Ramadan !

      The best month of the year ( at least for me) is coming! Ramadan ! and it's kind of a "cleansing" month too,  not much going out, not much internet or any kind of distraction . so i'll be away from the web  for 4 weeks to get the best spiritual benefits possible.

      As an attempt of vlogging i made a little clip of this saturday outing , something new to alternate from photo diary, hope you like it !

and few shots of old Tunis, you can tell i'm obssessed with old , historical architecture, it doesnt have to be famous or fancy, it just have to have some  story behind, wich is the case of most towns and cities here

ootd :)

sis'!

hope you have a blessed ramadan and a lovely summer ! see you hopefully before Aid !

salam 

Imen xoxo

Breakfast

Strawberry season! so make the most of it , syrup, jam, frozen ...

i made a basic syrup with the ripe red ones and enjoyed it over buttermilk pancakes , yumm !

have a yummy week !

Imen xoxo

the week in photos : March

Finely got some jewelry work done! and some pretty new stuff are here to show!

 As you can see, miselanious colors, not following any style or "design thread", i make what i think is pretty, inspired from this and that, my work is like my mind , "a little from everything is better tan alot of one thing" :)
  This is the first part, other new things are comming soon !

the peach tree finely blossomed

   one of the yummiest things to taste if you ever come to Tunisia is Mlawy, a kind of homemade bread made with semolina, flour,  worked with olive oil and cooked on some kind of traditional clay pan!

mostly a breakfast bread so very good with honey or butter. you realy should try it !

    you may know this by now: i'm a huge fan of all thing traditional and "artisanal" , tunisian morrocan folkloric items. last saturday i got a basic white musk perfume oil from the traditional perfume market "elattarine"(perfume makers) and i got also this lovely hand blowen glass bottle for just 5dt ( about 2$) it's synthetic or plant based white musk but its very subtle, it doesnt make me sneeze like most commercials perfumes and it's reasonably cheap , a real good deal! i'll be back there to get the jasmine and rose ittr soon , they're heavenly calming and discret, great for a shy lady who doesnt like to be smelled from 2 blocs like me ;)

hope you had a lovely week !

see you soon

Imen xoxo

Sweet oranges maremelade

       Before last friday, i didnt know the difference between Jam and Marmelade ! turns out any citrus preseves are called Maremelade ! i love Google :)

       A useless information: i only eat sweet oranges, the regular ones are too sour for me, knowing that i LOVE lemons and add them to almost every thing i eat or drink , it's pretty strange.

       so i decided to do a maremelade as it's the end of oranges season soon and i love them for breackfast :

       for one medium jar :
-zest of 4 sweet oranges
-juice and seedless pulp of 4 sweet oranges and 2 lemons
-3 tbsp orange blossom water ( zhar)
-5 to 6 tbsp white sugar
-1 tsp corn starch ( you can add any vegeterian pectin if you dont do corn starch)


mix all ingredients in a sauce pan and stir until sugar is disolved, then cook on a very low heat for 90 mn , let cool before puting it in a sterilized jar. and put in  the fridge, to consume in 1 to 2 month.

hope you find this useful :) enjoy your weekend

Imen xoxo

Brown crêpes

              When it's sunny enough for me i like to spoil myself with a real breakfast. i find it Very hard to do it everyday as i'm an extremely moody person. i've had this idea of "dark crêpes" last week, mainly because i like adding Cocoa powder and chocolate to almost everything in my breakfast.

for 8 crêpes(2 persons)

    

  -1cup of all purpose flour

  -1 1/2 cups of milk

  -2 tbsp of vanilla sugar

  -1/4 tspof  salt

  - 2 tbsp of vegetable oil( or melted butter)

  - 2 eggs

  -1 tbsp of cocoa powder

in a glass bowl, mix the flour and the cocoa , add the sugar,salt, milk,egg and mix well. add the oil and mix again. in a hot crêpes pan pour a soup ladles and cook for half a minute on each side. serve hot with your topping of choice. cream cheese and/or hony  are  lovely with the cocoa flavor!

  if you try this please let me know what you think :)

enjoy your weekend!!

  Imen xoxo

Limy breackfast

           As of today i'm entering my "breakfast" phase! to clear things : winter is my dinner phase, spring and summer are my breakfast phase :) wich mean the main focus is on breakfast and brunch food , and today i'll give you an easy citrusy flavored recipe :

Lime and lemon pancakes and syrup, you need to make the syrup the day before.

 Pancake recipe

for 6 pancakes :

1 egg
1 cup of  sifted flour
3/4 cup of milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup lime juice
1 lime zest


preparing:

put all ingredients in a glass bowl, mix untill all combined, you dont need to work all the lumps .
grease a hot skillet , pour the mixture with a soup ladle, one pancake at the time,  let cook for 1 minutes on each side, or until the edges are brown.

serve hot with butter, fruits if wanted and syrup .

Lime Syrup:

for a small bottle

150g white sugar
2 tbsp honey
half a cup of water
half a cup of mixed lime juice and lemon juice
1 lime and 1 lemon skins

preparing: in a sauce pan mix all ingredients and wisk until the sugar is disolved. then put on a very low heat for about 20 to 30 minutes( or more until the syrup is thick enough for you ) remove the skins and let cool a bit before  pouring  it in the serving bottle. keep in the fridge and use it in the next few days .

         I'm not very good with mesuring and exact  details as i always forget to take notes when trying new recipes , so please taste and be very careful with cooking times( check if it needs less or more minutes to cook)

hope you'll enjoy this recipe ! tell me what you think if you try it .

have a lovely time

Imen xoxo