Winter rides

I had three rides this year in the snow, but I was to lazy to upload the pictures.

The first ride was a bit muddy, but it was fun:

The second ride was partly in the forest and partly on the road which was wet so i had to put all my clothes in the washing machine.

The last ride was this Saturday and I recorded it on Strava, and I will probably track my next rides to.

Stats:
 - distance: 12, 3 km
 - time: 1:39:04
 - average speed: 7,4 km/h
 - max speed: 27,3 km/h

2012 retrospective

As I did a year ago I'm writing a post summarizing the last year. Last year was a very fast year, although I rode only a few kilometers on two wheels there were a lot of big changes in my life. On two wheels my biggest achievement was that I completed a 100 kilometer marathon.

Stats for last year (about 1500 km, down from 3500 a year before):

 - a few hundred kilometers on the trainer
 - a few hundred kilometers on the city bike
 - 615.8 kilometers off-road, the clock is now at 8475.8

 - 300 kilometers on the road, the clock is now at 5954

I don't have a cool picture presentation like I had last year and I didn't ride as much either but I played football and spend a lot of time in the gym.

I have no big goals for this year, I only want to ride as much as I can (at least 30 kilometers every week with the city bike) and just be happy :)

Lasagna recipe

Lasagna (or lasagne) is Garfield's favorite food and one of my favorite dishes to. It is a relatively easy recipe but it takes some time to prepare it mainly because you have to make two sauces and then assemble it.

First you have to make a bolognese sauce like this:

put chopped onions and olive oil in a pot

after a few minutes add about 600 grams of ground meat (I prefer mixed ground meat, pig and beef), season with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic

stir an cook until the meat gets brown

add tomato juice and/or whole tomatoes, season with oregano, basil,  rosemary and bay leaf

I added some frozen vegetables (corn, beans, carrots and peas)

Until the bolognese sauce is cooking (about 15 minutes) you can make the béchamel sauce:

put butter in a pot

when the butter starts to melt add flour and stir

add some milk

add milk and flour while stirring until you get the desired amount of sauce

season with pepper and nutmeg (very delicious and aromatic spice)

cook until the sauce thickens

The bolognese sauce

spread some butter in an oven pan

put one layer of béchamel sauce

and one layer of bolognese sauce

sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese

add one layer of lasagna pasta

Repeat these steps (béchamel sauce, bolognese sauce, parmesan, pasta) until you run out of sauces. Save some béchamel sauce to put on top of the last layer of pasta.

add  some cheese and some butter pieces on the top

cover it with a foil and put it in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, until the pasta gets tender  (check with a fork)

cut ii in small pieces and enjoy

Bon appetit! 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome 2013, I wish you will be a better year than 2012!!!

A simple eggplant recipe

Usually eggplants are used in salads but they are delicious fried on the grill. I had some eggplants and I thought I should make some breakfast so I cut them in cubes and threw them in a pan:

After the cubes got brown I added some cheese:

After the cheese melted I added tomato sauce:

You can add some eggs also, but you can serve it like this:

Bon appetit!

Black friday

Tommorrow is shopping day so if you want to buy something from eMAG (like I do) use this link => eMAG.ro

Have a great shopping day!

Cargo bike

I bought my city bike two years ago in Berlin from the flea market. Since then I carried many heavy and big things with it, too bad I didn't take a photo of the bike every time. Here are a few pics with my cargo bike:

A bike on a bike

carrying some isolation

20 meters of isolation on board

Tough times call for tough measures

It's been a long time since I wrote (regularly) here, but my life got in fast forward mode again:)

Lately I had some money shortages so I had to rob the piggy bank. I got this ceramic devil about 4 years ago from my friends and I started collecting only 50 bani coins (worth about 10 euro cent) in it. I had big plans for the money but the devil got full just in time, when I really needed some money. So one night with the help of my gf I robbed the bank:

We ordered the money in stacks of ten to count it:

There were 460 coins in the bank (about 100 euros). I put the money in a bag which got really heavy and went to the bank. Luckily they had a coin counting machine :)

3rd birthday

Happy Birthday dear blog!

3 years passed since I posted the first post. Sometimes I have longer periods without the mood for writing but I know that there will be a time when I'll write more :)

Drinking tea

I was drinking a lot of plain water, at least 2 liters every day. After I got a magazine about tea I started to wonder why am I only drinking plain water when I could take in other useful stuff with it. So I got a simple tea making machine and I ordered some tea from Fares, one of the biggest tea brand in the country.

I bought an Echinacea tea wich is very good for the immune system. I used to take Echinacea pills and they are very good, I got rid of a cold in a few days without staying in bed. I also bought a tea designed for the health of the joints which hurt sometimes from to much use :)

Don't forget to enjoy your tea without sugar!