Happy Valentine's Day

Valley of Fire, Nevada

Heart Shaped Rock formation

Aromatic Tea

It is good as a hot tea or as ice tea

Let sit in hot water:

Jasmine tea

Rose tea 

Fresh mint

Fresh Sage

It is not always available, but you can add just a little bit tea that is widely used in Siberia called "Bagulnik". In USA its known as  Ledum  - (Rhododendron neoglandulosum -Ledum glandulosum)

Positively Good Morning

Oven baked chicken wings with simple pesto from parsley, garlic and vinegar

Super bowl is today. The Chicken wings are popular item. This is the way I do them.

Really simple way.

Just baked them with salt, black pepper and vegetable oil until done and GBD ( Golden, Brown and Delicious).
By american standards I cook  them longer in order for them to become crispy.

The Pesto is simple: combine parsley, vinegar, salt and garlic in a blender - that's all. The amount of garlic is up to you.

Put the pesto over the wings while they are hot, this way the vinegar will go into wings better.

The vinegar cuts the fat of the chicken wings, makes them lighter

Enjoy!

Year of the Horse

All Right!!

Bryce Canyon , horse ride!

Sturgeon soup

Sturgeon  soup

This a version of old Ukrainian, Russian soup called "Ukha"

Once in a while I have a luck to get one of those beautiful fishes. It's big fat and wonderful. Actually, there is not much you have to do to it. Just let it shine by itself. The main word here is fish FAT!

I cut it in pieces and put in a boiling pan with lot's of water, with an large onion, carrot, 2-3 celery sticks, 10-15 black pepper corns, 5-6 dry laurel leaves  and some salt.

Let it simmer for an hour and a half may be two. Do not let it boil rapidly, because the fish stock will become muddy. Check when the fish is done. Remove the fish, filter the fish stock, check for salt

Serve pieces of fish with carrot and parsley.

It is wonderful on a cold day


Enjoy.

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