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Easy and quick pomegranate liquor

Ingredients:
2 cups pomegranate seeds
2 cups sugar
2 cups brandy
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves

Preparation:
In a cooking pot we put the pomegranate seeds, the sugar, the brandy, the cinnamon stick and the cloves .  As soon as they take one boil, we take the pot away from the stove and we let the mixture sit for 24 hours with lid on.  Then we pass from coffee paper filter.  Our liquor is ready and we can serve!

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Easy Caramel liquor

Ingredients:

Option #1
500ml ouzo
1 or 1 1/2 can dulce de leche

Option #2
600gr vodka
2 cans dulce de leche
vanilla

Preparation:
We mix all ingredients in a blender, we pass through a colander and we put in a bottle.
We can keep in the fridge for one month.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Rizogalo (milk & rice pudding)

Ingredients:
3/4 cup glutinous rice
1 pinch of salt
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
5 cups fresh milk
1/4 tsp powdered mastic
2 full tbsps corn flour 
Cinnamon powder for sprinkle

Preparation:
We start by putting the rice, the water and the salt in a cooking pot.  We boil in low heat for 10 minutes, until the rice gets soft.  We add the milk, the sugar, the mastic and we stir.  After the rice has cooked, we dissolve the corn flour in half a cup of cold water and we add in the cooking pot stirring continuousloy.  We boil in low heat until it starts thickening.  While it is still hot, we share in 6 bowls.  We let it boil and then we chill in the fridge.  We sprinkle with cinnamon just before we serve.

Secrets for a perfect milk and rice pudding:
- The milk & rice pudding must be creamy and not thick.  So, while boiling you need to keep the heat low so that the liquid does not evaporate fast.
- A pinch of salt gives out the mastic and the cinnamon aromas better.
- We can use any kind of milk we like, even vegetable.
- The pudding can be served all year round.  In winter we serve it with spoon sweet, in spring we serve it with fresh strawberries and in summer we serve it chilled with lots of cinnamon.  We can also add chocolate, if we like.  In this case we add 150 grams chocolate in small pieces that we add after we have take the pudding from the heat.  We stir till chocolate melts.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Hard-boiled eggs salad

Ingredients:
6 hard-boiled eggs
2 spring onions, thinly cut
1/2 bunch parsley, thinly cut
1-2 carrots, grated
Salt
Pepper
Capers or pickled gherkin, cut in small pieces
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tbsps mayonaise
1 tbsp mustard
A little ketchup

Preparation:
In a bowl we combine the olive oil, the mayonaise, the mustard and the ketchup and we mix well.  In another bowl we combine the eggs cut in pieces, the spring onions, the parsley, the carrots, the pickled gherkins and salt and pepper to taste.  We add the dry ingredients in the sauce, we mix well and we serve with fresh bread.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

3-ingredient biscuits

Ingredients:
1 can sweet condensed milk
250 gr. butter
500 gr. farina
Optional: chocolate drops, choco powder, vanilla, m&ms, etc

Preparation:
In a bowl we mix the ingredients well till a soft dough has been formed.  We can add chocolate drops or choco powder or anything we like as decoration.  We make small balls and with hands we make them flat.  We bake in preheated oven in the 180C for 16-18 minutes.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Easy pizza dough (pizza hut type)

Ingredients:
330ml sprite
330ml lukewarm water
1 kg flour 
1 sachet baker's yeast
1/2 to 1 cup oil

Preparation:
We mix the ingredients till the dough has been formed.  We cover with wrap film and we let the dough rest and rise.  When it has risen, we divide in parts, we spread in a baking tin and we bake immediately.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Honey cream (recipe from the island of Crete)

Ingredients:

350 grams honey
720 grams water
10 tbsps corn flour
1 cinnamon stick
Cinnamon powder (optional)

Preparation:
We dissolve the corn flour in a bit of water and we boil all the ingredients, stirring continuously, till mixture thickens.  We share in bowls and put in the fridge till mixture gets firm.  We sprinkle with cinnamon and we enjoy.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Words with 最 (さい)

最高 さいこう best
最低 さいてい worst
最強 さいきょう strongest
最弱 さいじゃく weakest
最大 さいだい biggest
最小 さいしょう smallest
最近 さいきん recently
最初 さいしょ first
最後 さいご last
最愛 さいあい beloved

Daily Words

つまり - in short

だけど - but

しかも - moreover

また - again/also

なかでも - among them

ところで - by the way

それなら - in that case


それで - so

それに - besides

それとも - or

そして - and

でも - but

だから- so

例えば - たとえば - for example

Beginner adjectives

青い - あおい - blue
赤い - あかい - red
明るい - あかるい - bright
温かい - あたたかい - warm new
新しい - あたらしい - new
厚い - あつい - thick
暑い - あつい - hot
危ない - あぶない - dangerous

甘い あまい - sweet
良い いい/よい - good
忙しい いそがしい - busy
痛い いたい - painful
薄い うすい - thin
美味しい おいしい - tasty/delicious
大きい おおきい - big/large
遅い おそい - slow/late


重い おもい - heavy
面白い おもしろい - interesting/funny
辛い からい - spicy/hot
軽い かるい - light
可愛い かわいい - cute/adorable
黄色い きいろい - yellow
汚い きたない - dirty/messy
暗い くらい - dark