Coffee and travel

Coffee...
Espresso, Latte, Capuccino, Frappe...
I like coffee and one cup of coffee can make my day... Especialy on Sunday morning:)

Smell of the coffee is the best thing which can make you get up in the morning during the week, help you when you are tired and it is essential elemnt of  lovely afetrnoon in lovely cafe. Especially I like small stylish cafes which not only serve coffee but which have special climate and atmosfere.

I like observe how people drink and serve coffee in different parts of the world. While traveling I see that everywhere it is served in diffrent way in different mugs, cups and it taste differently.


Coffee in Spain

Coffee in Cuba

Coffee in Paris

Coffee in Greece

Coffee in Taihland

Coffee in Madeira

and coffee in my flat in Glasgow:)

Dream Kitchen

Kitchen is a magic place in the home. This is a centre of it. This is a place where we can cook, talk, spend time around the table with our family and friends. This is a place which smell freshly prepared dinner when the loves one come back to home, the place full of herbs, sweets and baking cakes.

Little Miss Spoon dreams about white big kitchen with kitchen island in the middle, beautifully decorated with big table in the middle…

Right know she likes going here: www.decorpad.com and looking for some inspiration…maybe some time in the future she will have her own dream kitchen.

 

And for you? What is your dream kitchen? Do you have any ideas or maybe you know any websites where we can find some inspiration?

Greek salad

The most simple and the most famus salad in the world. Will be perfect side during the grill and party. Greek salad the best in summer season when we can get the best tomatoes and cucumbers. In Greece is served everywhere in any café far away in villages and in hotels full of turists.

The most simple the better it tastes.

You do not need to be culinary talented to do it. What you need is fresh vegetables, feta cheese, good quality extra vergin olive oil, salt and oregano.

Greek salad

Ingredients:

       3 large tomatoes

1 cucumber

1 red onions

200g feta cheese

1 cup of black olives (Greek Kalamata olives are the best one)

salt

2 tbsp oregano

lemon

4 tbsp olive oil

 

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes and cucumber into quite large pieces
2. Peel onion, cut into half and cut into thin slices.
3. Add olives and mix everything
4. Add cut into cubes feta cheese
5. Sprinkle with oregano, olive oile and squeezed lemon and mix.

 

Bon appetit!!!

Little Miss Spoon

Tasty treat for all fans of white wine and sophisticated tastes

Romantic supper will be ideal with risotto in white wine with chicken and mushrooms To this a glass of white wine…  Lets discover the secrets of cooking this dish.

 

The secret of every risotto is of course rice. Little Misss Spoon uses Gallo Arborio Rice. To get the perfect flavour to her risotto she added good quality withe wine -white Merlot wine and of course butter to make  dish velvety and creamy.

So pour a glass of good white wine and prepare risotto.

Risotto with chicken and mushrooms

Ingredients:

       400g/14oz arborio risotto rice

glasses of white wine

1 litre hot vegetable stock

2 onions, sliced

300g mushrooms

2 chicken breasts

2 cloves of garlic

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp chopped fresh basil

1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme

1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

olive oil, for frying

Method:

1. Cut the chicken breasts into pieces and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and thyme. Heat the oil in a frying pan and place the chicken breasts. Fry the chicken breasts on both sides until lightly browned.
2. In the other pot fry mushrooms with 1 onion. Season with salt and pepper as well.  When mushrooms will be ready sprinkle with parsley.

3.      The next step is heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion until soft add garlic. Add the rice and stir well, then add the wine and simmer until reduced completely. Add a good ladleful of the hot stock and stir continuously. When all this has been absorbed, add more stock. Continue adding more stock, stirring continuously, until the rice is cooked. Then season with basil

4. When the rice is soft add a bit of cold butter. Thanks to it our dish will become velvety.
5. Add the chicken and mushrooms, mix everything and season to taste.

6.      To serve, place the risotto into serving bowls and sprinkle with parsley. Add some salads as a side.

Bon appetit!!!

Little Miss Spoon

Why we should eat grapefruits? Do grapefruits help us to becoming slimmer?

Vitamin C
Undoubtedly one of the greatest benefits of citrus fruit is high in vitamin C. The quantity of vitamin C in one grapefruit is sufficient to meet the daily needs of the human body for this component. you do not be worry to eat them.

You are on diet and you want to loss some weight 
One grapefruit provide about 100 kcal. It is worth to say that all citrus fruits especially grapefruit have a low glycemic index, and therefore do not cause spikes in glucose levels, and do not cause a faster feeling of hungry.

Dietary fiber and antioxidants 
Grapefruits contain significant amounts of precious fiber, which has a positive impact on the work of the digestive system. The antioxidants they contain, lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, enhance immunity, protect DNA from damage. They have antimicrobial activity and anti-inflammatory, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, and even neurodegenerative diseases (like Alzheimer's disease).

Grapefruits have detoxifying effects 
Another advantage of grapefruits is their detoxifying effects. The sour taste of citrus is associated with the current citric acid in them. It has been proved that regular consumption of grapefruit, protects against kidney stones. Citric acid along with vitamin C increases iron absorption. Therefore, grapefruit juice is the perfect drink with meals. But they should not be used for drinking when you swallow some medicines. Acidic and antioxidants in them may interact with certain drugs and potentiate or weaken the effects of medications.