt;sa iasa din curcan. Eu leg picioarele oricum insa, pentru ca nu vreau sa se rupa si sa cada in timpul coacerii. Daca nu doresti sa umpli curcanul, treci la urmatorul pas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; If you wish to stuff the turkey, this is the time to do it. Spoon the stuffing into the carcase packing it good. If you want to &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/umplutura-pentru-curcan-stuffing-for.html"&gt;try my stuffing recipe, you can find it right here&lt;/a&gt;. Tie the legs of the turkey with thick thread or thin rope, so that the stuffing doesn't start oozing out. I tie the legs anyways, because I don't want them breaking and falling off during baking. If you don't care for the stuffing, proceed with following steps.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHI3vElqI/AAAAAAAABBE/lK44tdAmzH8/s1600/turkeystuffing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHI3vElqI/AAAAAAAABBE/lK44tdAmzH8/s640/turkeystuffing.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;4. Intr-un vas de marime medie se amesteca apa, se dizolva cuburile de condimente si se adauga patrunjelul si &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;ceapa. Se toarna peste curcan. Se presara sarea si condimentele penrtu pui deasupra curcanului.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;In a medium bowl, combine the water with the  bouillon. Sprinkle in the parsley and minced onion. Pour over the top of  the turkey. Sprinkle seasoning salt over the turkey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;5. Acopera vasul bine cu folie de aluminiu si pune in cuptor pentru 3.5-4 ore, sau pana cand temperatura interna a curcanului ajunge la 80 grade Celsius (eu am un termometru de carne, dar exista pe piata curcani cu termometru inclus - cand este gata, sare capacelul rosu al termometrului). Pentru ultimele 45 de minute, scoate folia de aluminiu si lasa curcanul sa se rumeneasca bine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Cover with foil, and bake in the preheated oven 3  1/2 to 4 hours, until the internal temperature of the turkey reaches 180  degrees F (80 degrees C). For the last 45 minutes or so, remove the  foil so the turkey will brown nicely.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHHlb8FdI/AAAAAAAABBA/cj2x2b2joaM/s1600/turkey4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHHlb8FdI/AAAAAAAABBA/cj2x2b2joaM/s640/turkey4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Asta este tot! Nu necesita mult timp de pregatire/preparare si rezultatul impresioneaza la o masa festiva. Curcanul se ia din tava, se scurge sosul in care s-a copt, se pune pe un platou aranjat frumos cu foi de salata si serveste cald, feliindu-se la masa. Se serveste putina carne alba (in zona pieptului) si putina carne rosie (in zona pulpelor). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHFEsZLzI/AAAAAAAABA4/fRSERi2YmO4/s1600/turkey2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHFEsZLzI/AAAAAAAABA4/fRSERi2YmO4/s640/turkey2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;Pofta buna! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap break"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-8316307801183280036?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/8316307801183280036/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/curcan-umplut-michigander-style-stuffed.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8316307801183280036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8316307801183280036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/12/curcan-umplut-michigander-style-stuffed.html' title='Curcan umplut / Michigander Style Stuffed Turkey'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TPtHD7gpriI/AAAAAAAABA0/j5cOCpEqkL0/s72-c/turkey1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2772787370994585770</id><published>2010-10-03T23:27:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T07:50:52.371+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Pentru toate cadrele didactice / Dedicated to all the teachers</title><content type='html'>din Romania, dar in special directorilor: / &lt;i&gt;in Romania, but especially to the school principals:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TKjiTXxWSyI/AAAAAAAABAw/DkKPqjy0lK8/s1600/teacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TKjiTXxWSyI/AAAAAAAABAw/DkKPqjy0lK8/s1600/teacher.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="font-family: inherit; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 210.95pt;" valign="top" width="281"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Un medic a iesit la plimbare si a vazut o   babuta stand pe o banca. Medicul i-a spus: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;E imposibil sa nu observ fericirea de   pe chipul dumneavoastra. Care este secretul dvs?“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ea ii raspunse: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Sunt cadru didactic! Nu ma culc pana la 2   noaptea, ora la care concep planuri de lectie si programe scolare si ma   trezesc pe la 6 dimineata ca sa ajung la timp la servici. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nu fac sport, nu ma distrez si nici nu am   viata sociala. La sfarsit de sapamana lucrez intruna revizuind noi strategii   de invatare pentru elevii mei, evaluari, elaborez material didactic. Lucrez   si de sarbatori. De asemenea , nu mananc nici micul dejun, nici pranzul si nici &lt;span id="lw_1286136219_2"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts"&gt;cina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ca lumea, pentru ca nu   am timp. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Sunt mereu stresata din cauza reformelor   din invatamant, a termenelor de predare a documentatiei si a vizitelor   inspectorilor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Medicul i-a raspuns:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“E extraordinar! Nu pot sa cred! Ce varsta aveti??” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"34", ii raspunse babuta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 35.45pt;" valign="top" width="47"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 215.7pt;" valign="top" width="288"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;While   out on a walk, a doctor saw a little old lady sitting on a bench. He looked at her for a second and then he asked her:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;“It’s   impossible for me not to notice your face just beaming with happiness. What   is your secret?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;She   looked at him and answered:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;“I   am a teacher. I go to sleep every day at 2:00 AM after writing some more   lesson plans and working on my yearly school planner and I wake up at 6:00 AM because I   cannot be late for work. I don’t exercise, I don’t have fun and I have no   social life. In the weekends I work on planning new learning strategies for   my students, new methods of evaluation, I make my own worksheets &amp;amp; manipulatives.   I have to work in my holidays as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I   seldom get a chance to properly eat my breakfast, lunch and dinner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I   am always super stressed because of the ever changing educational reforms,   the many deadlines and the many visits of my school inspectors.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;The   doctor looked up at her with a renewed admiration:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;“That   is absolutely amazing! Just, how old are you to be   doing all this?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;“34”,   answered the little old lady.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! M-am regasit in descrierea de mai sus... Numai poza, parca, (inca!) nu mi se potriveste. Hilar! (Gluma nu-mi apartine, am primit-o pe email de la o cunostinta de a mea. Asadar, nu cunosc autorul)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;LOOOOL! That totally sounds like a description of me... Only the photo doesn't seem to match (yet!). Hilarious! (The joke is not mine, I got it via email from a friend. Author unknown for the credits)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2772787370994585770?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2772787370994585770/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/pentru-toate-cadrele-didactice.html#comment-form' title='5 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2772787370994585770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2772787370994585770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/pentru-toate-cadrele-didactice.html' title='Pentru toate cadrele didactice / Dedicated to all the teachers'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TKjiTXxWSyI/AAAAAAAABAw/DkKPqjy0lK8/s72-c/teacher.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5949479096838261982</id><published>2010-07-17T16:12:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-17T16:12:18.121+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Premii culinare in blogosfera / Culinary awards in the blogging world</title><content type='html'>Cu mult drag, imi face deosebita placere sa primesc acest premiu special de la &lt;a href="http://lakakuharica.blogspot.com/"&gt;Catharsis&lt;/a&gt;, prietena mea din Croatia (o tara superba, foarte aproape de inima mea, de care mi-e tare dor si in care n-am mai fost din 1999!).&amp;nbsp; Multumesc din suflet, Catharsis! Iata si mesajul care insoteste acest premiu:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"&gt;&lt;span&gt;”This award is for  bloggers who transmit cultural, ethical, literary, personal etc. values  outside of national borders and speech.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Which, briefly stated, show that their living  creativity and thinking can be easily detected in their words and  between lines, regardless of the language that are written.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"&gt;&lt;span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The award was conceived as a means to promote  friendship among bloggers, a way to express affection and appreciation  for their work that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;gives added  value to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;the &lt;span&gt;web.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you, my friend!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TEGo-72ZppI/AAAAAAAABAg/dTi8eD8KFfU/s1600/PR%C3%8AMIO%7E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TEGo-72ZppI/AAAAAAAABAg/dTi8eD8KFfU/s320/PR%C3%8AMIO%7E1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to try the Croatian cuisine, please visit my &lt;a href="http://lakakuharica.blogspot.com/"&gt;friend's blog&lt;/a&gt;. I have lots of her recipes in queue, waiting for cooler days to try. With this extreme heat, the only thing I've cooked lately is lots and lots of salads :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5949479096838261982?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5949479096838261982/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/07/premii-culinare-in-blogosfera-culinary.html#comment-form' title='6 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5949479096838261982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5949479096838261982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/07/premii-culinare-in-blogosfera-culinary.html' title='Premii culinare in blogosfera / Culinary awards in the blogging world'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TEGo-72ZppI/AAAAAAAABAg/dTi8eD8KFfU/s72-c/PR%C3%8AMIO%7E1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-7611503504813205547</id><published>2010-07-06T00:36:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T14:10:22.551+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi cu ciocolata / chocolate desserts'/><title type='text'>Crema de ciocolata / Decorator's Chocolate Frosting</title><content type='html'>Nu am prea avut timp de bloguit in ultimul timp, dar daca tot m-am mai oprit un pic in blogosfera, am zis sa postez mult promisa reteta de crema de ciocolata. Asadar, pentru tine, draga Andreea, cu pupici!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I didn't have much time for blogging lately, but since I dropped by tonight, I oughtta post my decorator's chocolate frosting recipe, which I promised my good old friend Andreea, a week or so back... So here it goes:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CREMA DE CIOCOLATA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;DECORATOR'S CHOCOLATE FROSTING&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TDJFZvPTEnI/AAAAAAAABAY/Nf1tRo6wO8I/s1600/chocomuffins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TDJFZvPTEnI/AAAAAAAABAY/Nf1tRo6wO8I/s640/chocomuffins.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;260  gr. zahar pudra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;130   gr cacao&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;225 gr. unt la temp. camerei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;115 branza crema la temp. camerei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;80 ml. frisca lichida* &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 lingurita extras de vanilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;*) poti adauga toata cantitatea, sau mai putin, in functie de consistenta dorita.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 cups confectioners sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 cup cocoa powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;8 oz. unsalted butter  softened to room temp.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;4 oz. cream cheese softened to room temp.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/3 cup heavy whipping cream*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*) you can add less or more depending on how  wet/soft/fluffy you desire  the consistency.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Instructions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se combina branza crema si untul (ambele moi, la temperatura camerei!!) si se mixeaza putin, cat sa se omogenizeze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Combine cream cheese and butter    in mixing bowl and   blend well.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se adauga zaharul tot odata. (Adaugand zaharul treptat, risti sa ti se taie crema).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Add  all the sugar at once. Mix well, but do not overdo it, or the frosting might get ruined.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se adauga cacaoa in 3 etape. Se mixeaza indeajuns incat sa se incorporeze bine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Add the cocoa in 3 stages. Do not overmix!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Adauga esenta de vanilie, apoi frisca lichida, treptat. Muta mixerul pe cea mai mica treapta de viteza. Cand frisca (in catitatea dorita) a fost bine incorporata, muta mixerul din nou pe viteza superioara si mixeaza pentru 1 min.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Add the vanilla extract and then, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;slowly&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;, the whipping cream. Mix on low to combine. Once all ingredients are added, mix on high for about 1 min .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se poate folosi imediat pentru a imbraca un tort sau pentru a decora. Daca preferi o consistenta mai tare, pune crema la frigider cateva minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You can use this right away on your favorite cake, for layering or decorating. It holds its shape wonderfully and it looks awesome on any sweets! If you prefer a harder consistency, just stick it in the fridge for a few minutes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crema aceasta este crema mea preferata de ciocolata! Familia mea o mananca cu lingura - desi este facuta cu unt, nu se simte deloc grasa, ci dimpotriva usoara si delicioasa! Am folosit-o la briose, la torturi de ciocolata, la negrese, la tort "foret noire", la ce nu?...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is my favorite chocolate frosting! My family eats it by the spoonfuls! Even though it is made with butter, it is light and fluffy and so very yummy! I used it on cupcakes, brownies, chocolate cakes, foret noire cakes, you name it! Enjoy!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-7611503504813205547?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/7611503504813205547/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/07/crema-de-ciocolata-decorators-chocolate.html#comment-form' title='5 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7611503504813205547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7611503504813205547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/07/crema-de-ciocolata-decorators-chocolate.html' title='Crema de ciocolata / Decorator&apos;s Chocolate Frosting'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TDJFZvPTEnI/AAAAAAAABAY/Nf1tRo6wO8I/s72-c/chocomuffins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6618506776037444839</id><published>2010-06-01T17:58:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-01T18:03:54.473+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in familie / family time'/><title type='text'>Noii membri ai familiei noastre! - Meet the two new members of our family!</title><content type='html'>De fapt, ei sunt în familia noastra din luna aprilie, când au intrat pe ușă într-o cutie imensă, atent ambalată, cadou pentru fiul meu cel mic, de ziua lui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Actually, they have been in our family since April, when they entered our house in a big wrapped box, as a birthday present for my youngest son.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUcoH01c3I/AAAAAAAAA_U/ImJbJNjRcqc/s1600/rhino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="448" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUcoH01c3I/AAAAAAAAA_U/ImJbJNjRcqc/s640/rhino.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUcv0bgboI/AAAAAAAAA_c/04hne6I-OKo/s1600/rhino2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUcv0bgboI/AAAAAAAAA_c/04hne6I-OKo/s640/rhino2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;și /and&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUdBuIr5tI/AAAAAAAAA_k/S4q-4ElkumY/s1600/jackey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUdBuIr5tI/AAAAAAAAA_k/S4q-4ElkumY/s640/jackey.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUdHKv6BqI/AAAAAAAAA_s/9h51RB5LIbA/s1600/jackey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUdHKv6BqI/AAAAAAAAA_s/9h51RB5LIbA/s640/jackey1.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iată și imagini cu reacția copiilor: / Here are the pics with the kids' reaction:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUd9oER5rI/AAAAAAAAA_0/kx4-R-w0jAY/s1600/birthday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUd9oER5rI/AAAAAAAAA_0/kx4-R-w0jAY/s640/birthday1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Oare ce-o fi în această cutie mare și ciudată?....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I wonder what could be in such a big, strange looking box?....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUeZenTqYI/AAAAAAAAA_8/oYneM54x6SE/s1600/birthday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUeZenTqYI/AAAAAAAAA_8/oYneM54x6SE/s640/birthday2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ce?????? Mișcă ceva viu înăuntru?????!!!!! AAAAAAAAA!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What??????? What is that moving in there??????!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAH!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUe-pSIc7I/AAAAAAAABAE/WLRTTpB5Lmo/s1600/birthday3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUe-pSIc7I/AAAAAAAABAE/WLRTTpB5Lmo/s640/birthday3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Doar doi porcușori de guineea adorabili!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just two adorable&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Guinea piggies!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUfVz2v64I/AAAAAAAABAM/hff_QnIg9ZM/s1600/birthday4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUfVz2v64I/AAAAAAAABAM/hff_QnIg9ZM/s640/birthday4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Făcând ce le place cel mai mult: să mănânce! Nici un cuvânt (pardon, chițăit) despre când au de gând sa aplice pentru un job serios...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Doing what they love best: eating! No &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;word &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;-- I mean, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;squeak &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;-- about getting a serious job anytime soon...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6618506776037444839?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6618506776037444839/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/06/noii-membri-ai-familiei-noastre-meet.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6618506776037444839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6618506776037444839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/06/noii-membri-ai-familiei-noastre-meet.html' title='Noii membri ai familiei noastre! - Meet the two new members of our family!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TAUcoH01c3I/AAAAAAAAA_U/ImJbJNjRcqc/s72-c/rhino.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6430585884117068390</id><published>2010-05-31T01:17:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T14:13:06.576+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi cu ciocolata / chocolate desserts'/><title type='text'>Briose de ciocolata - Easy Breezy Chocolate Muffins</title><content type='html'>Am revenit azi cu o rețetă ușoară de muffins care sper să vă placă. De fapt și de drept, rețeta inițială era pentru tort de ciocolată, așa că o puteți folosi fără probleme într-un tort de ciocolată copt într-o tavă rotundă cu diametrul de 26 cm. Nici nu aveți nevoie de mixer, atât de ușor și repede se face! Dar hai să începem...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hi again everyone!&amp;nbsp; I wanted to stop by and share a very easy and yummy chocolate muffins recipe. Actually, this is a egg-less chocolate cake recipe, so you can use it either way you like -- You don't even need a mixer! Let's get started....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALYxGdxgeI/AAAAAAAAA-8/okdTYx7F5_o/s1600/chocomuffins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALYxGdxgeI/AAAAAAAAA-8/okdTYx7F5_o/s640/chocomuffins.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;200 gr. făină&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;200   gr zahar alb sau brun&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;35 gr. cacao&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 linguriță rasă bicarbonat de soda &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1/2 linguriță rasă sare&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;240 ml. apă&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;80 ml. ulei vegetal (eu folosesc de palmier)&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1 linguriță oțet &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2   linguriță extras de vanilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Opțional: 100 gr. picături de ciocolată&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 2/3  cups all-purpose flour&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 cup packed brown/granulated sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/4 cup cocoa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 tsp. baking soda &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1/2 tsp. salt&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 cup water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/3 cup vegetable oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 tsp. vinegar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Optional: 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Instructions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Încălzește cuptorul la 200 grade Celsius. Mixează cu ajutorul unei furculițe făina, zahărul, cacaoa,&amp;nbsp; bicarbonatul de soda și sarea. Adaugă toate celelalte ingrediente, mai puțin picăturile de ciocolata (care oricum sunt opționale, se pot substitui cu alune, migdale, nuci sau se pot omite total). O variație grozavă pentru cei care iubesc combinația de mentă și ciocolată este să se adauge la compozitie 2 lingurițe extras/aromă de mentă (da, știu, la noi e greu de găsit...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix in the remaining ingredients, except the chocolate chips (which are optional and can be substituted with roasted pecans, walnuts, almonds or skipped all together). A very yummy variation of this recipe is to skip the chocolate chips (or subs) altogether, and add instead 2 tsp of mint extract or flavoring. Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm......&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALhCD0UxYI/AAAAAAAAA_E/TU2l5QQV_a0/s1600/chocomuffins1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALhCD0UxYI/AAAAAAAAA_E/TU2l5QQV_a0/s640/chocomuffins1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se pregătesc formele de brioșe, se pun hartiuțele speciale și se toarnă în ele compoziția obținută, însă nu mai mult de jumătate (folosește o lingură sau un poș mare, ca sa-ți fie mai ușor să umpli formele). Se pun deasupra bucatelele de ciocolata (sau inlocuitorii sugerati) si se preseaza usor pentru a le face sa intre putin in compozitie, dupa care se pun la cuptor. Sunt gata cand trec de testul scobitorii :)&lt;br /&gt;*Dacă rețeta se folosește pentru a obține un blat de tort, se unge tava cu ulei, sa tapetează cu hârtie de copt și se pune în cuptor pentru 35-40 minute sau până este gata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Get the muffins pans ready by lining them with the special muffins papers and fill them half way using a spoon or a piping bag. (If you are making this into a chocolate cake, grease your 8-10 inch cake pan and&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; line it with baking paper). Sprinkle the chocolate chips (or suggested substitutes&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;or simply leave as is and stick the pans in the oven. Bake until done (muffins tend to bake faster then the cake - the cake might take 35-40 minutes, so watch the muffins closely)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALhFhdmYQI/AAAAAAAAA_M/Y1qyV1iVtpM/s1600/chocomuffins2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALhFhdmYQI/AAAAAAAAA_M/Y1qyV1iVtpM/s640/chocomuffins2.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se orneaza cu zahar pudra, sau cu crema preferată - eu am folosit o crema de ciocolată super gustoasă, a cărei rețetă o voi posta altădată.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired, or decorate with your favorite frosting. Pictured is an absolutely fabulous chocolate frosting I absolutely adore - I'll post the recipe soon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6430585884117068390?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6430585884117068390/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/briose-de-ciocolata-easy-breezy.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6430585884117068390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6430585884117068390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/briose-de-ciocolata-easy-breezy.html' title='Briose de ciocolata - Easy Breezy Chocolate Muffins'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/TALYxGdxgeI/AAAAAAAAA-8/okdTYx7F5_o/s72-c/chocomuffins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4525465655826502772</id><published>2010-05-16T23:39:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T08:57:09.075+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Si ultimele poze de la nunta! - Last wedding pics!</title><content type='html'>Pozele acestea nu mai au nevoie de prea multe explicatii :). Vizionare placuta!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BTiaNI5gI/AAAAAAAAA9E/lv05Ujp9SEs/s1600/cun_religioasa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BTiaNI5gI/AAAAAAAAA9E/lv05Ujp9SEs/s640/cun_religioasa1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ne pregatim sa intram in biserica. Eu ma preocup de trena miresei :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Getting ready to enter the church. I am busy tending to the bride's long train....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BT2F6Y18I/AAAAAAAAA9M/Kwe7dVg_UM0/s1600/cun_religioasa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BT2F6Y18I/AAAAAAAAA9M/Kwe7dVg_UM0/s640/cun_religioasa2.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Baiatul mamii, emotionat tare pentru ca ducea in cutie pretioasele verighete!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mommy's sweet little ring bearer, so overwhelmed by his very important task! :) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BUNAh91zI/AAAAAAAAA9U/g6ZrF84g66I/s1600/cun_religioasa3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BUNAh91zI/AAAAAAAAA9U/g6ZrF84g66I/s640/cun_religioasa3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Un moment traditional al nuntilor pe rit ortodox.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A traditional Greek-orthodox wedding moment.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BUok4xrVI/AAAAAAAAA9c/Jt64f0K7s7k/s1600/cun_religioasa4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BUok4xrVI/AAAAAAAAA9c/Jt64f0K7s7k/s640/cun_religioasa4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Un simbolic juramant de casnicie, cu mainile impreunate pe Evanghelie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A symbolic wedding vow, holding hands on the Gospel.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVCWsjiVI/AAAAAAAAA9k/1V3nzkYdPm4/s1600/cun_religioasa7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVCWsjiVI/AAAAAAAAA9k/1V3nzkYdPm4/s640/cun_religioasa7.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Superba trena, vazuta din spate. Rochia a fost semnata de &lt;a href="http://www.pronovias.com/vestidos-novia/ultima-coleccion-pronovias/"&gt;Pronovias (Mistico)&lt;/a&gt; :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The gorgeous train, seen from the back. This was a beautiful &lt;a href="http://www.pronovias.com/vestidos-novia/ultima-coleccion-pronovias/"&gt;Pronovias Mistico&lt;/a&gt; dress :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVdIg-OpI/AAAAAAAAA9s/K8-uswdCIm4/s1600/cun_religioasa6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVdIg-OpI/AAAAAAAAA9s/K8-uswdCIm4/s640/cun_religioasa6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Abia mai pot zambi de emotie! Ha ha ha ha&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;They are so overwhelmed with the event, I can barely get a smile out of them. LOL&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVx0XFjXI/AAAAAAAAA90/GN1cJ1InkI4/s1600/cun_religioasa5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BVx0XFjXI/AAAAAAAAA90/GN1cJ1InkI4/s640/cun_religioasa5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Gata! Casatoriti in fata lui Dumnezeu!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;All done! They are married now in God's eyes!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BWCrW-7PI/AAAAAAAAA98/YJ41GAYs1J0/s1600/cun_religioasa8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BWCrW-7PI/AAAAAAAAA98/YJ41GAYs1J0/s640/cun_religioasa8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Printesa mea, aruncand petale in fata miresei, la iesirea din biserica.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My little princess flower girl, throwing rose petals in front of the bride and groom as they leave the church (I know, here's the other way around...)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BWbdHJR9I/AAAAAAAAA-E/jlc8SbehAY4/s1600/cun_religioasa9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BWbdHJR9I/AAAAAAAAA-E/jlc8SbehAY4/s640/cun_religioasa9.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Cele mai importante 4 persoane din intrega nunta! Ha ha ha ha ha! Lipseste insa mirele... Bine, hai, 5, treaca de la mine...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The 4 most important people of the wedding. But wait! The groom is missing! Ok, make it 5!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BXEhJJ1BI/AAAAAAAAA-M/A-13walUJXI/s1600/cun_religioasa10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BXEhJJ1BI/AAAAAAAAA-M/A-13walUJXI/s640/cun_religioasa10.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Mirii si noi, familia mirelui.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The bride, groom and us, the groom's family.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Si ultimele poze sunt cu mine si sotul meu, de la receptie:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;And these last photos are of my husband and I, at the reception:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BX1B1uz1I/AAAAAAAAA-U/C_qpSPze3OU/s1600/us1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="520" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BX1B1uz1I/AAAAAAAAA-U/C_qpSPze3OU/s640/us1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BX7ZHDGvI/AAAAAAAAA-c/ojoCOBu-Mi8/s1600/us2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="486" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BX7ZHDGvI/AAAAAAAAA-c/ojoCOBu-Mi8/s640/us2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4525465655826502772?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4525465655826502772/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/si-ultimele-poze-de-la-nunta-last.html#comment-form' title='9 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4525465655826502772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4525465655826502772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/si-ultimele-poze-de-la-nunta-last.html' title='Si ultimele poze de la nunta! - Last wedding pics!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BTiaNI5gI/AAAAAAAAA9E/lv05Ujp9SEs/s72-c/cun_religioasa1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-611392326389965699</id><published>2010-05-16T22:37:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T22:48:54.795+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Poze de la casa miresei - Pics from the wedding (Part 3)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Asadar, odata facuta "hlambura", nunta poate sa inceapa! A doua zi, de dimineata, mirele si alaiul lui merge sa-si primeasca mireasa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Once the "hlambura" is made, the wedding can start. The next day, in the morning, the groom (together with his family and the godparents) goes to the bride's house. Here's my brother, bringing the bride's bouquet and knocking at his in-laws door. We were all behind him :))&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_A9SqqcFAI/AAAAAAAAA8U/dJuyxrh1bc8/s1600/lamireasa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="321" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_A9SqqcFAI/AAAAAAAAA8U/dJuyxrh1bc8/s400/lamireasa1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuscrii, ajunşi la mireasă, sunt întâmpinaţi de aceasta şi unul câte  unul sunt poftiţi în casă. In poza de mai jos, mirele isi vede pentru prima oara mireasa imbracata in rochia alba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The groom's family is welcomed by the bride and her family. Here's the groom seeing his future wife in the bride's dress for the very first time.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BAPocAeCI/AAAAAAAAA8k/8dFIX0-ujN0/s1600/lamireasa3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="331" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BAPocAeCI/AAAAAAAAA8k/8dFIX0-ujN0/s400/lamireasa3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mirele şi cavalerii de onoare sunt aşezaţi separat, la o  masă aproape de intrare. La acea masă sunt aşezate un colac cu o bucată  de carne crudă „pâltare”, orez dulce cu stafide, multe dulciuri şi  „plâţinta yrambolui”, o plăcintă făcută special pentru mire. Mirelui şi cavalerilor de onoare soacra mare le pune câte o lingură de  metal la piept lângă floare. În tot acest timp, la masa unde stau socrii  şi naşii, se cântă. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Certain rituals take place from the time the groom's party enters the house. The groom and his best men are seated at a special table, where certain foods are served. The groom's mom offers the guys a silver spoon tied with a red bow, something they wear for a short time in their chest pocket:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_A-hmvj-AI/AAAAAAAAA8c/J8_3JbELcRY/s1600/lamireasa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_A-hmvj-AI/AAAAAAAAA8c/J8_3JbELcRY/s400/lamireasa2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;După aceea, soacra mică aşează la masa lor o sticlă de tărie frumos  împodobită cu flori şi funde, lângă o altă sticlă de tărie la fel de  frumos împodobită, adusă de soacra mare. Din ele se toarnă în două pahare/ceşti  noi, se face schimb de băutură şi se bea din aceste ceşti de către cei  doi socri cu braţele încrucişate. Înainte, fiecare se orientează spre  răsărit şi face semnul crucii.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The bride's mom brings to the table a bottle of alchool adorned with flowers and bows. The groom's mom does the same. They pour drinks from the two bottles in two brand new glasses or cups. The fathers exchange glasses, cheer and drink from them crossing their arms. Before doing that, though, they turn towards the East and say a blessing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BCZkjHhEI/AAAAAAAAA8s/m4T_hpivpfE/s1600/lamireasa6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="390" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BCZkjHhEI/AAAAAAAAA8s/m4T_hpivpfE/s400/lamireasa6.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;După aceea socrul mare scoate „arâvoana” care este o  bijuterie din metale preţioase cusute pe un batic împăturit în patru.  Acesta este primit de tatăl fetei, se atinge uşor de bărbie şi de  frunte, acelaşi gest este făcut de încă câteva persoane după care soacra  mică îl preia şi de obicei îl pune miresei la gât. După servirea mesei,  mireasa este adusă aşezată lângă mire şi se porneşte hora.&lt;br /&gt;Si pentru ca multe din vechile obiceiuri nu mai pot avea loc astazi din motive obiective, momentul se incheie cu ruperea unei "turte" deasupra capului miresei, dupa care nasul prinde flori in piept mirelui, iar mireasa, ajutata de domnisoarele de onoare, alaiului. (Daca te intereseaza intrega poveste a vechilor nunti la aromani, citeste articolul postat &lt;a href="http://www.aromanii.ro/aromanii/obiceiuri.html"&gt;aici &lt;/a&gt;de catre Societatea Culturala Aromana)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Then the groom's father brings a jewelery gift sewed unto a white handkerchief folded two times, and passes it along to the bride's father. He takes it and touches his forehead and chin with it, after which he passes it along to a few more close relatives of the bride that repeat the same gestures. Last, the gift is handed to the bride's mother who, in turn, offers it to the bride and helps her to put it on. After the meal is served, the bride is brought and is seated next to her groom. The dancing starts and so the wedding is well on its way.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Like I said in my previous posts, because many of the old rituals are not observed anymore in our modern culture, we skipped many of the old, ancient traditions. This part of the wedding ends with a traditional sweet bread being broken in pieces above the bride's head and offered to the people attending the ceremony, followed by the godfather pinning flowers on the groom's chest and the bride and her maids doing the same with the rest of the guests.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BGR2My5dI/AAAAAAAAA80/9PS35b_p5V8/s1600/lamireasa4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BGR2My5dI/AAAAAAAAA80/9PS35b_p5V8/s400/lamireasa4.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BGYDYYr4I/AAAAAAAAA88/y-xuSJCHpgk/s1600/lamireasa5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_BGYDYYr4I/AAAAAAAAA88/y-xuSJCHpgk/s400/lamireasa5.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intregul alai o porneste apoi spre biserica, unde are loc cununia religioasa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The wedding party is heading for the church at this point, where the groom and the bride will be wedded under a priest's prayer and blessing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-611392326389965699?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/611392326389965699/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-casa-miresei-pics-from.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/611392326389965699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/611392326389965699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-casa-miresei-pics-from.html' title='Poze de la casa miresei - Pics from the wedding (Part 3)'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S_A9SqqcFAI/AAAAAAAAA8U/dJuyxrh1bc8/s72-c/lamireasa1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-3826582706277100798</id><published>2010-05-15T20:04:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T23:12:49.046+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Poze de la hlambură - Pics from the wedding (Part 2)</title><content type='html'>Iată și pozele de la sărbătoarea hlamburei, simbolul nunților la aromâni. Sunt multe obiceiurile nunții si au farmecul lor, dar multe dintre ele  se mai regăsesc azi doar în povestirile batrânilor. Impinsi de noul ritm  al vieții, aromânii au încercat să păstreze esența și simbolistica  vechilor nunți, care, fără nici o exagerare, durau trei zile și trei  nopți (și asta fără toate evenimentele care precedau duminica nunții). Dacă alte obiceiuri mai pot fi lasate în umbra trecutului, cel al decorării hlamburei (sau steagului) este încă -- și va rămâne! -- unul din momentele cele mai importante ale nunții la aromâni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here are some photos from our „hlambura” celebration. There are many wedding related traditions in our culture, but most of them are found these days only in the stories still told by our elderly. Pushed into the rhythm of our busy, modern lives, the Aromanians are trying to hang on to as much as they can from past traditions and rituals, from the days when wedding parties used to take 3 days and 3 nights... Unfortunately only a few of these century old traditions have survived the test of time. Nevertheless, the one ritual that is here to stay is the embellishment of the „hlambura” - the flag, the symbol of the Aromanian wedding.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scurta descriere a acestui obicei a fost preluată de pe site-ul &lt;a href="http://www.aromanii.ro/aromanii/obiceiuri.html"&gt;Societății  Culturale Aromâne&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;„La nuntă, ambele familii îşi pregătesc evenimentul. La fată acasă se  aranjează zestrea şi vineri seara sunt aşteptate rudele miresei. Soacra, cu o  duminică înainte de nuntă, invită "suratele" (domnişoarele de onoare) la  nuntă cu un măr roşu în care a înfipt o monedă. Suratele sunt rude  apropiate ale miresei şi sunt în număr impar. Sâmbătă seara, la casa  mirelui, se desfăşoară obiceiurile. Suratele "aprnidu aluatlu" (frământă aluat pentru pâine) timp în  care se cântă şi după care toţi participanţii aruncă un ban în vasul cu  făină. Banii se împart între surate. Urmează ca furtaţii, sau cavalerii  de onoare, să bărbierească mirele. În acest timp se cântă după care în  prosop se pun bani de la participanţii la eveniment. Soacra mare are  pregătită pânza albă, frumos împodobită şi un băţ cu semnul crucii în  vârf. Naşul mare coase hlambura după care pune trei mere în vârful ei.  Din acel moment naşul conduce nunta. Se cântă anumite cântece specifice.  Naşul este adus la casa mirelui cu alai condus de mire, de cavalerii de  onoare şi muzică. Urmează masa şi petrecerea.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q38PfeFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/1l8g-vweOOM/s1600/hlambura1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q38PfeFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/1l8g-vweOOM/s640/hlambura1.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;La nunta noastră, sărbătoarea hlamburei a avut loc vineri seara iar la cernutul fainei și frământatul aluatului au luat parte toate fetele necăsătorite prezente (chiar și domnișoarele de 3 ani :)) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;We had our hlambura party on Friday evening. All the unmarried girls took turns sifting the flour, including the youngest in our midst.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q7Sct1JI/AAAAAAAAA70/fCeYdmRT11E/s1600/hlambura2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q7Sct1JI/AAAAAAAAA70/fCeYdmRT11E/s640/hlambura2.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;După ce s-a frământat aluatul, oala a fost acoperită cu un ștergar alb pe care participanții au pus bani. Aluatul a fost lăsat să crească după care l-am modelat sub formă de franzele și l-am pus la cuptor. Am mancat pâinea a doua zi, înainte să mergem să luăm mireasa de la casa părintească :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The dough is kneaded by the girls and then covered with a pure white cloth to let it raise. The guests put money on top of the cloth, as a small gift for the girls who got the bread started. I baked the bread that evening and we got to eat it the next day, before going to get the bride from her parents.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q-J3hKFI/AAAAAAAAA78/Bw8HiJGVqBs/s1600/hlambura3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q-J3hKFI/AAAAAAAAA78/Bw8HiJGVqBs/s640/hlambura3.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Voalul alb, cusut de mama (soacra mare) a fost adus pentru a fi montat de către naș și cavalerii mirelui pe suportul sub formă de cruce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The groom's mom brings the white veil she sewed at the beginning of the week. The godfather mounts in on the pole. All the best men and unmarried men (including all young boys), are asked to help sew the veil onto the pole.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7RAS0ewCI/AAAAAAAAA8E/4hq9H6GOEU8/s1600/hlambura4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7RAS0ewCI/AAAAAAAAA8E/4hq9H6GOEU8/s640/hlambura4.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nașul coase primul hlambura, după care îl ajută si cavalerii. În foto, cavalerul mamii (puiuțul meu), coase hlambura de suport. Fetele aranjeaza florile in jurul vârfului si nașul pune câte un măr in cele trei capete ale crucii.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here's momma's boy doing his part. The girls put flowers around the top and the godfather pins apples unto the three sharp sides of the cross-shaped flag pole.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7RCb2LlzI/AAAAAAAAA8M/ZY9Dow4wLOc/s1600/hlambura5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7RCb2LlzI/AAAAAAAAA8M/ZY9Dow4wLOc/s640/hlambura5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Când este gata, hlambura este ținută de baieți si participanții aruncă bani pe ea. Seara continuă cu muuuuultă mâncare si distracție!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;When the hlambura is ready, the boys hold it up and the guests put money on top of it. The evening continues with lots of good food and lots of fun, of course!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-3826582706277100798?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/3826582706277100798/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-hlambura-pics-from-wedding.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3826582706277100798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3826582706277100798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-hlambura-pics-from-wedding.html' title='Poze de la hlambură - Pics from the wedding (Part 2)'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Q38PfeFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/1l8g-vweOOM/s72-c/hlambura1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-9132408892980962448</id><published>2010-05-10T09:26:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:37:54.014+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Poze de la cununie - Pics from the wedding (Part 1)</title><content type='html'>Iată un filmulet/colaj cu fotografiile de la cununia civilă (care a avut loc săptămâna trecută), pregătit de cei de la &lt;a href="http://www.studio8mm.ro/"&gt;studio8mm.ro&lt;/a&gt;, echipa care a facut fotografiile la nunta fratelui meu. Eu am scurtat si micsorat montajul, ca să-l pot uploada pe blog, lucru care i-a afectat calitatea imaginii... dar deh.... Există muzică pe fundal, așa că, ajustați-vă sonorul. Vizionare placuta!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Here's a short collage put together by the people at &lt;a href="http://www.studio8mm.ro/"&gt;studio8mm.ro&lt;/a&gt;, the company that provided the photo services for the wedding. These are pics taken at the city hall, where my brother and sister in law officiated their marriage - this event took place last week -- the wedding itself took place Saturday, the 8th. I shortened the clip in order to be able to post it here, and this affected the quality of the pictures.... but... what to do... There's music on the background, so it might be a good idea to adjust the volume before playing it. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="437" height="363" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-e02cfd07afd3780e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De02cfd07afd3780e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332398472%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2BD38A161ED8AE4B58B4829CE859C4351FBCC2AD.2355A0A202574D2329FA3A332096A333A00F36A3%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De02cfd07afd3780e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dl5vpNg3hg3PLDw3MiSYZfIAuq-Y&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="437" height="363" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De02cfd07afd3780e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332398472%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2BD38A161ED8AE4B58B4829CE859C4351FBCC2AD.2355A0A202574D2329FA3A332096A333A00F36A3%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De02cfd07afd3780e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dl5vpNg3hg3PLDw3MiSYZfIAuq-Y&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Și pentru că pozele din filmuleț nu sunt foarte clare, iată cateva poze de mai bună calitate:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7NQpxQxPI/AAAAAAAAA7U/wd5v8prrqdc/s1600/cununie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7NQpxQxPI/AAAAAAAAA7U/wd5v8prrqdc/s640/cununie1.jpg" width="427" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7M767UpII/AAAAAAAAA7M/_bfzpCCIAC8/s1600/cununie1.jpg" onblur="try  {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Nb0ZHlSI/AAAAAAAAA7c/T4cYgXj7V9s/s1600/cununie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7Nb0ZHlSI/AAAAAAAAA7c/T4cYgXj7V9s/s640/cununie2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7M767UpII/AAAAAAAAA7M/_bfzpCCIAC8/s1600/cununie1.jpg" onblur="try  {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Și o poză cu noi -- eu, soțul și cei trei ieduți ai noștri:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7N1RHF0jI/AAAAAAAAA7k/eMyFRxFAvXM/s1600/cununie3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7N1RHF0jI/AAAAAAAAA7k/eMyFRxFAvXM/s640/cununie3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-9132408892980962448?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/9132408892980962448/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-cununie-pics-from-wedding.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/9132408892980962448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/9132408892980962448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/poze-de-la-cununie-pics-from-wedding.html' title='Poze de la cununie - Pics from the wedding (Part 1)'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-7NQpxQxPI/AAAAAAAAA7U/wd5v8prrqdc/s72-c/cununie1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6562400459820452016</id><published>2010-05-09T17:06:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T17:11:52.996+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><title type='text'>Tort din fondant pentru cununie - Fondant cake for a wedding shower</title><content type='html'>Iată tortul pe care l-am făcut pentru petrecerea fratelui si cumnatei mele, care s-au căsătorit ieri, 8 mai!!!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La noi, la aromâni, în ziua de dinainte de nuntă se împodobește „hlambura” sau steagul care va fi jucat la nuntă. La această ceremonie participă toate rudele apropiate ale mirelui - voi posta în zilele următoare câteva fotografii&amp;nbsp; cu diferitele momente ale nunților la machedoni - azi mă mândresc doar cu tortul făcut de mine :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is the cake I made for my brother's and sister-in-law's wedding shower. The evening before the reception, the Aromanians (or Macedonians, as we are known around these parts of the world) embellish the wedding's flag (or "hlambura"), during a party held at the groom's house, in the midst of his immediate family. I will post in the days to come pics from the most important moments of the wedding, but I'll stick now to posting the cake I made for the hlambura party :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-a_YAfZEPI/AAAAAAAAA68/NKxI1ad5KAk/s1600/cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-a_YAfZEPI/AAAAAAAAA68/NKxI1ad5KAk/s640/cake.jpg" width="454" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tortul finisat / The finished cake&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-bAfR_xBSI/AAAAAAAAA7E/etO6Ptl2E6c/s1600/cake1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-bAfR_xBSI/AAAAAAAAA7E/etO6Ptl2E6c/s640/cake1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6562400459820452016?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6562400459820452016/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/tort-din-fondant-pentru-cununie-fondant.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6562400459820452016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6562400459820452016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/05/tort-din-fondant-pentru-cununie-fondant.html' title='Tort din fondant pentru cununie - Fondant cake for a wedding shower'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S-a_YAfZEPI/AAAAAAAAA68/NKxI1ad5KAk/s72-c/cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-3904766710091365652</id><published>2010-04-01T00:14:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T01:16:32.642+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Chocolate Chip Cookies / Fursecuri cu ciocolata</title><content type='html'>Tot din bucataria americana vine si aceasta reteta de fursecuri cu ciocolata. Daca ai mancat vreodata traditionala "chocolate chip cookie" la ea acasa (nu ce se vinde la Starbucks, in Romania), vei regasi in aceasta varianta gustul, fragezimea si prospetimea acestui desert tipic american. Este foarte usor de facut si isi pastreaza prospetimea si fragezimea chiar si peste cateva zile (motiv pentru care eu dublez sau triplez reteta si avem fursecuri de rontait toata saptamana :)) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here's an awesome recipe for the all American chocolate chip cookie! Moist, chewy and chocolaty, this cookie holds its shape really well and will stay fresh for days! This is why I double (or even triple) the recipe, so we can have cookies to snack on all week long.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;JULIA'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7OF2vpPIQI/AAAAAAAAA58/WEjtbpPfKKY/s1600/chocolatechipscookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7OF2vpPIQI/AAAAAAAAA58/WEjtbpPfKKY/s640/chocolatechipscookies.jpg" width="496" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;200 gr. faina&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 lingurita (3 gr.) bicarbonat de soda&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;100 gr. zahar alb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;100 gr. cana zahar brun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;170 gr. unt&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;2 oua&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1 lingurita extras de vanilie&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;270 - 360 gr.bucatele de ciocolata (amaruie) &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 cups flour&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 tsp. baking soda&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 cup white sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 cup packed brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 cups butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 eggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 tsp. vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 1/2 - 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O2u6iRpVI/AAAAAAAAA6E/sdMxxotWbMA/s1600/chocolatechipscookies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O2u6iRpVI/AAAAAAAAA6E/sdMxxotWbMA/s640/chocolatechipscookies1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;1. Intr-un vas se bate untul pana devine cremos, se adauga cele doua oua si extractul de vanilie. Se mixeaza pana cand compozitia se omogenizeaza.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;In a bowl combine the 3/4  cup of butter, the 2 eggs, and the 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until creamy.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O3cgr5YuI/AAAAAAAAA6M/BZ8Uhi-s3j0/s1600/chocolatechipscookies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O3cgr5YuI/AAAAAAAAA6M/BZ8Uhi-s3j0/s640/chocolatechipscookies2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;2. Se adauga toate ingredientele uscate (in afara de bucatelele de ciocolata) si se mixeaza pana se omogenizeaza crema.&amp;nbsp; (Cand am retete care necesita destul de mult zahar brun, si fiind atat de scump - cel bio, adevarat, ca ce se gaseste in supermarket la noi este zahar obisnuit colorat - folosesc zahar obisnuit si adaug 1 lingura de melasa la 100 gr de zahar alb tos pentru a inlocui 100 gr. zahar brun)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add all the dry ingredients (except the chocolate chips) to the bowl. Mix well. (Genuine brown sugar is extremely expensive here, so I substitute by using 1 cup regular sugar + 1 Tbsp. molasses for each cup of brown sugar the recipe calls for)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4C4_6GXI/AAAAAAAAA6U/ScfFHre8LMU/s1600/chocolatechipscookies3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4C4_6GXI/AAAAAAAAA6U/ScfFHre8LMU/s400/chocolatechipscookies3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4Rc_MBUI/AAAAAAAAA6c/-2WyxwpjOvQ/s1600/chocolatechipscookies4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4Rc_MBUI/AAAAAAAAA6c/-2WyxwpjOvQ/s400/chocolatechipscookies4.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;3. Se adauga bucatelele de ciocolata si se amesteca usor, cu ligura, pentru a nu le zdrobi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Add the chocolate chips cookies mixing with a spoon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4tUZp_WI/AAAAAAAAA6k/CISTZmWM1Bk/s1600/chocolatechipscookies5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4tUZp_WI/AAAAAAAAA6k/CISTZmWM1Bk/s640/chocolatechipscookies5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4yeGpvLI/AAAAAAAAA6s/xORMP_UeMKw/s1600/chocolatechipscookies6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O4yeGpvLI/AAAAAAAAA6s/xORMP_UeMKw/s640/chocolatechipscookies6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;4. Se pun cu ajutorul unei linguri pe tava acoperita cu hartie de copt, lasand ceva spatiu intre ele, deoarece ele se mai intind&amp;nbsp; in cuptor. Se coc la 190 grade pentru 8-10 minute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie  sheet, leaving some space between them, and b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="plaincharacterwrap"&gt;ake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 8  to 10 minutes.                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O679jZnaI/AAAAAAAAA60/r9UTACkKaFk/s1600/chocolatechipscookies7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7O679jZnaI/AAAAAAAAA60/r9UTACkKaFk/s640/chocolatechipscookies7.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note: / Notes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Fursecurile isi pastreaza prospetimea mai multe zile daca sunt pastrate intr-o punga de plastic sau o cutie metalica (speciala pentru fursecuri)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Keep the cookies fresh for several day by storing in a plastic bag or a metal tin.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Daca iti place mult ciocolata, foloseste 360 gr de bucatele (picaturi) de ciocolata amaruie. Daca nu, atunci pune 260 gr ciocolata si 60 gr.nuca maruntita si usor prajita (nuca este optionala).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; If you like your cookies loaded with chocolate, use all 2 cups of chocolate chips. If this is too much for you though, simply substitute 1/2 cup chips with 1/2 cup toasted walnuts or pecans or skip these ones as well and use only the 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-3904766710091365652?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/3904766710091365652/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/04/chocolate-chip-cookies-fursecuri-cu.html#comment-form' title='13 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3904766710091365652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3904766710091365652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/04/chocolate-chip-cookies-fursecuri-cu.html' title='Chocolate Chip Cookies / Fursecuri cu ciocolata'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7OF2vpPIQI/AAAAAAAAA58/WEjtbpPfKKY/s72-c/chocolatechipscookies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2782530388960939064</id><published>2010-03-31T19:32:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:16:19.787+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Aripioare picante / Buffalo Chicken Wings</title><content type='html'>La solicitarile colegei mele, Iulia, voi posta azi reteta noastra preferata de aripioare picante. Inainte sa trec la reteta insa, vreau sa precizez ca sosul este ceea ce le face super picante, asa cum se fac ele in bucataria traditionala americana. Pentru a le mai stinge din iuteala (dar nu numai) varianta picanta se serveste alaturi de un sos ranch. Mmmmm.... Mi se face pofta in timp ce scriu... DAR.... daca nu te omori dupa mancarea foarte picanta, poti sa renunti la sos si vei avea aripioare crocante si delicioase, cam ca acelea de de KFC. Secretul acestui tip de "pane" crocant este timpul in care carnea sta la frigider acoperita in mixtura de faina-ou-lapte. Asadar, daca vrei sa obtii crusta aceea crocanta si daca vrei ca pane-ul sa stea lipit de aripioare si sa nu cada de pe ele in tigaie, planifica-ti timpul in asa fel incat sa poti lasa carnea la frigider 30 min - 1 ora (eu o las o ora!).&amp;nbsp; Noua ne place puiul gatit astfel atat de mult, incat eu folosesc reteta nu numai pentru aripioare, ci si pentru pulpitele de pui (ciocanelele) si pieptul de pui dezosat taiat in fasii (chicken strips).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I am posting today our favorite Buffalo wings recipe, especially for Iulia, my co-worker, who's been asking me for this one for a long time now. So here it is... :) The secret to getting crispy chicken wings is allowing the meat (coated with the spicy flour mixture) to sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, up to 1 hour (I let mine sit for 1 hour). We love this recipe so much, I use it for buffalo wings, chicken legs or boneless chicken breast cut into strips. Mmmmmm.... Serve with your favorite ranch dressing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;BUFFALO WINGS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Spicy and crispy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7Nts6wUwbI/AAAAAAAAA5U/YyUVU_65rjk/s1600/chickenwings4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7Nts6wUwbI/AAAAAAAAA5U/YyUVU_65rjk/s640/chickenwings4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;20 aripioare sectionate&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;200 gr. faina&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita rasa piper cayenne&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita rasa usturoi granulat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita rasa piper negru &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;3 lingurite rase sare&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1 ou&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;250 ml. lapte&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;20 chicken wings&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 cups flour&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 tsp. cayenne pepper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 tsp. garlic powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita piper negru &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3 tsp. salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 egg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 cup milk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Pentru sosul picant:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;For the spicy sauce:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;60 ml.sos picant chilli&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;15 gr. unt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 cup hot pepper sauce&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 Tbsp. butter&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7Nx3XxWYLI/AAAAAAAAA5c/ovz-F3SGTTM/s1600/chickenwings1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7Nx3XxWYLI/AAAAAAAAA5c/ovz-F3SGTTM/s640/chickenwings1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se spala si se curata aripioarele de pui.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Wash and clean your chiken wings.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Amesteca intr-un vas faina si condimentele. Intr-un castron, bate oul ca pentru omleta si toarna cana de lapte peste, amestecandu-le bine cu telul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mix the flour and spices in a medium sized bowl. Whisk the egg as you would for omelets, then add the milk and whisk again a few more times.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; Se ia fiecare aripioara, se inmoaie in ou, dupa care se da bine prin faina, apoi iar prin ou si iar prin faina. Astfel, se suprapun doua straturi de pane. Se aseaza aripioarele acoperite in pane intr-un vas mai mare care apoi se pune in frigider pentru cel putin 30 minute (ideal ar fi 1 ora)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture and then roll it into the flour blend. Repeat so your chicken is double coated. Place the breaded chicken into the fridge for at least 30 minutes (ideally 1 hour)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7NzKCEZx6I/AAAAAAAAA5k/1GRuIT5fKB8/s1600/chickenwings2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7NzKCEZx6I/AAAAAAAAA5k/1GRuIT5fKB8/s640/chickenwings2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Dupa ce sunt scoase de la frigider, aripioarele se prajesc bine in uleiul bine incins, in serii, in functie de marimea tigaii. Atentie insa la temperatura! Daca focul este prea mare, pane-ul se arde si carnea ramane nefacuta! Eu as spune cam 5-7 minute de fiecare serie (pane-ul va fi maroniu), insa e bine sa determini singura daca e carnea facuta sau nu. Aripioarele scoase de la prajit se aseaza pe un platou acoperit cu hartie prosop pentru a scapa de excesul de ulei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fry chicken in hot oil, in batches. Careful with the temperature, though - if the temp is too high, the coating will burn, but the meat will still be raw! I would say fry each batch for about 5-7 minute, but use your better judgment to determine when/if they are done - the coating should be nice and brown. Place fried wings on a plate covered with paper towel to get rid of the excess oil.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7N1sZM2RRI/AAAAAAAAA5s/tkWgCHf34EQ/s1600/chickenwings3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7N1sZM2RRI/AAAAAAAAA5s/tkWgCHf34EQ/s640/chickenwings3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;5. Intr-un ibric (sau castron, daca folosesti cuptorul cu microunde, asa cum fac eu, de lene), se incinge sosul de chilli, se scoate de pe foc (pana sa dea in clocot!) si se pune peste untul, amestecand pana se topeste. Se toarna peste aripioare, rasturnandu-le/amestecandu-le usor, pentru a le acoperi cat mai omogen cu sosul picant.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Heat up the pepper sauce (either on the stove, or in a microwave oven), set aside and add the butter, mixing until melted. Pour over the wings, mixing those carefully, making sure they are evenly coated.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7N427zP96I/AAAAAAAAA50/JXXxNoaAHyY/s1600/chickenwings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7N427zP96I/AAAAAAAAA50/JXXxNoaAHyY/s640/chickenwings.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;6. Se servesc calde, muiate in sos ranch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Serve warm, with your favorite ranch dressing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2782530388960939064?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2782530388960939064/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/aripioare-picante-buffalo-chicken-wings.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2782530388960939064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2782530388960939064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/aripioare-picante-buffalo-chicken-wings.html' title='Aripioare picante / Buffalo Chicken Wings'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S7Nts6wUwbI/AAAAAAAAA5U/YyUVU_65rjk/s72-c/chickenwings4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5247248772645717912</id><published>2010-03-13T00:37:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T00:41:22.114+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bauturi / drinks'/><title type='text'>Limonada de capsuni sau zmeura / Strawberry (or Raspberry) Lemonade</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q7xcb_kUI/AAAAAAAAA48/_iSnEKhbqc4/s1600-h/lemonade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q7xcb_kUI/AAAAAAAAA48/_iSnEKhbqc4/s640/lemonade.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Acum o cateva luni, cand am luat masa la Ruby Tuesday, am incercat noile lor limonade cu fructe. Un deliciu! Fiecare din noi a comandat cate o alta aroma, dupa care am tot invartit pe masa paharele, pentru ca fiecare dintre noi sa poata gusta din fiecare limonada. Cel mai mult ne-a placut limonada de capsuni si cea de zmeura! De atunci, ori de cate ori avem pofta, ne facem limonada ca la Ruby Tuesday. E foarte simplu de facut tot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata de ce vei avea nevoie:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;zeama lamaie (proaspat stoarsa)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;apa plata&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;capsuni/zmeura congelate&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;zahar sau miere&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;freshly squeezed lemon juice&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;water&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;frozen strawberries/ raspberries&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;sugar or honey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Mai intai ne-am pus pe stors lamai. Dupa cum vei vedea, toata lumea se inghesuie la bucatarie cand e vorba de limonada :)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;First of all, get your lemon squeezed in the desired quantity. We make large batches, so we use a bunch of lemons. See how many happy helpers I have when we talk lemonade?../ :)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q74spU-gI/AAAAAAAAA5E/G3CbI8hji30/s1600-h/lemonade1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q74spU-gI/AAAAAAAAA5E/G3CbI8hji30/s640/lemonade1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q79DrNdrI/AAAAAAAAA5M/dvxmKN5nICU/s1600-h/lemonade2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q79DrNdrI/AAAAAAAAA5M/dvxmKN5nICU/s640/lemonade2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Dezgheata capsunile/zmeura si fa-le pure cu ajutorul unui blender.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Thaw and puree the fruits.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Prepara limonada ca si cum ai vrea sa o bei simpla, dupa care adauga pure-ul de fructe dupa gust.&amp;nbsp; Mmmmmm..... buna in orice anotimp!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Make you lemonade as you would normally have it and add the pureed fruits. Delish! regardless the season!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5247248772645717912?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5247248772645717912/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/limonada-de-capsuni-sau-zmeura.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5247248772645717912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5247248772645717912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/limonada-de-capsuni-sau-zmeura.html' title='Limonada de capsuni sau zmeura / Strawberry (or Raspberry) Lemonade'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5q7xcb_kUI/AAAAAAAAA48/_iSnEKhbqc4/s72-c/lemonade.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4183929943551725166</id><published>2010-03-12T23:36:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:14:42.164+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inlocuitori / substitutes'/><title type='text'>Lapte evaporat / Homemade Evaporated Milk</title><content type='html'>Un alt ingredient imposibil de gasit la noi in tara este laptele evaporat. Iata cum il poti face acasa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qw_657o7I/AAAAAAAAA4s/kLOhj61sqWM/s1600-h/evaporatedmilk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qw_657o7I/AAAAAAAAA4s/kLOhj61sqWM/s640/evaporatedmilk.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;100 gr. lapte praf&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;350 ml apa calduta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;30 gr. linguri unt (la temp. camerei)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;7 Tbsp. powdered milk&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;350 ml. warm water&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 Tbsp. butter (room temp.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: /Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se pun toate ingredientele intr-un ibric si se amesteca intr-una pe foc, pana cand laptele obtinut aproape da in clocot. Se scoate de pe foc si se bate bine (eu torn laptele in blender si amestec pentru cateva secunde). Se toarna intr-un castron si se lasa la racit. Se pastreaza la frigider pentru maxim 2 zile sau se foloseste imediat in reteta preferata. Din  cantitatile de mai sus se obtin 350 ml lapte evaporat, sau  echivalentul unei conserve (" 1 can of 12 fluid oz") asa cum gasesti scris prin  majoritatea retetelor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Combine dry milk, warm water and butter in a small pan. Heat mixture, then remove from heat and beat well (I process it for a few seconds in the blender)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;. Cool and store in the refrigerator.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Makes the equivalent of 1 can (12 fluid oz.).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qzyFeMm-I/AAAAAAAAA40/81U-T8xkaLY/s1600-h/evaporatedmilk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qzyFeMm-I/AAAAAAAAA40/81U-T8xkaLY/s640/evaporatedmilk1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4183929943551725166?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4183929943551725166/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4183929943551725166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4183929943551725166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html' title='Lapte evaporat / Homemade Evaporated Milk'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qw_657o7I/AAAAAAAAA4s/kLOhj61sqWM/s72-c/evaporatedmilk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4978754039589287884</id><published>2010-03-12T23:14:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:12:37.556+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inlocuitori / substitutes'/><title type='text'>Lapte dulce condensat / Substitute for sweetened condensed milk</title><content type='html'>Multe retete din diverse bucatarii internationale cer lapte dulce condensat, insa la noi in tara nu am vazut sa mai existe de foooooarte multi ani. Pe vremuri se gasea in "shop" in conserve, iar noi, copii fiind, il consumam asa, din conserva, in loc de desert... Ha ha ha ha. Privind la partea serioasa a lucrurilor insa, am observat ca multe gospodine renunta sa incerce diverse retete din cauza acestui ingredient care nu se mai gaseste la noi, desi nu inteleg de ce nu-l mai produce sau importa nimeni...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ei, acum nu mai este cazul sa renunti la o reteta pentru ca nu ai lapte dulce condensat. Iata cum il poti obtine acasa, in cateva minute, chiar in bucataria ta:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qqvVYQjcI/AAAAAAAAA4U/OExJI6F-hus/s1600-h/condensedmilk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qqvVYQjcI/AAAAAAAAA4U/OExJI6F-hus/s640/condensedmilk.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;100 -110 gr lapte pudra instant&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;135 gr zahar tos&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;80 ml. apa fiarta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;40 gr. unt (temp. camerei)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 cup instant nonfat dry milk&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2/3 cup sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/3 cup boiling water&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3 Tbsp. butter (room temp.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: /Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se pun toate ingredientele intr-un blender si se amesteca pana laptele devine cremos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Place all ingredients in a blender. Process until smooth. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qtwaww-II/AAAAAAAAA4c/8wsH0a0a4Bk/s1600-h/condensedmilk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qtwaww-II/AAAAAAAAA4c/8wsH0a0a4Bk/s640/condensedmilk1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se pastreaza la frigider sau se foloseste imediat in reteta preferata. Din cantitatile de mai sus se obtin 400 ml, sau echivalentul unei conserve (" 1 can") asa cum gasesti scris prin majoritatea retetelor.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Store in refrigerator. Makes 1 1/4 cups or the equivalent of 1 can.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5quOwykUwI/AAAAAAAAA4k/D8X0POyJSPQ/s1600-h/condensedmilk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5quOwykUwI/AAAAAAAAA4k/D8X0POyJSPQ/s640/condensedmilk2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4978754039589287884?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4978754039589287884/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4978754039589287884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4978754039589287884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html' title='Lapte dulce condensat / Substitute for sweetened condensed milk'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qqvVYQjcI/AAAAAAAAA4U/OExJI6F-hus/s72-c/condensedmilk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-589284195975639885</id><published>2010-03-12T22:03:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T22:44:12.759+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucatataria asiatica / Asian cuisine'/><title type='text'>Clatite umplute vegetariene / Savory Vegan Spring Rolls (Lumpia)</title><content type='html'>Azi m-am hotarat sa postez pe blog prima reteta din bucataria asiatica. E o reteta foarte simpla si extrem de delicioasa. Daca iti place mancarea chinezeasca, vei savura aceste clatite umplute (facute insa stil traditional filipinez)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Having eaten a lot of Asian food this past week, I decided it would be a good time to post the first Asian food recipe. It's spring rolls made the Phillipino way, with crepe wrappers. Yum!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qGbiqM-MI/AAAAAAAAA3c/p7pAxk0q7Wg/s1600-h/springrolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qGbiqM-MI/AAAAAAAAA3c/p7pAxk0q7Wg/s640/springrolls.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;10 clatite&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;250 g. muguri de fasole clatiti si strecurati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 varza mica, taiata solzisori&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 ardei gras rosu taiat feliute subtiri&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 morcov mare (sau 2 mici) taiati julienne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;1/4 cana taitei de orez fierti/inmuiati&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;4 - 5 linguri sos de soia (light)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingura sos de stridii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita zahar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;sare si piper dupa gust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;ulei pentru prajit&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;10 lumpia wrappers/crepes (around 10” big)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 cup bean sprouts, rinsed and drained&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 small cabbage finely sliced&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 red bell pepper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 big carrot (or 2 small ones) cut julienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;1/4 cup rice noodles (cooked or soaked)&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;4 to 5 Tbsps. light soy sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 Tbsp. of oyster sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 tsp. of sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;salt and pepper to taste&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;vegetable cooking oil for deep frying&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Intr-un wok se soteaza in putin ulei varza, morcovii, ardeiul si mugurii de fasole pana se inmoaie cat de cat ardeiul si morcovii.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Using a wok, saute the cabbage, carrots, red bell pepper and bean sprouts&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Cook till the carrots and bell pepper are a softer.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qVwWpbY4I/AAAAAAAAA3k/9e_o1lJu9VE/s1600-h/springrolls1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qVwWpbY4I/AAAAAAAAA3k/9e_o1lJu9VE/s640/springrolls1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Adauga taiteii de orez, sosul de soia si cel de stridii, zaharul, 1/2 lingurita sare si 1/4 lingurita piper. (Atentie: taiteii de orez se gasesc in diverse supermarket-uri si sunt de mai multe feluri: mai subtiri, mai grosi, genul care se fierbe si genul care se inmoaie in apa. Nu conteaza de care, important este ca taiteii sa fie facuti. Vezi instructiunile de pe pachet.). Se mai tine pe foc 2-3 minute, dupa care se drege gustul, adaugand sare sau piper. Se ia de pe foc si se lasa sa se raceasca un pic.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add the rice noodles&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;i&gt; soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, about 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Cook for 2-3 more minutes then check the taste and add more salt and pepper, according to your taste. Remove from the stove and let it cool a little bit.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qYpWwRW6I/AAAAAAAAA3s/JMobF1LQgZ0/s1600-h/springrolls2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qYpWwRW6I/AAAAAAAAA3s/JMobF1LQgZ0/s640/springrolls2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Din compozitia obtinuta incep si se umplu clatitele, impaturindu-le ca pe niste sarmale si aranjandu-le cu marginea in jos (vezi procedeul mai jos). Se pune putin peste o lingura plina cu varf in fiecare clatita.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Start filling up the crepes, using a bit over a full tablespoon per each crepe. Roll the crepes as shown below and set seam side down.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qY145I71I/AAAAAAAAA30/MbHb3VJna2w/s1600-h/springrolls3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="566" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qY145I71I/AAAAAAAAA30/MbHb3VJna2w/s640/springrolls3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qaJKKbG7I/AAAAAAAAA38/znKYu0nFrfM/s1600-h/springrolls4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qaJKKbG7I/AAAAAAAAA38/znKYu0nFrfM/s640/springrolls4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;4. Daca vrei sa pastrezi acest aperitiv cat mai sarac in calorii, poti servi clatitele exact asa cum sunt acum, fara a le mai praji in ulei. Sosul cu care se servesc le va da toata savoarea (reteta o gasesti aici), deci nu este obligatoriu sa le prajesti -- Filipinezii mananca lumpia si asa. In restaurante se serveste mai mult varianta prajita, asa ca, daca nu te sperie prajeala cand vrei sa-ti mai satisfaci o pofta din cand in cand, treci la pasul urmator si prajeste clatitele in ulei foarte incins, nu mai mult de 1 minut, avand grija ca la jumatatea timpului sa intorci clatitele si pe partea cealalta. Sunt gata cand capata o culoare aurie. Se scot din tigaie si se aseaza intre foi de prosop de hartie pentru a scapa de excesul de ulei. Se servesc calde, alaturi de sos dulce acrisor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qdFysHx7I/AAAAAAAAA4E/dkQlxaDx9VQ/s1600-h/springrolls5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qdFysHx7I/AAAAAAAAA4E/dkQlxaDx9VQ/s640/springrolls5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;If you want to keep this meal a low calorie one, you may want to skip the deep-frying step - it is perfectly OK, as the Filipinos serve lumpia just like that, not fried. But if you are used to a healthy diet and wanna simply indulge from time to time, go ahead and deep-fry the rolls, using very hot oil. You should cook them for about 1 minute, making sure to flip them after 30 seconds or so. The spring rolls should look nice and golden when they are done. Place them in between paper towel sheets, so the extra oil is absorbed. Serve them warm with your favorite sweet and sour sauce. Here's my recipe for sweet and sour dipping sauce.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qdnLO07ZI/AAAAAAAAA4M/yryQIgMPQAE/s1600-h/springrolls6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="374" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qdnLO07ZI/AAAAAAAAA4M/yryQIgMPQAE/s640/springrolls6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pofta buna!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-589284195975639885?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/589284195975639885/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/clatite-umplute-vegetariene-savory.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/589284195975639885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/589284195975639885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/clatite-umplute-vegetariene-savory.html' title='Clatite umplute vegetariene / Savory Vegan Spring Rolls (Lumpia)'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5qGbiqM-MI/AAAAAAAAA3c/p7pAxk0q7Wg/s72-c/springrolls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5337815804272030906</id><published>2010-03-07T22:31:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T22:47:22.073+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in familie / family time'/><title type='text'>Kyra as a Na'vi! Check out my avatar!</title><content type='html'>Wanna know how I relaxed this weekend? - Making my own avatar! Check it out!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5QQvwaY3LI/AAAAAAAAA3U/tMP_xzDYRcQ/s1600-h/myavatar4blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="592" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5QQvwaY3LI/AAAAAAAAA3U/tMP_xzDYRcQ/s640/myavatar4blog.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My blog is turning blue lately.... Can you tell I'm a fan?... Ha ha ha ha ha ha&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5337815804272030906?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5337815804272030906/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/kyra-as-navi-check-out-my-avatar.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5337815804272030906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5337815804272030906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/kyra-as-navi-check-out-my-avatar.html' title='Kyra as a Na&apos;vi! Check out my avatar!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S5QQvwaY3LI/AAAAAAAAA3U/tMP_xzDYRcQ/s72-c/myavatar4blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6518062292203794577</id><published>2010-03-03T09:29:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:48:54.234+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in familie / family time'/><title type='text'>Am fost la AVATAR, la IMAX / I finally watched AVATAR, at IMAX</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S44PFe5uSCI/AAAAAAAAA2s/wG8iGK0z0jg/s1600-h/avatar4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S44PFe5uSCI/AAAAAAAAA2s/wG8iGK0z0jg/s640/avatar4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunt super fericita ca am reusit - in sfarsit! - sa vad &lt;a href="http://www.avatarmovie.com/index.html"&gt;AVATAR&lt;/a&gt;! Dimensiunea IMAX face in acest film o experienta de neuitat! Am iesit din sala de cinematograf nesigura pe picioarele mele (dupa senzatia ca am petrecut peste doua ore in zbor peste Pandora, fie in "scorpioni", fie in spatele "ikranilor"), dar absolut fascinata de lumea creata de geniala minte a lui James Cameron. Desi povestea este extrem de captivanta, nu stiu daca filmul ar fi avut acelasi efect asupra mea daca l-as fi vazut pe DVD... Vizionat 3D, vizita pe Pandora a fost aproape reala, ii urmeaream pe copiii mei intinzand mana sa prinda semintele Copacului Sacru, sau sa atinga uriasii Na'vi! Superb! Se aude ca urmeaza doua filme sequel si o carte care face introducerea in fascinanta lume a tribului Omatikaya. Le astept cu mare interes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6518062292203794577?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6518062292203794577/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/am-fost-la-avatar-la-imax-i-finally.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6518062292203794577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6518062292203794577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/am-fost-la-avatar-la-imax-i-finally.html' title='Am fost la AVATAR, la IMAX / I finally watched AVATAR, at IMAX'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S44PFe5uSCI/AAAAAAAAA2s/wG8iGK0z0jg/s72-c/avatar4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-8910903911827861384</id><published>2010-02-21T23:58:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T23:39:15.972+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tex-Mex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><title type='text'>Cream Cheese &amp; Caramel Flan / Crema de zahar ars mexicana</title><content type='html'>"Flan" este un foarte popular desert sud american, insa aceasta reteta are ceva special: branza crema! Acest ingredient face acest desert un mix perfect intre "flan"-ul mexican si "cheesecake"-ul american. Pasionata fiind de bucataria sud, central si nord-americana, este imposibil sa nu-mi placa flan-ul! Iata mai jos si reteta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Flan" is a popular dessert in South and Central America, but this recipe has something special: cream cheese! This ingredient makes this a perfect cross between the classic Mexican flan and the American cheesecake, so if you like both, you'll surely like this as well. It is rich, dense and creamy, with a nice cheesy touch. Here's the recipe:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CREAM CHEESE &amp;amp; CARAMEL FLAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;CREMA DE ZAHAR ARS MEXICANA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GiF8gtfDI/AAAAAAAAA18/ES6DbrXYhFY/s1600-h/flan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GiF8gtfDI/AAAAAAAAA18/ES6DbrXYhFY/s640/flan.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 cana &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; (150   g) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;zahar tos&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;225   gr crema branza Philadelphia (temp. camerei)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;5   oua (la temperatura camerei)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;400   ml lapte dulce condensat &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;350   ml &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html"&gt;lapte evaporat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1   lingurita extras de vanilie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;3/4 cup white sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;5 eggs&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html"&gt;1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 (12 fluid ounce) can &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html"&gt;evaporated milk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 teaspoon vanilla extract&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Incinge cuptorul la 175 grade Celsius. Intr-un vas se pune aprox. 1 litru de apa la fiert.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a saucepan, bring about 33 oz. water to a boil.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GrmCg8m_I/AAAAAAAAA2E/ZNi8FfQp84U/s1600-h/flan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GrmCg8m_I/AAAAAAAAA2E/ZNi8FfQp84U/s400/flan1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Intr-un vas mic, la foc mediu, se pune zaharul la caramelizat. In timp ce zaharul se caramelizeaza, se pune in cuptor un vas de yena cu diametrul de aprox 25 cm cat sa se incalzeasca un pic, fara a-l lasa sa devina prea fierbinte. Cand zaharul este complet caramelizat, se toarna in vasul de yena, rotind rapid, astfel incat caramelul sa acopere tot fundul si peretii vasului. Se pune deoparte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In a small, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, cook sugar, stirring, until golden. While the sugar is cooking, stick a 10 inch round baking/glass in the oven, letting it to warm up, but avoiding getting it too hot. When the caramel is done, poor it into the dish, tilting to coat bottom and sides. Set aside.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4Grv3aAZzI/AAAAAAAAA2M/BRm_Rc6tDZQ/s1600-h/flan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4Grv3aAZzI/AAAAAAAAA2M/BRm_Rc6tDZQ/s400/flan2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Intr-un vas maricel, se mixeaza branza pana devine o crema omogena. Se adauga ouale unul cate unul, mixand bine dupa fiecare dintre ele. Apoi se adauga si &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html"&gt;laptele dulce condensat&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html"&gt;laptele evaporat&lt;/a&gt; (acceseaza retetele pentru fiecare) si extrasul de vanilie. Se toarna compozitia peste caramelul din vasul pregatit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated. Beat in &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-dulce-condensat-substitute-for.html"&gt;condensed&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/03/lapte-evaporat-homemade-evaporated-milk.html"&gt;evaporated milk&lt;/a&gt; and vanilla until smooth. Pour into caramel coated pan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4Gr4IMfP2I/AAAAAAAAA2U/A_T99a7Ig7M/s1600-h/flan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4Gr4IMfP2I/AAAAAAAAA2U/A_T99a7Ig7M/s400/flan3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Un vas cu diametrul mai maricel dar cu aproximativ aceeasi inaltime se pregateste pentru bain-marie: pe fundul lui se aseaza un prosop de bucatarie curat si inmuiat in apa calduta, pe prosopul bine aranjat, se pune vasul de yena. Pe margini, intre peretii celor doua oale, de umple cu apa fiarta, astfel incat apa sa ajunga la jumatatea vasului de yena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place baking dish on towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GsI6xfacI/AAAAAAAAA2c/FETpdH2MneI/s1600-h/flan4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GsI6xfacI/AAAAAAAAA2c/FETpdH2MneI/s400/flan4.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se coace in jur de 50-60 minute, sau pana cand centrul se intareste si nu mai misca daca e usor scuturat vasul. Se lasa sa se raceasca, dupa care se pune la frigider pentru 8 ore, sau peste noapte. Pentru a scoate flan-ul din vas se trece usor cutitul pe margini, dupa care se rastoarna pe o farfurie intinsa cu marginea usor ridicata, pentru a nu permite sosului de caramel sa curga pe masa. Se taie in felii ca si tortul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bake in preheated oven 50 to 60 minutes, until center is just set. Cool one hour on wire rack, then chill in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight. To unmold, run a knife around edges of pan and invert on a rimmed serving platter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-8910903911827861384?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/8910903911827861384/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/cream-cheese-caramel-flan-crema-de.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8910903911827861384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8910903911827861384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/cream-cheese-caramel-flan-crema-de.html' title='Cream Cheese &amp; Caramel Flan / Crema de zahar ars mexicana'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GiF8gtfDI/AAAAAAAAA18/ES6DbrXYhFY/s72-c/flan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6044290916254337663</id><published>2010-02-21T11:21:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:32:15.407+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tex-Mex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><title type='text'>Avocado-Ranch Dipping Sauce / Ranch cu avocado</title><content type='html'>Acest sos este grozav alaturi de rulourile Southwestern (gasesti reteta &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/southwestern-wraps-chilisruby-tuesday.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt;) pe care le-ai mai incercat poate la Chili's sau Ruby Tuesday, sau pe care le-ai facut acasa, urmand &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/southwestern-wraps-chilisruby-tuesday.html"&gt;reteta mea&lt;/a&gt;. Noi il mai servim alaturi de Tortilla Chips (Metro Berceni fiind singurul magazin in care le-am gasit in cantitati considerabile si pret decent). Yuuuuummy! Iata si reteta:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This ranch dipping sauce with avocado is awesome! Goes really well with the &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/southwestern-wraps-chilisruby-tuesday.html"&gt;Southwestern Wraps &lt;/a&gt;posted already on the blog. It tastes just like the one served in Chili's! We also love it as a dip for tortilla chips - yuuuumy! Here's the recipe:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;AVOCADO - RANCH DIPPING SAUCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GRahOQTGI/AAAAAAAAA10/jN5zOxhg5yQ/s1600-h/avocadoranch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="454" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GRahOQTGI/AAAAAAAAA10/jN5zOxhg5yQ/s640/avocadoranch.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;INGREDIENTE:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 miez avocado, zdrobit&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;60 gr. cana maioneza clasica&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;30 gr. smantana&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingura lapte batut&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 ½ lingurita otet de mere sau de vin   alb&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un praf de sare&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;un &lt;/span&gt;praf de patrunjel uscat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un praf de ceapa pudra*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un praf de marar uscat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un praf de usturoi pudra &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;un praf de piper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Optional, pentru décor:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 linguri rosii taiate   cubulete&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingura ceapa tocata marunt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 fresh avocado, smashed&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 cup mayonnaise&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 cup sour cream&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 Tbsp buttermilk&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 ½ tsp white vinegar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/8 tsp salt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/8 tsp dried parsley&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/8 tsp onion powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;A dash of dried dill&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;A dash of garlic powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;A dash of black pepper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Optional, to garnish:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 Tbsp chopped tomato&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 Tbsp chopped onion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Amesteca miezul de avocado pisat bine de tot (pasta) cu smantana, maioneza, laptele batut si otetul. Compozitia trebuie sa fie omogena.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Thoroughly mix the smashed avocado with sour cream, mayo, buttermilk and vinegar, making sure there are no lumps.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se adauga toate condimentele si se amesteca iar bine. Se acopera castronul cu folie de plastic, si se tine la frigider aprox. 1 ora, pentru a permite condimentelor sa se imbine.&lt;br /&gt;*Nota: in Romania nu se gaseste ceapa pudra, eu una nu am gasit pe nicaieri si mi-am comandat vreo 500 gr. din Statele Unite. As sugera sa folosesti in loc usturoi pudra, adaugand insa si praful de usturoi cerut de reteta, la urma.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add all the spices, mixing again to make sure they are evenly incorporated in the dip. Cover your bowl with saran wrap and refrigerate for about one hour (this gives the spices time to blend in)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4D6cSI5J3I/AAAAAAAAA1s/MW18q2yinAU/s1600-h/avocadoranch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4D6cSI5J3I/AAAAAAAAA1s/MW18q2yinAU/s400/avocadoranch1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Optional, se ornamenteaza cu rosiile si ceapa taiate marunt (eu recurg la ele cand servim sosul cu chipsuri, ca un snack rapid).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Garnish with the chopped tomoto and onion, as desired. I always garnish it when we serve it with tortilla chips. Yum!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6044290916254337663?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6044290916254337663/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avocado-ranch-dipping-sauce-ranch-cu.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6044290916254337663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6044290916254337663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avocado-ranch-dipping-sauce-ranch-cu.html' title='Avocado-Ranch Dipping Sauce / Ranch cu avocado'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4GRahOQTGI/AAAAAAAAA10/jN5zOxhg5yQ/s72-c/avocadoranch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2211359059926209318</id><published>2010-02-21T01:02:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:30:37.827+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tex-Mex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><title type='text'>Southwestern Wraps - A CHILI'S/RUBY TUESDAY Copycat Recipe</title><content type='html'>Daca ai mancat in peregrinarile tale prin lume la &lt;a href="http://www.chilis.com/"&gt;Chili's Grill &amp;amp; Bar&lt;/a&gt;, vei recunoaste imediat aromele Tex-Mex din aceasta reteta extraordinara: Sothwestern Eggrolls! Chiar si &lt;a href="http://www.ruby.ro/"&gt;Ruby Tuesday&lt;/a&gt;, in Bucuresti, are o varianta a acestei retete minunate: rulourile de primavara (Southwestern Spring Rolls). Si pentru ca ne place atat de mult umplutura, am creat si propria mea varianta de rulouri, adaptata la viata noastra de familie, unde criza de timp si apetitul pentru mancaruri picante sunt la ele acasa :)&lt;br /&gt;Voi prezenta aceasta reteta in toate cele trei versiuni: eu le-am incercat pe toate si toate imi plac enorm de mult, insa prefer varianta mea datorita faptului ca rulourile nu sunt prajite in ulei. :) Sper sa ai curajul sa le incerci! Sunt un deliciu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SOUTHWESTERN WRAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;KYRA'S VERSION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4A8Kn4TcSI/AAAAAAAAAz4/_-UUsSH18Mc/s1600-h/southwesternwraps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4A8Kn4TcSI/AAAAAAAAAz4/_-UUsSH18Mc/s640/southwesternwraps.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTE UMPLUTURA:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 piept de pui dezosat, fara   piele, file&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 lingura ulei&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/4 de ardei gras rosu,   taiat cubulete&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 fire ceapa verde, taiata   marunt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;100 gr boabe porumb dulce   (conserva)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;100 gr. fasole rosie   (conserva)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;3 cuburi spanac decongelat si   stors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 lingura patrunjel verde,   tocat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1-2&amp;nbsp; ardei iuti tocati   marunt (depinde de iuteala)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 lingurita rasa chimion pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 lingurita rasa chili pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;un praf de sare&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;un praf de piper cayenne&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;90 gr. cascaval Cheddar ras&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;5 lipii libaneze mici&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 chicken breast fillet&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 Tbsp oil&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 Tbsp minced red bell pepper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 Tbsp minced green onion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/3 cup canned (drained) or   frozen corn &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/4 cup canned black beans,   rinsed &amp;amp; drained&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 Tbsp frozen spinach, thawed   &amp;amp; drained&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 Tbsp. minced fresh   parsley&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 Tbsp. diced, canned jalapeno   peppers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 tsp. cumin powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/2 tsp. chili powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1/4 tsp. salt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;a dash of cayenne pepper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;3/4 cup shredded Cheddar   cheese&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;five 7-inch &amp;nbsp;flour tortillas&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Peste fileurile de piept de pui se presara sare si piper si se pun pe gratar. Cand sunt gata, se pun deoparte, se lasa sa se raceasca putin, dupa care se taie in cuburi mici.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sprinkle chicken breast fillets with salt and pepper. Grill until done, set aside to cool, then dice.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BByUSQOGI/AAAAAAAAA0A/NEXgjCYKm0c/s1600-h/southwesternwraps2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BByUSQOGI/AAAAAAAAA0A/NEXgjCYKm0c/s640/southwesternwraps2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;2. Intr-un wok se incinge 1 lingura de ulei la foc mediu si se soteaza ardeiul gras si ceapa verde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In a wok, saute red pepper and onion in 1 Tbsp. oil until soft (about 2-3 minutes)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BCdSMAZCI/AAAAAAAAA0I/COURST0SaoQ/s1600-h/southwesternwraps1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BCdSMAZCI/AAAAAAAAA0I/COURST0SaoQ/s640/southwesternwraps1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BCmzEz7WI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/GFB3omOKZXk/s1600-h/southwesternwraps4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BCmzEz7WI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/GFB3omOKZXk/s640/southwesternwraps4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;3. Cand se inmoaie cat de cat ardeiul, se adauga gratarul de pui, taiat cubulete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Add the chicken to the pan.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BC91o1xBI/AAAAAAAAA0g/XHunEwODMMo/s1600-h/southwesternwraps5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BC91o1xBI/AAAAAAAAA0g/XHunEwODMMo/s640/southwesternwraps5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se adauga boabele de porumb, de fasole rosie, spanacul (decongelat si stors bine), ardeiul iute maruntit si patrunjelul tocat. Se amesteca bine.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add corn, black beans, spinach, jalapeno peppers and parsley. Mix well. (I used red beans, since the black ones are not sold in Romania)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BEDmoiI8I/AAAAAAAAA0o/zvwjQhMZuaU/s1600-h/IMG_0668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BEDmoiI8I/AAAAAAAAA0o/zvwjQhMZuaU/s640/IMG_0668.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BEfxiIBgI/AAAAAAAAA0w/EeHtNW2genQ/s1600-h/southwesternwraps7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BEfxiIBgI/AAAAAAAAA0w/EeHtNW2genQ/s640/southwesternwraps7.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Se adauga toate condimentele (chimion,&amp;nbsp;chili, piper cayenne) si sarea .&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add the cumin, chili powder, salt and cayenne pepper to pan. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BFB3G4jjI/AAAAAAAAA04/6LKYn4lYvKU/s1600-h/southwesternwraps8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BFB3G4jjI/AAAAAAAAA04/6LKYn4lYvKU/s640/southwesternwraps8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.&amp;nbsp; Se opreste focul, se adauga cascavalul ras si se amesteca pana cand acesta se topeste.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Remove from heat, add the cheese and stir until cheese melts.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BMZGVSWmI/AAAAAAAAA1A/KyrmvFmgaFY/s1600-h/southwesternwraps9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BMZGVSWmI/AAAAAAAAA1A/KyrmvFmgaFY/s640/southwesternwraps9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Lipiile se umplu si se ruleaza ca o saorma: se pune umplutura pe lipie, se impatureste putin una dintre margini, dupa care incepe sa se ruleze perpendicular pe "fundul" format, in asa fel incat umplutura sa nu poata curge. Pentru a nu se desface se prinde intr-o parte cu o scobitoare. Ideal ar fi ca sandwichurile rezultate sa se mai puna 1 minut la grillul electric. Daca aceasta nu este o optiune, sandwichurile se pot manca si asa. Pentru cei mici, ca sa le fie mai usor, nu folosesc scobitoarea, ci le infasor partea de jos a wrap-ului in hartie, asa cum se procedeaza la saormarii. Se servesc calde, alaturi de sosul preferat. (In Chili's se serveste alaturi de un &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avocado-ranch-dipping-sauce-ranch-cu.html"&gt;ranch sos cu avocado&lt;/a&gt;, pe cand in Ruby Tuesday se serveste alaturi de ranch clasic)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Fill the tortillas and wrap them in such a way that the filling cannot leak out from the bottom: put the filling in the center of the tortilla, fold about 2 inch of one end over the mixture, then roll the tortilla tightly turning the fold into a "bottom". Use a toothpick to secure the wrap, so it won't come undone. Stick the wrap into your electric grill for about 1 minute and serve warm with your favorite dip. (Chili's serves this with a &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avocado-ranch-dipping-sauce-ranch-cu.html"&gt;avocado ranch dip&lt;/a&gt;, while Ruby Tuesday with ranch dressing)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BfFMzzF4I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/iMb6iLaNUvc/s1600-h/southwesternwraps10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BfFMzzF4I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/iMb6iLaNUvc/s640/southwesternwraps10.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SOUTHWESTERN EGGROLLS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;A CHILI'S STAPLE APPETIZER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BetfsypdI/AAAAAAAAA1I/afSCTlTusc0/s1600-h/southwesternrolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BetfsypdI/AAAAAAAAA1I/afSCTlTusc0/s400/southwesternrolls.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata diferenta dintre varianta mea si aceasta:&lt;br /&gt;1. Nu se foloseste branza cheddar, ci Monterrey Jack (nu se gaseste la noi)&lt;br /&gt;2. Nu se folosesc lipii, ci tortillas originale (eu le fac in casa, cum ele nu se gasesc la noi - voi posta reteta in viitorul apropiat)&lt;br /&gt;3. Eggroll-urile se umplu si se ruleaza ca si sarmalele, astfel incat umplutura sa nu poata iesi nici pe o parte, nici pe cealalta. &lt;br /&gt;4. Sandwichurile se pun intr-o farfurie si se congeleaza pentru minimum de 4 ore (max. 24 ore) dupa care se decongeleaza si se prajesc in friteusa sau intr-un vas cu mult ulei bine incins (motiv pentru care nu abordez aceasta varianta foarte des). Cand sunt gata, rulourile se taie pe mijloc, usor in diagonala, si se aseaza pe platou, in jurul castronului cu sos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Chili's version calls for Monterrey Jack cheese instead of cheddar and a special wrapping of the tortilla, folding two opposite ends over the filling, then rolling from one unfolded edge to the other, so that the filling can't leak out. Secure the loose end with a toothpick. Freeze the eggrolls for 4 to 24 hours, then fry them in 4-6 cups of preheated oil. When they are done, cut them in half diagonally and arrange on the serving plate around the &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avocado-ranch-dipping-sauce-ranch-cu.html"&gt;dip bowl&lt;/a&gt;. Although this is closer to Chili's famous appetizer, the deepfrying makes it unhealthy, so I tend to stay away from this more authentic version.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SOUTHWESTERN SPRING ROLLS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;A RUBY TUESDAY APPETIZER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BnbUc434I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/iQsDysBvm6c/s1600-h/springrolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="291" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4BnbUc434I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/iQsDysBvm6c/s400/springrolls.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aceasta varianta necesita un aluat care nu se gaseste la noi pe piata. In strainatate, aluatul de spring rolls este vandut alaturi de foile de placinta si foietaj, si are o compozitie si o marime aparte. (Din lipsa de aluat "wonton", eu trisez si folosesc - cu succes! - foi de placinta). Rulourile obtinute (de grosimea unor smarmale insa duble ca lungime) se prajesc in ulei, intr-o oala sau in friteusa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Using the filling recipe above, fill some spring roll ("wonton") wrappers and deep fry. Serve with ranch dressing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2211359059926209318?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2211359059926209318/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/southwestern-wraps-chilisruby-tuesday.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2211359059926209318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2211359059926209318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/southwestern-wraps-chilisruby-tuesday.html' title='Southwestern Wraps - A CHILI&apos;S/RUBY TUESDAY Copycat Recipe'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S4A8Kn4TcSI/AAAAAAAAAz4/_-UUsSH18Mc/s72-c/southwesternwraps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-8464472348034305752</id><published>2010-02-15T12:18:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:58:21.188+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aperitive / heure d&apos;oeuvre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria indiana / Indian cuisine'/><title type='text'>Samosa - cel mai popular aperitiv indian / Samosa - the most popular Indian snack</title><content type='html'>Samosa (sau &lt;b&gt;shingarar&lt;/b&gt; in Asia de Sud,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="pa" xml:lang="pa"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="hi" xml:lang="hi"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;sambusak&lt;/b&gt; in tarile arabe,&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;samsa&lt;/b&gt; sau &lt;b&gt;somsa&lt;/b&gt; in Asia Centrala, &lt;b&gt;sambusa&lt;/b&gt; la egipteni, etiopieni si somalezi, &lt;b&gt;sanbusa&lt;/b&gt; in Iran) este un aperitiv gustos si extrem de popular in Asia, peninsula araba, zona mediteraneana si nordul Africii. Reteta difera de la tara la tara, insa cea pe care o postez eu aici este varianta indiana, vegetariana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pe vremea cand locuiam in Alabama, aveam niste prieteni foarte buni, de origine pakistaneza (Shaun si Naeem), care veneau des pe la noi si ne rasfatau cu mancarurile lor, gatite proaspat, chiar in bucataria noastra. Asa am ajuns sa "indraznesc" sa abordez bucataria indiana, primele incercari fiind sub directa lor indrumare. Azi, bucataria indiana - bogata in condimente si arome extraordinare! - se afla in topul preferintelor noastre. Cand vrem sa mancam ceva deosebit, este aproape mereu mancare indiana iar cand avem ceva de sarbatorit, alegem aproape intotdeauna restaurante cu specific indian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daca vrei sa incerci mancarea indiana si locuiesti in Bucuresti, iti recomand calduros Restaurantul Taj de pe Sos. Panduri (in apropierea P-tei Jose Rizal, Hotel Marriot) - mancarea este foarte buna (de aceea nu foarte ieftina) iar localul este extrem de linistit. Daca nu indraznesti sa intri si sa comanzi ceva ce-ti este complet necunoscut, intra macar si cere meniul pentru livrari acasa si roaga-i sa-ti recomande ceva cat mai aproape de gustul tau. Noi mergem la Taj cam o data la 2 luni, ca sa incercam ceva nou sau sa mai cumparam niste chutney (adica sos) proaspat . De cand am descoperit restaurantul Taj, nu mai sunt nevoita sa-mi comand condimentele de peste ocean - gasesc la ei toate condimentele care imi sunt necesare si pot sa spun ca mi-am facut provizii pentru un an! Numai timp sa am sa gatesc!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oricum, ceea ce vreau eu sa specific este ca bucataria indiana nu este pentru cei care evita (sau nu agreeaza) mancarurile picante sau cei cu restrictii la condimente (si aici nu ma refer la iuteala). Mancarurile sunt foarte diferite de cele romanesti si e vorba de un gust care se dezvolta in timp. Daca iti place insa bucataria arabeasca, sigur vei agreea curry-urile indiene. Sunt un deliciu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toate acestea fiind spuse, sa trecem la reteta pentru Samosa - cuvantul care aduce mereu o sclipire in coltul ochilor sotului si copiilor mei&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SAMOSA - O RETETA VEGETARIANA AUTENTICA INDIANA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;THE AUTHENTIC INDIAN VEGAN SAMOSA RECIPE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3j1Au-HDRI/AAAAAAAAAxw/-UDv4QImbI8/s1600-h/samosa10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3j1Au-HDRI/AAAAAAAAAxw/-UDv4QImbI8/s640/samosa10.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Condimentele din aceasta reteta nu se gasesc in hypermarket-uri; 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font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2-3 ardei iuti, taiati fin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 lingura frunze de coriandru proaspat,   tocate&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 lingurita rasa chimion pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 lingurita rasa coriandru pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;½ - 1 lingurita rasa chili (pudra)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;un praf chat masala (sau garam masala)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 linguri alune cashew, strivite&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;½ lingurite rase boabe chimion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sare, dupa gust&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sucul de la ½ - 1 limette (lamaie verde) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2-3 linguri ulei pentru prajit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;For   samosa sheets:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;3 cups all purpose flour (maida)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;3 tsp. oil&amp;nbsp;   (1 tsp. per each cup flour)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;¼ tsp. carom seeds or ajwain&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Salt to taste&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Enough water to give it a dough consistency&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;For   the stuffing:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 boiled potatoes (diced)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 Tbsp. ginger and garlic paste&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;¼ tsp. turmeric&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2-3 green chilies, finely chopped&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 tsp. cumin powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;1 tsp. coriander powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;½ - 1 tsp. red chili powder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;¼ tsp. chat masala (or garam masala)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;2 Tbsp. cashew nuts (crushed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;½ tsp. cumin seeds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Salt to taste&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Lime juice (1/2 lime – 1 lime, according to   taste)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;2-3 Tbsp. oil for frying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pentru aluat: / For the dough:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se amesteca faina, semintele ajwain si sarea. Se adauga uleiul, amestecand bine cu mana, in asa fel incat toata faina sa fi fost patrunsa de grasime. Se adauga apoi apa, putin cate putin, cat sa se lege o coca tare, asa ca mare atentie la cantitatea de apa adaugata. Se framanta putin, dupa care se lasa sa se odihneasca pentru 15-20 minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mix the flour, ajwain seeds and salt. Add the oil, mixing well (feel free to use your hands), making sure all the flour has been coated with oil (this makes the samosa sheets crispy). Start adding water, a little bit at a time, kneading well. You need to get a stiff dough, so go easy on the water. Let it rest for 15-20 minutes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pentru umplutura: / For the stuffing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se incing 2-3 linguri de ulei intr-un wok (sau tigaie, desi wok-ul e mai potrivit), se adauga semintele de chimion, pasta de ghimbir, usturoiul pisat, ardeii iuti tocati, alunele zdrobite si sofranul,amestecand intr-una pentru 1-2 minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heat up 2-3 Tbsp. oil in a wok, add the cumin seeds, ginger and garlic paste, green chilies, cashews and turmeric powder, and cook for a few minutes, mixing continually.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kMlPIdy4I/AAAAAAAAAyA/lF5Xvjgc7R0/s1600-h/samosa11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kMlPIdy4I/AAAAAAAAAyA/lF5Xvjgc7R0/s640/samosa11.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se adauga pudra de chili, de coraindru si de chimion. Se adauga putina apa pentru ca masala (condimentele) sa nu se arda, altfel va prinde un gust amarui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Add the red chili powder, corriander powder and cumin powder. Add a little bit of water so the masalas don't burn, or they'll get a bitter taste.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kNwjqoP8I/AAAAAAAAAyI/jcXNsuS1S00/s1600-h/samosa12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kNwjqoP8I/AAAAAAAAAyI/jcXNsuS1S00/s640/samosa12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se adauga cartofii taiati cubulete, sarea si frunzele tocate de coriandru verde. Se adauga zeama de limette si se ia de pe foc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Add the potatoes, the salt, cilantro and lime juice. Cook for a minute or two more and remove from the stove. Set aside.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kOEpQyUuI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/BfU5Iy2CFus/s1600-h/samosa13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kOEpQyUuI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/BfU5Iy2CFus/s640/samosa13.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La umplutura, se poate umbla usor la ingrediente, in functie de gust. Daca vrei mai picant, adaugi ardei iute; daca nu vrei picant, nu folosesti deloc ardei iute - pudra de chili ar fi suficienta. Daca vrei mai multa zeama de lime, folosesti zeama de la toata lamaia, daca nu, folosesti doar jumatate, depinde de gust :) Ce se mai poate adauga la umplutura aceasta, pentru variatie: 50 gr. mazare prefiarta sau din conserve, 1 ceapa mica si/sau cateva stafide - depinde de ce am in camara. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You can easily tweak with the stuffing: if you want spicy, add a green chili, if you don't want any spiciness then do not add the chilies at all. The same with the salt and lime juice - just adjust it to your taste. For variation, you can also add 1/4 cup peas (cooked or canned), 1 small onion and/or a few raisins - I simply go by whatever I have in my pantry.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cum se asambleaza samosa: / How to put the samosa together:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Imparte aluatul in bilute de dimensiunea unei bile de biliard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Divide the dough in balls of the size of a billiards ball.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kMJbJg7sI/AAAAAAAAAx4/rZKgBbyHTSQ/s1600-h/samosa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kMJbJg7sI/AAAAAAAAAx4/rZKgBbyHTSQ/s400/samosa1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;2. Intinde aluatul pana se obtine o foita subtire, dand foii o forma ovala. Se taie foaia pe jumatate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Roll the dough&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; out thin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;, giving it an oval shape. Cut the sheet in half.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kP6RIL4gI/AAAAAAAAAyY/7qDPE_RUvrA/s1600-h/samosa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kP6RIL4gI/AAAAAAAAAyY/7qDPE_RUvrA/s400/samosa2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;3. Se inmoaie degetul in apa si se contureaza marginile jumatatii de oval. Se ridica semiovalul de pe masa de lucru, se gaseste (ochiometric) jumatatea liniei drepte si se formeaza un con, petreacand usor jumatatile de linie. Se apasa usor "cusatura" intre degetele din con si degetul mare, ajutand aluatul sa se lipeasca bine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dip your index finger in water and apply it on the edges of the half-oval. Pick up the dough sheet, eye the middle point of the straight line and fold the dough, giving it a cone shape. The two halves of the straight line fold over each other slightly, enough to make a seal. Apply a bit of pressure between your fingers inside the cone and your thumb, making sure the seam is perfectly sealed.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kP_9Nd2uI/AAAAAAAAAyg/BRZqzaVWo0M/s1600-h/samosa3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kP_9Nd2uI/AAAAAAAAAyg/BRZqzaVWo0M/s400/samosa3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;4. Rastoarna conul aranjand marginile astfel incat sa se poata umple.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Place the cone in your hand, resting the edges over your thumb and index finger, so you can easily fill it with the stuffing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQHnT2siI/AAAAAAAAAyo/TJDK3tLqGJo/s1600-h/samosa4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQHnT2siI/AAAAAAAAAyo/TJDK3tLqGJo/s400/samosa4.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;5. Se umple conul cu ajutorul unei lingurite (nu exagera nici cu prea putina, nici cu prea multa umplutura) lasand indeajuns spatiu pentru a putea inchide conul.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spoon the stuffing in using a teaspoon (don't put too little, neither too much stuffing), leaving enough space so you can seal the cone at the top.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQM47KKzI/AAAAAAAAAyw/yIs6GsHR1QQ/s1600-h/samosa5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQM47KKzI/AAAAAAAAAyw/yIs6GsHR1QQ/s400/samosa5.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;6. Se impinge marginea care sta peste degetul mare, presand pentru a lipi cele doua margini.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Push the edge that rests over your thumb over the other side, pressing gently to seal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQYKK99uI/AAAAAAAAAy4/X7AoRjfrdAU/s1600-h/samosa6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQYKK99uI/AAAAAAAAAy4/X7AoRjfrdAU/s400/samosa6.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Se indoaie inca o data marginea spre interior, formand un fel de "tiv" mai gros. Pe marginea aceasta, mai groasa, se va sprijini samosa, care sta "in picioare", cu varful conului in sus. Se pune deoparte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fold the edge in, making a thicker seam. This is the seam that will help the samosa to "stand", cone side up. Set aside.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQewVo0ZI/AAAAAAAAAzA/K8cnoA1CJ8I/s1600-h/samosa7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQewVo0ZI/AAAAAAAAAzA/K8cnoA1CJ8I/s400/samosa7.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;8.&amp;nbsp; Intr-o tigaie adanca sau oala, se incinge indeajuns ulei cat sa ajunga la jumatatea samosei, rasturnata pe o parte. Samosele se prajesc cateva minute, pana devin aurii.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heat up enough oil to cover half the samosa "laying down". Fry the samosas for a few minutes, until they turn golden brown.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQkrNl_lI/AAAAAAAAAzI/dHFdzdzIdWY/s1600-h/samosa8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQkrNl_lI/AAAAAAAAAzI/dHFdzdzIdWY/s400/samosa8.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;9. Se scot din tigaie si se aseaza pe o farfurie acoperita cu prosop de hartie, pentru a indeparta excesul de ulei de la prajit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Remove from the pan and place on paper towels, so the extra oil is absorbed.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQpFwL9mI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/NhYEvgD_23c/s1600-h/samosa9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQpFwL9mI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/NhYEvgD_23c/s400/samosa9.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;10. Se servesc calde, alaturi de sosul preferat. Noi le servim cu sos de mango (mango chutney) pe care il cumparam la gramaj de la restaurantul Taj. Combinatia dulce-sarat este o nebunie! Daca ideea de cartofi picanti si dulce te face sa strambi din nas, atunci renunta la sos, se pot manca si asa. :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Serve warm, with your favorite chutney (pictured here with mango chutney, our fave)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQ4D6S-AI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Jq_Vruf4e6s/s1600-h/samosa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3kQ4D6S-AI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Jq_Vruf4e6s/s400/samosa.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pare complicat, dar nu este. Dupa prima incercare, nu va mai trebui sa stai cu nasul in instructiuni la fiecare pas :) Ma duc sa mai fac un rand de samosas chiar acum :)) Sper sa pot posta curand si varianta cu carne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seems complicated, but it's actually quite easy. After trying this recipe for the first time, you'll get the hang of it and you'll breeze through these steps. As for me, I am going to go make another round of samosas right now! :)) Hopefully, I'll get around to posting the meat version recipe soon. Enjoy!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;**************************** &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;LUAND-O PE SCURTATURA...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daca nu ai curajul sa faci aluatul de samosa sau pur si simplu nu ai timp, ia-o pe scurtatura si foloseste foi de placinta! Eu folosesc Linco (tu ai poate alta marca preferata). Pentru mancaciosii mei, desfac pachetul, tai foile cu foarfeca, exact pe mijloc, obtinand niste dreptunghiuri mari pe care le umplu ca pe niste "sarmalute gigant", avand grija sa "sudez" marginile cu ou sau apa, ca sa nu se desfaca la prajit. Cand pregatesc aperitive pentru musafiri insa, imi place sa le fac mici si subtirele, ca lumea sa poata gusta din mai multe feluri. Asa ca, dreptunghiurile obtinute dupa primul taiat, le mai tai o data pe mijloc. Astfel, ies niste bunatati care dau foarte bine in platou si se pot aranja foarte frumos in jurul diverselor castronase cu sos ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-8464472348034305752?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/8464472348034305752/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/samosa-cel-mai-popular-aperitiv-indian.html#comment-form' title='7 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8464472348034305752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/8464472348034305752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/samosa-cel-mai-popular-aperitiv-indian.html' title='Samosa - cel mai popular aperitiv indian / Samosa - the most popular Indian snack'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3j1Au-HDRI/AAAAAAAAAxw/-UDv4QImbI8/s72-c/samosa10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2054817213381970612</id><published>2010-02-14T01:41:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T10:13:13.985+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Cinnabon - Deliciosii melcisori cu scortisoara / The amazing cinnamon rolls</title><content type='html'>Revin dupa mai bine de o luna cu una dintre retetele mele preferate! Melcii cu scortisoara sunt desertul de cel mai cunoscut al lantului de cofetarii Cinnabon din Statele Unite, o franciza care are azi peste 600 de locatii in multe tari ale lumii.&amp;nbsp; Minunea asta se serveste calda, innecata intr-un sos (glazura) delicios si poate deveni foarte usor un "viciu". Nu cred ca am tinut cont de cate kilograme am daruit siluetei mele manacand in fiecare pauza de pranz cate unul, alaturi de o cana mare de Mochalatta                     Chill! Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm! Oricum, de cand nu mai am acces la Cinnabon, a trebuit sa gasesc o reteta pentru ruloul preferat... A fost un drum greu... multe retete incercate nu s-au apropiat&amp;nbsp; nici pe departe de bunatatea pe care o savuram eu zilnic, la pranz. Pana cand, intr-o zi, am gasit o reteta perfecta! Bineinteles ca nu este 100% Cinnabon (daca s-ar putea clona usor reteta, nimeni nu ar mai face cativa km zilnic pentru un desert), dar pot spune ca e cam 95% Cinnabon. Parca ceva lipseste, nu stiu ce, dar ce conteaza? Rezultatul e foarte, foarte aproape de original, asa ca sunt multumita! :) Reteta provine din cartea lui Todd Wilbur - "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0452272998/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_2"&gt;More Top Secret Recipes&lt;/a&gt;". Ok, gata cu vorbaraia! Iata mai jos reteta:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CINNABON - MELCISORI CU SCORTISOARA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CINNABON CLONE - THE PERFECT CINNAMON ROLL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3cabfYDthI/AAAAAAAAAv4/zOAZUjuUZkQ/s1600-h/IMG_9492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3cabfYDthI/AAAAAAAAAv4/zOAZUjuUZkQ/s640/IMG_9492.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2.5 pliculete (12.5 gr) drojdie uscata activa&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;240 ml. lapte cald&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;95 gr. zahar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;80 gr. unt moale&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1 lingurita rasa sare&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2 oua&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;400-450 gr faina (000 sau 650)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Umplutura:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;200 gr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;zahar brun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2 ½ linguri rase scortisoara&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;80 gr. unt moale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;3 linguri rase faina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glazura:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;90 gr. unt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;195 gr. zahar pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;90 gr. crema branza (Philladelphia)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;½ lingurita extras de vanilie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;un praf de sare&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2 ½ tsp. active dry yeast&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1 cup warm milk&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;½ cup granulated sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1/3 cup butter, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;softened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1 tsp. salt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2 eggs&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;4-4.5 cups flour (a.p. or bread flour)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Filling:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1 cup packed brown sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;2 ½ Tbsp cinnamon&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1/3 cup butter, softened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;3Tbsp. flour &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Icing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;8 Tbsp butter&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1 ½ cups powdered sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;¼ cup cream cheese&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;½ teaspoon vanilla&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;1/8 tsp. salt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Cum se prepara / Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;1. Se dizolva drojdia in laptele cald, intr-un vas mare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk, using a large bowl.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;2. Se adauga zaharul, untul moale (nu topit), sarea, ouale si 300 gr. faina. Se amesteca bine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Add sugar, softened butter, salt, eggs and 3 cups of flour. Mix well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c5ThO0LHI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ryrx3LX2Aas/s1600-h/IMG_9272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c5ThO0LHI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ryrx3LX2Aas/s400/IMG_9272.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se framanta aluatul bine, adaugand faina ramasa putin cate putin. In functie de faina, de prospetimea ei si de gradul de umiditate, e posibil sa folosesti toata faina, sau mai putin. Aluatul trebuie sa fie elastic si usor lipicios, dar sa nu se mai lipeasca de maini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Knead the dough, adding the rest of the flour a little bit at a time. Depending on the flour you are using, its age and humidity level, you might use up all your flour, or less. What you want to get is an elastic dough that is slightly sticky, but does not stick to your hands anymore.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c5j4Ijb0I/AAAAAAAAAwI/3p1byOw2TpM/s1600-h/IMG_9465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c5j4Ijb0I/AAAAAAAAAwI/3p1byOw2TpM/s400/IMG_9465.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se unge un vas cu ulei si se pune aluatul la crescut (intreaga suprafata a aluatului trebuie acoperita cu o pelicula fina de ulei, pentru a nu se usca). Se acopera vasul cu un stergar si se lasa intr-o zona ferita de aer rece (atentie! - nu langa aragaz!!) cam o ora, sau pana se dubleaza aluatul ca volum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lightly oil a good size bowl, put the dough in, making sure it is all smeared with oil to prevent drying. Let it rise in a warm place (not near your stove!) for about 1 hour or until it doubles in size.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Cand este gata, aluatul se transfera pe masa de lucru peste care e presarata putina faina. Se intinde aluatul cu ajutorul sucitorului, astfel incat sa se obtina un dreptunghi cu lungimea de 54 cm si latimea de 40 cm. Ar trebui ca foaia sa aiba o grosime de putin peste jumatate de cm. Tot acum este bine sa se incinga cuptorul, setand-ul la temp. de 200 grade Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is aprox. 21 inches long by 16 inches wide. It should be approx. 1/4 inch thick. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Pentru a face umplutura, se amesteca zaharul brun, faina si scortisoara. Untul lasat sa se inmoaie la temp camerei se intinde cu o lingura peste toata foaia de aluat. Deasupra se presara mixtura de zahar, faina si scortisoara, avand grija ca stratul sa fie cat se poate de omogen. (Cand ma grabesc, le amestec pe toate la un loc si intind peste aluat... rezultatul este acelasi)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;To make the filling, mix the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a small bowl. Spread the softened butter over the dough, then sprinkle the brown sugar mixture evenly over the entire surface. (You can also mix all the ingredients and spread them over the dough, you get pretty much the same result)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c51D4qbII/AAAAAAAAAwQ/jEqEOHlKlhI/s1600-h/IMG_9466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c51D4qbII/AAAAAAAAAwQ/jEqEOHlKlhI/s400/IMG_9466.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Se ruleaza aluatul cu grija, pornind de la latura lunga a dreptunghiului.Cu ajutorul unei bucati de ata, taie ruloul obtinut in bucati cu grosimea de 4-5 cm. De ce se taie cu ata si nu cu cutitul? Simplu: cutitul turteste si face ca umplutura sa iasa din rulou, pe cand ata taie perfect, fara sa modifice forma si fara sa afecteze umplutura. Este chiar mai repede si mai usor! Cum se taie ruloul folosind ata? Se trece ata pe sub rulou, se fixeaza in locul in care se doreste taietura, dupa care se incruciseaza capetele pe deasupra, tragand, ca si cum s-ar face un nod. Voila! Perfectiune!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Roll the dough carefully, starting from the long edge. Cut the buns using a thread and not a knife, as the buns come out perfect that way, and the filling does not get squeezed out. Actually, using the thread is easier and faster: simply place a thread under the roll, pick up the ends and cross them over it and pull, like you would when tying a knot. There you go - buns cut to perfection!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c56wpLNaI/AAAAAAAAAwY/rZiELRFoars/s1600-h/IMG_9467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c56wpLNaI/AAAAAAAAAwY/rZiELRFoars/s400/IMG_9467.JPG" width="267" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3fpij3LxKI/AAAAAAAAAww/CgOLz66Q4aY/s1600-h/IMG_9490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3fpij3LxKI/AAAAAAAAAww/CgOLz66Q4aY/s400/IMG_9490.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Melcisorii obtinuti se pun intr-o tava unsa cu ulei la cativa cm distanta unul de celalalt si se dau la cuptor pentru aprox. 10 minute, sau pana cand marginile incep sa se rumeneasca usor. In timp ce rulourile sunt in cuptor, se prepara glazura, amestecand toate ingredientele si batandu-le bine cu un mixer, pana se obtine o crema usoara si pufoasa. Daca e prea densa consistenta, se mai adauga un pic de unt si crema branza. Cand rulourile sunt gata si fierbinti din cuptor, se acopera generos cu glazura preparata, cu ajutorul unei linguri. Fiind fierbinti, ele vor face ca glazura sa se topeasca si sa patrunda peste tot. Rulourile se servesc calde. O bunatate!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Place the buns into a lightly greased baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until the edges get golden brown. While the buns are baking, combine the icing ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer until it is light and fluffy, yet creamy. If icing is too thick, add a bit more butter and cream cheese. Using a spoon, scoop the icing over the hot buns, making sure they are all generously covered in cream cheese goodness. The icing will start melting and drenching the buns. Serve warm. Yummm!!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3fqn1fWC5I/AAAAAAAAAw4/fQ8yeoXQr4M/s1600-h/IMG_9488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3fqn1fWC5I/AAAAAAAAAw4/fQ8yeoXQr4M/s400/IMG_9488.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c6bGjKfoI/AAAAAAAAAwo/Q1a73wbEQhQ/s1600-h/IMG_9492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3c6bGjKfoI/AAAAAAAAAwo/Q1a73wbEQhQ/s400/IMG_9492.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am surprins odata reactia copiilor mei cand am&amp;nbsp; anuntat ca Cinnabon-urile sunt gata. Foarte elevati, dupa cum vedeti ha ha ha ha ha ha ha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3frIPJHKcI/AAAAAAAAAxA/P2QRNaUK2as/s1600-h/IMG_9474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3frIPJHKcI/AAAAAAAAAxA/P2QRNaUK2as/s400/IMG_9474.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2054817213381970612?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2054817213381970612/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/cinnabon-delicioasele-rulouri-cu.html#comment-form' title='14 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2054817213381970612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2054817213381970612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2010/02/cinnabon-delicioasele-rulouri-cu.html' title='Cinnabon - Deliciosii melcisori cu scortisoara / The amazing cinnamon rolls'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/S3cabfYDthI/AAAAAAAAAv4/zOAZUjuUZkQ/s72-c/IMG_9492.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4846002410066998057</id><published>2009-12-24T22:09:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-24T22:10:02.091+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Craciun luminat tuturor! / Christmas blessings to you all...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzPKTyfRUwI/AAAAAAAAAtg/-djreaUyr68/s1600-h/christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzPKTyfRUwI/AAAAAAAAAtg/-djreaUyr68/s640/christmas.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4846002410066998057?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4846002410066998057/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/12/craciun-luminat-tuturor-christmas.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4846002410066998057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4846002410066998057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/12/craciun-luminat-tuturor-christmas.html' title='Craciun luminat tuturor! / Christmas blessings to you all...'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzPKTyfRUwI/AAAAAAAAAtg/-djreaUyr68/s72-c/christmas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-185281638179336559</id><published>2009-12-24T14:01:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-24T21:02:42.828+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>COZONAC ROMANESC / ROMANIAN COZONAC</title><content type='html'>Cozonac is the traditional sweet served on Christmas and Easter by Romanian families everywhere. It is also gifted along with a bottle of red wine or champagne. There are many ways to make cozonac, depending on what side of the country you live in, but our favorite version is made here, in the South. Here's the recipe I made this Christmas, a combination of my mom's traditional Macedonian recipe and the one of &lt;a href="http://cuinabanateana.blogspot.com/"&gt;Laura Laurentiu&lt;/a&gt;. It is very easy to make and extremely yummy - the cozonac comes out flaky, soft and delicious! Try it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;COZONAC ROMANESC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL COZONAC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzM3pwH8EvI/AAAAAAAAAsI/RHsUqqgrRl4/s1600-h/cozonac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzM3pwH8EvI/AAAAAAAAAsI/RHsUqqgrRl4/s640/cozonac.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8-9 cups all purpose flour (2.2 lb)&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cups milk&lt;br /&gt;1 full cup of sugar&lt;br /&gt;6 egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;7 oz. butter (a bit short of a full cup) - melted&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;4 tsp. active dry yeast&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp. orange flavoring or orange zest&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp. rum flavoring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Filling 1:&lt;br /&gt;Turkish delight cut in tiny pieces and coated with powdered sugar to prevent sticking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Filling 2:&lt;br /&gt;3 egg whites&lt;br /&gt;3 Tblsp. sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 cups minced walnuts or pecans&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cups white raisins soaked in rum&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp. vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coating:&lt;br /&gt;egg wash and granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DIRECTIONS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Warm up the milk to 110 degrees Fahrenheit and place it in the mixing bowl. Add the sugar and the yeast, mix it a bit and let it sit until it foams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Beat lightly the eggs and egg yolks with the salt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Pour the melted and slightly cooled butter to the yeast mixture; mix until well blended. (The butter should not be hotter then the milk)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Add the eggs; mix until well blended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Add the flavorings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Start adding the flour cup by cup (you can use the whisk or your stand mixer). Add all 8 cups, kneading the dough well. The dough needs to be springy and slightly sticky. Sprinkle more flour if needed, but avoid adding too much, or the dough will become very dense. As long as the dough sticks but does not get on your fingers, it is good to work with. Here's how it looks like:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNH6RkkJDI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/_3jfTs87Wi4/s1600-h/cozonac1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNH6RkkJDI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/_3jfTs87Wi4/s640/cozonac1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Oil a big bowl and place the dough in it face down, then turn it upwards again, making sure the dough is well coated all around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNJLJgRRdI/AAAAAAAAAsY/xxzwaLPW_2o/s1600-h/cozonac2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNJLJgRRdI/AAAAAAAAAsY/xxzwaLPW_2o/s640/cozonac2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for an hour or so, until it doubles in size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. While the dough is rising, place the raisins into a cup and pour enough rum over them to cover them. Let them soak. (Note: if you don't have rum, simply place them in a small saucer with super hot milk. Let them sit a minute or two, then remove from the heat. Let them soak.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. When the dough is almost done, beat the egg whites with the sugar. When it forms peaks, add the cocoa powder. Mix well. Add the flavoring, the minced walnuts or pecans. Drain the raisins and add them to the egg whites mixture. Set aside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNNimkkEKI/AAAAAAAAAsg/WAK-LfSqfTw/s1600-h/cozonac3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNNimkkEKI/AAAAAAAAAsg/WAK-LfSqfTw/s640/cozonac3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Once the dough is done, divide it into three equal parts - this will give you the three cakes. Now you can add the filling and you can do this in more then one way: You can divide each part of the dough in 2 or 3 parts or leave it in just one big dough ball. I made it all three ways and I can't decide which way I like it best. When you divide the dough in 3, you can braid it and the outside looks beautiful!... When you divide it in 2, you can twist a rope... When you leave it in one big dough ball, you can put both fillings together and twist the one strand to achieve the rope look. The difference is only in the slice... where the filling will be when you cut the cake...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. I will show you pics of how I made the two strand rope, since I didn't have time to take pics of all three types. The process is the same, regardless on how you decide to put it together. You take the dough and roll it out trying to achieve a rectangular shape, a bit longer then you loaf pans (mine are about 12 inches long). Place the filling on each of the rectangular pieces of dough . I put Turkish delight on one, and the nuts and raisins filling on the second one, but you can place both (Turkish delight on top of the nuts) on each dough part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNScpZtBoI/AAAAAAAAAsw/3zZQ9_-eyrw/s1600-h/cozonac4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNScpZtBoI/AAAAAAAAAsw/3zZQ9_-eyrw/s640/cozonac4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Roll the dough into strands, sealing the seams by pressing and pinching. Then put the strands together, seam side down, press two ends together and start twisting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNUofthiQI/AAAAAAAAAtA/TRAZrGvJBxw/s1600-h/cozonac5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNUofthiQI/AAAAAAAAAtA/TRAZrGvJBxw/s640/cozonac5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;12. Oil your loaf pans, line them with baking paper and oil that as well. Place your cozonac in the pans and let it sit in a warm place, out of the draft, for another 45 minutes or until it doubles in size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNVPxLs7-I/AAAAAAAAAtI/swc9CN6sHJk/s1600-h/cozonac6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNVPxLs7-I/AAAAAAAAAtI/swc9CN6sHJk/s640/cozonac6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. Prepare the egg wash by mixing one egg yolk with one tablespoon water. Brush it over the cake before placing in the oven. Sprinkle granulated sugar all over the top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14. Bake for 45-50 minutes at 350 degrees F or until brownish-golden on the top. (After 40 minutes start watching it closely)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15. Let it cool before taking it out of the pan and slicing it. Serve it cool. Makes a great breakfast snack along a cup of milk or hot chocolate :). We, adults, also have it as a desert along a glass of hot and spicy red wine. Great after shoveling a bunch of snow off the driveway! Our family eats a loaf a day during the holiday season so we make LOTS AND LOTS of these:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNX04gorVI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/U9I6hbdB3pA/s1600-h/cozonac7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzNX04gorVI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/U9I6hbdB3pA/s640/cozonac7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ENJOY! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-185281638179336559?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/185281638179336559/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/12/cozonac-romanesc-romanian-cozonac.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/185281638179336559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/185281638179336559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/12/cozonac-romanesc-romanian-cozonac.html' title='COZONAC ROMANESC / ROMANIAN COZONAC'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SzM3pwH8EvI/AAAAAAAAAsI/RHsUqqgrRl4/s72-c/cozonac.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4884185039002537142</id><published>2009-11-30T00:42:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:20:55.624+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='placinte / pies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Placinta mere &amp; caramel / Caramel Apple Pie</title><content type='html'>Iata reteta celei de-a doua placinte facute azi, pentru masa Recunostintei. Aceasta placinta a avut cel mai mare succes. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is the recipe for the second pie I made for our Thanksgiving dinner. This was our guests' favorite pie. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;PLACINTA CU MERE SI CARAMEL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CARAMEL APPLE PIE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxLvcMnzzQI/AAAAAAAAArY/pCnwv6jLUl8/s1600/applecaramelpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxLvcMnzzQI/AAAAAAAAArY/pCnwv6jLUl8/s640/applecaramelpie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; margin-left: 5.4pt; width: 662px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 243.95pt;" valign="top" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;aluat pentru placinta americana &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6-8 mere Granny Smith &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;zeama de la o lamaie &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cana cu varf zahar brun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cana zahar alb&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;60 gr unt f. rece taiat cubulete&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5 linguri faina&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 lingurite scortisoara (pudra)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 lingurita nucsoara&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9 caramele cu lapte taiate cubulete&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 252.2pt;" valign="top" width="336"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 unbaked 9-in pie crust &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6-8 Granny Smith apples &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lemon, juiced &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cup packed brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup white sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup chilled &amp;amp; diced butter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5 Tblsp flour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 tsp nutmeg&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 caramel squares, quartered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se incalzeste cuptorul la 175 grade C.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se stoarce lamaia&amp;nbsp; iar zeama se toarna intr-un vas mare, de mixat. Merele se decojesc si se taie in feliute subtiri, care se pun in zeama de lamaie. Se lasa deoparte la macerat, in timp ce se pregatesc urmatoarele ingrediente.&lt;br /&gt;(Nota: In functie de marimea lor, veti avea nevoie de 6 - 8 mere. Alegeti soiul Granny Smith, deoarece sunt tari si acrisoare, ceea ce le face combinatia perfecta pentru aceasta placinta. Am mai incercat aceasta reteta si cu Golden Delicious si, desi a iesit buna, nu are acelasi gust extraordinar ca atunci cand o fac cu Granny Smith. Americanii folosesc aproape in exclusivitate acest soi de mere pentru placintele lor.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peal and thinly slice the apples - you will need 6-8 apples, depending on their size. Place them in a big bowl and coat them with the lemon juice. Let them sit for a few minutes, while you are getting the rest of the ingredients ready.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Intr-un castron se amesteca bine zaharul brun, zaharul alb, scortisoara, nucsoara si faina. Se adauga cubuletele de caramele si cele de unt. Se amesteca usor, avand grija sa nu se stalceasca untul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour. Add the chilled and diced butter and the caramel pieces. Mix gently. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL04Ee7t4I/AAAAAAAAArg/TjK2960rTJI/s1600/applecaramelpie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL04Ee7t4I/AAAAAAAAArg/TjK2960rTJI/s640/applecaramelpie1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL09LJBoDI/AAAAAAAAAro/qJfcXvyOTro/s1600/applecaramelpie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL09LJBoDI/AAAAAAAAAro/qJfcXvyOTro/s640/applecaramelpie2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se scurge zeama de lamaie din mere, dupa care, se toarna peste ele mixtura de zahar si condimente. Se amesteca usor pana cand toate bucatele de mere sunt acoperite cu zahar. Se toarna compozitia astfel obtinuta peste aluatul pregatit (iata &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt; o reteta usoara de aluat special pentru placinta americana)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Drain the apples and toss them in the sugar and spices mix until all the pieces are coated. Pour the apple mixture over the unbaked pie crust. (&lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;'s an easy and fast recipe)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL2eewcICI/AAAAAAAAArw/KdUMVMv7wCg/s1600/applecaramelpie3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL2eewcICI/AAAAAAAAArw/KdUMVMv7wCg/s640/applecaramelpie3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Se decoreaza placinta cu fasii impletite sau plasate in randuri pe orizontala si verticala, dupa care se pune la cuptor. Placinta este gata cand merele sunt moi si zeama e usor inchegata. Atentie la temperatura cuptorului! - crusta de aluat se poate arde iar merele sa fie tot nefacute. Se pot folosi inele speciale de protectie a crustei (ele nu se gasesc in Romania) sau folie de aluminiu pentru a preveni arderea crustei. Se serveste calda, impreuna cu inghetata preferata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Decorate the pie with a weave basket or as desired and place in the preheated oven. The pie is ready when the apples are nice and tender. Use pie crust shields or aluminum foil to prevent the crust from burning. Serve warm, with your favorite ice cream.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL4mbGXOgI/AAAAAAAAAr4/1_Hnym_LVzE/s1600/applecaramelpie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL4mbGXOgI/AAAAAAAAAr4/1_Hnym_LVzE/s640/applecaramelpie4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL41iGBlYI/AAAAAAAAAsA/nHifPwKHKIs/s1600/applecaramelpie5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxL41iGBlYI/AAAAAAAAAsA/nHifPwKHKIs/s640/applecaramelpie5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4884185039002537142?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4884185039002537142/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-mere-caramel-caramel-apple-pie.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4884185039002537142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4884185039002537142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-mere-caramel-caramel-apple-pie.html' title='Placinta mere &amp; caramel / Caramel Apple Pie'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxLvcMnzzQI/AAAAAAAAArY/pCnwv6jLUl8/s72-c/applecaramelpie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-3798460955679814865</id><published>2009-11-29T15:41:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:19:31.656+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='placinte / pies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Placinta americana cu nuci  I / No Corn Syrup Pecan Pie I</title><content type='html'>Ok, tocmai am terminat un castron de umplutura de curcan, asa ca am energia necesara sa postez inca o reteta ha ha ha ha ha ha.... Nu stiu cu cate kg am sa ies eu din aceasta iarna... Doamne ajuta....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata reteta mea preferata de placinta cu nuci, o alta placinta traditionala americana, nelipsita pe masa de sarbatori. Placinta de nuci este specifica bucatariei statelor din sud, dar si nordistii o prefera, alaturi de celelalte placinte traditionale. Dar cum eu am fost "scolita" in bucataria americana sudista, nu am avut cum sa nu ma indragostesc de aceasta placinta super delicioasa! Diferenta dintre reteta de mai jos si reteta traditionala este includerea unui ingredient care nu se gaseste in Romania - sirop dulce de porumb. Acest sirop incheaga compozitia ca o gelatina cu o consistenta asemanatoare rahatului care se vinde la noi, facand-o sa arate foarte bine dar si sa se taie foarte frumos. Fara siropul de porumb, placinta de nuci nu se incheaga la aceeasi consistenta si este destul de faramicioasa. Siropul de porumb se gaseste pe toate drumurile in Statele Unite, dar multe tari nu permit importul si comercializarea lui datorita continutului extrem de ridicat de fructoza, ceea ce este considerat a fi daunator sanatatii. Sunt multe de spus despre siropul de porumb, dar nu este cazul acum. Varianta de placinta de nuci de mai jos are acelasi gust ca cea facuta cu sirop de porumb, insa nu are aspectul festiv al placintei de nuci traditionale. Eu ma multumesc sa renunt insa la aspect si sa mananc ceva mai sanatos si cu exact acelasi gust. Familiei mele ii place varianta aceasta, si nimanui nu-i pasa cat este de faramicioasa umplutura atata timp cat pot manca placinta de nuci in Romania :) Fara sa mai pierd timpul cu alte explicatii, iata reteta mai jos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Allrighty... I just got done eating a whole bowl of turkey dressing, so I now have the energy to sit down and post yet another Thanksgiving/Christmas traditional recipe.... LOL... I really wonder how many pounds I am going to add to my figure after this holiday season... God help me...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The recipe I am going to post today is another staple of the American cuisine, especially the Southern side, but hey... who cares what side loves it more?... Since I have lived for so many years in the South, I had no choice but to fall in love with this pie! For those of you reading this from the States, I wanna mention this is a no corn syrup recipe. So the texture of the pie is going to be different then the traditional corn syrup version. It is not so gooey as the one you find in the stores and it crumbles easily when it's being cut. Well, I personally really do not care about these differences since what matters more to me is the taste and the healthiness of the food I put in my kids' bodies. Therefore, I picked this recipe and I am very pleased with how wonderfully yummy it tastes. If you are the type of person that would much rather sacrifice once or twice a year for a slice of traditional gooey and candy like pecan pie, this recipe is not for you. You may wanna try it before making it for company and decide for yourself which version you prefer - the taste is absolutely the same, the texture and look is what is a bit different. All this being said, here's the recipe:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;PLACINTA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;AMERICANA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CU NUCI I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;NO CORN SYRUP PECAN PIE I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4ao-kObI/AAAAAAAAAqo/iS9uO3kboQI/s1600/pecanpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4ao-kObI/AAAAAAAAAqo/iS9uO3kboQI/s640/pecanpie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; margin-left: 5.4pt; width: 662px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 243.95pt;" valign="top" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cana zahar brun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cana zahar alb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cana unt (110 gr)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 oua&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lingura faina&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lingura lapte&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lingurita esenta vanilie&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cana nuci prajite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 252.2pt;" valign="top" width="336"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cup brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup white sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cup butter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 eggs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 Tblsp flour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 Tblsp milk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 tsp vanilla extract&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cup toasted pecans (or walnuts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se incalzeste cuptorul la 175 grade C.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Intr-un vas de mixat, se bat ouale pana fac spuma. Intre timp, se topeste untul pana devine lichid. Cand este gata, se toarna usor peste oua, mixand intr-una. Apoi se adauga zaharul brun, cel alb si faina. Se amesteca bine. In cele din urma se adauga laptele, vanilia si nucile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; In a large bowl beats eggs until foamy. While you are beating the eggs, melt the butter. After the butter is melted, stir it into the eggs. Then stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour. Mix well. Last, add the milk, vanilla extract and nuts.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4knvWb5I/AAAAAAAAAqw/-fCH__40Yiw/s1600/pecanpie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4knvWb5I/AAAAAAAAAqw/-fCH__40Yiw/s640/pecanpie1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4syZ22CI/AAAAAAAAAq4/I5nJ0BtGjiQ/s1600/pecanpie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4syZ22CI/AAAAAAAAAq4/I5nJ0BtGjiQ/s640/pecanpie2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se toarna compozitia peste un aluat de placinta asezat intr-o tava de tarta sau placinta cu diametrul de max. 22 cm. Puteti folosi reteta de aluat de placinta/tarta, postata &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt;. Se coace placinta la o temperatura de 200 grade C pentru 10 minute, dupa care se reduce temperatura la 175 grade C si se mai coace pentru inca 30-40 min, sau pana este gata. Cum stim ca este gata placinta? Cand crusta de la suprafata incepe sa se crape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; Pour into an unbaked 9-in. pie shell (I use my very easy pie/tart crust recipe posted &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;... it's a no fail one). Bake in the preaheated over for 10 minutes at 400 degrees F, then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done. How do you know it is done? The top should start cracking - that is when you know you can get your pie out of the oven.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ428Qc1SI/AAAAAAAAArA/4C6vkiC_qaI/s1600/pecanpie3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ428Qc1SI/AAAAAAAAArA/4C6vkiC_qaI/s640/pecanpie3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ5GT8eH9I/AAAAAAAAArQ/PQkjC1UGQ88/s1600/pecanpie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ5GT8eH9I/AAAAAAAAArQ/PQkjC1UGQ88/s640/pecanpie4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Placinta se lasa sa se raceasca, dupa care se pune la frigider pentru cel putin 4 ore (de preferat peste noapte). Se serveste incalzita usor la microunde sau in cuptor, alaturi de cateva linguri de inghetata sau frisca (Eu prefer inghetata de vanilie cu sos caramel - e combinatia perfecta!) Pofta buna!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Let the pie cool and then refrigerate for a few hours to allow it to set (I make it the night before and refrigerate all night long). Serve warm topped with a scoop or two of ice cream or whipped cream (I prefer the vanilla ice cream with caramel topping - it is the perfect combination!) Enjoy! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ470MQBNI/AAAAAAAAArI/Tbo8IMpB5QE/s1600/pecanpie5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ470MQBNI/AAAAAAAAArI/Tbo8IMpB5QE/s640/pecanpie5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-3798460955679814865?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/3798460955679814865/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-cu-nuci-americana-no-corn.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3798460955679814865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3798460955679814865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-cu-nuci-americana-no-corn.html' title='Placinta americana cu nuci  I / No Corn Syrup Pecan Pie I'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SxJ4ao-kObI/AAAAAAAAAqo/iS9uO3kboQI/s72-c/pecanpie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-3465981087940129903</id><published>2009-11-26T01:04:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:21:29.429+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='placinte / pies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Placinta dovleac / Pumpkin Pie</title><content type='html'>Azi este Ziua Recunostintei asa ca, celor care sarbatoresc azi cu placinte si curcan umplut, le urez din toata inima "Happy Thanksgiving!" Noi nu vom sarbatori azi, deoarece lucram aici, pe meleaguri romanesti, dar ma gandesc deja cu groaza la weekend! Nu, nu ma ingrozesc cu gandul la cate feluri de placinte mi-am propus sa fac... Ma ingrozesc gandindu-ma cate kg voi pune pe mine la sfarsit de weekend... Grea este perioada aceasta a anului.... Dar, ca sa nu mai pierdem timpul cu ganduri periculoase legate de vreo posibila dieta in aceasta perioada, sa trecem la retete. Azi voi posta reteta noastra traditionala de placinta de dovleac, placinta traditionala americana, una din emblemele acestei sarbatori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It's Thanksgiving Day today, so I am taking this opportunity to wish everybody a very happy and yummy Thanksgiving! We won't celebrate with turkey and pie today, simply because we are working here, in Romania, but we will be baking up a storm in the weekend. I already freak out thinking about it! Oh, don't get me wrong... I don't worry about the many types of pies I planned for the weekend, the turkey, the stuffing and everything else I wanna make.... All I worry about is the pounds I am going to put on after this weekend... This is a tough time of year, I'm tellin' ya... I better get started on my recipe, before any crazy ideas regarding a possible dieting plan starts creeping up on me. I will post here our traditional, basic and super yummy pumpkin pie recipe - an all American, all traditional favorite! Here it is:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;PLACINTA DE DOVLEAC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;PUMPKIN PIE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tL4E8HoI/AAAAAAAAAqA/ri5JiZIxBdo/s1600/pumpkinpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tL4E8HoI/AAAAAAAAAqA/ri5JiZIxBdo/s640/pumpkinpie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Aluat   pentru 1 placinta (&lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;vezi reteta aici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;425   gr pure de dovleac*&lt;br /&gt;425 ml lapte dulce condensat**&lt;br /&gt;2 oua mari&lt;br /&gt;2 lingurite scortisoara&lt;br /&gt;1/2 lingurita ghimbir pudra&lt;br /&gt;1/2   lingurita nucsoara&lt;br /&gt;1/4   lingurita ienibahar (sau cardamom)&lt;br /&gt;1/2   lingurita sare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;1 (9 inch) unbaked pie   crust (&lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;see recipe here)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin pure&lt;br /&gt;1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk&lt;br /&gt;2 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoon ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon ground ginger&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon allspice (or cardamom)&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;*Pure-ul de dovleac nu este altceva decat dovleac copt la cuptor si facut pure cu ajutorul unui blender.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;** Laptele dulce condensat se vinde la conserve, insa nu peste tot in tara. Voi posta zilele acestea o reteta pentru lapte dulce condensat preparat in casa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se incalzeste mai intai cuptorul la temperatura de 220 grade. Se amesteca cu ajutorul unui tel pureul de dovleac, laptele dulce condensat (pe care eu il prepar in casa), ouale, condimentele si sarea. Se bate cu telul usor, pana se obtine o compozitie omogena. &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Whisk pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, spices and salt in medium bowl until smooth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tT5HodrI/AAAAAAAAAqI/EEjzkX5V6rc/s1600/pumpkinpie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tT5HodrI/AAAAAAAAAqI/EEjzkX5V6rc/s640/pumpkinpie1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se pregateste aluatul de placinta in tava, modeland marginea in functie de preferinte. Se pune la cuptor pentru 10 minute, dupa care se scoate, si se toarna in el compozitia de dovleac. Se mai coace pentru inca 10-15 minute. &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Place the pie crust in the pan and decorate the sides as desired. Bake for around 10 minutes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Pour the pumpkin mixture into crust. Bake for another 10-15 minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tXsxCL0I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/JnofC1HDzoo/s1600/pumpkinpie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tXsxCL0I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/JnofC1HDzoo/s640/pumpkinpie2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se reduce temperatura cuptorului la 175 grade si se mai coace pentru inca 30-40 de minute sau pana cand lama de cutit, inserata in umplutura la 3-4 cm de margine, iese curata. Se lasa sa se raceasca. Se serveste cu frisca sau inghetata, dupa preferinta. Se pastreaza la rece, la frigider. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking 30 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tahpT0LI/AAAAAAAAAqY/_FfpQO38dVg/s1600/pumpkinpie3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tahpT0LI/AAAAAAAAAqY/_FfpQO38dVg/s400/pumpkinpie3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tdj-f40I/AAAAAAAAAqg/iZ_x8gQDRl0/s1600/pumpkinpie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tdj-f40I/AAAAAAAAAqg/iZ_x8gQDRl0/s400/pumpkinpie4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-3465981087940129903?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/3465981087940129903/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-dovleac-pumpkin-pie.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3465981087940129903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3465981087940129903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/placinta-dovleac-pumpkin-pie.html' title='Placinta dovleac / Pumpkin Pie'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sw2tL4E8HoI/AAAAAAAAAqA/ri5JiZIxBdo/s72-c/pumpkinpie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2484719940097650117</id><published>2009-11-18T23:06:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T23:22:25.118+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Ce este asta?... / What is that?</title><content type='html'>Acest scurt filmulet mi-a adus lacrimi in ochi. Merita vazut! / This short little movie brought tears to my eyes... Definitely worth seeing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8735f029924ef023" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8735f029924ef023%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332398472%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4E18B210ABBE37DCF8C7CBBA44938D7C36669DBF.377C3787DBD31398FBEAE50C1D350223EB7ADB3F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8735f029924ef023%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D70VedudBut-9yU39a3BvNISjXF4&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8735f029924ef023%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332398472%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4E18B210ABBE37DCF8C7CBBA44938D7C36669DBF.377C3787DBD31398FBEAE50C1D350223EB7ADB3F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8735f029924ef023%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D70VedudBut-9yU39a3BvNISjXF4&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata si traducerea, pentru cei care nu cunosc limba engleza:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tatal: - Ce este asta?&lt;br /&gt;Fiul (putin mirat): - O vrabie.&lt;br /&gt;Tatal: - Ce este asta?&lt;br /&gt;Fiul (usor iritat): - Ti-am spus deja, tata. Este o vrabie.&lt;br /&gt;Tatal: - Ce este asta?&lt;br /&gt;Fiul (enervat): - O vrabie, tata! O vrabie! V-R-A-B-I-E! VRABIE!&lt;br /&gt;Tatal: - Ce este asta?&lt;br /&gt;Fiul (scos din sarite): De ce faci asta? Iti place sa ma enervezi? Ti-am spus de atatea ori ca este o vrabie!! Chiar nu poti sa intelegi??!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tatal se ridica si pleaca... Fiul intreaba : "Acum, unde te duci?"&lt;br /&gt;Tatal nu-i raspunde. Se intoarce peste cateva minute cu un jurnal vechi. Se aseaza inapoi pe banca, il deschide si-l da fiului sa-l citeasca.&lt;br /&gt;Tatal: Citeste cu voce tare!&lt;br /&gt;Fiul: "Azi, fiul meu cel mic (care acum cateva zile a implinit 3 ani) statea langa mine pe o banca in parc, cand, deodata, o vrabiuta a zburat langa noi. 'Ce este asta?', m-a intrebat el. 'O vrabie.' i-am raspuns. M-a intrebat acelasi lucru de 21 de ori si, de fiecare data, raspunsul meu a fost: 'O vrabie...' L-am imbratisat dupa fiecare intrebare... Nici n-am putut sa ma enervez, pentru ca sufletul imi era plin de dragoste pentru baietelul meu, micut si nevinovat... "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vedeti reactia fiului in film... :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2484719940097650117?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2484719940097650117/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/ce-este-asta-what-is-that.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2484719940097650117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2484719940097650117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/ce-este-asta-what-is-that.html' title='Ce este asta?... / What is that?'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-2594423151878359704</id><published>2009-11-02T00:52:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T22:06:30.090+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandul zilei/thought of the day'/><title type='text'>Barbatul - pe cale de disparitie / The Disapearing Male</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su4NzdJWK6I/AAAAAAAAAp4/iaAlyUeC0W8/s1600-h/baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su4NzdJWK6I/AAAAAAAAAp4/iaAlyUeC0W8/s400/baby.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Am urmarit in seara asta un documentar realizat de CBC despre efectele extrem de nocive ale unor substante chimice aflate in toate produsele de plastic, dar nu numai. Conform studiilor, acestea afecteaza in special baietii: de la avortul spontan al fetusului pana la afectiuni grave ale aparatului reproductiv barbatesc, impactul substantelor aflate in plastic este unul de o gravitate pe care industria incearca sa o musamalizeze pentru a-si proteja uriasa piata de desfacere si profitul.&lt;br /&gt;Documentarul este un semnal de alarma si mesajul lui merita sa fie luat in serios. Ca mama a doi baieti, vreau sa ma asigur ca sanatatea lor este protejata prin alegerile mele educate si constiente. Unul dintre primii pasi facuti acum cateva luni, a fost sa arunc absolut toata vesela si paharele din plastic si sa le inlocuiesc cu unele din ceramica si sticla.&lt;br /&gt;Evitati oricand este posibil folosirea produselor din plastic si educati-va cu privire la efectul extrem de nociv al plasticelor in viata noastra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7530701744597358451#"&gt;Faceti click aici&lt;/a&gt; pentru a urmari documentarul. (Este in limba engleza, nu este subtitrat).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="video-description" style="display: block;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7530701744597358451#"&gt;The Disappearing Male&lt;/a&gt; is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="video-description" style="display: block;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="video-description" style="display: block;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7530701744597358451#"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to watch this CBC documentary. Choose to educate yourself! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-2594423151878359704?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/2594423151878359704/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/barbatul-pe-cale-de-disparitie.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2594423151878359704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/2594423151878359704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/barbatul-pe-cale-de-disparitie.html' title='Barbatul - pe cale de disparitie / The Disapearing Male'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su4NzdJWK6I/AAAAAAAAAp4/iaAlyUeC0W8/s72-c/baby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5867451922992220211</id><published>2009-11-01T22:37:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:22:53.981+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deserturi diverse / desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Pure de mere / Homemade Apple Sauce</title><content type='html'>Weekend-ul acesta m-am ocupat de provizii de iarna. Nu... nu muraturi sau gem, ca de acestea se ocupa mama :)) Provizii pe care le folosec pentru a face dulciurile noastre preferate de sezon: pure de mere si pure de dovleac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Americanii folosesc pure de mere in loc de ulei sau unt in torturi, briose, paine dulce, chec-uri (face blatul extrem de moale si pufos, este mai sanatos si mai gustos), dar il folosesc si ca mancare pentru bebelusi sau ca desert, pur si simplu. In Austria am mancat pure de mere alaturi de cartofi si carne de pui - nu mai stiu combinatia exacta, dar a fost foarte bun! Copiii mei au crescut mancand pure de mere aproape zilnic. Este delicios!!! Iata o reteta foarte simpla pentru pure de mere facut in casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This weekend I was finally able to tackle making preserves for the winter. No, not the traditional Romanian pickles and jams... my mom usually takes care of those :)). Preserves that I'll use to make our favorite seasonal desserts: apple sauce and pumpkin pure.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;In the American cuisine, apple sauce is used to make cakes, muffins, cupcakes and breads as an oil or butter substitute (it makes the final product moist, it taste better and it's much healthier), but it is also used as baby food or simply as is. I had apple sauce with potatoes and&amp;nbsp; chicken in Austria - I don't remember the exact combination, but it was very yummy. My three kids grew up eating apple sauce pretty much on a daily basis. It really is delicious!!! Here's a very easy, basic recipe for homemade apple sauce.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Pure de mere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Homemade Apple Sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3Vp0LGBpI/AAAAAAAAApI/9ABM4UQHaZ8/s1600-h/applesauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3Vp0LGBpI/AAAAAAAAApI/9ABM4UQHaZ8/s640/applesauce.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;4 mere decojite si taiate marunt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 cana apa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 cana zahar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 lingurita scortisoara&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingura zeama de lamaie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;4 apples peeled, cored and cut into small cubes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3/4 cup water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/4 cup sugar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/2 tsp cinnamon&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 Tblsp lemon juice&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se pun intr-o oala potrivita merele taiate in cuburi mici (stropite cu zeama de lamaie pentru a nu se innegri), zaharul, scortisoara si apa.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;In a saucepan, combine apples (sprinkled with lemon juice so they don't get dark, water, sugar, and cinnamon. &lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3X32BFLFI/AAAAAAAAApQ/D79_TV5mT0Y/s1600-h/applesauce1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3X32BFLFI/AAAAAAAAApQ/D79_TV5mT0Y/s400/applesauce1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Puneti oala la foc potrivit (acoperita cu un capac) si se fierbe pana cand merele devin moi (ca la compot).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Cover, and cook over medium heat until apples are soft.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qAej7EaI/AAAAAAAAApY/FKZxctEG46A/s1600-h/applesauce2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qAej7EaI/AAAAAAAAApY/FKZxctEG46A/s400/applesauce2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;3. Cand sunt gata, se ia un blender de mana (sau se toarna intr-un blender normal) si se fac merele pure. (Eu am folosit 24 de mere pentru a face cateva borcane de pure, de aceea mi-a fost mai usor sa folosesc blenderul de mana.&lt;i&gt; )&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Using a hand-held or regular blender, pure the apples. (&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;I used 24 apples to make a few jars of apple sauce, so using a hand-held blender was easier for me.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qdSYIENI/AAAAAAAAApg/e987KpY2q5g/s1600-h/applesauce3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qdSYIENI/AAAAAAAAApg/e987KpY2q5g/s400/applesauce3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qi3An-PI/AAAAAAAAApo/Pfmu6o3noZ0/s1600-h/applesauce4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3qi3An-PI/AAAAAAAAApo/Pfmu6o3noZ0/s400/applesauce4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se consuma in 3 zile si se pastreaza intr-un borcan inchis ermetic, la frigider.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Use within 3 days and keep refrigerated in a tightly closed jar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;5. &lt;/i&gt;Daca vrei sa faci mai mult si sa-l pastrezi peste iarna, asigura-te ca il faci pure cat este inca foarte fierbinte. Toarna-l repede in borcane sterilizate, uscate si inchide imediat bine capacul. Borcanele se pun intr-o oala mai mare, se acopera cu apa si se fierb pentru inca 30-40 de minute (din momentul in care apa da in clocot). Se lasa sa se raceasca incet, in apa. Cand ajung la temperatura camerei, borcanele se eticheteaza si se pun la pastrare in debara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Atentie!! Daca apasand centrul capacului constatati ca acesta se misca (nu este perfect supt), inseamna ca nu este inchis etans si sosul se poate strica. Deschideti borcanul, inchideti-l din nou cat se poate de bine si repetati procesul, sau puneti borcanul la frigider pentru a fi consumat in urmatoarele zile.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Now, if you want to preserve the apple sauce, make sure to pure it while it's still very hot then pour it in clean jars, closing the lids tight right away. Then, place the jars in a bigger pot, cover them with water, and boil them for 30 - 40 minutes (start counting from the time it starts boiling). Let then cool slowly, inside the water. Once they are at room temperature, you can label them and store them in your pantry.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Safety warning! You can test if the jar is perfectly sealed by pressing in the middle of the lid. If you feel it moving up or down it means it is still opened and the sauce will spoil. Open the lid, close it tight again and repeat the entire process or put the jar in the fridge to be used in the next few days.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3u5XtwrxI/AAAAAAAAApw/bLwupkkZQho/s1600-h/applesauce5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3u5XtwrxI/AAAAAAAAApw/bLwupkkZQho/s640/applesauce5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yummy!!....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5867451922992220211?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5867451922992220211/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/pure-de-mere-homemade-apple-sauce.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5867451922992220211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5867451922992220211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/11/pure-de-mere-homemade-apple-sauce.html' title='Pure de mere / Homemade Apple Sauce'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3Vp0LGBpI/AAAAAAAAApI/9ABM4UQHaZ8/s72-c/applesauce.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-6175138304233429659</id><published>2009-11-01T19:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T19:55:49.622+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Cum am petrecut de Halloween / Halloween baking party</title><content type='html'>We had so much fun at our Halloween baking party with our friends! Here're some pics we took yesterday at our friends' house:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3KxVHko1I/AAAAAAAAAn4/eDGx1xPHArI/s1600-h/halloween4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3KxVHko1I/AAAAAAAAAn4/eDGx1xPHArI/s400/halloween4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3K3X3SZ8I/AAAAAAAAAoA/RqOg1Cw5Bxs/s1600-h/halloween1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Su3K3X3SZ8I/AAAAAAAAAoA/RqOg1Cw5Bxs/s400/halloween1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwD4MMAz5I/AAAAAAAAAng/IU1-CAwwY0c/s1600-h/daddysaucelabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwD4MMAz5I/AAAAAAAAAng/IU1-CAwwY0c/s640/daddysaucelabel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In familia noastra se mananca foarte picant iar sotul meu este atras mereu spre raionul de condimente atunci cand il iau cu mine la cumparaturi. Frustrarea lui mare este ca fie nu gaseste pe nicaieri sosurile cu care era atat de obisnuit, fie putinele sortimente de pe piata sunt exagerat de scumpe. Asa ca, dragul de el, s-a apucat ieri sa-si faca propriul sos picant dupa o reteta preluata din cartea de bucate a lui Dave DeWitt si Nancy Gerlach, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Habanero-Cookbook-Dave-Dewitt/dp/0898156386"&gt;"The Habanero Cookbook"&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nu am fost de fata cand a incropit aceasta bunatate (deci nu am fotografii), insa voi posta reteta si rezultatul "experimentului". Sosul a iesit extraordinar de bun si asta pentru ca nu a fost nici pe departe atat de iute ca in reteta originala -  pana si copiii l-au mancat intins pe paine sau ca dip pentru tortilla chips! Nu va ingroziti, nu suntem parinti inconstienti!! Sosul n-a avut nici o samanta de habanero, ci doar ardei iuti romanesti, altfel nu cred ca s-ar fi putut atinge cineva de el! :)) Iar mami s-a apucat sa-i faca lui tati poze si apoi (pe furis) o eticheta (vezi mai sus) pe care i-a pus-o pe borcan (vezi mai jos, he he he he he he), drept premiu culinar! Ce ziceti de fata sotului meu?!... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... M-am distrat copios facand eticheta asta!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Our family absolutely loves spicy food and my husband always finds his way to the spices and sauces isles of the supermarkets. The frustrating part is that he either doesn't find his favorite spicy delights, or he finds a few brands, but they are super expensive. So, yesterday afternoon, he made his own, following a recipe he found in &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Habanero-Cookbook-Dave-Dewitt/dp/0898156386"&gt;"The Habanero Cookbook"&lt;/a&gt;, by Dave DeWitt si Nancy Gerlach.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I wasn't there when he made this awesomely yummy &amp;amp; spicy sauce (so I don't have photos of the step by step cooking process), but I do have pics of the final product. The sauce came out really good - even the kids were gobbling it, dipping bread or tortilla chips in it! Don't worry, we are not crazy parents: there were no habaneros inside, just regular chili peppers! For God's sake, I would never dare to get my tongue anywhere close to a habanero pepper! I liked the sauce so much, I decided to take some pics of daddy so I can sneakily make a label for his jar (see photo above :)) as a prize for his hard work (see below, he he he he he he he) So, what do you think about my husband's lovely pose? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I cracked up laughing working on this label.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iata si reteta: / Here's the recipe:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;Sos picant Habanero Belizian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;Belizian Style Habanero Hot Sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwTXrlcYQI/AAAAAAAAAno/UlnfZUjTQQI/s1600-h/daddysauce1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwTXrlcYQI/AAAAAAAAAno/UlnfZUjTQQI/s640/daddysauce1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;table style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 ceapa mica&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 catei de usturoi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lingura ulei&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cana morcovi taiati marunt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 cani apa&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3-4 ardei iuti Habanero* tocati&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 linguri suc lamaie verde (lime)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 linguri otet (de buna calitate)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;sare(dupa gust)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 small onion – chopped&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 cloves garlic - chopped&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 Tblsp vegetable oil&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cup carrots – chopped&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 cups water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3-4 Habanero chillies –   minced&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 Tblsp fresh lime juice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 Tblsp white vinegar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Salt (to taste)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se soteaza ceapa si usturoiul in ulei pana se inmoaie.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;i&gt;Saute onions and garlic in oil until soft.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se adauga morcovii si apa, se pune la fiert pana da in clocot. Se da focul mic si se fierb pana cand se inmoaie morcovii. Se scoate de pe foc.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;i&gt;Add carrots and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the carrots are soft. Remove from heat.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.Se adauga ardeii iuti, (*noi am folosit ardei iuti romanesti, pentru ca soiul Habanero nu se gaseste la noi in tara) sucul de lamaie verde (lime) si sarea. Se pune totul intr-un robot de bucatarie si se proceseaza pana se obtine un pure. Se toarna in borcane sterilizate, care se inchid ermetic. Se pastreaza la frigider.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;i&gt;Add chillies, lime juice and salt to the carrots mixture. Place in processor and puree until smooth. Pour into sterilized jars and seal. Keep refrigerated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se pune pe borcan propria eticheta si se urmareste cu atentie reactia musafirilor cand iti vad fata pe borcan Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (Ok, asta nu este parte din reteta originala :)))&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;i&gt;Add your own label and freak out your guests when they see your face on the jar! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (Ok, that is not part of the original recipe :)))))&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwVrvbRf0I/AAAAAAAAAnw/qmsG1stnr2s/s1600-h/daddysauce2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwVrvbRf0I/AAAAAAAAAnw/qmsG1stnr2s/s640/daddysauce2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Cam asa.... Pofta buna! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Something like that... Enjoy! :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-6591629394086188019?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/6591629394086188019/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/sos-picant-habanero-belizian-belizian.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6591629394086188019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/6591629394086188019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/sos-picant-habanero-belizian-belizian.html' title='Sos picant Habanero Belizian / Belizian Style Habanero Hot Sauce'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuwD4MMAz5I/AAAAAAAAAng/IU1-CAwwY0c/s72-c/daddysaucelabel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-7612014972890434568</id><published>2009-10-30T21:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T21:28:45.767+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Happy Halloween!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sus7CIgkLCI/AAAAAAAAAnI/VnhpA-baQL4/s1600-h/halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sus7XcInCiI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/BTROuWhZ4o8/s1600-h/halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sus7XcInCiI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/BTROuWhZ4o8/s640/halloween.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sper sa va distrati maine la fel de bine pe cat m-am distrat eu alaturi de cei trei ieduti ai mei plus ceilalti 21, tot "ai mei" (iedutii de la gradi, bineinteles)! Au fost atat de frumosi cu totii azi, la carnaval, si tare mi-ar fi placut sa ma mandresc cu ei, dar din pacate, nu o pot face...(deh, protocoalele postarii pe internet...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asadar, Happy Halloween tuturor si distractie placuta!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-7612014972890434568?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/7612014972890434568/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7612014972890434568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7612014972890434568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html' title='Happy Halloween!'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sus7XcInCiI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/BTROuWhZ4o8/s72-c/halloween.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-4212486023593346925</id><published>2009-10-29T22:23:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:23:41.709+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='placinte / pies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Tarta rustica de fructe / Rustic Autumn Fruit Tart</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Aceasta tarta (poate fi facuta si sub forma de placinta) este o varianta rustica a placintei de mere americane traditionale. Ce este diferit la aceasta reteta este prezentarea (modul in care sunt asezate merele in aluat) si folosirea unui condiment pe care multe gospodine se sfiesc sa-l foloseasca: cardamomul pudra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am facut aceasta reteta pentru multe evenimente de sezon (si nu numai!) si, de fiecare data, a disparut de pe masa in cateva minute. Este usor de facut, este economica si rezultatul este delicios!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SunuKrq-uVI/AAAAAAAAAmo/9rcL-surBNM/s1600-h/rusticpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SunuKrq-uVI/AAAAAAAAAmo/9rcL-surBNM/s640/rusticpie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;1/2 compozitie &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;aluat placinta/tarta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 mere decojite, feliate subtire&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 pere decojite, feliate subtire&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4   cana suc portocale sau lamaie&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/3   cana zahar brun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2   lingurita scortisoara&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2   lingurita nucsoara&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4   lingurita cardamom (pudra)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 linguri amidon alimentar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2   cana gem de caise&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 recipe of &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html"&gt;pie/tart crust found here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 apples - peeled, cored, thinly sliced&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 pear - peeled, cored and sliced&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup orange or lemon juice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/3 cup brown sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 tablespoons cornstarch&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cup apricot jam, warmed&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare: / Directions:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feliile (subtiri) de mar si para se pun la marinat pentru 30 de minute in sucul de portocala (sau lamaie), dupa care se scurg bine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Toss the sliced apples and pear with the orange (or lemon) juice. Let the fruit marinate for around 30 minutes then drain it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun4YtME9LI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Djk-S3VXMug/s1600-h/rusticpie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun4YtME9LI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Djk-S3VXMug/s640/rusticpie4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;1. Se pun intr-un vas condimentele mentionate: zaharul brun, scortisoara, nucsoara, cardamomul si amidonul.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Put all the required spices in a bowl.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;2. Se amesteca intr-un castron pana cand se omogenizeaza compozitia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Whisk together the spices.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;3. Se toarna mixul peste fructe amestecand incet, in asa fel incat acestea sa fie complet acoperite. Se pun deoparte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Toss the fruit with the sugar-spice mixture and set aside.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;4. Se incalzeste cuptorul la 190 grade C. Se pregateste tava de tarta (diametru maxim de 20 cm). Se aseaza aluatul in tava, se preseaza marginile si, cu ajutorul unui cutit sau foarfeci, se inlatura excesul de aluat pentru a avea o margine frumos si egal taiata. Fructele se aseaza in tava in mod decorativ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Set out an 8-inch tart pan. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured work surface to form a 10-inch circle. Transfer the dough to the tart pan and trim the excess dough. Arrange the fruit decoratively in the tart pastry.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun5D-G7ERI/AAAAAAAAAm4/U2Wa8LoGYm4/s1600-h/rusticpie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun5D-G7ERI/AAAAAAAAAm4/U2Wa8LoGYm4/s640/rusticpie1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Tarta se pune in cuptorul incins, la foc potrivit, pana cand crusta devine usor maronie (in jur de 30-45 de minute, depinde de cuptor) Cand este gata, se scoate tarta din cuptor si se unge cu gemul de caise incalzit.Se serveste calduta ca atare sau alaturi de putina inghetata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bake the tart in the preheated oven until the crust is browned and the filling is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Remove the tart from the oven and brush it with the apricot jam. Serve warm as is, or next to a little bit of icecream.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun5kHcVKeI/AAAAAAAAAnA/apr4cNn-UDg/s1600-h/rusticpie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sun5kHcVKeI/AAAAAAAAAnA/apr4cNn-UDg/s640/rusticpie2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pofta buna!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-4212486023593346925?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/4212486023593346925/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/tarta-rustica-de-fructe-rustic-autumn.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4212486023593346925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/4212486023593346925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/tarta-rustica-de-fructe-rustic-autumn.html' title='Tarta rustica de fructe / Rustic Autumn Fruit Tart'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SunuKrq-uVI/AAAAAAAAAmo/9rcL-surBNM/s72-c/rusticpie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-7040998912979451679</id><published>2009-10-29T00:25:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:17:15.819+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='placinte / pies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bucataria americana / American cuisine'/><title type='text'>Aluat placinta si tarta II / Pie and tart crust II</title><content type='html'>Iata o reteta extrem de simpla care imi iese perfect de fiecare data. O folosesc la tarte si placinte din bucataria americana. Voi posta in zilele urmatoare cateva din retetele mele preferate de placinte americane traditionale, bunatati care nu lipsesc de pe mesele festive de Ziua Recunostintei, Craciun si Anul Nou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Aluat de placinta si tarta II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Pie &amp;amp; Tart Crust II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sui5_g9V4UI/AAAAAAAAAl4/Xgz6EykFlmA/s1600-h/piecrust2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sui5_g9V4UI/AAAAAAAAAl4/Xgz6EykFlmA/s640/piecrust2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; margin-left: 5.4pt; width: 662px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 243.95pt;" valign="top" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingrediente:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 cani faina&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;240 gr. unt (foarte rece)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;240 gr. branza crema (tip Almette)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 252.2pt;" valign="top" width="336"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 cups flour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cup butter (chilled)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 cup cream cheese&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mod de preparare / Directions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujCTRLyUHI/AAAAAAAAAmA/G_J9LCeoSrM/s1600-h/piecrust2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujCTRLyUHI/AAAAAAAAAmA/G_J9LCeoSrM/s640/piecrust2a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Untul (foarte rece) se taie in cuburi de 2-3 cm si se pune intr-un robot de      bucatarie.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Cut the cold butter into 1-2 inch cubes and put it into a food processor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Se adauga faina.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add the flour.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Se da drumul la robot pentru cateva secunde.      Compozitia trebuie sa semene cu pesmetul (ca aspect).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pulse until the mixture resembles cornmeal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se adauga branza crema.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Add the cream cheese and pulse until it's the size of small peas.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Se mai pulseaza pentru cateva secunde pana cand coca formeaza bobite de marimea mazarei si apoi incepe sa se lege usor.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; Pulse a few more seconds until the dough starts coming together a bit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Se scoate aluatul din robot, se aduna tot si se formeaza &amp;nbsp;rapid o mingiuta. Nu se framanta deloc, pentru a opri formarea de gluten in aluat. Se pune intr-o punga de plastic si apoi in frigider pentru cel putin o ora.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Take the dough out of the food processor. When you squeeze a handful of the mixture, it should form a ball. The recipe will yield two pie crusts, so go ahead and split the dough in half, forming two round disks. Avoid kneading it at all, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujDzdvhRnI/AAAAAAAAAmI/FmlbZxPEFh8/s1600-h/piecrust2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujDzdvhRnI/AAAAAAAAAmI/FmlbZxPEFh8/s400/piecrust2b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;7. Se intinde pe masa tapetata cu faina, dupa care se pune in tava dorita (de placinta sau de tarta). Se taie excesul de coca si se mai fac unele reparatii necesare. Modul de decorare traditional al placintei este prin formarea unei margini odulate. Aceasta se poate obtine impingand - in acelasi timp - cu degetul aratator de la mana dreapta din afara spre interior, si cu degetele mari si aratator de la stanga spre exterior, astfel incat degetul de la mana dreapta sa fie in mijlocul celor doua de la mana stanga. Se merge astfel, din aproape in aproape, uniform, pana cand intreaga margine este ondulata.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; Roll the dough out on a floured surface, and place it in the pie or tart baking dish. The traditional pie has fluted edges.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sukx_XbC8WI/AAAAAAAAAmg/OxM8MeXp574/s1600-h/piecrust2c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sukx_XbC8WI/AAAAAAAAAmg/OxM8MeXp574/s640/piecrust2c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujOtaBQb5I/AAAAAAAAAmY/WrdKwMizzzA/s1600-h/piecrust2d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SujOtaBQb5I/AAAAAAAAAmY/WrdKwMizzzA/s640/piecrust2d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Se foloseste ca baza pentru o varietate de placinte sau tarte specifice bucatariei americane. Se pune direct in tava de placinta sau tarta, fara a o pregati in prealabil.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This crust recipe is a base for a variety of pies and tarts. It bakes in an unprepared pie or tart baking dish.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-7040998912979451679?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/7040998912979451679/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html#comment-form' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7040998912979451679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/7040998912979451679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/aluat-placinta-si-tarta-pie-and-tart.html' title='Aluat placinta si tarta II / Pie and tart crust II'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/Sui5_g9V4UI/AAAAAAAAAl4/Xgz6EykFlmA/s72-c/piecrust2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-3666225098666798913</id><published>2009-10-25T23:21:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T07:52:56.256+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarbatori / holidays'/><title type='text'>Dovleci sculptati de Halloween / Halloween Pumpkins</title><content type='html'>Bine v-am regasit! Imi pare tare bine sa pot posta din nou pe blog. Si trebuie sa o fac, pentru ca incepand din aceasta saptamana, in familia noastra va fi mai tot timpul prilej de sarbatoare. Am atatea retete preferate de impartasit! Dar, ca sa intram cum se cuvine in spiritul sezonului, am sa va arat cu ce ne-am ocupat noi timpul in aceasta frumoasa dupa-amiaza de toamna: am sculptat dovleci!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7SFgc23I/AAAAAAAAAko/_iv-2nDpQmc/s1600-h/carving9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7SFgc23I/AAAAAAAAAko/_iv-2nDpQmc/s640/carving9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aventura noastra a inceput acum o saptamana cand am purces prin pietele si hipermarketurile bucurestene in cautarea dovlecilor perfecti: portocalii, rotunzi si cu coaja cat mai neteda. Va marturisesc ca nu a fost usor, dar, dupa 3 piete si 4 magazine alimentare, am gasit in sfarsit ce cautam la o taraba in piata Ramnicu Sarat! Nu au fost ei dovlecii perfecti, dar am zis merci si pentru ei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pentru cei interesati sa incerce acest proiect acasa sau la scoala, iata pasii care trebuie urmati:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;CUM SE SCULPTEAZA DOVLECII?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7XCyLLwI/AAAAAAAAAkw/176RC0a5YL8/s1600-h/carving5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7XCyLLwI/AAAAAAAAAkw/176RC0a5YL8/s640/carving5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. E neaparat nevoie ca dovleacul sa fie cat mai rotund si sa aiba coaja cat mai neteda. Dovlecii perfecti pentru sculptat sunt cei portocalii.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Spalati dovleacul de pamant si uscati-l cu o carpa sau cu un prosop de hartie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Trasati capacul in jurul cozii, formand un dinte pe partea pe care o doriti sa fie la spate. Aveti grija ca marimea capacului sa fie suficienta pentru a permite sculptatul dovleacului pe dinauntru. Cu ajutorul unui cutit taiati capacul, tinand cutitul in unghi (nu taiati direct in jos pentru ca nu veti mai avea punct de sustinere pentru capac cand incepe sa se usuce si sa se micsoreze).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Se scoate cu grija capacul si incepeti sa scoateti semintele. Nu le aruncati! Voi posta o reteta super pentru semintele de dovleac - asa ca puneti-le deoparte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Cu ajutorul unei linguri incepeti sa racaiti dovleacul pe dinauntru, avand grija sa lasati o coaja cu grosimea de aprox. 3-4 cm. Daca e mai subtire de 3 m, coaja poate plezni usor la decupat. Neteziti frumos si curatati bine interiorul dovleacului, dupa care stergeti cu un prosop de hartie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Decupati tiparul ales (se gasesc multe modele gratuite pe internet) si lipiti-l cu scotch de dovleac. Pentru a usura manevrarea tiparului taiati niste linii diagonale de vreo 4 cm in fiecare colt al hartiei - acest lucru va permite lipirea colturilor, incalecate, si va permite hartiei sa ia forma rotunda a dovleacului.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7PFbQ5iI/AAAAAAAAAkg/z6lB9UyFrrI/s1600-h/carving1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7PFbQ5iI/AAAAAAAAAkg/z6lB9UyFrrI/s640/carving1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Cu ajutorul unui ac gros/cui lung/forfecuta de unghii, conturati modelul (tot ce este cu negru) intepand hartia pana cand instrumentul de lucru patrunde usor si coaja covleacului. Se fac puncte din aproape in aproape, pentru a permite transferul cat mai fidel al tiparului.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7g4xXVaI/AAAAAAAAAk4/t-kl-Z8JQ2U/s1600-h/carving2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7g4xXVaI/AAAAAAAAAk4/t-kl-Z8JQ2U/s640/carving2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Cand se termina de conturat modelul, se dezlipeste tiparul de dovleac. Voila! Tiparul este acum transferat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7mf4mkOI/AAAAAAAAAlA/z6v4TVCL5kI/s1600-h/carving3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7mf4mkOI/AAAAAAAAAlA/z6v4TVCL5kI/s640/carving3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Inarmati cu un arsenal format din forfecuta, foarfeca, cutit si cutter subtiri, incepeti sa sculptati modelul. Sensul de lucru este intotdeauna din centru in afara pentru a evita craparea cojii si compromiterea proiectului. Se recomanda taierea in cuburi mici, nu a bucatilor intregi. Atentie la partile in care coaja ramasa dupa decupare este extrem de subtire (cum e partea dintre ochi) - acolo poate crapa foarte usor, asa ca, mare grija! Cuburile decupate se imping in afara din interiorul dovleacului.&lt;br /&gt;(Nota! Ajunsi aici, am rugat copiii sa stea si sa priveasca - eu am manevrat toate ustensilele taioase si tot eu am facut taieturile - aceasta etapa a proiectului este mult prea periculoasa pentru copii, asa ca lasati-i sa se ocupe numai de partile mai usoare: sa goleasca dovleacul, sa impinga in bucatile taiate in afara, sa curete semintele, dovleacul etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS8E7sXi4I/AAAAAAAAAlI/6UdhcZcv6pU/s1600-h/carving4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS8E7sXi4I/AAAAAAAAAlI/6UdhcZcv6pU/s640/carving4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Dupa ce terminati de taiat tot modelul, curatati marginile taieturilor cu ajutorul unui prosop de hartie. Pentru a prelungi viata dovleacului, ungeti-l pe dinauntru si pe dinafara cu vaselina pura (se gaseste la farmaciile cu laborator - noi am gasit la SensiBlue) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS9HzV9QuI/AAAAAAAAAlY/1ShwKYqPGRY/s1600-h/carving6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS9HzV9QuI/AAAAAAAAAlY/1ShwKYqPGRY/s640/carving6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Se pune in interior o lumanarica de max 5 cm. inaltime, turnata intr-un suport solid: sticla, ceramica sau metal. Se fixeaza cu ajutorul unor scobitori locatia in care va fi pusa lumanarea, astfel incat pozitia flacarii sa fie mereu aceeasi. Se aprinde lumanarea, se pune capacul dovleacului si se asteapta cateva minute, pana cand, in partea de interior a capacului, incepe sa se formeze o pata neagra. In acel punct se gaureste capacul, lasand loc fumului si caldurii sa iasa. Aveti grija sa nu schimbati pozitia flacarii. Atentie: acest pas este extrem de important, altfel dovleacul poate lua foc! Nu lasati dovlecii aprinsi nesupravegheati sau la indemana copiilor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. Jack'O si Goofy Gus, fericiti, la noi in bucatarie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuTAc0gepwI/AAAAAAAAAlo/utlPz6iD2wc/s1600-h/carving91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuTAc0gepwI/AAAAAAAAAlo/utlPz6iD2wc/s640/carving91.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. Happy Halloween!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuTAiB5bfAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/7WGgZiFuZus/s1600-h/carving8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuTAiB5bfAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/7WGgZiFuZus/s640/carving8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-3666225098666798913?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/3666225098666798913/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/dovleci-sculptati-de-halloween.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3666225098666798913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/3666225098666798913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/10/dovleci-sculptati-de-halloween.html' title='Dovleci sculptati de Halloween / Halloween Pumpkins'/><author><name>Gabriela Osborn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ac-YAYjrtZw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABPg/iypXc_-b1iQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SuS7SFgc23I/AAAAAAAAAko/_iv-2nDpQmc/s72-c/carving9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130121760161604332.post-5970751964249654832</id><published>2009-09-17T22:23:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:25:28.428+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bunatatile orientului mijlociu / Middle Eastern cuisine'/><title type='text'>Saorma (Kebab) de pui / Chicken Shawarma (Kebab)</title><content type='html'>Stiu ca reteta asta va face foarte multi fani ai acestui minunat sandwich foarte fericiti! Pana sa invat sa fac saorma in casa, eu si sotul meu asteptam sa ne copleseasca o pofta teribila, dupa care mergeam si ne "tratam" cu o saorma la fast food-ul din cartier (destul de popular de altfel). Acum, saorma se gateste in fiecare spatamana la noi in casa, si asta datorita Denisei de la &lt;a href="http://dedemed.com/"&gt;dedemed.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diferenta dintre saorma facuta in casa si cea de la fast-food nu este foarte mare. Desi nu este facuta la rotisor, daca este condimentata cum trebuie, varianta facuta acasa, in tigaie, este la fel de buna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saorma clasica se deosebeste de gyro (varianta greceasca) si de doner kebab (varianta turceasca) prin sosurile folosite (restul de ingrediente sunt cam aceleasi). Ca sa va apropiati de varianta preferata, folositi ingredientele pe care le comandati de obicei la fast-food, insa nu uitati sa folositi Toum - sosul de usturoi a carui reteta am postat-o deja pe blog &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/toum-sos-de-usturoi-pentru-kebab-si.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt; - ii va da sandwich-ului o savoare aparte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SAORMA / SHAWARMA / SHAWERMA / KEBAB / GYRO DE PUI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKAXX9TePI/AAAAAAAAAhw/ezIFwrox5j4/s1600-h/saorma12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKAXX9TePI/AAAAAAAAAhw/ezIFwrox5j4/s640/saorma12.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ cana suc de lamaie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ cana sana sau iaurt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingura usturoi pisat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1 lingurita sare&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ lingurita cardamom pudra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ lingurita &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/08/bokharat-7-condimente-pentru-saorma.html"&gt;“sapte condimente”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ lingurita boia de ardei   dulce&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¼ lingurita patrunjel uscat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/8 lingurita piper cayenne&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;1/8 lingurita scortisoara&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;3 linguri ulei de masline&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;2 boneless (skinless)   chicken breasts, cut into thins strips&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup Mediterranean (Greek) yogurt&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs minced garlic&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp ground cardamom&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/08/bokharat-7-condimente-pentru-saorma.html"&gt;7 spices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp paprika&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp dried parsley&lt;br /&gt;1/8 tsp cayenne pepper&lt;br /&gt;1/8 tsp cinnamon &lt;br /&gt;3 tbs olive oil&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 462.1pt;" valign="top" width="616"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Mod de preparare / Directions&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Se taie carnea de pui in fasii subtiri, de dimensiunea celor care sunt taiate din puiul pus la rotisor.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (Cut the chicken in thin stripes, about the size of those you see cut at the restaurant)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBfW_J94I/AAAAAAAAAh4/iHUgt6huWB4/s1600-h/saorma1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBfW_J94I/AAAAAAAAAh4/iHUgt6huWB4/s400/saorma1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Spalati bine bucatile de pui, dupa care stoarceti apa din ele. Adaugati sucul de lamaie si sana (sau iaurtul).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (Wash the chicken pieces then drain all the water out. Add the lemon juice and Mediterranean (Greek) yogurt).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Intr-un castron puneti toate condimentele cerute de reteta.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (In a small bowl, mix all the spices the recipe calls for)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBiBwKXSI/AAAAAAAAAiA/O4YI6PBnoE4/s1600-h/saorma2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBiBwKXSI/AAAAAAAAAiA/O4YI6PBnoE4/s400/saorma2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Adaugati condimentele, amestecati totul, dupa care acoperiti vasul cu o folie de plastic si refrigerati pentru cel putin 2 ore.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (Mix in all the ingredients, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBoRClhHI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/K18SuPkerjo/s1600-h/saorma4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBoRClhHI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/K18SuPkerjo/s400/saorma4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBqotyhYI/AAAAAAAAAiY/f1689wv08gI/s1600-h/saorma5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKBqotyhYI/AAAAAAAAAiY/f1689wv08gI/s400/saorma5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Dupa cele minimum doua ore de stat la marinat, se pune puiul la prajit intr-un wok, la foc mare, folosind uleiul de masline. Se prajeste pana se evapora tot sucul de la carne, insa atentie sa nu se usuce prea mult carnea.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (After marinating for at least 2 hours, heat the olive oil and fry the chicken in a wok, turning your stove on high. Fry until all the meat juices are gone, but make sure the meat does not get too dry)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKIszJ8iMI/AAAAAAAAAig/-fR2wwwff7w/s1600-h/saorma6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKIszJ8iMI/AAAAAAAAAig/-fR2wwwff7w/s400/saorma6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKJqe_9yMI/AAAAAAAAAio/A88sKnqq93w/s1600-h/saorma7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKJqe_9yMI/AAAAAAAAAio/A88sKnqq93w/s400/saorma7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKJvyT2a-I/AAAAAAAAAiw/S1Z_NApEfM8/s1600-h/saorma8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKJvyT2a-I/AAAAAAAAAiw/S1Z_NApEfM8/s400/saorma8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Pentru a face un sandwich shawarma, adunati toate ingredientele preferate: cartofi prajiti, salata ice-berg, rosii, ceapa, ardei, castraveciori murati, ardei iute etc. Se condimenteaza, dupa gust, cu sare, piper si boia dulce de ardei. Se mai poate folosi si ketchup si/sau maioneza. Nu uitati insa de &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/toum-sos-de-usturoi-pentru-kebab-si.html"&gt;toum&lt;/a&gt;, sosul de usturoi fara de care sandwich-ul nu are gustul acela autentic de shawarma.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (To put together your shawarma sandwich, gather in small bowls your favorite ingredients: french fries, ice-berg salad, bell peppers, pickled cucumbers, chilli peppers etc. Season with salt, black pepper and paprika. You can also use ketcup and/or mayo. However, do not forget the &lt;a href="http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/toum-sos-de-usturoi-pentru-kebab-si.html"&gt;toum&lt;/a&gt; - the garlic sauce that gives this sandwich its authentic shawarma flavor)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKLh5ICLqI/AAAAAAAAAi4/SCwFXPCPmS4/s1600-h/saorma9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKLh5ICLqI/AAAAAAAAAi4/SCwFXPCPmS4/s400/saorma9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKLvBjD_FI/AAAAAAAAAjI/PLUy9pHA3ZQ/s1600-h/saorma11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X_YNvtG8xOo/SrKLvBjD_FI/AAAAAAAAAjI/PLUy9pHA3ZQ/s640/saorma11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;POFTA BUNA!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Enjoy!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9130121760161604332-5970751964249654832?l=micutacasa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/feeds/5970751964249654832/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://micutacasa.blogspot.com/2009/09/saorma-kebab-de-pui-chicken-shawarma.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/5970751964249654832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9130121760161604332/posts/default/59
