Homemade hummus.

Once you've made the hummus by yourself, you will never buy it.  I guarantee.  All you need is a food processor and a few ingredients.

Main ingredients: chickpeas, lime, Tahini paste,  extra virgin olive oil,  lemon pepper.

The main ingredient is chickpeas. I used to buy tinned but since I've discovered dried chickpeas I just cook them at home. They taste better and it's cheaper, too. I got that idea from Ayten and I love it. Hope she won't mind if I share it here :)

So wash the dried chickpeas, put them into a large pan (they will grow) and pour warm water on them. Leave them for about 3 hours or overnight. They will become soft and will visibly bigger. Wash them again, put them into pan again, pour hot water on them and leave them to boil until soft. Drain them and leave to cool. Use them straight away or divide them into freezer bags to freeze. If you want to use them, just defrost  for about 1 hour before using.

Dried chickpeas soaked in a pan.

Homemade hummus.

2 cups of cooked chickpeas (or 2 tins - drained)
2 tbsp of Tahini paste
1 lemon or lime
1 clove of garlic or dried garlic powder
extra virgin olive oil
salt (if used) - I don't use salt

Put chickpeas, garlic and Tahini paste into food processor. Squeeze some lemon/lime juice - the amount depends how sharp you like your hummus. Just try, you can always add more. Turn the food processor on. Pour some olive oil but be careful again - you can always add more. To cut down the calories I like to add just a splash of warm water if I'm not happy with the consistency. Blend until you are happy with the consistency. I like my hummus crunchy.
That's all. Add a pinch of salt if you use it. Done :)

This is a recipe for a plain hummus. By adding some more ingredient you ca n make different flavour every time. Here are some ideas:

• sundried tomatoes 
• garden peas and fresh mint
• cooked beetroot
• fresh herbs: basil, corriander, chive, parsley, dill - anything you like
• chopped onion
• fried (caramelised) onion
• sweet paprika powder
• chilli powder or black pepper

Tea, my love.

I am an incorrigible tea lover. I don't have favourite brand, I don't have knowledge how to make propper cup of tea. I mix them, I pour milk in it (even to my peppermint tea, yes yes), honey, lemon, wedges of lime, oranges, even apple slices. I like black tea, green tea (sometimes), red tea, even white. I have unconditional love to all types of chai tea. I even used to work in a tea shop and it was my dream work. But it's a different story.
So when I discovered an oportunity to try some of the tea types for free I was like kid in a candy shop!  

Twinings free sample

Redbushtea free sample

Easy like that! I've waited about one week for both of them.
My opinion? I love Twinings. I have always few boxes of different types of Twinings tea in my cupboard.

I chose Assam and Earl Grey samples. Love them both, although Earl Grey is amazing! And it comes with 50p discount for any box of Twinings tea.

Redbush didn't steal my heart but it's only my opinion.

Would you like to share your tea stories? How do you like your tea, what is your favourite flavour? What tea would you like to recommend? Please, feel free to write your comments :)

Let's get started.

My first post. Excited.  I love blogs. Love the fact that people share their pieces of life. And now I have my own blog.

So here is my story too.

I've reached everything in my thirties. Wonderful son, good job, prestige, independence. I felt like a goddess. 

Suddenly I've decided to change my life completely. Don't ask me why. I don't know.

Found myself in a strange country, language, relationship. Long story.

But I liked it. 

Got pregnant, I found myself on the top of the world. 

31/05/2010 my world collapsed.

After a late miscarriage, high risk pregnancy few months after and traumatic birth I got trapped in a scary spiral of postnatal depression. I felt worthless, useless, invisible. My biggest dream was to go to sleep and never wake up.
 I hide myself in a cage of comfort and emotional eating. Gained enormous amount of weight.

 But I've raised. I get incredible support from amazing people on Instagram where I started my food diary as myeatsmartproject  

 Here's the way to new me. Here's the way to find goddess lost inside me. 

If you want to share the journey with me, feel free to be an important part of this blog.

English is not my first language. Please, be understanding. I will try my best.