Wenn I don't feel well...

This week was not my week. A lot of people get influenza, cough, sore throat. And I was one of them.

The whole week I could not speak (lucky you my honey baby hubby..lol)

The doctor gave me a very strong antibiotic and the side effect was a diarrhea!!! It was terrible, I could not do anything, I was weak and bored at home!

A friend of mine suggested to drink this tea, traditional indonesian tea with ginger, lemon gras and honey. The taste is very good, it warms your throat and stomach.

What you need are:
ginger, cut in slices
lemon gras
honey
boiled water

The method is very simple: put all the ingredients in the boiled water. Covered the pan. Let it 10 minutes or more. Then drink it as long as it warm.

Have a beautiful spring weekend, everybody!

Welcome Spring 2011

How happy I was, as I saw this tiny god's creature. Snow drops is the first spring message. This time they came out on time. As soon as the snow melt, they can't wait to show their beauty..

A few days later snow drops showed their "clothes", open their "wing" and you see the green "point" between their wing.

When snow drops started to wilt, it's time for crocus. I love this mini, tiny crocus. It looks like a little princess who is dainty but frail..:-)

In the early evening, when the sun set, I shot this narcissus..the golden yellow color replaces the sunshine which just slowly has disappeared.

This kind of narcissus is one of my favorite. I like the colour combination on this image. Yess, spring is colorful, and it colours your life too!

Tulip has not yet bloom in Salzburg. But I needed also some colour and spring feeling inside the house. Meanwhile you can find tulip also in supermakt and it is quite cheap. They are already a week in the vase, and almost wilt.

I hope you can enjoy the pictures as much as I do and I wish you all a beautiful, colourful, warm spring!!

Valentine

Meatballs Soup

Meatballs soup is one of very popular soup in Indonesia. There is no wonder if you find many street vendors with their mobile vendors "car" selling this soup. Of course as an indonesian, I love this soup too. Unfortunately I can't make nice round meatballs until now..
For these photos I bought ready to use meatballs.

This is my entry for Click August with the theme "ALLIUM".

http://jugalbandi.info/2009/07/click-august-2009-allium/

Tomatoes Soup

Summer time is the best time to work in the kitchen with tomatoes. Their taste is very good and very aromatic, because they got power naturally from the sun and not from the glass house.

I tried to plan tomatoes this year, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. So, for this soup I bought the tomatoes from the supermarkt..

Cold Tomatoes Soup:
1 kg tomatoes
1 tea spoon sugar
1 tea spoon salt
6 spoon white balsamic-vinegar
pfeffer
olive oil

Method:
Wash the tomatoes, chopp and blend them in the mixer. Add sugar, salt and pfeffer. Put it in the refrigerator. Before serving, stir soup well and add some olive oil. You can add some double cream or cream cheese if you like.

Summer's Joy -

Summer's fruits become my favorit objects lately. It's just a fun to see them throug the lens. One of them is rapsberry. I took this picture yesterday, with my EOS 400D and 100mm f/2,8.

Wishing you all a beautiful summer time!!

This picture is my entry for click with the theme "bi-colour".

More info: http://jugalbandi.info/2009/06/click-july-2009-bi-colour/

My Power-Drink

Gee..the last few days was so hot and humid in Salzburg. It's just a crazy summer, very unsual!!In that such weather I do not have a really appetite of eating. But unfortunately I have to eat or at least I need a drink. And this is my trick, quite easy and works.

I blend some summer fruits, e.g. kiwi, grapes, cherry, red/blackcurrent, peach and fresh orange juice. Put the smoothie in a glas, then I add cold plain joghurt. I drink it in the morning, instead of breakfast, in the afternoon and in the evening I drink it as dessert, as I add little bit vanilla ice.