Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Baptism - I'm a Godmother now.
My little babies! It has been two weeks now that we baptized them and they are just more and more joy every day! I am thankful to God for sending them to me (all three of them - their mom too). What a joy!
Monday, April 15, 2013
A beautiful day together
It doesn't matter what we do, as long as it is not arguing, it is always fun! My husband is my best friend! This Sunday I told him I will go wherever he wants me to, so we went to the desert to shoot his toys and to go offroading. Just two of us having fun, even though it is not what I usually prefer doing, being with my husband is the best activity! And of course I didn't miss the opportunity to capture a little bit of beauty even in the desert.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Crape week
We are about to enter the Great Lent (the Easter this year falls on mid May in Russia). And traditionally this week is called Maslenitsa, which is when you make crapes and eat a lot of meat and milk products to prepare for over a month of fasting. I was fortunate to get a Tuesday off school, so I made crapes for my family. With the frying pan that my mother in law gave us it was so easy and they came out wonderful! I also conjured a couple of fillers like fried mushrooms, ground beef with onions, and ground strawberries with guava extract for desert. Traditionally the crapes were dipped in butter or sower cream or honey.
My husband also treated everyone to his home brewed beer, which had huge success!
Here is how I make them. It is my mother's in law recipe modified by my hubby.
You will need:
4 eggs
1 stick of butter
1.5 cups of flour
1/4 gallon milk
1 tbsp sugar
1tsp salt
Pour a cup or so of milk in a mixing bowl, add eggs, and melted butter, salt, and sugar. Gradually mix in flour with a whisk or a mixer to avoid clumps. When everything is mixed add the remainder of the milk and mix well. Then heat a frying pan (my special pan has a flat bottom and a heat dispenser disk on the bottom, but any flat pan will work, preferably non-stick). You DO NOT need to butter up the pan if it is non-stick, if you do the crapes might not come out nice, they will separate in pieces. Pour a thin layer or batter on a frying pan and maneuver it quickly to dispense the batter. Then leave it for a minute or so, depending on how thick you poured them - you want them to be golden brown, then with a spatula go around the rim of the crape to separate it from the pan then flip it. That is it! They are, as you can tell by the recipe, pretty filling and oh so yummy! You can fill them with anything you like - make desert or a main dish!
If they don't come out right at first, don't worry, it takes skill, we even have a saying in Russia - first crape always comes out in a clump (or something like that).
My husband also treated everyone to his home brewed beer, which had huge success!
Here is how I make them. It is my mother's in law recipe modified by my hubby.
You will need:
4 eggs
1 stick of butter
1.5 cups of flour
1/4 gallon milk
1 tbsp sugar
1tsp salt
Pour a cup or so of milk in a mixing bowl, add eggs, and melted butter, salt, and sugar. Gradually mix in flour with a whisk or a mixer to avoid clumps. When everything is mixed add the remainder of the milk and mix well. Then heat a frying pan (my special pan has a flat bottom and a heat dispenser disk on the bottom, but any flat pan will work, preferably non-stick). You DO NOT need to butter up the pan if it is non-stick, if you do the crapes might not come out nice, they will separate in pieces. Pour a thin layer or batter on a frying pan and maneuver it quickly to dispense the batter. Then leave it for a minute or so, depending on how thick you poured them - you want them to be golden brown, then with a spatula go around the rim of the crape to separate it from the pan then flip it. That is it! They are, as you can tell by the recipe, pretty filling and oh so yummy! You can fill them with anything you like - make desert or a main dish!
If they don't come out right at first, don't worry, it takes skill, we even have a saying in Russia - first crape always comes out in a clump (or something like that).
Friday, February 22, 2013
Friday Night Crafting Club on Thursday
Yesterday night my dear friend Marsel, my hubby, my mom and dad, cat, and two goats - we all gathered to have a drink of hot tea, talk, and craft a little (the boys and the animals mostly did the talking, and made sure that the girls crafted). As always I had such a fun and relaxing time. I am also one third way through making enough hexagons for my baby quilt!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Happy Birthday, husband!
Ah, even two and a half years later my heart skips a beat when I call him my "husband"! Twenty seven candles and a couple of meltdowns on my part later we semi-successfully celebrated Jenya's birthday! I am so thankful God gave me six years together with this amazing guy! He's my "old" man and I love him so much! I pray that there are many more birthdays to come so that we can perfect this event! (Maybe a few less tears and many more candles sounds like a great future!)
Monday, January 7, 2013
Merry Russian Christmas!
Yes, our holidays keep on going! Yesterday was a Russian Christmas eve. My mom made a delicious traditional dinner with mane dish being crapes with all kinds of sweet and salty stuffings! It was yet another lovely warm dinner with family and friends, my mom is amazing at gathering people around her table!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Brian Head photos
If I would have had that adapter, that I got for Christmas today, when we went to Brian Head I would have shared these on the spot, but since I didn't here are some bits and pieces from our snowy trip 2012!
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