Streets of Istanbul
I will always think in color, so imagine what a trip to Turkey does to me. It is just everywhere and all around, in the carpets, the jewellery and the food, which by the way taste like no other in the world as there is something in the earth there that just makes a tomato taste like a tomato and a brinjal taste like heaven.
Grand Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar is an onslaught to the senses and makes you feel giddy with excitement just to be there and experience it.
Jewels
Spice Market
I fell in love with their Biber spices. It is peppers, chile pepper, sweet peppers, hot peppers etc. and made up a good part of the weight I carried back in those suitcases. Can never go without it, ever again.
My jewels
Nowathome blogged the Jamie Oliver Tray Baked Chicken and I recreated the jewel-like colors of Turkey in the dish and added my Biber of course. I used the recipe with different colors peppers and added the Biber to the smoked paprika. Visit her post for exact measurements as my sister at Nowathome is better with that, I just shoot from the hip with cooking. The basics are that you combine chicken pieces, tomatoes, onion( I used red) garlic and peppers in a baking tray. Sprinkle with smoked paprika, salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil? Bake at 180 Degrees Celsius until you are happy thar the chicken is cooked. Fantastic flavour and smell.
Smoked Paprika Tray Baked Chicken
The Turkish Delight, also out of the suitcase was the desert after the meal. How I did not have to pay overweight on the suitcases at the airport I honestly still do no know? The 1,5 kg of Turkish Delight was brought all the way back home intending to be gifts, well it never got that far sorry……..
Like a kid in a sweet shop
Random Photo:
Cheers Istanbul
Is the girl in the background really there or see through?
Apple Tea
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