Month: February 2016
Vegan kremalı tofu / Tofu with vegan creamy sauce
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Avokado soslu patates salatası / Potato salad with avocado dressing
Cumartesi günü ekşiliği ile her daim iştahımı açan patates salatasını yaptım. Patatesin varlığı mı, içindeki ekşiliğin bolluğu mudur bilemem iştahım olmamasına rağmen tüm porsiyonu saniyesinde bitirdim 🙂 Buyrun tarifim;
Since I had my PhD defence on 3rd of February, I couldn’t add new recipes for a long time. My family was here to support me. My mom was cooking, my father was taking care of garden and my husband was helping them. The only duty of mine was to get prepare myself for the defence and try to reduce the stress with the help of cosy home environment and supportive messages from my brother 🙂 After the defence, my family went back to Turkey and I try to get used to being alone. Like I mentioned before, cooking is a way of relaxing for me, especially when there is nothing to fix the problems. On Wednesday, there was a bomb attack in Ankara. A lot of innocent people died for nothing. On the other hand, some people try to destroy the beautiful forest in one of the village at Artvin (a city at the coast of the Black Sea) to build a mine. People are still resisting to stop this and leave the forest for its real owners which are animals. Dying of innocent people for nothing, not feeling safe for my family and friends, and everything goes in a wrong direction in Turkey… Those situations made me quite furious, sad and broken. I don’t want to go in details about those topics. The only thing I could do is to express my feelings. This Saturday, I made a potato salad which always appetize me with its sour taste. I can’t say whether it is because of my favourite vegetable potato or the sour taste of salad, I finish whole portion even I didn’t have my appetite 🙂 let’s have a look at the recipe;
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