SHAVUOT DAIRY DELIGHTS

SHAVUOT ….FESTIVAL OF FRUITS AND CHEESES, SUMMER BOUNTY

Cheeses  come in a large variety of local and imported kinds. I like to use local cheeses. The variety is enormous and the amazing goats cheese are simply are the best.

Create a few simple dishes with cheese. Cheese cake, scones a pasta dish and a quiche

Just add a bowl of fruit, ice cream  a bottle of wine ,a few wholesome breads and you have a wonderful meal.

CHEESE CAKE RECIPE BY MY FRIEND HANAH.

The Pastry base.

1 cup flour. 1 level teaspoon baking powder.

2 0zs butter/ ¼ cup sugar

I beaten egg.

Rub the butter and flour together, add the butter and sugar and egg.

Roll and place in a baking tin and refrigerate for an hour or two.

The Filling.

500grams 5% Cream cheese

½ cup sugar

2 eggs

¼ pint cream

 I dessertspoon vanilla custard powder, mixed with the cream.

 Mix all well and pour into the base. Bake in a 325 oven for 40 minutes.

Serve with a diced fruit salad, or cut up strawberries or a coulis of granadilla pips.  Enjoy

MOM’S SCONES

. 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons of sugar .1/2 teaspoon of salt.

4 tablespoons butter. 2 eggs

 1/3 cup of cream or milk. You can use soya milk.

Mix the dry ingredients. Work in the butter. Add the beaten eggs. Toss the dough onto a floured board and roll quarter of an inch  in thickness. Cut into squares  or rounds. You can grate in a few teaspoons of cheddar or parmesan cheese.  Bake at 180 degrees or 450,  for fifteen minutes. Serve with butter and ja, whipped cream and blackberries or strawberries.

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QUICK DOUGH FOR PIZZA, QUICHE OR BASE FOR SAVOURY PIES.

1 cup of Self Raising flour

2 tablespoons of butter. A pinch of salt

1 beaten egg  with a little cold water.

Rub the butter with the flour and salt.

 You can add ½ a teaspoon baking powder.

Mix in the water and egg . Roll into a dough on a floured board. Chill the dough for an hour in the fridge.

 Use a lightly oiled baking dish or pizza tray

 And press the dough in. Fill with your choice and bake in an oven of 180 until the dough looks firm and light brown.

SHAVUOT IDEAS THAT ARE QUICK AND EASY.

Serve a cut up fruit salad with ice cream balls and fresh bread and butter.

Yogurt in a bowl, with cut uo fruit of the season, a tablespoon of granola and silan, date mixture or honey. People love this.

For kids. Make a platter of diced cheeses with toothpicks, cut up cucumbers  and cherry tomatoes. Cut thin strips of peeled carrots and leave in iced water for an hour. Serve cut up watermelon and grapes. They love to choose and create their own plate. Have a lovely fruit drink with dizzy looking straws and colorful serviettes

Serve a slice of quiche with grated carrots, diced cucumbers, sliced radishes and kohlrabi. Use cherry tomatoes that have been in a marinade of olive oil, chopped basil and mint leaves. You wash and prick the tomatoes and simply leave them in a marinade for a few hours. Adds color and style to the plate.

Have a relaxed week, enjoy the fun and trips around our glorious land.

LOVE AND LIGHT 

RONA

YOGURT THE WONDER FOOD.

YOGHURT

One of the greatest foods is Yoghurt.  I have enjoyed this for over forty years and never tire of the fact that it is satisfying, can be created in a variety of tastes and works as a healing and nutritious food.

When I opened my Health Store in the late sixties, I found that this was a novelty When you visited many spots in Europe , especially health and wellness farms, they introduced you to natural Yoghurt. One you developed a taste for it, it became a favorite in your diet.

Here are a few original ways to enjoy Yoghurt

For a healthy breakfast, have yoghurt with cut up fresh fruits of the season, and a few spoons of granola. Add honey or date syrup, a sprinkle of cinnamon and enjoy.

 Sunrider   NU PLUS is a food you can add to Yoghurt. It is a Soya based  choice and comes in a few   flavors .Ideal for the traveler as it comes in a packet as a powder  and creates a quick and balanced meal.

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TZATZIKI.

The ideal cold soup or as a meal with a salad. You can pour it over sliced, baked potatoes, or eat it with steamed vegetables.

 250 ml natural yoghurt. One large diced cucumber, two finely chopped garlic cloves, a teaspoon of lemon juice, a teaspoon of olive oil ,vegetable salt and pepper to taste. 

Mix all the ingredients in a blender, chill and serve in a soup bowl or in a jug to use in different ways.

I find that this is lovely as a soup with toasted bread  or pitot
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APRICOT YOGHURT TART

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200 GRAMS crushed Petit beurre or ginger biscuits,

100 grams melted butter,2 tablespoons castor sugar one packet orange jelly 

,125ml hot water, 500 ml apricot yoghurt.

Make the base, use crumbs of biscuits, melted butter and castor sugar. Mix and press into  a base , the loose based kind. Place in fridge for ten minutes. Dissolve jelly in hot water. Cool, until it nearly sets, Whisk in the yoghurt Pour into the chilled biscuit base and chill. Decorate with whipped cream or some crushed almonds. Enjoy

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YOGHURT CAKE

 Easy and quick…………..

1 container yoghurt 1 ½ cups sugar 1 cup oil. 3 cups self raising flour

3 beaten eggs.  I add cinnamon and a cut up banana ,a grated apple or fruit in season.

Mix all together . Bake 40 minutes in hot oven

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SWEETCORN AND YOGHURT PIE.

Use two cups of sweet corn kernels, I container of cottage cheese, one jar of yoghurt and a cup of grated cheese. Mix all with two eggs and add vegetable salt, black pepper and a little grated onion, and  two tablespoons of  thinly sliced parsley. Place in a lightly oiled dish and bake in a medium oven for thirty minutes.  Serve with a fresh green salad and dressing of olive oil, lemon and herbs. Enjoy.

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SALAD DRESSING.

I               I use a jar of yoghurt, add vegetable salt, pepper, a little dried parsley and basil, a few chopped mint leaves and whisk it well. You can pour this onto a green salad. 

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If you enjoy baked sweet potato, potatoes, beets and zucchinis, you can pour a yogurt dressing over it all and serve it that way. Just  add a few grated walnuts on top

I use fruit yoghurt and mix it with chopped  cranberries, a few crushed walnuts and serve this over a baked apple.

Use a jar  of yoghurt, add chopped red pepper, chopped parsley, chopped cucumbers and half a cup of  thinly sliced lettuce. Place on a plate and add grated carrots, a few chopped nuts and raisins. Great summer meal.

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YOGHURT AS A FACE PACK, FIRST AID AND ADDITIVE TO HEALTH

  When you have anti  biotics, eat a yoghurt a day, plus the vitamins the Doctor advises

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 Use yoghurt as a face mask. Wash the face well and for oily skins,  use half a cup of yoghurt, plus a tablespoon of oats and a grated cucumber. Spread and leave on the face for fifteen minutes. Splash.

 off and dry.

  For a dry skin, mix the yoghurt with a few drops of olive oil and leave on the skin for ten minutes. Splash off.

I use yoghurt if I have sun burnt Just wipe onto the skin. For personal use there is nothing like yoghurt. Drink Cranberry juice to clear irritation and use yoghurt as a cream.

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HAVE A GOOD WEEK, ENJOY THE GROWTH OF SPRING AND TAKE TIME TO WALK AND SEE THE BLOSSOMS, INHALE THE FRAGRANCE .

. AND TUNE IN TO THE CHORTLING OF BIRDS IN FLIGHT,

LOVE AND LIGHT 

RONA. 

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SANE AND SENSIBLE CHOICES 2011

 SANE AND SENSIBLE FACTS RE EATING

After the holidays of Passover and Easter, we turn our thoughts to more sensible eating. Of course we gained some weight, but now we need to do something about it all. 

I do not believe in crazy  diets, weird concoctions to alter calories,  a zillion ideas instead of sugar and  impossible ideas about skipping meals, drinking cocktails of no sugar,   no calories,bad chemicals  and heavens knows what else.  

I  like the idea of three meals a day. I believe in the little snack that staves off hunger, but it must be in logical proportions to what you consume all day.

My son in law, Aaron Shuster advocates the Sunrider programme to keep  a good balance of weight and wellness and you can check him out on Facebook.

The idea of drinking less caffeine, a few good supplements, works for busy people. When you exercise and breathe well, you are on the way.

Some  of my friends go to a DETOX programme a few times a year. It reminds you of what you need to do. The drinks you consume are healthy, organic and full of minerals and vitamins. The few days you spend there are infused with good advice and ideas of healthy living for body and soul.  Look at the site of ZVIKE  and PNINA KOREN called JUICE FASTING.

CALL THEM AT 0544 425844     0544 766505

Some years ago I attended a Food Conference and the speakers were from Israel, Europe and people in our nearby countries. Local foods, the  fresh produce we have in our area, methods of preparation , were discussed. All of these  details are   important. Eating is a necessity,and must be  done with a spiritual and a conscious understanding of why we eat and how we prepare the food.

For starters look at your refrigerator and toss anything that is outdated,full  of chemicals, preservatives and is old. If it replaces the natural product, make the right choice. We do not need fancy salad dressings,  heavily mixed sauces and gravy additives to our foods 

GO BASIC AND NATURAL 

OLIVE OIL. LEMON JUICE, HONEY, TECHINA, MOLASSES, HERBS, NATURAL SEA SALTS AND VEGETABLE SALTS,

GOATS CHEESES, SKIP THE PROCESSED IMITATION CHEESES, BUY NATURAL YELLOW CHEESE.  FORGET ABOUT INSTANT SOUPS, GRAVIES, CONCOCTIONS THAT HAVE FANCY PACKINGING.  IF YOU LIKE  FANCY LABELS, BUY GIFT PAPER AND ENJOY AND ENJOY LOOKING AT THOSE. EVEN THE CEREALS WE BUY ARE  PREPARED IN WAYS YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. CHOOSE OATS, BRAN, PISTAN LINSEEDS  SEEDS, SESAME, COCONUT, NUTS AND RAISINS AND MAKE GREAT GRANOLAS AND  MUESLIS. ADD WASHED AND CUT UP DRIED FRUITS AND BAKE IN THE OVEN. HONEY IS A SUGAR CHOICE, A BIT OF CINNAMON AND A FEW CRUSHED ALMONDS MAKE A FABULOUS  CEREAL TO ENJOY WITH YOGURT, BUTTERMILK, SOYA OR MILK.

CHOOSE BREADS AND CRACKERS THAT ARE FREE OF ADDED QUANTITIES OF OILS, SALTS AND SUGARS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND MAKE IT ONE OF BETTER CHOICES.

LOVE AND LIGHT

RONA