The pide(Turkish bread) with cheese in a Turkish Holiday Resort

After a hectic life,it was very nice to go to Turkey for holiday.I was very excited when I thought about Turkish food which I would have on holiday.
I and my cousin went to Kemer Camyuva Beach hotel,friendly and very clean.The foods were fantastic and delicious.
The pide chef,Mehmet Usta from Gaziantep was making nice pides for guests.He gave me a pide(Turkish bread) recipe and baked some pides in the stone oven for us.They were mouth watering.


Here is the recipe:

500 g flour
1 tsp sugar
1 sachet yeast
warm water

Mix all ingredients all together.Add enough water to make a soft dough. Knead the dough until it is neither soft or hard.Cut into the small pieces.Leave them 10 Min's.Prepare filling.

Filling:
250 g feta cheese
one handful of parsley
5 tbsp vegetable oil
a pinch of sweet ground red pepper

Put 5 tbsp oil to the pan and heat the pan.Cut feta cheese into the small pieces and put in the pan.Fry it for 2 mins.Add chopped parsley and a pinch of sweet ground red pepper.Stir together for 2 mins.Turn off the heat.

Preheat the oven 200 C.Take a small dough and roll it untill it is oval shape.Put some cheese filling.Close the dough with your fingers.Make pides all dough is finished.Put them in the oven till they are brown.(10-15mins)

The Turkish recipes from my holiday will carry on....



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Healthy breakfast

A friend of mine ,Kadriye, complained about delicious cake recipes and she wanted me to post some healthy recipes.She is right.

I care about having good breakfast in the morning and helps me to make a good healthy diet.

My secret to have a nice body is to eat everything but in good proportion.For example,don't eat potato and rice at the same time because both of them are carbohyrates and don't eat huge amount.

Tips for healthy living:

Your daily diet should be a balance of carbohydrate and protein. As a guide, your plate should contain twice as many carbs as protein.
Base each of your meals on a complex carbohydrate such as potato, wholemeal bread or brown rice, and include vegetables. Finish the meal with fruit, and this should ensure you get a balance of complex and simple carbohydrates.
Use high fibre wholegrain cereals as part of your breakfast, and use wholemeal bread for your toast.
For lunch, choose lean protein such as fish or chicken with only a small amount of carbohydrate to get you through the afternoon.
Large carbohydrate meals will make you slow and sleepy so save your big pasta meal for the evening.

Cut down on the amount of refined white flour products in your diet such as white bread, pizza and white pasta and rice. The refining process produces simple carbohydrates and many vitamins and minerals are lost.
Fruit is naturally high in sugar, which means so are fruit juices and smoothies. In liquid form these sugars can damage your teeth, but these drinks count towards your five a day and contain fibre, vitamins and minerals. To avoid tooth decay, it's best to drink them with a meal.(www.netdoctor.co.uk/focus/nutrition/.../carbohydrates.htm )

Here are my healthy breakfast suggestions.Enjoy it!

sliced tomatoes

Mozzarella cheese

olive oil

scramble egg

one glass of juice

I love breakfast and it is my favorite time to have a nice food and chat with my family and talked about everything.

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