COLD BEETROOT SOUP FOR HOT SUMMER DAYS

The Bloody Beetroots is an italian electro & dance music producer. 

Had no idea about this group.

Even if I love beets I have always found them a bit boring.

Can't imagine somebody is creating a band and there is some brainstorming about the future name and one of the guys saying:

"Beetroots. Bloody Beetroots".

And everybody else:

Siiiiiiiiii. Finalmente Va bene.

Maybe they don't speak any english?

Ingredients:

400g cooked beetroots chopped

250g buttermilk or kefir

1/2 cucumber peeled and chopped or 3 pickled gherkins chopped

100g creme fraiche

handful of chives, chopped

salt

cooked eggs and cooked potatoes 

Mix (or puree) beetroots with buttermilk, cucumber/gherkins,salt and creme fraiche.

Refridgerate for at least 1 hour.

Before serving add cilantro and eggs.

Serve with cooked potatoes.

1ST. FOODIE PEN PALS MAIL : FOOD GREETINGS FROM GABIJA IN LITHUANIA

I am part of the european Foodie Penpals club. It is an awesome idea, really. It is a way for food bloggers to get to know each other via a lovely parcel in the mail every month.

This was my first time and I received a lovely food package from a young lithuanian girl called Gabija.

So exciting.

She sent me a package with traditional lithuanian products. 

The most interesting part of the package was a hard yummy cake called Sakotis. I have it on the picture above. Sakotis means branched tree.

 I have been to Lithuania but never tried this one. It is a lithuanian-polish cake that came popular during Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. It is popular celebration food. I was curious to do it myself but reading the recipes on internet I realized that you need to have special equipment and skills in order to bake it.

She also sent me 2 different chocolate bars, Vilnius and Karuna candies, herbal tea and honey.

Thank you again, Gabija.
You can check out her website here: http://myeternityisnow.wordpress.com/

This time I sent a package to Katy on Isle of Wight. You can read about it and check out her page here: http://birdwrites.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/foodie-penpals-2/
She has some really great photos on her website.