I love crêpe pancakes! They are one of my favourite treats that I can enjoy guilt-free. I love just throwing ingredients together and seeing what happens and this recipe was exactly that, throwing together these ingredients made such a lovely and healthy crêpe for the whole family to enjoy.
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I love going to the gym and honestly, there is nothing glam about it what so ever. I do not know how some women look amazing when they are working out.
I was recently sent some products from Crosta & Mollica to try and review. These included Crosta & Mollica Classic Piada and Wholemeal Piada. If you know me and read my blog you know just how much I love to try new foods. This was my first time trying a Piada and oh my, they were very delicious indeed.
If you follow me on Instagram, you will probably know that I have recently come back from a holiday in North Cyprus. My younger sister got married at the Bellapais Abbey in what was a beautiful and perfect day. So we had a lovely family holiday for 10 days. As I mention in my previous travel post North Cyprus | Where We Ate, I took photos not intending to write any specific blog posts but have enough to show you all what we got up to on holiday.
I have actually lost count how many times I have been to North Cyprus as I used to go a least twice a year since I was born. It is where my family are from and a place I call a second home. This visit was planned for my sister's wedding and we had a lovely time relaxing, eating and even a little sightseeing.
There is so much to see in North Cyprus, from the historic ruins of Salamis or the home of an old gangster, Mavi Kosk and a choice of some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. There is something for the whole family.
This time however, we had a large group so we didn't do as much sightseeing as usual. We did however visit a few of my favourite places and went on a boat trip day out, all 28 of us!
Here are just a few of the 100's of photos I snapped on our vaycay to North Cyprus...
GIRNE HARBOUR | GIRNE/KYRENIA
BOAT TRIP | GIRNE/LAPTA
(Lunch & Jet Skiing)
MY NENE'S HOUSE | LEFOKSA/NICOSIA
(My Nene's Garden)
BELLAPAIS ABBEY | BELLAPAIS | GIRNE/KYRENIA
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If you love Turkish cuisine you would of come across many different types of börek and fillings. This is one of my favourite types of börek, Sigara Böreği. It is a filo pastry or in Turkish it is known as Yufka, which is rolled like a cigarette, filled with cheese and parsley. These beauties can be enjoyed hot or old and usually as a Meze or as a snack. I make these in advance and put them in my freezer so whenever I feel I want some I can take them out and cook them fresh.
You may come across different recipes for Sigara Börek but I always keep it simple and they are so moreish you just want to keep eating them.
Traditionally this type of börek is made with a soft white cheese like feta but you can use grated halloumi (Turkish Cypriots like to mix feta and halloumi together) either option tastes amazing. Yufka is a little bit thicker than your usual filo pastry so if you can't find Yufka in your local Turkish shop or Middle Eastern food shops you can use filo pastry, you may need a couple of sheets at a time to stop it from splitting.
INGREDIENTS
1 packet of Yufka, triangular are best, if not cut them
200 ml of Olive Oil or Sunflower Oil
200g Turkish White Cheese or Feta
1/4 Fresh Parsley, about the size of a handful, finely chopped
Milk or Egg Wash
METHOD
In a small mixing bowl, break up the cheese and add the chopped parsley and with a fork mash/mix the two together until all the cheese is soft
Using a chopping board, lay out a yufka sheet
Using a tablespoon spoon a small amount of mixture and place onto the wide end of the pastry (not too close to the ends)
Fold in the bottom corners in and roll the pastry into a cigar (try not to roll too loose) use a little water to wet down the point at the end of the roll
Place onto a plate and repeat until you run out of mixture
TIP: When using filo pastry/ yufka remember to cover the left overs well and put it in the fridge to keep it fresh and use within a couple of days
Before frying, brush the pastries with the milk or egg wash
In a large frying pan heat the olive oil on a medium heat for a few minutes and slowly add the pastries
Make sure you turn them frequently to get an even golden colour, and serve hot.
Other filling suggestion are spinach and feta, minced lamb or beef with tomato pureè, onions and fresh or dried herbs or even cooked sausages, like a turkish style sausage roll.
I hope you like this recipe, let me know what you think.
Enjoy!
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It has been a whole year since I first started using The Happiness Planner. At six months I wrote a review on how I was getting on, which you can find here. I have decided to write my one year review and how The Happiness Planner has helped me in more ways than I thought it would.
Recently I was sent some protein milkshake drinks from UFIT which I have reviewed here & here. They also sent me this product to try, Collagen+ Beauty Milk milkshake. I was more than happy to try this product as my skin lacks collagen and scars really easily, so I was willing to try anything that would boost my collagen levels.
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