Coconut Candy / Кокосовые Конфеты

This recipe is adapted from a magazine for girls. Quite funny, that my daughter found it and insisted to make it. We slightly changed it, but the result is delicious! Very easy too. Perfect for a small party of just as a snack with tea of coffee. Enjoy!

200g white chocolate
100ml whipping cream
30g butter
pinch of salt
about 60g dessicated coconut for filling
and about 75g coconut for rolling
about 2 cups crushed corn flakes (not too much)

Melt chocolate, butter and cream in a microwave, stir until combined, add salt. Add crushed corn flakes and coconut. Mix everything and let it cool for 10 minutes in the fridge. With a small spoon form balls out of the coconut mixture and roll those balls in more coconut. Chill in fridge before serving. You could insert an entire almond into the middle of each candy if you like, but it's a bit dangerous for younger children.

We just returned from our China trip, all memories are so fresh. It was awesome! We've been to Hong Kong and Hainan Island. Be sure to check for pictures here real soon:)

And if you are a fan of coconut, you may want to check out these truffles too.

Speculaas Cookie/ Печенье Спекулаас

I just wanted to share this very good recipe of Dutch Speculaas cookies, which one can find everywhere in the Netherlands now before the Holidays. Actually, all year round this lovely cookie will be served with tea or coffee at many cafes. My children surely miss the entire holiday atmosphere here in Istanbul and this is my tiny attempt to bring them into the 5th December mood.

This recipe produces crunchy fragrant and very tasty cookie. If you prefer more chewy version try to bake them a little less, though this is how they should be- crunchy and crumbly.

I do not have a special mold, well I don't think I need it to bake a cookie once per year...but if you happen to have it, the cookies will turn looking more festive, of course.

Adapted from here

1 cup butter, softened
vanilla
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
10g baking powder
2 1/2 tb.s. speculaas spice (which is 8 parts cinnamon, 2 parts nutmeg, 2 parts cloves, 1 part white pepper,
1 part ginger, 1 part cardamom)
1 t.s. salt

* I did not use nutmeg and white pepper and the flavour was still very close to the original

Mix dry ingredients together. In a standing mixer cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one by one. Through all dry ingredients and mix until smooth. Refrigerate the dough for an hour minimum.

Preheat oven to 175C. Devide the dough into 3 or 4 parts and roll each part 5 mm thick. Cut out the cookies. Place them onto baking tray, covered with paper or silicone mat (which I used). Bake app. 11 minutes. They should not be too dark.

Enjoy!

Apple Coffee Cake / Яблочный Кекс

This is a moist, buttery, fragrant coffee/tea time cake with lots of apples. My kids love it, it's very easy to put together and it can be stored for a couple of days, it just does not get a chance to be stored!:)

I found this recipe in  Dutch cooking magazine some time ago. The only inconvenience I found is that apples tend to sink to the bottom. So next time I would roll also apple cubes in flour before putting them into the batter.

250g flour
10g baking powder
250g butter
pinch of salt
1t.s. cinnamon
200g sugar
5 eggs

2 sour-sweet apples, cut into cubes
150g raisins

Blend/mix together sugar and butter until very soft and pale. Add eggs one by one. Now put flour, cinnamon and baking powder. Mix everything well. Roll cubes of apple and raisins in flour. Add them to the batter.

Grease and sprinkle with some flour form for baking bread. Pour the batter into it and bake at 170C during 70 minutes approximately. Cover with aluminium foil if the cake browns too quickly.

Enjoy it warm or cold.

Fluffy Scones / Воздушные Сконы

I love scones, though I do not allow myself to eat them as often as I would like...probably every day it would be. Not only I like to eat them, but also to prepare them and to watch those, for whom I made them enjoy them with a cup of tea or coffee. My husband likes these especially, because they are probably the softest scones I ever made. They make me think of our trip to Ireland, where I ate real scones for the first time:)

I just wanted to share this great recipe here, because it is indeed very easy and the result is fantastic. In 30 minutes in total you will get these crunchy on top and fluffy inside scones for breakfast. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from here

350g flour plus some more
10g baking powder
1/4 t.s. salt
85g cold butter
100g sugar
150ml yoghurt
4tb.s. milk
vanilla
1 egg

Mix flour, salt, soda, sugar and add cubed butter. Mix with your hands until you get small crumbles.
Make a well in the middle. Heat yoghurt, vanilla and milk in a microwave. Pour it into the centre of the dough and knead until incorporated. You may use a bit more flour.

Shape the dough into a 4 cm disk and cut out scones with round cookie cutter or a glass. You will get 9 or 10.

Preheat oven to 200C (fan), place baking tray into the oven/. When the oven is ready, take the tray out, sprinkle with flour and place scones onto it. Brush with egg wash.

Bake during 12 minutes. Enjoy them with anything you like:) We actually prefer them with nothing:)

Coconut Snaps / Кокосовые Козинаки

This is just a super easy and quite healthy, but very sweet snack, mostly for the kids. My girls really like to make and to eat them and treat their friends too!

It's really handy to keep them in fridge. Chewy, sweet and very fragrant candy.

3/4 cup runny honey
1/2 cup milk powder
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup shredded coconut
pinch of salt

Grease bread tin with butter. Mix coconut, sesame seeds, salt and milk powder. Heat honey until it begins to boil. Pour over the dry mixture. Stir well. Press this mass onto prepared tin. Refrigerate for an hour or longer. Now cut into cubes. Children will love it!

Watermelon Cheese Salad / Салат из Арбуза и Сыра

A very easy and refreshing late summer salad, when watermelons are everywhere in abundance:) Especially here in Turkey.

Use sweet and preferably seedless type of watermelon, fresh young cheese and herbs to get a light and healthy snack.

Recipe adapted from Macro magazine
for 6 portions

1 kg watermelon
250g white young cheese or your favourite
small bunch of mint (or use dry mint leaves)
small bunch of parsley
45ml balsamic vinegar
10ml runny honey
60ml olive oil
salt and black pepper to taste

Scoop watermelon with melon scoop. Cut cheese into cubes. Place watermelon balls and cheese cubes onto plates, add fresh leaves and sprinkle with oil, vinegar and honey. Season to taste. Very quickly!:)

Chicken, Grapes and Blue Cheese Salad / Салат с Курицей, Виноградом и Голубым Сыром

This is just a well known great combination of tasted and textures. Sweet fruit and sharp cheese dressing, juicy pieces of chicken meat, crunchy walnuts. I love these fruity salads so much! Hope I've inspired you to make it. Give yourself a treat!:)

200g roasted chicken meat, sliced
1 medium red apple
2 handfuls red grapes, cut in half
handful toasted walnuts
rucola (enough for 3-4 people)
some parsley leaves

2 egg yolks*
1 large garlic clove
about 100ml olive oil
about 80g blue cheese
1-2 t.s. lemon juice

Place rucola leaves into a salad bowl. Add chopped grapes, sliced apple and toasted walnuts.

Beat egg yolks, adding gradually olive oil into the mixture. Add lemon juice and crushed garlic. In the end add blue cheese and continue beating.

Divide mixed salad between dishes, place sliced chicken on top of every dish and sprinkle with blue cheese dressing.

* If children are going to eat it, I would not add egg yolks. The dressing will be just as delicious without them.

Enjoy!

Watermelon Strawberry Coconut Slush / Арбузно-Клубничный Лед

This fruit ice is a very handy finding for our hot summers!
We love being in Istanbul, enjoying every day here. Especially summer period...I wish it was summer all the time:) Thick curtains or window blinds on windows is a must here, it's not like it used to be in our Dutch apartment ..we had..nothing on our windows and so we enjoyed every ray of sunshine whenever the sun visited us:) But no, the weather in the Netherlands is not that bad actually. It just changes quickly.

Summers in Istanbul (really warm and pleasant weather lasts from mid April and lasts until...almost begining of December, but summer is baking) can be really hot, but luckily quite dry. And sometimes the only thing you can eat is a piece of fruit. You are actually mostly thirsty than hungry. So this kind of *food* is indeed a finding! Plus - watermelons are so cheap!:) I eat it at breakfast or throughout the day any time. It's delicious and filling and beautiful!:) So yeah...if you feel like losing some weight...come and stay with us for the summer!:)

Makes about 6 servings.

1 cup strawberries (or almost two handfuls)
2,5-3 cups cubed watermelon
2 medium sized bananas
100ml coconut milk

Place watermelon cubes and chopped banana into an airtight container and freeze (overnight).
When ready to make this ice:  take frozen fruit from the freezer. Transfer into a blender and whiz until smooth. Add fresh strawberries and whiz again. Now pour coconut milk and mix until incorporated.
Serve immediately and enjoy!

* It delicious as soft serve, but also can be frozen entirely and eaten at sorbet, if you like

Spicy Carrot Dip / Пряный Морковный Дип

I love hummus, but I rarely can eat it, because beans are too heavy for my stomach. But I found a really tasty alternative! Carrots, garlic, chili pepper, tomato... creamy and aromatic. Very healthy as well! And easy to digest!:)

Makes one medium sized bowl.

200g carrots
salt to taste
2 garlic cloves
1/3 t.s. cinnamon powder
1/2 t.s. dry mint powder
1 t.s. chili pepper flakes
1 tb.s. tomato paste
2 tb.s. olive oil

Boil peeled carrots until soft. Pour the remaining water out. Add to the pan with carrots mashed garlic, mint, pepper, cinnamon, salt, tomato paste and olive oil and blend with hand blender until creamy. Add more oil if you like. But 2 table spoons were enough.

Try it with any bread, raw vegetables, or chips even!
Enjoy!!

Roasted Plums Salad+ / Салат с Печеными Сливами+

Today I am sharing two recipes actually. It was our brunch:) The recipes are so simple yet so very tasty and healthy that I am just putting them both in one post today.
Healthy food is tasty and so pretty, actually. Well, I agree, a healthy cake...I am not sure how it would look though...

So, our breakfast took 25 minutes to prepare, approximately. It was actually one ingredient two ways. Roasted plums. In a refreshing fragrant salad with cheese and crunchy toasted almonds and in a healthy creamy chocolate yoghurt dessert/dip.

For two people you'd need:

Healthy Chocolate Yoghurt:

6tb.s. drained Greek yoghurt
2tb.s. cocoa powder
powdered sugar or substitute to taste

Mix well drained Greek yoghurt with sugar powder or substitute and cocoa powder.

Roasted Plums Salad with Cheese:

9 small plums, halved, stone removed
1-2 tb.s. runny (flower) honey
1tb.s. rose vinegar or balsamic
2tb.s. olive oil
bunch of fresh ruccola
handful of almonds
app.50g sheep cheese
black pepper, salt

Place fresh ruccola on each plate. Toast raw almonds on dry frying pan. Preheat oven to 200C. Place plum halves into a small baking dish, drizzle with honey and roast for about 15 minutes, turning half way.
Place several roasted plums on top of your salad. Add small pieces of sheep cheese. Sprinkle with toasted almonds.Drizzle with rose vinegar, olive oil and honey. Season with pepper.
Add some plums to the chocolate yoghurt and drizzle with honey if you wish. Take your time to enjoy your breakfast!:)

Vanilla Yoghurt Cookie Truffles/ Ванильный Трюфель с Орехом

They are really tasty and so easy to make! You'll need just 5 ingredients! Great for when you're short on time and ingredients:)
This mild vanilla taste and creamy texture of truffle with crunchy nut in the middle makes them so good! I like to use dark chocolate, but feel free to use any of your choice. I imagine white chocolate would be nice as well, but I haven't found a good brand of white chocolate yet here, where I live. So if anyone gives white chocolate a try, let me know!

200g petit beurre cookies
200ml drained thick yoghurt
vanilla (be generous)
150g powdered sugar
pinch of salt
whole hazelnuts
200g dark chocolate

Blend cookies, add salt and yoghurt. Mix all together, you should get thick pasta like mixture, add powdered sugar and vanilla.

Scoop small amounts of dough  (I use melon ball scoop) and your wet hands to create neat balls. Insert whole hazelnut into each ball. Freeze on aluminium foil or parchment paper during 2-4 hours.

Melt chocolate and carefully drop balls one by one to cover them in chocolate. Freeze during 15 minutes once again. They can be eaten now! Store in the fridge.

Makes app.32.

Oat and Cream Bars/ Овсяно-Кремовые Пирожные

I need quick and simple, yet tasty and interesting recipes so often! Kids are just used to something new and tasty waiting for them after school. Usually, the first thing they would say after I meet them from school- is thee anything today? Their daddy also likes "fuel for the brain"- meaning sweet stuff quite often, but then he would say- take it away from me...or give me only one:)

These bars are so rich and creamy, and chocolatey, and oaty.... I suggest to cut them into small squares:) But my kids absolutely love them! The bars look like nanaimo bars, but you will need less ingredients for these. Very easy, no bake!

For the oat crust:

3 cups fast cooking oats
120-130g butter
80g dark chocolate
vanilla

Heat butter and chocolate until melted, add oats and vanilla and stir well, take aside.
Line 20x20cm dish with baking paper. Press oaty mass into it and refrigerate.

For the cream layer:

120g butter, softened
2 cups vanilla powdered sugar
2 tb.s. chilled coconut milk (the thick part)
0,5 t.s. salt
5 tb.s. AP flour

Simply beat with mixer all ingredients until fluffy. Spread evenly over oat crust. refrigerate.

Chocolate layer:

160g dark chocolate
2tb.s. vegetable oil (I use olive oil)

Melt chocolate with oil and wait a little until it is not very hot any more. Spread carefully over cream layer. Refrigerate.

When ready to cut, just use hot knife for cutting (prepare high pan or a cup with hot water in it and deepen your knife into hot water and wipe off water drops each time before cutting into bars).

Pizza Pancakes / Пицца Блины

Savoury pancake for breakfast...or with soup at lunch! Use your regular pancake recipe and just add some new ingredients to it to have something new. Kids friendly!

I used here pancake recipe that I usually make, but it's not very essential. Even pancake mix from the box will do. Mix it as usually you would do, adding tomato paste and Italian herbs. Some more salt and just a touch of sugar into the batter. When flipping a pancake onto the other side quickly add vegetables and cheese and bake until ready.

500ml milk (or 50/50 with water)
2 eggs
salt to taste
pinch of sugar
1tb.s. tomato paste
1t.s. dried oregano
0,5 t.s. red pepper powder
pinch of garlic powder
1 cup AP flour
some olive oil
1 tomato
1 bell pepper or charlestone pepper (which I love)
scallion chopped
shredded cheddar cheese/cheep cheese/or mozzarella

Mix milk, tomato paste and eggs together and add herbs. Carefully mix flour into the batter, make sure there are no lumps.
Heat pancake pan and pour some olive oil onto it. Bake pancakes as usual, just after flipping it place vegetables and sprinkle with desired cheese over them. Bake until done, 1 more minute, probably. Enjoy your new version of pancakes:)
Idea taken from Dutch cooking magazine

Baked Apple "Cupcakes" / "Капкейки" с Печеными Яблокaми

This could be a breakfast or a snack...or even a dessert? I love it any time of the day. It's healthy, it's quite filling, high fiber, high protein and they taste good! It's a crossing between apple pie, cheese cake and oatmeal cookie! Very tender and luscious filling on a cookie crust.

For the Oatmeal Crust:

2 cups rolled oats
pinch of salt
100ml yoghurt
2-3tb.s. ricotta or cottage cheese
10g baking powder
sugar substitute or sugar to taste
vanilla essence

For the Filling:

5 granny smith apples, inner part taken out
200g ricotta or cottage cheese
about 2 tb.s. yoghurt
sugar sub to taste
vanilla
1tb.s. lemon rind
1tb.s. flour or starch
some hazelnuts for topping

First remove apple core and some flesh around it. We need only a sort of a thick bracelet made of apple.
In blender mix all ingredients for the oat crust. Divide into 5 parts.

Preheat oven to 180C.

Mix all ingredients for the filling. Create a disc out of oatmeal dough, take an apple and place it on that disc, than with your wet hands create a basket with that oatmeal dough disc around apple.
Fill each apple with ricotta filling. Garnish with some hazelnuts, if desired. Place apples into a baking dish and bake around 25-30 minutes. This time should be enough for the crust to be baked and apples to be soft.

Let them cool a bit and serve warm or cold.

Baked Dutch Meatballs/ Запеченные Голландские Тефтели

This is a simple, yet tasty recipe of meatballs, that does not require a lot of ingredients...but the taste is so good!

When we were living in the Netherlands and travelling within the country...well, it's not like an entire trip...the country is so small that getting from north to south would take you 3 hours maximum. But what I wanted to say is that every time we where getting ready to go somewhere I always knew we would make a stop on the way to relax...yes, we would make a stop as well!:) and buy a big juicy meatball with mustard. Really! I loved them! Just those from a tank station. Very tasty! And our dog would get such a thin sausage every time, which he knew he would and was waiting for it every time..So everybody would be happy:) Oh, the Netherlands....happy country...

I always use lean beef whatever I make with it, so this recipe is a little bit lightened up. No excessive fat amounts, no butter or gravy either. And they are baked. Just a juicy meatball with a little bit crispy crust....with mustard...on bread or just like that!

700g lean minced beef
1 onion
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 large egg
70g bread crumbs
1 t.s. nutmeg - don't like nutmeg? add 2tb.s. mustard instead
1,5 t.s. paprika powder
salt and pepper to taste
butter...or olive oil

On oil cook chopped onion just until golden. In a large bowl mix minced beef, garlic, spices and egg. Add onion and bread crumbs. Now if the mixture is too moist add more crumbs, if it's too dry add some milk or maybe one more egg. With your wet hands make 8 large balls. Dutch meatballs are BIG, well, not like a tennis ball, but close:)
Heat some oil/butter on a pan and fry them from all sides until golden brown, around 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 150C. Bake meatballs on a tray or in a baking dish during 30-40 minutes.

Oat Coconut Cream no bake Sandwiches/ Овсяное Печенье с Кокосовым Кремом без выпечки

Can sugar free and low fat be tasty? Yes, it can! And also healthy! Don't you like it?:) Actually, coconut cream is not very low on fat, but it's that kind of fat that won't harm you much.

Based on this last year recipe I made these light small pleasures couple of days ago and am about to make them again!:) Not too sweet and fragrant (think banana and coconut), good for snacking.

1 medium to large banana
1 cup (200ml) toasted rolled oats
pinch of salt
vanilla
1tb.s. raisins (optional)
1 tb.s. flax egg (1tb.s. seeds+2tb.s. water blended)
30ml desiccated coconut + more for sprinkling on top
1 can (400ml) coconut milk, chilled

Toast oats on a pan until slightly brownish. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over them and blend them to create coarse flour.
Add chopped banana with raisins and blend again until smooth, then add vanilla, 30ml coconut and flex egg.
Take with a small melon ball scoop small amounts of the "dough" and roll them in coconut, then flatten into a disk. This quantity will make around 32.

Take chilled coconut milk from the fridge. Open it carefully (without shaking), pour the liquid that is on top out and transfer coconut cream into your mixer, whip it until smooth. With the help of pastry bag pipe this cream onto half of cookies and pair cookies together. Chill before serving.

15 Favourite Light and Healthy Desserts / 15 Любимых Легких и Полезных Десертов

I will not hide the fact that I like desserts. But my ideal desserts are those after eating which I can stay energized, happy and I won't have that awful feeling of guilt. I love my healthy life style!

My granddad taught me since I was a child that sport is something you can't live without and I remember myself running in the park and doing exercises at home being still a schoolgirl. Sometimes I got frustrated looking at my friends who never exercised or were on any diet plan -  they seemed so "free" to me...that I decided to stop with all my "health" routine...which gave me 10kg+ and years...I guess around 4 years of attempts to get rid of new burden.

Since that time I keep to my good old *secret* of eating healthy and working out. Health is one of the biggest treasures in life and how stupid is it to just let it go and "feel free from obligations".....

OK, so here are my favourite 15 desserts or snacks to satisfy sweet tooth attacks and still keep me on health plan, But remember...and myself too...that moderation is another GREAT tip!:)



Я не стану скрывать, что люблю десерты, но мой идеальный десерт - десерт, после которого я остаюсь бодрой, веселой и обязательно без этого ужасного чувства вины. Я люблю свой здоровый образ жизни! 

Мой дедушка учил меня с детства, что спорт это то, без чего невозможно жить. Я помню себя еще школьницей бегая в парке по утрам и занимаясь дома упражнениями. Иногда меня расстраивало, что мои друзья, которые не знали слова диета или спорт, чувствовали себя такими *свободными*...что я решила к ним присоединиться и оставила всю свою "программу здоровье". Что "наградило" меня 10кг+ и годами (по-моему ок.4 лет) попыток их сбросить. 

С тех пор я придерживаюсь своего *секретного* правила - ешь полезную еду и занимайся спортом. Здоровье одно из самых больших сокровищ, дарованых нам и как глупо его растрачивать, чтобы почувствовать себя "свободными от правил".

Ладно, вот мои 15 полюбившихся рецептов десертов, которые удовлетворяют мои сладкие атаки и не сбивают с верного пути к здоровой жизни. Но помните...и я в том числе...что умеренность, это еще один ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНЫЙ совет!:)

Carrot Poppy Seed Cake

Морковный торт с маком

Strawberry Ice Pops

Клубничное мороженое в стаканчике

Light Lemon Coconut Bars

Легкие лимонно-кокосовые пирожные

Fat/Sugar Free Cookie Dough Truffles

Трюфели без масла/сахара

Cottage Cheese Scones

Творожные сконы

Chocolate Muffin Rolls with Strawberry Glaze

Шоколадные кексы с клубничной глазурью

Baked Pumpkin Pudding Bars

Тыквенная полезная запеканка

Basil and Lemon Yoghurt Ice Pop

Йогуртовое мороженое с базиликом и лимоном

Carrot Cheesecake in a Glass

Морковный чизкейк в стакане

Baked Orange Yoghurt with Pistachio Candy Floss

Запеченый Апельсиновый Йогурт

Cinnamon-Apple Healthy Rolls

Яблочно-коричные полезные булочки

Rhubarb Jelly Vanilla Custard Trifle

Трайфл из ревеня, клубники и кремa

Cottage Cheese "Truffles"

"Трюфель" из творога

Berry and Chocolate Yoghurt Bars

Йогуртовое пирожное с ягодами и шоколадом

Boozy Strawberry Grapefruit Ice Cream

Пьяное мороженое с клубникой и грейпфрутом

Cezerye/Turkish Carrot Candy / Джезерье

I am not a big fan of super sweet eastern desserts, but it happens from time to time I do try out some new to me stuff just for the taste experience. First time I had this lovely set of stuffed dried fruit with nuts I noticed one that was the prettiest to me...I tried it and did not guess at first what was it made of. First thought was super tasty luscious apple jelly? I love apples! Well, it actually is spiced with cinnamon and vanilla carrot candy with coconut and rolled in tasty pistachio nuts. I LOVED it! Since then I eat it more often:)

1 kg carrots (about 6 medium to large sized)
2 cups sugar
cinnamon and vanilla to taste
1 t.s. lemon juice and 0,5 t.s. lemon zest
200g shredded coconut
around 250g pistachio nuts for coating

Boil whole peeled carrots in water until they are tender. Drain and blend to create purée.
Transfer this into a non sticking pan adding 2 cups sugar and cook on medium heat until there is almost no moist any more (that is after the first bubble approximately 22-25 minutes). Add lemon juice, zest, vanilla and cinnamon somewhere at the end and then stir in coconut. Mix well and take away from the heat. Let it cool until it is possible to hold the mixture in your hands. Take small scoops of carrot candy and roll them in pistachios. Refrigerate for several hours. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Home made version is slightly softer, but the taste is the same. Some people like to add to the carrot mixture crushed petit beurre cookies, but I find them more tasty with coconut. And I like them rolled in whole pistachios, actually, but found it a bit difficult to repeat at home, so I crushed the nuts and there was no problem at all.

Baked Pumpkin Pudding Bars{healthy} / Полезная Тыквенная Запеканка

Silky, moist, light and fragrant pudding bars...without any eggs or butter...no fat at all! And also gluten free. My new love this season:)

800ml grated raw pumpkin

200ml buckwheat flour

10g baking powder

pinch of salt

10g vanilla

2tb.s. corn starch

about 100g vanilla powdered sugar..or more to taste

200ml Greek yoghurt

100ml mango juice

coconut flakes on top

Blend all ingredients together. Start with pumpkin cubes, then add the rest. 

Preheat oven to 180C. Line 20x20cm baking dish with baking paper. Transfer the mixture onto baking dish. level and sprinkle with coconut. Bake for 45 minutes.

Enjoy hot or cold and as much as you like:)