Slovak Foods Recipes

Lemon granita Lemons are one of my favourite fruits. I love the colour, the smell of the flowers, leaves and fruits. I don't think I've met any food made with lemons that I didn't like. Lemon meringue pie, lemon bars, lemon tarts, limonada, are all my faves. I love the smell of lemons. I buy soaps and lotions that are scented with lemons. Considering my fondness for lemons, I'm a bit puzzled that I never painted any rooms lemon yellow. Here is a charming conceit, lemon granita served in frozen, hollowed lemons, which I adapted Wolfgang Puck's recipe: Ingredients: 6 lemons 4 cups of water Sugar, to taste 3 sprigs of lemon balm or thyme 2 tablespoons of limoncello Method: Clean and wash the lemons. Cut off the top 1/4 of the lemons and shave a bit of the bottom so they can stand. Try to keep them level. A couple of mine listed a bit. Use a sharp, thin knife (I used a boning knife), to cut the flesh of the lemon. Be careful not to cut th...

Lunch on a tray I read that Dolly Parton eats 5 bites for a meal. I couldn't manage that. It would be too much trouble trying to figure out which 5 bites I wanted. The South Beach Diet allows for a varied diet and, with some planning, one can have tasty meals and not worry too much about portions. My method for portion control is the 2 saucer plan. I eat two saucers of food for lunch and it is enough and very tasty. My South Beach Diet-friendly meals are quick and easy to prepare. They are mostly Asian-inspired salads. Since I have been participating in food blogging events I have done a bit of Thai and Korean cooking and find that these cuisines are ideal for SBD. I have collected many saucers and plates for samples. I am a potter and I buy bits and pieces of china as design and colour references. Anything that catches my eye. These are my swatches. This turned out to be very handy for food blogging and the South Beach diet. I buy them in multiples whenever possible ...