Weekend Lunch

Now that the weather these days is amazing, we arranged for a barbique lunch this past weekend. Whe brought Grillo over and had 2 food stations.. one for burgers and hotdogs and another for 9aj..

This is the burgers and hotdogs station

They also brought fryers with them to fry chicken nuggets for the kids and fries

and this is the 9aj station..

For dessert they made us nutella with banana 9ajs (they brought rahash with them as well bs no one tried it)

The food was sooooo good! the burgers were juicy and grilled to perfection.. the 9aj variations were soooo many il wa7id yi7taar eshyakil.. they were punctual arriving exactly when we wanted them to, and they were clean!

il 7imdilah it was a success =)

So velvety

Red velvet.. such a pretty sight! from basic ingredients being incorporated to the end result, the colours the colours!! i couldn't resist posting these pics, it was hard choosing which pics to post when all of them were so wonderful post worthy.. 

I made this along time ago but forgot to post it, bs what better time to post it than in Ramadan?? ;p 

It was a crowd pleaser ;)

Cookies

Whenever I'm in london, an almost daily stop for me is Marks & Spencer's food grocery on Oxford street to get me some chocolate chip cookies.. I just MUST have it everyday!

The other day while shopping at 360's M&S I found this box and I was ecstatic!

I had to grab one to try at home.. it contains 2 bags, one for the dry ingredients and another for the chocolate chips.. u'll only have to add butter and little bit of water..

Results? I can have my fav cookies right here at home! although mine was a bit buttery, I think I added a little more than what I should have.. but it sure did taste and look the same!

so much for dieting ;p

Rare commodity

Sipping my fav morning drink.. I realized that it was the last box of chocolate milk in the fridge.. and with the KDD factory not functioning after the fire I can't seem to find it on any co-op's shelf =(

so I had to take a pic as a memory.. who knows when is the next time I'm gonna have another one =(

the funny thing enna right after that and when checking my reader I saw this post.. hahah! it seems that I'm not the only one missing it!

the question is what brand has the 2nd best chocolate milk?? last time I bought almara3i's bs ma jarrabtah still.. any recommendations would be appreciated!

Going German!

This has got to be one of my faaaaaav cakes ever on this planet!
only topped by the Carrot Cake.. what i love the most about German chocolate cake is it's frosting.. so goood its a crime!

for a gathering a while ago i decided to try making it myself..
just have look at those heavenly pics =D


u sift the dry ingredients


while ur chocolates melt

and cream the butter

and mix in the sugar and eggs

add the dry ingredients

fold in the melted chocolate

until well incorporated

batter ready for baking

while baking the cake we prepare the frosting.. I hate it when a recipe asks for egg yolks only.. it's not that easy dividing the yolks from whites!



adding the sweetened coconut flakes

add the chopped pecans and the frosting is reaaaaady! YUM!

I like "washing the dishes".. u know i have to try it to see if something's missing ;p

toothpick-inserted-coming-out-dry won't apply much here bcoz of the melted chocolate folded in

ready to get dressed


et voila!


the only problem is that it was messy.. the cake wayd kan yitfatat (as u can see in the pic above) I don't know what I did wrong.. but I like to think it's bcoz the cake was moist and that's an added bonus! after all, it's the taste that counts not the looks ;p