Coconut and olive oil cookies/ bolachas de aveia de azeite e coco

I made this cookies for my parents while I’m back in Portugal as both have diabetes,  and they have s swwet tooth. They really enjoyed it.

Fiz estas bolachas para os meus pais pois tem ambos diabetes e adoram doces, estas bolachinhas sao mais saudaveis que outras coisas que compram. E elez gostaram bastante!

Mix 2 eggs with 50grans of dessicated coconut,  3tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar/honey/agave, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon,  2 handfuls of raisins,  1 handful of walnuts , 100grams of oats and 125 grams of natural whole yoghurt.  Make sure everything is coated and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 m or until golden.

Misture 2 ovos batidos com 50 grs de coco seco, 3 colheres de sopa de azeite, 1 colher de sopa de acucar muscavado ou mel, 1 colher de cha de canela, 2 maos cheias de passas, 1 mao cheia de nozes partidas, 100grs de aveia e 1 iogurte natural inteiro/ 125grs. Misture ate tudo ficar bem mexido e vai ao forno durante 20 minutos a 180 graus.

So the Italian post at last!

Finally found a bit of time to update my blog, I’ve been missing it. Work is _crazy_ at the moment, really, so I just about managed to go to the gym 3 or 4 times this week, came back home and died in the sofa! But now I am determined to update it at east 3 times a week 😀

So…when I was in Italy, Rimini, I dind’t have many deserts, my weakness it’s their savoury dishes. I think I had gelato once just, sorry ice cream lovers!

The first 2 are from my previous holiday to Italy

Squid ink Risotto,  I love it so much!!

Fish antipasto, if you like fish, this is heaven!

Pasta with clams, one of my favorite pasta dishes, and as you can see I LOVE seafood 🙂

This is another antipasto, it has 3 different cheeses, meats and some fried bread, yummiiiii

And that with pizza with rosemary, sea salt and olive oil

Seafood risotto and pasta with tomato sauce and seafood!

 

Most of this food came from D. parentsrestaurant  in Rimini, the food is amazing so if you do go there please give it a try, you will not regret, the name is B&B and it’s located in Viserbella. 😀

Just a picture of the scenery

Italian food is one of my favorite cuisines, lots of fresh, organic  ingredients, handled in a very simple way, it’s right up my street!

Tomorrow I will make black beans brownies, so please keep an eye for updates.

What are your favorite cuisines?

Thank you for checking the blog out;)

Vegan Mushroom Risotto

This week I just have one day off so I’m having a lazy stay at home day to try to rest as much as possible ( and the weather is not nice, it’s june after all!!)

So for our lunch today I decided to do some funghi risotto, it’s easy and very tasty but it does take awhile to cook, but totally worth it 🙂

Ingredients : I’m sure you know most of the ingredients, just to let you know that the dry mushrooms are called oyster, we buy them in asian grocery shops, and in the jar is homemade chili oil.

Soak the dry mushrooms for 5 minutes and keep the water.

Start frying onion garlic bay leaves and olive oil,when soft add the mushrooms,that have been previously chopped.

Let it fry for awhile until the mushrooms become softer, add the rice and let it fry a bit and squeeze some lemon juice ( you can use white wine or beer).

Add the mushroom water and let the rice absorb it. Mix some vegetable stock with water and put it into the rice slowly always allowing the rice to absorb the liquid before adding some more.

My ratio is usually per each cup of rice 2 cups of water, but risotto needs more water.

When the rice is cooked but still has a bite, take it from the hob and serve immediately.

Use whatever garments you prefer, I chose parsley and vine tomatoes.

Have a lovely day! I’m going to rest some more before going to the gym  for some bums tums and thighs, and watch a film with my other half in the evening.

How do you keep motivated ? What inspires you not to give up the gym?