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Hey guys!
Today I would like to share two recipes with you which I cooked with my mum on the weekend. The first one is a carrot-oatmeal soup and the second one is traditionally Turkish cooked green beans.  Both of them are not very hard to cook and it also doesn’t take a lot of time. Additionally, these dishes are very healthy. So, if you want to keep fit and eat healthy, why not try them out?

Let’s start with the soup.

Ingredients:

·         4 carrots

·         2-3 cups of oatmeal

·         1 soup cube

·         Water

·         Margarine

Directions:

1.       First, peel the carrots and grate them.

2.       Then take a pot and put in 2 tablespoons of margarine.

3.       After the margarine melted put in the grated carrots and stir-fry

        them.

4.       Put in the oatmeal and keep stirring.

5.       After 2-3 minutes add some water so that the carrot-oatmeal

       mixture is covered.

6.       When it’s hot dissolve the soup cube in it and let it simmer for about half an hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now to the Turkish green beans:

Ingredients:

·         500g green beans

·         1 large onion

·         1 clove of garlic

·         Pinch of salt

·         1 tablespoon  of tomato or pepper paste

·         Water

·         Splash of olive oil

·         1 soup cube

 

 

Directions:

1.       First, peel and chop the onion.

2.       Clean the green beans and cut them into large pieces.

3.       Stir-fry them together with the onion in a pot in a splash of olive oil.

4.       Add one tablespoon of tomato or pepper paste, a pinch of

       salt and a crushed clove of garlic.

5.       After the green beans lightly change their colour pour water over it so that everything is covered.

6.       When it’s hot dissolve the soup cube in it and let it simmer until the green beans are soft.

 

If you try to cook them by yourself, enjoy your meal and I hope you like it! :)

 

 

 

 

Who am I?

Hey guys! Some of you might already know me from my individual blog called ‘the life of Selin’ but for all of you who don’t know me by now: continue reading this blogpost if you’re interested!
Well first of all, my name is Selin Canli. As my surname indicates, I’m not 100% Austrian. My mother had a colleague who wanted to travel to Turkey to meet her penfriend and my mum joined her. There she met the brother of her colleague’s penfriend and he became my father later. The colleague of my mum married her penfriend and is now my aunt. Quite funny isn’t it?

But now I’ll tell you more about myself. Today I turned 19 and I live near Wr. Neustadt in Lower Austria. I have an elder brother and an elder sister. People who don’t know me would probably describe me as shy but when they get to know me better they soon find out that I’m a very humorous person and that I’m obsessed with singing. I took singing lessons for some years and had some gigs but due to university I had to quit. Down below there is a video of me performing Wings by Birdy. This was the first time I accompanied myself on the piano.

Beside making music I also love listening to music and so I often go to concerts and festivals. For instance I’ve been to Nova Rock and Frequency and saw bands like Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, A day to Remember, Kiss, Iron Maiden and many more. If you want to find out even more about me feel free to walk over and have a chat with me at the Wall.