Sunday, March 21, 2021
From my diaries/ Olive tree, symbol of peace๐ณ
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
From my diaries/ Creamy Leek Soup
Improve your immune system by eating veggies during the Covid-19 pandemic. I love.. love veggies!!! I am a person who eats veggies with love. Even if you‘re not a veggie lover, I suggest you to give this beneficial tasty soup recipe a try. New tastes, new habits, new starts to welcome Spring. Why not?
Cooking veggies is as fun as eating them for me. I'm so glad hubby is a veggie person too :) My son loves some of them but he doesn't like leek. Except this creamy leek soup. It’s cold outside today, a cup of hot creamy soup. That is totally what I crave!
One thing I love about making soup is, you can also use ripe ingredients. Fridge cleaning recipes save the day. Right?
3 cups chopped leeks
1 cup Yukon gold potatoes (peeled, chopped)
1 cup carrot (chopped)
3 cups of veggie broth.1 cup carrot (chopped)
3 cups of water
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 cup coconut milk (or any plant based milk)
2 garlic cloves (peeled and smashed)
1 small chopped onion
2 tbsp olive oil
2 bay leaves
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp dry mint
A touch of turmeric
Salt, pepper
In a large sauce pan, sautรฉ onion, leek, carrot until softened and add potatoes, garlic, salt pepper. Stir a few minutes and add the bay leaves, veggie stock and water.
Cook until the potatoes are tender. Remove from heat and remove bay leaves. Stir in the lemon juice and coconut milk. Add turmeric, mint, and more salt for taste if needed.
Pour the soup into the blender and puree until it's smooth.
Sprinkle black pepper and thyme or chopped parsley on top and serve.
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
From My Diaries /Since April
December is at the corner. So, I hope, I wish and I pray for the last month to not bring any other bad event to anywhere or anyone. We already have a virus problem that kills people everyday.
What a year...
Wild fires in Australia, airplane crashes in Iran and Pakistan, social unrest over the killing of George Floyd, the deadly explosions in Beirut, shooting down the Ukrainian airliner PS752, killing 176 people on board, violence in Delhi, a locust swarm outbreak in East Africa, earthquakes in Turkey. 177 people died here in Izmir which is the city I live.
Aria and I stopped by D&R that day to buy new books.I always miss the smell and the sound of a new book. Suddenly, I feel like my blood pressure was getting high for a second. Because, it happens sometimes and I say” is that an earthquake? Then the books dropped on us from the shelves. We ran out the store. It was scary. We were lucky that there were no major damage or death here in Cesme, unlike the centre. Some of them were relocated to tents after the disaster. People in Izmir/city center are still trying to get back to normal.
Aria and I stopped by D&R that day to buy new books.I always miss the smell and the sound of a new book. Suddenly, I feel like my blood pressure was getting high for a second. Because, it happens sometimes and I say” is that an earthquake? Then the books dropped on us from the shelves. We ran out the store. It was scary. We were lucky that there were no major damage or death here in Cesme, unlike the centre. Some of them were relocated to tents after the disaster. People in Izmir/city center are still trying to get back to normal.
Have you you read the book Pyramid by Tom Martin? It’s the last book I read that I grabbed from my son’s shelf. Since the subject is about the secrets of the universe it caught my attention and hunger to read it all day long.
An eminent Oxford professor is murdered. But authorities are calling it a suicide. Oxford professor Catherine Donovan finds herself chasing the truth all around the world trying to save it from certain destruction. She meets Dr. Rutherford, a classicist, and together they chase the late professor's death trail, led by gematric clues. It is an easy and enjoyable read.
An eminent Oxford professor is murdered. But authorities are calling it a suicide. Oxford professor Catherine Donovan finds herself chasing the truth all around the world trying to save it from certain destruction. She meets Dr. Rutherford, a classicist, and together they chase the late professor's death trail, led by gematric clues. It is an easy and enjoyable read.
In fact, everything was repeated all over the world. Aliens weren't coming or restarting life. It was the man who always managed to gain access to advanced technology. But selfishness would turn the earth into a cloud of dust, again.
They are the good ones who have broken the secret of the universe and the bad ones who do not realize that they are part of the universe.
A little bit of this, a little bit of that.
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I can't believe that Aria is a college student. He is studying Applied English and Translation in Izmir University of Economics. He chose French as his third language.
Class 2020 is unlucky. They couldn’t start this long awaited exciting life stage as they had hoped. Masks, social distance with friends and finally online education because of coronavirus. They couldn’t even have a prom. Sometimes I forget and call him;
Me: Honey, I have fresh coffee, do you want some? (Yelling to his room)
Him: Mooom, be quite! I’m in the class ๐
Anyway, we are thankful for technology that allows him to join class online. Unfortunately, it was not the college life they all waited for.
Me: Honey, I have fresh coffee, do you want some? (Yelling to his room)
Him: Mooom, be quite! I’m in the class ๐
Anyway, we are thankful for technology that allows him to join class online. Unfortunately, it was not the college life they all waited for.
The class that studied for only half a term last year, the exam stress combined with a mask in the hot sunny classrooms where the air conditioners are not operated because of the virus precautions, the pandemic struggles in the education system, the curfew is for under the age of 18, the days are short when there are limited hours.
I found peace while listening to nature.
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Pomegranates from our garden. |
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It was a windy day. But that's ok. We were out together and taking nature pics. |
...and spending time in the kitchen always makes me peaceful
Since 2020 made a bad start and insists on being a horrible year for the world, I think Halloween was one of the enjoyable days of this year. Making pumpkin pancakes and watching our jack’o lantern in the front yard was fun. Aria carved the pumpkin and made eyes and mouth very well. Success! What do you think ?
No trick or treating since we moved to Turkey.. Costume parties? Yes, it’s not common but there is! Anyway Covid-19 doesn’t allow such a thing this year anyway. So, getting in the kitchen together and making pumpkin pancakes with cinnamon & ginger topping was definitely fun, as much as eating them ๐☺️
So thankful that we all are healthy and together ๐
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I had 4 cups of coffee while waiting for him to come out from preparatory exam across the campus ๐ He got 1st place with 96%!! ๐ |
The day was hard but a gift arrived at the end of that day, which was very thoughtful ๐๐
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We opened the candy package first and couldn’t stop having another one ๐ |
Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping a better one for next year for all of us ๐
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