Time on my mind

Seconds. Minutes. Hours. Days...time … suddenly I feel I have a lot of it more then I need. It lingers in my room like a helpless child who wants to run outside. I read a book, I drew a picture, I fixed the room, and nothing seems to fill it, it stretches and asks, begs and demands “ MORE”.

Clocks get louder and annoyingly intrusive. You need: a loud song, a concert or a chatty friend someone or a thing that has the power to silence them ... whatever soothe you, what’s your remedy?

Sometimes it works but when it doesn’t … I cook or bake … and for some reason time gets devoured.

Bread, salad and cookies.

Here’s some nice time filling recipes for you to try and enjoy.

They call them jumbles. Those cookies are so easy to make plus you can pick and mix the flavoring you like.

I used some fresh berries that I had bought earlier.

The result looked great and tasted so good.

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

100g caster sugar

50g light muscovado sugar

1 medium free-range egg

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

175g plain flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

For the flavorings: whatever you like I used 100g berries and 100g of chopped chocolate.

But you can also use nuts., dried fruits, etc

2 baking trays, well greased with butter

Preheat the oven 190C/375F/gas 5.

Melt the butter in a big pan.

Take the pan off the heat, add both sugars.

Beat the egg with the vanilla until combined, add to the mix.

Sift the flour and the baking powder together into the mix and stir.

When it is very well combined, add your flavorings.

With a tablespoon scoop the mix on the prepared trays making sure to keep enough space to allow spreading.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a light golden color shows and the biscuits just firmed.

Leave to cool for 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Store in an airtight container.

Enjoy!

Job Hunting-Garlic Chili Oil

Job hunting is a lot like dating, filled with awkward encounters with various individuals, like the guy you like but he thinks he’s too good for you, the very sweet but boring man with whom you can’t help but reach for your bag and leave after 5 minutes, or the guy that whenever you’re with something urgent happens that you need to attend to.

It is interesting sometimes but weird, tragic and comic most of the times. Still filled with great expectations you go on to the next meeting hoping to find the one for you.

Interviews are mostly first impressions and I can’t say I excel at those; I’ve always considered myself an acquired taste. Give me time and I’ll show you miracles. Except time is a luxury I can’t afford in a fast pace work environment. So here I am learning to impress and charm at the first Hello.

Meanwhile cooking is still a very rewarding skill I’m enjoying.

Garlic Chili Oil in 5 easy steps

Ingredients

Oil (I used olive oil)

3 Gloves of garlic

Dried chilly

Heat the oil to a high temperature.

Fry the garlic until brown and remove them.

Add the chili and fry them for 10 minutes.

Remove the pan off the heat Allow the oil to cool, then pour into a jar with a lid.

You can keep it in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Use it over your pasta, pizza or labneh …. It goes so well with so many things …. Enjoy!