Foil Baked Fish with Pistachio Basil Chunky Pesto

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Since I’m going back home soon, I’m trying to clean some of the perishable food items I have in the fridge, which means I’m coming up with recipes :D LOTS OF THEM

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Today’s recipe is oven baked fish with chunky pesto. All you need is the following:

- A fresh fillet of your favorite fish. I had the skin on
- Fresh Basil
- 1 Clove of garlic
- Pistachios (freshly grounded)
- 1 tbs of olive oil
- A squeeze of lemon or vinegar
- A pinch of salt

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Directions:

- Start with preheating the oven. (175 C)
- Roughly chop the basil and mix it with all the other ingredients
- Clean the fillet and place it on a sheet of foil. Spread the chunky pesto on top then wrap it like a tent, not leaving any room to breathe basically :)
- Bake it for 15 minutes and serve it with rice

Suggestions:
- For extra flavor, try adding slices of lemons on top of the pesto
- You can rub the fish with any type of spice like paprika for example

That’s it!

Bon appetit,
Basma.

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يريش الكسالى

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Sorry I haven’t been able to post anything lately. I’ll try to post more stuff this month.

طبخة اليوم هي يريش الكسالى. ينفع حق اللي يدرسون برة مثلي او اللي يبون شي لذيذ و سريع و يدفي بما ان الشتا على الابواب.

اللي تحتاجونه اهوا التالي:

١- كوب شوفان
٢- عدد اثنين طماط وسط او واحدة بس مع معجون طماط
٣- نصف بصلة كبيرة
٤- ملح و فلفل اسود و لومي بودر حسب الرغبة
٥- ثوم اذا تبون. انا احط نص فص ثوم

الطريقة:
١- بالخلاطة، خلطوا الطمام و البصل و الثوم مع بعض.
٢- سخنوا الجدر و حطوا مقدار ربع ملعقة زيت و فوقه الخلطة و خلوها تطبخ لين يغمج لون الطمام.
٣- ضيفوا الشوفان و قلبوا الطبخة عدل و ضيفوا الملح، و الفلفل الاسود و اللومي
٤- ضيفوا مقدار كوبين ماي و خلوه يطبخ. ما تبون تنطرون وايد حطوا كوب و نص
٥- خلوه يطبخ على نار هادية لي لمى يصير ثقيل بس مو وايد.

اذا عندكم وقت زيادة، اول شي طبخوا البصل بروحه، و بعدين الطماط. عشان تتعزز النكهة

و بالعافية :)

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Hello World

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One of the most exciting trips i ever had in my life where i got to experience new food meet people for a 180 degrees of a different culture and enjoy such an exciting outdoor weather that was in south africa, now imagine if you can experience a historical culture next to lovely food and more physically active trip in europe ?

Wouldn’t that be even more exciting ?! I am super excited of the new backpacking trip offered from pink coffee company where they will take us from east to west europe in all fun and exciting ways.

Escapade q8 did experience many trips around the world in the past years and every year they come with more exciting trips… I cant wait to tell you more about this trip to see the world in a total new eyes.

*escapade*

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محروق صبعه – Cooking for One

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Hello!

It’s been a while :) and I apologize for that specially that it’s ramadan and I know most of you wanted new recipes. First of all thank you so much for reading the blog, the amount of readers I’m getting everyday is surprising, I’m really glad that you guys are benefiting from what I’m posting here :)

I moved to the states, finally did it! And I’ll be posting as much as I possibly can.

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بما ان رمضان فطبخت اليوم محروق صبعه على طريقتي بالخضار. عادة الطبق يستخدم معاه خبز ايراني من الخباز و انا استخدمت تورتيا و الخضار المتواجدة كان خوش فطور

الطريقة وايد سهلة.

المقادير تكفي لأربع الى خمس اشخاص:

- ربع بصلة حمرا كبيرة مقصصة صغار أو بما يعادلها (ثلث كوب)
- علبة طماط مقصص
- ملعقة كبيرة معجون طماط
- شريحتين كبار تورتيا او ٤-٥ صغار
- فصين ثوم مهروس
- ملعقة كبيرة كزبر مهروس
- ملح و فلفل أسود و كركم أو كاري
- نصف بطاطا كبيرة
- خضار: كوسى، قرع، باذنجان (انا حطيت بلاك بينز تقريبا ٣ ملاعق كبيرة و مشروم بيبي پورتابيلا و يسمى كريميني)
- ملعقة واحدة دهن فقط.

الطريقة:
- بجدر، نسخن الدهن و نضيف البصل ثم الثوم و الكزبر. نحمسه عدل بعدين نضيف البهارات و معجون الطمام و الطمام و نقلبه.
- نضيف الخضار و نخليهم ياخذون ريحة الحمسة لمدة ٥-٨ دقايق. نضيف ماي مغلي لي لما يصير كأنه شوربة خفيفة
- نقصص الخبز بيدنا و نضيفه للخلطة. حجم الخبز يكون تقريبا ٥سم في ٥ سم.
- نخلط الخبز، و نقصر على النار و نخلط الطبخة كل ٦-٧ دقايق.

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- يتم اضافة ماي زيادة كل شوي و بعدين نخليه يثقل على نار هادية مع التقليب. الخبز راح يتقصص مع التقليب عشان چذي بدينا بقطع كبيرة

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- نخلي الخلطة تثقل و نسكر النار.
- عند التقديم: يضاف في الصحن كزبر و ثوم فرش أو نقدر نشوحه على النار مع شوية دهن بعدين نحطه فوقه.

كمية الماي: بالنظر.. انا اول شي ضفت تقريبا ٢-٣ اكواب. بعدين قلت كمية الماي و ضفت كوب و بعدين وراها كوب بعد فترة.
اذا ثقلت الخلطة و الخضار ما استوت او الخبز لي الحين يابس نضيف ماي زيادة، هذا قياسنا. لمى تكون بثقل الصورة الاولى لازم يكون كل شي مستوي. و حطوا ببالكم ان الطبخة تثقل لمى نسكر النار اخر شي.

بالعافية :)
بسمة

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Pick Yo introduces the Ultimate Snack!

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Talk about guilt free snacks! Pick Yo now serves sugar free and fat free frozen yogurts. They not only taste great, they’re also good for you :)

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Been going there on a daily basis to have this guilt free snack ever since it’s launched.

Make sure you try the papaya and the original froyo. They’re both AWESOME!

Bon appetit!

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#asnanbloggercompetition @asnantower ramadan TVC scenario

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I really really don’t want to miss the deadline so this is what I was able to come up with (can’t always control clients timings, meh)

What I know for sure:

The girl has a fake wig and lashes
The guy has ugly teeth
It’s influenced by dars khososi
And there’s a balloon involved!

Title: The Big Surprise!

Props:

For the girl:

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For the guy

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In my mind, it goes like this:

(el madame) is planning a surprise party for the guy. As she’s blowing the last balloon, the guy comes in

And you hear a loud pop. “Screen cut”

Camera is back on the el madame; crooked wig or extension fallen on her lap, and eye lashes dangling from her eye with an embarrassed look on her face. The balloon popped!!

Camera is back on the guy:

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Shocked to say the least :)

He smiles and reveals his real ugly teeth

And the girl screams and faints in horror :0

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Asnan logo then pops with a message about permanent teeth implants. (they may not be able to fix everything ugly, but they can fix the guy’s teeth)

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Then another shot of the guy and elmadame at the last 3 secs with better looking teeth and a really funny remark that I can’t think of. (every year, there’s a story, a shocking twist in the middle, asnan logo, then back to the tvc + a funny remark)

Et voila!

I hope it’s enough! And looking forward to this year’s TVC.

P.S: I’m crashing the TVC shoot :)

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Cravings. @hashtagq8

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When it comes to burgers, I always look for 2 components: the patty and bun. We can get good buns in most restaurants but a good patty? Only a handful of restaurants are capable of delivering good patties that don’t taste like it came fresh from a cow’s behind or overpowered with spices and hashtag is one of them.

Their burgers taste REAL. No fuss, just burgers served with a side order of paprika fries.

The all kuwaiti staff are super friendly which adds lots of bonus points to the experience.

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I’m obsessed with Sriracha sauce (seriously! I take it with me everywhere) and of course I had to try it with their hashtag burger and it turned out to be AMAZINGG!

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Can’t wait to go back there again! This month is all about burgers. I’m craving them badly

Make sure you visit Hashtag and try their burgers. That’s what I’ll be doing this weekend :)

(Hashtag has a new initiative (Plus One) where you can donate KD 1 from each meal you purchase to feed the poor workers which I think is super nice since it’s summer and the poor workers are woking hard under the hot sun. The initiative is a collaboration between hashtag and Ms. bibi alayoub)

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Maki’s Marina Salad imitation

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وصفة رمضانية

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Disclaimer: this is my own interpretation of maki’s marina salad. All you need is the following:

- rocca leaves
- crab sticks and a spoon full of caviar
- 1 TBS sesame oil
- 1 TSP lemon juice (or less)
- 1 TSP black sesame (optional)
- 1-2 TBS mayonnaise
- 1-2 TSP soy sauce

All you need to do is mix the sesame oil, lemon juice, mayo, and soy sauce together, then toss it with the shredded crab sticks and rocca & top it with caviar

Viola! You got yourself a nice salad for ramadan :) I discarded the caviar and crabsticks today and it was still so gooood.

Make sure you adjust the dressing to your liking. Example: I like it tangy so I juiced a whole lemon.

Bon appetit!
Basma.

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شنو قصة اعلان اسنان كلينك اليديدة Help me figure out what’s @AsnanTower’s next TVC through those clues

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If you know me, you’d know that I’m a sucker for TVCs, specially creative and quirky ones like Asnan’s! (remember the big wai3?)

I got this very weird gift bag from asnan tower that contains a wig, fake eye lashes, and a balloon!

اللي يعرفني يدري ان وايد وايد وايد احب الاعلانات التلفزيونية. وااااايد و خصوصا الاعلانات الذكية مثل اعلانات اسنان كلينك.

اليوم وصلتلي هدية غريبة منهم! جنطة فيها باروكة، رموش و تفاخة! و وياهم كود اسوي له سكان. و لمى سويت له سكان طلعت لي هالمسج

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When I scanned their quick reference code they attached to the bag, i got the following link:

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the link القصة

It basically asks us to try to figure out their next TVC and the closest blogger to get the storyboard right will be able to attend the shoot (insert puppy eyed face here)

باختصار، هالثلاث اشياء عبارة عن مفاتيح نستخدمهم عشان نعرف شنو اعلانهم اليديد. و المدون اللي يعرف شنو قصة اعلانهم اليديد يقدر يحضر التصوير :)

I’ve never participated in a competition before but this is Asnan :D I’d kill to attend the TVC shoot!

انا عادة ما اشترك بمسابقات بس هذي عجبتني. ساعدوني افووووز – لازم نعرف شنو قصة الاعلان قبل ١٠/٧!!

اللي فهمته ان له علاقة بأشياء صناعية

What I got so far is that it revolves around fake temporary stuff.

فكروا معاي شنو ممكن تكون القصة؟

:)

هذي المدام راح تساعدنا نتخيل القصة :)
This pretty lady is going to help us make up a story :p

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Let the guessing begin!

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