NO RISING 15 MINUTE SUNDAY ROLLS

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15 minuten brötchen

 

Good Sunday morning!!

This is it! Why haven’t I thought of it before? There is no need to leave your house any more to go and get Sunday morning rolls.

Make them yourself in only 15 minutes…

NO RISING 15 MINUTE SUNDAY ROLLS

Makes 4

200 g spelt flour

100 g all purpose-flour

1 Tsp salt

1 Tsp sugar

1 Pack baking powder

200 ml water

50 g sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 180 °C. Mix and knead all ingredients until they form a soft only slightly sticky dough. Divide dough into 4 balls and press them from both sides into sunflower seeds. Place the flattened dough onto a baking sheet together with a cup of hot water. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

DONE!!

 

WALNUT BREAD

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WALNUT BREAD

150 g rye flour
150 g spelt flour
200 g all-purpose flour
1 pack dried sour dough (Alnatura)
1 pack dried yeast
2 Tsp salt
1 Tsp sugar
100 g walnuts
300-350 ml hand-warm water

Put all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Pour water in the middle and start mixing dough from the side into the middle. Knead until a soft dough has formed that springs back in you press with your finger and form a ball. Sprinkle with flour and cover. Let rise at a warm place for 30 minutes. Knead again and press into a bread baking form. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes. Meanwhile preheat oven to 180 °C. Place a bowl filled with water onto a baking wrack. Place in bread and bake for 45 minutes. The water in the oven will make a wonderful crust on your bread. Let cool and enjoy!!

BATH BOMBS AGAINST A COLD

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Need relieve for your nasal and sinus congestion during your cold? Try these wonderful bath bombs! They helped me!

BATH BOMBS AGAINST A COLD

Makes 5

200 g Baking soda (Natron)

100 g citric acid (Zitronensäure zum einkochen)

150 g salt

12 Tbsp oil (e.g. olive, rapeseed…)

15 drops 100 % pure rosmary essential oils

15 drops 100 % pure teatree essential oils

1 Tsp spinache powder for the color (optional)

Mix and form a ball or press into molds of a silicon form. Let them dry for 2 days. Use within 2 month or the sizzling will lose effect. You can also add food coloring if desired.

Get well soon!!

HELP FOR A SORE THROAT

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It got me! Somebody gave me a common cold with a sore throat.

But what now?

My mother’s advice is always the best! No need to take these harsh medicines (like Chlorhexamed), which has always made my sore throat worse instead of better!

These two natural medicines both work like a miracle and we all have the ingredients at home. Your sore throat will feel better after the first usage.

HELP FOR A SORE THROAT

 

#1 GARGLE WITH SALT WATER

1 cup water, body temperature

1 Tsp salt

Dissolve salt in water and gargle as long and as often as possible. This solution is due to its high salt concentration antibacterial basically because of the osmotic effect. Don’t swallow!

 

#2 GARGLE WITH SAGE TEA

1 cup water, boiling

1 heaped teaspoon dried sage

Make a tea of the sage and water and let stand covered until cooled to body temperature. Gargle as long and as often as possible. Sage has an antibacterial function. This really works very well!

WORKSHOP – NATURAL COSMETICS

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Today was the first Natural product workshop of THE NICI FARM!!

Eight wonderful and inspiring ladies participated in making lip balm, 2 different deodorants, coconut massage bars and sizzling bath bombs!! Most people where surprised how easy it was to make your own cosmetics.

I thank you all and especially Caitlin from ACTIVE ENGLISH IN GRAZ for the great time I had and for the wonderful thoughts and comments! It was such a pleasure to get to know so great people!

I hope you will enjoy your self-made natural cosmetics at home and try to make them yourself.

See you at our next workshop!!

FENNEL-HONEY COUGH SYRUP

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Oh no! Caught a cough? Here I have the best and most tasty cough-syrup you can even use for your toddler.
! Note: No honey should be given to children under the age of 1 year!

FENNEL-HONEY COUGH SYRUP

10 g bitter fennel seeds (crushed in a mortar), best from the pharmacy
500 g honey (from flowers)

Mix and let sit for 7-10 days. Turn glass once a day. Warm the honey a little bit and pour through a sieve to get out the largest part of the fennel seeds. Fill fennel-honey into bottels. You can keep the fennel seeds as well in a jar to make a sweet fennel tee.
Fennel loosens the mucous in the bronchia and eases the transportation out of the lung.
Get well soon!!

SHRIMP BURGER WITH LEMON-MAYONNAISE AND RUCOLA

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Oh, I just love burgers! And I love them even more when they are low in fat and healthy!!

Try my new creation:

SHRIMP BURGER WITH LEMON MAYONNAISE AND RUCOLA

(Makes 3 burgers)

For the patty:

250 g Shrimp, fresh or thawed and chopped

1 egg

50 g bread crumbs

1 Tsp salt

Pepper

Ground lemon peel from ½ lemon

Flour to pat

2 Tbsp Olive oil for frying

For the lemon mayonnaise:

10 Tbsp Low fat mayonnaise

Lemon juice from ½ lemon

½ Tsp salt

Pepper

To complete as you desire:

rucola, tomato, red onions….

Burger bun (see my easy burger bun recipe at THE NICI FARM)

 

To make the patty mix all ingredients until combined (except flour), form  patties and turn in flour to cover slightly. Fry in heated olive oil for about 4 minutes each side until slightly browned. For the sauce mix all ingredients. Put the burger together as you prefer it.

Enjoy!!

Snickerdoodles

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Snickerdoodles

 

Good morning, Honey!! Today is Snickerdooooooodle day!! I just loooooove them (my honey and the snickerdoodles…)!!

SNICKERDOODLES

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tsp baking powder
1 Tsp baking soda (Natron)
1/4 Tsp salt
8 Tbsp butter, melted
2 eggs
1/2 cup neutral oil (rapeseed or sunflower..)
1 3/4 cups sugar, plus more if needed
2 Tbsp ground cinnamon, plus more if needed

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line baking sheets with baking parchment paper. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In the bowl combine butter, oil, and 1 1/2 cups sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs, and beat to combine. Add dry ingredients, and beat to combine. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the ground cinnamon. Make balls of 1 Tbsp dough, and roll in cinnamon sugar. Place about 5 cm apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake about 10 minutes, rotating the baking sheets after 5 minutes. Surface of cookies should crack. Let cool if you can fight off the others in the room (which I apparently couldn’t as you can see in the picture). The Snickerdoodles look raw when done and are very soft. When they cool they become hard and crunchy. Trust me and just wait untill they are cold! Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.

YUMMMMMMMYYYY!!

 

SIZZLING BATH BOMBS

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It’s just the right time of year for a hot steaming bath, isn’t it?

Don’t you find these Bath Products like LUSH extremely expensive?

Well, I tell you what…I want to have a “smile” post for everyone who is surprised how easy you can make real bath bombs yourself in under 7 minutes for under 1 € each!!

SIZZLING BATH BOMBS

Makes 5

200 g Baking soda (Natron)

100 g citric acid (Zitronensäure zum einkochen)

150 g salt

12 Tbsp oil (e.g. olive, rapeseed…)

30 drops 100 % pure essential oils (any kind you like)

 

Mix and form a ball or press into molds of a silicon form. Let them dry for 2 days. Use in 2 month or the sizzling will lose effect. You can also add food coloring if desired.

Have fun!!