How to Make Chicken Soup

Warning: the following recipe makes almost 4 litres of soup))
Cooking time: a bit more than an hour.
Description has photos.))

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How to Cook Carrots

Today I'm going to share one of my favourite recipes of preparing carrots. My family loves stewed carrots made this way. You'll get a dish which can be a very good garnish, and adding yoghurt or sour-cream you'll get a tasty salad. Let's try it now!

You'll need:

• 3-4 big carrots, grated
• a handful of nuts (cashews, walnuts or any others), crushed
• salt 
• your favourite herbs and spices
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil

How to cook carrots

1. Pour vegetable oil on frying pan and add some spices. I generally use zeera, turmeric, paprika, black pepper (~ 1/4 tsp each). 
2. Add grated carrots. Cook on middle heat, stirring occasionally, until golden. Here, if you want, you may add chopped garlic or garlic powder.
3. Now add crushed nuts and some pinches of salt - I think 3 pinches are quite enough. Cook (stirring occasionally) about 3 min more.
4. Add 1/2 cup of water, cover the frying pan with a lid and cook carrots on the lowest heat until tender (5-8 min).
5. Sprinkle carrots with herbs. I use dry dill and basil. 

That's all! Stewed carrots are really easy to prepare and make a wonderful substantial bite, garnish or a salad - it's all up to you. Hope you'll enjoy! ^_^

Healthy Eating. How to Eat to Lose Fat and Stay Happy

Note this carefully: this is not a diet. This is just a way of healthy eating which can become your normal way. It will help you to get rid of excessive weight, gain beautiful shape and feel totally okay. Moreover, you won't have to torture yourself, refusing of your favourite food. And you won't need super will power for that. :) 

My fact. Following this during just one month (March - April 2013) I lost 6 kgs (72 -> 66, which is perfect with the height of 171 cm). Those lost ones never returned. During summers I usually lose 2 more kgs, due to light food and lots of water I guess.

Please mind another fact: for most of healthy people this way of eating is good during first months, i.e. it will help you get rid of excessive weight. But to save the shape, and to get more results if you want, you have to workout. I don't mean sweating at some expensive gym. Just simple exercises at home, at least 30 mins a day (not at once, you may split).

So, proper eating + movement = desired result. Without each other they're useless!


GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS on Healthy Eating

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How to Make California Rolls

Here I'm giving a link for a video on how to make California rolls and showing my very first experiment (how to make a California Roll Uramaki).

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How to Make Russian Salad: Herring Under Coat

I hope you (all those who will prepare and eat this) will appreciate this simple, delicate, substantial and tasty dish))
You'll need:
150 gr of salted herring
1 small clove of onion
boiled vegetables: 
2 big potatoes
1 middle beetroot
1 carrot
4 boiled eggs
and mayonnaise sauce.
Salad is done in layers, and the 1st one is herring cut into pieces about 1 cm long. Then comes, everything cut into small cubes, - onion, 1st potato, mayonnaise, beetroot, carrot, 2nd potato, again mayonnaise and all eggs as a cover. Eggs should be grated on a grater or just cut thinner than vegetables. Don't press this upper layer to others, it should be fluffy. ^_^
All in all, the process is much easier and quicker if you've got a blender... ^_^ 

How to Make Pancakes With Apples ^_^

I decided to start New year from a scary step. I roasted pancakes (!!!). Though not simple ones but with apples! My family was just gobbling them)))

The recipe of family euphoria is simple ^_^

1 glass of curdled milk/not very thick sourcream

1 egg

1 big spoon of sugar

a pinch of salt

baking soda (on an edge of knife)

1 glass of wheat flour

1 apple, peeled and cut into very small cubes)) I added also some cinnamon.

Put the dough into a frying pan with sunflower seed oil, with a big spoon.

This is a really tasty dish for tea. ^_^