The time is now - Let's get creative

The time is now - Let's get creative

Finding a food related topic that is interesting for people to read could be a real challenge. My first idea was trying a new recipe, taking some adequate pictures and commenting on the process, which would have probably been sort of banal. I realized I had to play with my creativity. So I thought „Why not combine these two ideas in order to get unique and impressive results?“ As I have always been crazy about trying out various creative ways of preparing and decorating food, I decided to share it with those who are eagerly interested in reading this blogpost. Each idea is linked to a short story of my life, so you may also get an even better picture of who I am.

The first idea is called „sliced baked potatoes“ which I first tried for mothers day, as my sister and i were preparing dinner for our family. It’s important to take bigger potatoes, because it makes the whole process a lot easier. Before cutting them, you peel (which is optional) and cook them as you would normally do when making for example mashed potatoes. Let them cool for a couple of minutes while you prepare the cheese slices. You can choose whatever kind of cheese you like, it is completely up to you. Remember that you do NOT want to slice them the whole way through, just approximately half way through. Try to insert the cheese carefully, as cooked potatoes are very soft. The only thing you can do wrong is that your slicing technique is not so good at the beginning, which is why my first attempt failed. But it’s not that hard to get the hang out of it. Put them in the oven for a few minutes and voilà - your perfect side dish is ready. Additionally you can put sour cream and some herbs on it to give it even more flavor. It’s really easy to make and it tastes absolutely delicious!

When thinking back to your 18th birthday, I’m pretty sure, most of us wanted a big party with lots of guests and, of course, a lot of alcohol. I remember being very excited about my birthday and wanting to have some special drinks for my guests. It was important to me that the drink (I decided to make a cocktail) not only looks gorgeous but also tastes delicious. The „Blue Hawaii Cocktail“ was exactly what I was looking for. I’m not going to explain how to prepare such mouth-watering cocktails, as everyone has his own special taste. All you need is white vodka, rum, pineapple juice along with some pineapple chunks and the secret ingredient blue curaçao. The reason I chose this cocktail is because it’s not bitter at all and you don’t taste the alcohol as intense as you do the pineapple juice. Additionally you could also put some whipped cream on top, which is another delicate way of preparing it.

Last summer my little brother celebrated his fifth birthday. What would you have prepared as a special sweet treat? I came across a really nice idea for children which could be done in 10 minutes - Chocolate cups. Basically I just melted some dark and white chocolate and blew up a couple of small balloons. The next step is to just take one of these balloons and dip it into the melted chocolate and then let it dry. After the chocolate sets, take a tooth pick and pop the balloon, so you can peel it of and have a perfectly small chocolate cup. To make it even more interesting, each cup was filled with either some ice-cream or various kinds of sweets for the children. As you can imagine, the kids were crazy about it.

How cute are these? My last idea would be perfect for those of you, who are still thinking about little treats for Easter. They are so easy to make and I guarantee you that people are going to love them. I just used small balls of dough for dinner rolls and snipped them to make the ears and I used a toothpick to poke into the dough in order to make the little eyes. Just put them into the oven and let them bake. I think I'll try them again this year on Easter Sunday. 

I have to admit, these are not my pictures - But I did try all of these and yes, I did photograph them, but all my photos were on my laptop, which broke down about two months ago. I lost every computer file, every picture and every song I had on my laptop, because the disk was defective. At least I learned to save every file on an external hard disk drive.

Who am I?

Hi y’all!

„So, tell me a little about yourself! “ How many times have you heard that one before? Do you like that question? I don’t even know where to start when someone asks me, so I don’t like that one in particular. It is always like „Do you want me to start at the beginning or do you want to hear the polished version? “ There are really a lot of things I am interested in. These are just a couple of important ones to be able to get a picture of who I am.

I could write about all the great places that I visited and about this and that course I participated in. You see, the reality is I haven’t visited any exciting places nor have I ever had the chance to take part in a course or, say, a play. Not that I wasn’t interested in it, on the contrary I would have loved to take piano lessons or visit Disneyworld. So ever since I was a kid I had to spice up my life my own way. Due to having a lot of siblings it was never boring at home. My big brothers and I have always been the comedians in our family – everything was and is inspiration to make a joke out of. This was when I developed my interests in mimicking accents and voices as well as imitating people and re-enacting scenes. My main goal was to make people laugh. Coming from a tough environment this was the only way to bring joy into the lives of my siblings and me. Sometimes it was more on the sarcastic side - but hey - a little bit of everything makes the dish better, doesn’t it? 

                          

However, making jokes and people laugh was not what I was doing for the past two decades. I have always been the happiest when I could borrow a new book from the library, because that was when I really parted with the reality and it relaxed me. Not only am I a bookworm, but also I like to write stories and years ago I had started to write a book which I will hopefully finish one day. The thing with me is I am constantly on the edge and like to get something done immediately otherwise I feel anxious. 

I guess until now you may have noticed that I like to express myself creatively and through various forms of arts. While I lived in Zagreb, Croatia, I attended the School of Applied Arts and Design to become a textile designer. Through this school I learned a lot about art itself as well as what results from a brush, some tempera and the right applied techniques. Now this is where makeup joins the party. During my schooling I fell in love with the art of makeup – the art of simply prettifying someone’s face in order to make their natural assets more noticeable. Makeup is one of my biggest passions. Except that, pretty much everything from the artistic circles draws my interest. There’s painting, singing, music itself, decorating or refurbishing old pieces of furniture etc.

You know, there is a lot more than I could possibly squeeze into this blog post but it would be really too long. I am going to stop at this point and encourage you to walk up to me and get to know me better. Maybe a lot of us actually share some interests and if so I would at least like to know who you are. 

I’ll see you around, Bye! :)