Merry Christmas!!

It´s almost there.
Christmas is around the corner. Are you having a stressful time? Buying the last gifts etc.?
I take it easy as it should be a stress free time.
Well, maybe I also get a bit hectic in the last days then.. let´s see. ;)

At least I did my nails and created a christmas design, which wasn´t too easy to choose this time. I couldn´t decide between white with green and red flitter. But that looked more like the italian flag than Christmas. ;)

Well at the end it was red glitter then, which troubled me a bit since I tried a new method. But nevertheless.. that´s how they look now:

Products:

-Primer Soft -Nail Expert
-Bonding gel - Nail Expert
-Multiglitter - Jet Set 
-Builder Gel - Nail Epert 
-Cleaner- Nail Expert
-Stamping polish white- Nail Expert
-Stamping pattern- Konad
-High Gloss Finish Gel -Nail Expert 


I think the Christmas theme can be recognized. ;)

So far I used the builder and finish gels of Jolifin but I read in many forums that the gels from Nail Expert have a better quality in that price section. So I ordered them and there is nothing to complain.
The High Gloss is super shiny and the builder gel is good to work with.
Now I just have to see if it will approve during the next weeks.

In this spirit I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy your time with family and friends.
And have a happy new year 2014!!

Hope you will visit this blog next year too. :)

Your
SunShine  

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The joy of Christmas cookies

Hello my dear ones,

this weekend I used the time to get a bit into Christmas mood. Of course the apartment is decorated nicely with chain of lights, snow mans amd reindeers but that moist and stormy weather wasn´t too winterly.
We had quite a storm here in northern Germany and so there was not much spirit to leave the house.

That´s why I used the time to make some Chistmas cookies and this way there was at least the smell of the season in my home.
Maybe you´re also in the mood to bake? Then here is the really easy recipe.

Ingedients: 

500 g flour
250 g sugar
 50 g butter
   3 eggs
   1  tbsp cinnamon (optional)

The dough should rest for one night!! 

For the decoration you can use what ever you wish for. I opted for dark chocolate coating, desiccated coconut, brittle and almonds as well as a lemon coating. (2 tbsp lemon juice mixed with 200 g powdered sugar and 1tbsp warm water so that there is a viscous paste.)


Method:

Put the flour into a bowl and form a well in the middle. Add the butter, sugar, cinnamon and eggs into it and mix well until you have a smooth dough. In the beginning I use a mixer but as soon as the butter is spread I use my hands to knead the dough.
Make sure that the dough isn´t too moist in the end. Eventually you need to add a bit more flour, but not too much!

Form a ball out of the dough and wrap it in cling foil. Put into the fridge over night.

Next day just roll out the dough, it should be around 0,5 cm thick. Now use different biscuit cutters and put the biscuits on a backing tray (greased or covered with baking paper). Bake them for 15 minutes on 180° c.
After cooling you can decorate them as you wish.

The dough was enough for 4 full baking trays, so you have a little on stock. :)

Enjoy the procedure

your SunShine

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Autumn/ Winter nails

Hello all you lovely people! :)

Finally I found some time to post something. Unfortunately I´m still so occupied with work that there is almost no time for something else. Except for nails of course. ;)

Couple of weeks ago, Honey and me were lucky at a Jolifin shop, when there was 50% sales discount and so we took that chance to buy some new colours and other fun stuff like christmas-stamping motives etc.

That meant I had to try a new colour :) Sadly you can´t see the little sparkling on that picture but in reality it looks very nice.

So here are my current nails:

used products:  

-Primer Soft-Nail-Expert
-Bonding gel-Jolifin Studioline
-Purple planet from Jolifin
-Selex Gel thick from Jolifin
-Cleaner -Nail-Expert
-Stamping paint white - Nail-Expert
-Stamping pattern from Konad 
-High gloss sealing from Jolifin

Before that design I tried some green. At first it was really odd, since green isn´t a colour which I see on nails. But somehow I wanted to do something different and they really turned out well and I liked it. A touch of "wood fairy" ;) What say? 

used products:

-Primer soft - Nail Expert
-Base gel - Nail Expert
-Colour gel - Jolifin
-Multiglitter from Jet Set
-Selex gel thick from Jolifin
-Cleaner - Nail Expert
-Stamping paint white - Nail Expert
-Stamping pattern from Konad
-High gloss sealing gel from Jolifin

Now slowly it´s time to think about a christmas design..... 

Your SunShine  

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Chicken-coconut curry with broccoli

Another quick and easy indian-asian recipe when you´re in the mood for a yummie dish but don´t want to spend too much time in kitchen.

Ingredients:

500 g chicken breast 

500 g broccoli 

1 tbsp red  or green chili paste

1 tin coconut milk 

250 ml chicken or vegetable stock

1 tbsp lemon juice 

1/2 tsp fish sauce

3 tbsp cornflour/ corn starch 

2 tbsp oil 

Method: 

• cut the chicken into bite pieces, put into a bowl and mix with the cornflour
• cut the broccoli into florets 
• heat oil in a pan and add the chicken. Fry until soften brown and keep aside
• put the chili paste into the pan, fry slowly on medium heat and add the lemon juice
• add the chicken or vegetable stock and mix well with the paste
• then add the coconut milk and cook for 2 or 3 minutes
• add the fish sauce
• add the broccoli florets and cook for 5 to 8 minutes, depends on the heat 
• now add the chicken pieces to warm them up 

make sure that the broccoli doesn´t get too soft. 

Serve with rice or any indian bread. 

Enjoy your meal. :) 

Your SunShine 

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Shahi Paneer and Onion Bhajis

Hello my dear ones...

I´m really sorry that it took so long for a new post. Where did all the time go??
I had one week off, which started with a company party, followed by some days at a friends place where I  shopped winter shoes already. O.o .....eeeks.. and then there was my birthday too.

That week was so fast, I couldn´t believe it when I went back to work on Monday, just to realise that my department chief was on sick leave..
Yeah.. no chance to start slowly, I was thrown into chaos immediately.

The result of it ? I needed some me time. Some good time.. and good food ;)
I still had some Paneer and somehow was in mood for a yummie snack too and there were so many onions that I could prepare both. 

Shahi Paneer

Ingredients

200 gms Paneer (cut into cubes)

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