So I did end up making that soup....Sebzeli Sulu Kofte

So I really did end up making that soup last week.  I kinda took my dear sweet time to post this up though, but at least I can say I made my quota hehe. It seems like my posts are kinda stretching thin these days though.  My goal is that I want to post at least two posts per week, one in the beginning of the week and one at the end, and if I get more in between that then even better!

Ok, so onward to the soup. Last year my mom and I took a tour package of Turkey and I have to say, I was most inspired.  I really enjoyed the food there and this soup is something that I had on several occasions :) It's called "Sebzeli Sulu Kofte"  which is Meatballs and Vegetables in tomato sauce.  It's not really a soup, it's more of a stewish soup, I guess it really varies where you go to get it hehe.  I had made this once before and this time around I stuck a bit closer to the original recipe.  Last time I did not add the peas and it was a bit soupier. I also added red pepper paste to the mix to give it a more tomatoy taste to it. The one thing that I still notice is that I need to add more water next time. I'm not really that fond of chunky soups :)










I got the recipe off of this wonderful turkish cooking site called " Binnur's Turkish Cookbook".  I loved the concept of so many of these dishes that I actually got her book for Christmas! :) Since I'm not allowed to post the recipe here for the dish I'll link it here :  Sebzeli Sulu Kofte recipe.

Enjoy~~!!

And now for a little something extra! Shiba Cookies!

"Oh Mama! For me?"

B"efore you ask, No these are not cookies made from Shibas or are they made by Shibas. :) While cooking I decided to make a little extra something for my dog :) Sad thing is It was from a doggie cookie mix bag I bought in target recently and I only found 1 bag. It was just your standard  "Take this flour mix and add water and then cookie cut the shapes and bake" recipe.  I couldn't really tell you the ingredients even if I wanted to because it was not made from scratch. I would love to find a book out there for some cheap doggie baked goods! That would be fun :) 

These guys came out nice and crispy when they first came out of the oven but as time passed and I put them in a jar, they kind of got soft. I guess it's the ingredients in them or something? It was kinda odd. Ah well, but Ayato (my Shiba) loved them! He's lucky this week cause he's going to get a lot of these guys to finish them up quickly.  Now next on the agenda will be some cat treats!

Lemon Bars part 2 :D Woot! #2 is done!

Ok! So I finally got my lemon bars out! :D Not exactly in this weekly's order but who's counting right? This time a bought a real 9 x 9 brownie/cake pan and made them in there! :) The bars came out so much better this time around! I didn't have to fight with them to get them out of the pan and the texture was nice and even through out! Not as porous and bubbly like last time. I even coated them with confectioner's sugar and they looked and tasted even yummier than last time!

The recipe  that I used came from this page

" Cooking Done Light "
and here are the ingredients:

1/4 cup confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3 eggs
scant 3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
additional confectioners’ sugar, for dusting.

 If you want the actual directions please feel free to go to the website listed above. :) Thank you for these awesome lemon bars!!! I think they will be a family household staple! hehe. Now I just need to do them a couple dozen times and get them down packed so that I'm not looking at the recipe on a piece of paper all the time !! I kinda still wish I bought a Chumby to place on my kitchen counter so I could view recipes on it. Unfortunately in reality its not that practical for that use.. I'd prob get it messed up and dirty with little bits of lemon peel stuck on it and we don't want to do that to poor Chumby now do we? No we don't.. The text would probably be too small on it anyway... Oh! side note, I need to buy another 9 x 9 pan. These babies don't last a full day lol!!